(60 ILCS 1/Art. 135 heading) ARTICLE 135.
JOINT TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES
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(60 ILCS 1/135-5)
Sec. 135-5.
Joint township cemeteries.
Any 2 or more townships or road
districts, within or without the same county, may jointly unite in establishing
and maintaining cemeteries within and without their corporate limits, may
acquire lands for cemeteries in common by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise,
and may lay out lots of convenient size for individuals or families and sell
those lots for burial purposes.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 388; P.A. 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/135-10)
Sec. 135-10.
Joint agreement; referendum; board of managers.
(a) The supervisors of any townships or the highway commissioners of any
road districts desiring to unite to establish and maintain cemeteries under
this Article may provide by agreement for the joint establishment and
maintaining of cemeteries. The agreement shall specify the site of the proposed
cemeteries and the proportionate share of the cost of acquiring and maintaining
the cemeteries that shall be borne by each of the townships or road districts.
(b) The proposition for the joint acquisition and maintenance shall state
the proposed site of the cemeteries and the proportionate share of the cost of
acquisition and maintenance to be borne by the respective townships or road
districts. The township board shall certify the proposition to the proper
election officials, who shall submit the question to the voters at an election
in accordance with the general election law.
(c) If the proposition is approved by a majority of the voters in each of
the townships or road districts voting upon the proposition, the supervisor of
each township or the commissioners of highways of each road district shall
appoint 3 persons as managers of the cemeteries. Those persons shall be known
as the board of managers. They shall be residents of the respective townships
or road districts from which they are appointed and shall hold their office for
a term of 4 years and until their successors are appointed.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/135-15)
Sec. 135-15.
Vacancies in board of managers.
Vacancies in the board of
managers occasioned by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise shall be
reported by the board to the township supervisors or highway commissioners and
shall be filled, in the same manner as original appointments, by the supervisor
of the township or highway commissioner of the road district in which the
deceased, resigned, removed, or retiring member resided.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 388; P.A. 88-62.)
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