65 ILCS 5/7-2-1

Any 2 or more incorporated contiguous municipalities wholly or substantially situated in a single county may be united into one incorporated city by a compliance with Sections 7-1-16 and 7-1-17, with the following exceptions:

(1) The petition (a) shall be signed by electors of each of the municipalities seeking a union, (b) shall state the name by which the united municipality is to be known, and (c) shall state the form of municipal government under which the united municipality is to be governed.

(2) The question shall be in substantially the following form:

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Shall the city, village, or

incorporated town (as the

case may be) of............

and the city, village, or

incorporated town (as the case YES

may be) of..........., (and

in this manner as far as

necessary, filling blanks with

the names of the municipalities

to be united), be united ---------------------------

into a single municipality

under the name of..........

with the........... form of

municipal government (filling

the blank with the word NO

"Alderperson" or "Commission"

or the words "Managerial With

Alderpersons Chosen From Wards Or

Districts" as the case may be)?

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No other proposition shall appear thereon.

If the majority of the votes cast in each municipality specified in the petition is in favor of the proposition, the municipalities are united.