(70 ILCS 405/19) (from Ch. 5, par. 124)
Sec. 19.
Governing
body of district.
The governing body of the district shall consist of 5 directors, who
shall be owners or occupiers of lands within the district in which they
serve.
Five directors shall be elected before March 1 in the year 1948, three
of whom shall serve until the first Monday of March, 1950, and the
remaining two shall serve until the first Monday of March, 1949. Successive
elections shall be held before March 1 of each year and each director so
elected shall serve during the two-year period commencing with the first
Monday in March of the year in which he was elected.
Any vacancy in the office of director may be filled by appointment by
the remaining directors. The person so appointed shall hold office until
the next election at which a member of the governing board of the district
is elected. At such election a person shall be elected to fill the vacancy,
if there is sufficient time to meet the requirements for nomination.
Otherwise, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold office until
the expiration of the term of the director whom he succeeded.
(Source: P.A. 76-110.)
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