(65 ILCS 5/4-2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-2-1)

Sec. 4-2-1. All municipalities not exceeding 200,000 population which are treated as properly incorporated, or which hereafter are incorporated, under this Code, in addition to all rights, powers, and authority conferred upon them elsewhere in this Code, shall have the rights, powers, and authority conferred in this article, by proceeding as hereinafter provided.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)