(70 ILCS 1005/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 74)
Sec. 1.
Any contiguous territory having a population of not less than
300 inhabitants and no part of which is already included in a mosquito
abatement district may be organized as a mosquito abatement district in
the following manner:
Any 5% of the legal voters within the limits of the proposed mosquito
abatement district may petition the circuit court for the county in
which such territory lies, to order the question whether such territory
shall be organized as a mosquito abatement district under this Act to be
submitted to the legal voters of such territory, but every petition
shall be signed by at least 25 legal voters residing within the
territory proposed to be organized as a mosquito abatement district, and
in case such territory includes more than one city, village or
incorporated town, or any portions thereof, or includes one or more
cities, villages or incorporated towns, or any portion thereof and
territory not a part of any city, village or incorporated town, then
such petition must be signed by at least 5% of the legal voters residing
in each of the said cities, villages, or incorporated towns, or portions
thereof, and by at least 5% of the legal voters residing in the
territory not a part of any city, village or incorporated town. Such
petition addressed to the court shall contain a definite description of
the boundaries of the territory proposed to be organized as a mosquito
abatement district, and shall set forth the name of the proposed
district, which name shall be The.... Mosquito Abatement District.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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