(55 ILCS 5/1-4005) (from Ch. 34, par. 1-4005)
Sec. 1-4005.
Proclamation by Governor.
Within ten days after such
election, the county clerk of each of such counties shall send a correct
and duly certified abstract of the votes polled at such election to the
Secretary of State; and if a majority of votes polled at such election in
each of said counties is found to be in favor of uniting and annexing the
petitioning county to the adjoining county, the Secretary of State shall
forthwith so notify the Governor of the state, and the Governor shall
thereupon, forthwith and without delay, issue his proclamation announcing
and declaring the result of such election; and on and after the date of
such proclamation the petitioning county shall cease to exist as a county,
and all that territory embraced in the limits of such petitioning county
shall be united and annexed to, and shall form an integral part of such
adjoining county.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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