(65 ILCS 5/7-6-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-7)
Sec. 7-6-7.
Upon application by the county board of any county to the
circuit court, and after a hearing upon such notice as may be directed by
such court, any municipality which has less than 50 inhabitants according
to the last preceding Federal census may be ordered by the court to
dissolve. After service of such order upon the corporate authorities of the
municipality acting at that time they shall proceed to close up the
business affairs of the municipality as expeditiously as possible and in
the same manner as is provided by Sections 7-6-4, 7-6-5 and 7-6-6 in the
case of voluntary dissolution. The court may enforce compliance with its
order by proceedings for contempt. If ever there is in existence any
municipality in which the Bureau of the Census did not determine the
population when the last preceding decennial census was taken, the county
board of the county in which such municipality is located may, at county
expense, arrange with the Bureau of the Census to take a special census of
such municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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