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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/11-4-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-4-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-3)
    Sec. 11-4-3. Whenever a board of inspectors has been organized, it may establish and adopt rules for the regulation and discipline of the house of correction, for which such board has been appointed. Upon the nomination of the superintendent thereof, the board may appoint the subordinate officers, guards and employees thereof, may fix their compensation and prescribe their duties generally, may make all such by-laws and ordinances in relation to the management and government thereof as the board deems expedient. No appropriation shall be made by the board of inspectors for any purpose other than the ordinary and necessary expenses and repairs of the institution, except with the sanction of the corporate authorities of the city.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-4

    (65 ILCS 5/11-4-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-4)
    Sec. 11-4-4. The board of inspectors shall serve without fee or compensation. It shall be their duty to assure that the house of correction is operated in accordance with the minimum standards established by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section 3-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. There shall be a meeting of the entire board, at the house of correction, once every 3 months. At such meeting the board shall fully examine into the management in every department, hear and determine all complaints or questions not within the province of the superintendent to determine, and make such further rules and regulations for the good government of the house of correction as to them shall seem proper and necessary. One of the appointed inspectors shall visit the house of correction at least once in each month. All rules, regulations or other orders of the board shall be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, which shall be deemed a public record, and, with the other books and records of the house of correction, shall be at all times subject to the examination of any member or committee of the corporate authorities, the comptroller, treasurer, corporation counsel or attorney of any such city.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-5

    (65 ILCS 5/11-4-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-5)
    Sec. 11-4-5. The books of the house of correction shall be kept so as to clearly exhibit the state of the prisoners, the number received and discharged, the number employed as servants or in cultivating or improving the premises, the number employed in each branch of industry carried on, and the receipts from, and expenditures for, and on account of, each department of business, or for improvement of the premises. A quarterly statement shall be made out, which shall specify minutely, all receipts and expenditures, from whom received and to whom paid, and for what purpose, proper vouchers for each, to be audited and certified by the inspectors, and submitted to the comptroller of the city, and by him or her, to the corporate authorities thereof, for examination and approval. The accounts of the house of correction shall be annually closed and balanced on the first day of January of each year, and a full report of the operations of the preceding year shall be made out and submitted to the corporate authorities of the city, and to the Governor of the state, to be transmitted by the Governor to the General Assembly.
    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-6

    (65 ILCS 5/11-4-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-6)
    Sec. 11-4-6. The corporate authorities of such city may require such further reports and exhibits of the condition and management of such institution as to them shall seem necessary and proper, and may, with the approval of the mayor, remove any inspector of the institution. But any subordinate officer or employee may be removed by the superintendent at his discretion, but immediately upon the removal of such officer or employee, he shall report to the board the name of the person removed and the cause of such removal.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-7

    (65 ILCS 5/11-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-7)
    Sec. 11-4-7. The superintendent of the house of correction shall have entire control and management of all its concerns, subject to the authority established by law, and the rules and regulations adopted for its government. The superintendent shall obey and carry out all written orders and instructions of the inspectors not inconsistent with the laws, rules and regulations relating to the government of the institution. The superintendent shall be appointed by the mayor by and with the consent of the board of inspectors, and shall hold his office for 4 years and until his successor is duly appointed and has qualified, but he may be removed by the inspectors at any time, when in their judgment it shall be advisable. He shall be responsible for the manner in which the house of correction is managed and conducted. He shall reside at the house of correction, devote all his time and attention to the business thereof, and visit and examine into the condition and management of every department thereof and of each prisoner therein confined, daily. The superintendent shall exercise a general supervision and direction in regard to the discipline, police and business of the house of correction. The deputy superintendent of the house of correction shall have and exercise the powers of the superintendent in his absence, so far as relates to the discipline thereof and the safe keeping of prisoners.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)