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Statutes > Illinois > Chapter75 > 1002 (75 ILCS 60/0.01) (from Ch. 81, par. 31.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Library Incorporation Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑1324.) |
(75 ILCS 60/1) (from Ch. 81, par. 32) Sec. 1. Where property, real or personal, has heretofore been or shall hereafter be bequeathed by will or granted, conveyed or donated by deed or other instrument, to trustees to be applied by them to the foundation and establishment in any of the cities, villages and towns of this state of a free public library, it shall be lawful, when not otherwise provided in the will or other instrument of gift, for the acting trustees in any such case, in order to promote the better establishment, maintenance and management of such library, to cause to be formed a corporation under the provisions of this Act, with the rights, powers and privileges hereinafter provided for. (Source: P.A. 84‑1308.) |
(75 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 81, par. 33) Sec. 2. Such acting trustees may make, sign and acknowledge before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds in this state, and file in the office of the Secretary of State a statement in writing, in which shall be set forth the intent of such trustees to form a corporation under this act; a copy of the will or other instrument by which endowment of said library has been provided; the name adopted for the proposed corporation (which shall not be the name of any other corporation already existing); the city, village or town in which the library and the principal place of business of the corporation will be located; the number of managers who may be denominated trustees, managers or directors of the corporation; and the names of the trustees, managers or directors who are to constitute the original board of such officers, and who shall hold until their successors respectively are elected and qualified, as in this act provided. (Source: Laws 1891, p. 157.) |