(65 ILCS 5/2-3-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-6)
Sec. 2-3-6.
Upon the filing of such a petition with the circuit
clerk, the court shall hear testimony and rule that the area under
consideration is or is not a village in fact. The ruling of the court
shall be entered of record in the court. If
the court rules that
the area does not constitute a village in fact, the petition to
incorporate the area as a village is denied and no subsequent petition
concerning village incorporation of any of the land described in the
earlier petition may be filed within one year. If the court rules that
the area does constitute a village in fact, such court shall enter an order
so finding and the proposition shall be certified and submitted to the electors
of such area in the manner provided by the general election law. The proposition
shall be in substantially the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the territory (here YESdescribe it) be incorporated as ---------------------------------------------------------------------------a village under the general law? NO---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The result of the election shall be entered of record in
the court. If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor
incorporation as a village under the general law the inhabitants of the
territory described in the petition are incorporated as a village under
this Code with the name stated in the petition.
(Source: P.A. 83-343.)
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