(65 ILCS 5/7-1-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-10)
Sec. 7-1-10.
Any municipality by ordinance may annex any territory
contiguous to it even though the annexed territory is dedicated or used
for street or highway purposes under the jurisdiction of the Department
of Transportation of the State of Illinois, or a county or township
highway department if no part of the annexed territory is within any
other municipality. After the passage of the ordinance of annexation a
copy of the ordinance, with an accurate map of the territory annexed,
certified as correct by the clerk of the municipality, shall be filed
with the recorder of the county in which the annexed territory
is situated and a document of annexation shall be filed with the county
clerk and County Election Authority.
(Source: P.A. 83-358.)
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