(65 ILCS 5/9-2-24) (from Ch. 24, par. 9-2-24)
Sec. 9-2-24.
Every person who is named in the commissioners' report as an
owner of property to be taken or damaged for the improvement, and every
person who is therein named as an occupant of any parcel thereof, shall be
made a party defendant in the proceeding. All other persons having or
claiming interest in any of the premises shall be described and designated
as "all whom it may concern," and by that description shall be made
defendants. Upon the filing of the commissioners' report, a summons shall
be issued and served upon the persons made party defendants, as in other
civil actions, except that the summons shall require a defendant to appear
within 15 days after service, exclusive of the day of service. As to such
of the defendants as are shown by the affidavits to be non-residents of the
State of Illinois, or whose residences are shown thereby to be unknown, and
the defendants designated as "all whom it may concern," the clerk of the
court shall publish in one or more newspapers published in the
municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein, then in one or more
newspapers with a general circulation within the municipality, a notice of
the pendency of the proceeding, the parties thereto, the title of the
court, the time and place of the return of the summons in the case, the
description of the property to be taken or damaged, the total cost of the
improvement as shown by the estimate and report, and the nature of the
proceeding. This notice shall further state that a special assessment has
been made to raise the cost of the improvement, and the time and place of
filing the report thereof. This notice shall be published at least once in
each week for 3 weeks, the first notice to be published at least 30 days
before the return day of the summons.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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