Illinois Code § 2-3-10

§ 2-3-10.

Any part of any village or incorporated town, lying upon the border thereof, and having not less than 500 inhabitants living in immobile dwellings other than those designed to be mobile, may incorporate as a village under this Code if the territory remaining in the original village or incorporated town shall not be less than 4 square miles, and shall have not less than 500 inhabitants living in dwellings other than those designed to be mobile. Such village may incorporate as follows: A petition shall be presented to the circuit court for the county wherein the village or incorporated town is situated, asking that the question of incorporating a part of the village or incorporated town into a new village under this Code be submitted to the electors of the village or incorporated town. The petition shall set forth (1) a definite description of the lands intended to be embraced in the proposed village, (2) the number of inhabitants residing therein, and (3) the name of the proposed village. The petition shall be signed by not less than 50 electors residing in the described territory. But if more than 500 votes were cast by electors residing in the described territory at the last preceding election, the petition shall be signed by electors residing in the described territory, in a number equal to one-tenth of the number of votes cast in the described territory at the last preceding general or municipal election. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3740.)