Town of Woo-Sung v. People ex rel. Swett

Citations

• 102 Ill. 648
• 1882 Ill. LEXIS 74

Syllabus

<p>1. Township obganization&emdash;dividing a town&emdash;notice. The notice required to be given before the board of supervisors shall create any new town, or divide or change the boundary of any town, is not required to be given by the county clerk, or to be signed by any one, nor is the board of supervisors required by any statute to give notice of such proposed action.</p> <p>2. Same&emdash;whether a vote at an election necessary to dividing town. No consent of a majority of the voters voting at a general election is required before the final action of the board of supervisors dividing a town under the township law, or creating a new town. The statute requiring notice to be given by the county clerk, and requiring an affirmative vote as a condition to dividing a town, applies only where an incoiporated town is proposed to be divided. A town under the township law is not an incorporated town, within the meaning of the proviso in the statute.</p>