(70 ILCS 905/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 9)
    Sec. 9. When the proposition is submitted to the voters of 2 or more adjacent towns or road districts, the ballots shall be counted, and the returns made to the county clerk of the county wherein the petition was filed as in the case of returns to the county clerk at a general election. The returns shall be opened and canvassed by the county canvassing board and the result declared.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 1145.)