(65 ILCS 20/21-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-6)
Sec. 21-6.
Mayor
may release prisoners - Pardon board.
The mayor shall have the power to release any person imprisoned for
violation of any city ordinance; he may, if he sees fit, appoint a pardon
board of three persons, consisting of the superintendent of the house of
correction and such inspectors thereof as he may select. In case such board
be appointed all petitions for release from the house of correction shall
in the first instance be addressed to said board and shall be by them
forwarded to the mayor, with a report of their findings and
recommendations.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 19.)
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