(70 ILCS 1835/38) (from Ch. 19, par. 738)
Sec. 38.
If there is territory contiguous to the District which has no legal
voters residing therein, a petition to annex such territory, signed by all
the owners of record of such territory may be filed with the circuit court
for Wabash County. A time and place for a hearing on the subject of the
petition shall be fixed and notice thereof shall be given in the manner
provided in Section 37. At such hearing any owner of land in the territory
proposed to be annexed, the District and any resident of the District may
appear and be heard touching on the sufficiency of the petition. If the
court finds that the petition satisfies the requirements of this Section it
shall enter an order stating that such territory shall be an integral part
of the Mt. Carmel Regional Port District and subject to all of the benefits
of service and responsibilities, including the assumption of a
proportionate share of the general obligation bonded indebtedness, if any,
of the District. The circuit clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the
order of the court to the circuit clerk of any other county in which the
annexed territory is situated.
(Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
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