(55 ILCS 5/5-26001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-26001)
Sec. 5-26001.
Submission of question of erecting memorial.
Upon the petition of two hundred, or more, legal voters of a
county being filed with the county clerk, praying that the proposition
of erecting or completing a monument or memorial building in honor of
its soldiers and sailors at the county seat be submitted to a vote of
the people of such county, such proposition shall be submitted to a vote
of the people at any regular election. The county board shall
certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit
the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law.
Such proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Proposition for theerection of a monument or YESmemorial building in honor ------------------------------of the soldiers and sailors NOof the county.--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of all the votes cast on such proposition is in favor
thereof, the county board of such county, within one year after such
election, shall appropriate sufficient funds to erect a suitable
monument or a suitable memorial building, and purchase a site therefor,
if necessary, at the county seat, in honor of its soldiers and sailors.
If the revenues of the county under the general tax levy are
insufficient to provide for the erection of such building and the
purchase of a site therefor, if necessary, the county board may also at
the same election cause submission to the voters the proposition
of levying an additional tax and issuing bonds therefor in the manner
provided by Sections 5-2001 and 5-2005, as amended.
If a memorial building is erected it shall be under the supervision
and control of the county board, and the county board may permit such
use of the building as it deems advisable.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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