60 ILCS 1/ Township Code.

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60 ILCS 1/Art. 160

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 160 heading) ARTICLE 160.

TOWNSHIP

MONUMENTS

60 ILCS 1/160-5

(60 ILCS 1/160-5)

Sec. 160-5. Township monuments; petition and referendum.

(a) Upon the petition of 100 or more legal voters of a township being filed
with the township clerk praying that the proposition of erecting or completing
a monument or memorial in honor of its soldiers and sailors or other notable
persons buried in the township be submitted to the voters of the township at an
election, the township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper
election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the voters of the
township at an election in accordance with the general election law.

(b) The form of the proposition shall be substantially as follows:

Shall a monument or memorial be erected in honor of

(the soldiers and sailors of the township or other notable person)?

The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

(c) If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor of
it, the township supervisor, township clerk, and township treasurer, within one
year after the election, shall purchase or procure a site and erect the
monument or memorial.

(d) Provisions for the payment and maintenance for the monument or memorial shall be made by
the proper taxing and financial officers in the same manner as for other
township expenditures.

(Source: P.A. 98-312, eff. 8-12-13.)