(105 ILCS 5/15-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-23)
Sec. 15-23.
Common school lands.
The provisions of Sections 15-1 through 15-19, of this Article shall
have no application to the sale of any of the common school lands of any
township to a school district located within the township for use as a
schoolhouse site, and the trustees of schools or township land
commissioners in any township in which Section 16 or land granted in lieu
thereof remains unsold may sell to the governing body of any such school
district any tract of said common school lands where such tract has been
legally selected as a schoolhouse site for said district.
Where any tract of the common school lands of the township has been
legally selected as a schoolhouse site by the voters of any school district
within the township, the governing body of such school district may adopt a
resolution reciting the fact that the voters have legally selected such
tract as a schoolhouse site, describing it, setting forth the date of the
election and the fact that a majority of the voters voting at the election
selected the said tract as a schoolhouse site, and requesting the trustees
of schools, or township land commissioners upon payment to them of not to
exceed the sum authorized by the voters to be paid for any such tract, to
execute an instrument indicating that said trustees of schools or township
land commissioners of the township hold title to said tract for the use and
benefit of such school district. A certified copy of such resolution shall
be filed with the Clerk of the trustees of schools or township land
commissioners, and it shall be the duty of said trustees of schools or
township land commissioners of such township upon the filing of a certified
copy of such resolution with the Clerk of the trustees of schools, or
township land commissioners to execute an instrument of conveyance or an
instrument of declaration, indicating that they hold title to such property
for the use and benefit of said school district, which shall be filed of
record in the office of the recorder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if the school
district is a school district located in a Class I county school unit, or if
the school district is a school district that has withdrawn from the
jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of a township and the
township treasurer under subsection (b) of Section 5-1, the resolution of the
school board shall request the trustees of schools, township land
commissioners, regional board of school trustees, or other school officials
having title to the property, upon payment to them of not to exceed the sum
authorized by the voters, to deliver to the school board a deed, executed by
their president and their clerk or secretary, conveying good legal title to the
property selected as a schoolhouse site to the school board of the school
district.
(Source: P.A. 88-155.)
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