{"data":{"id":"us-il/65-ilcs-20-21-36","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"65 ILCS 20/21-36","heading":"","body":"City to have fifty wards.\nThe city of Chicago shall be divided into fifty wards. In the formation of wards the population of each shall be as nearly equal as practicable and each shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory.","path":["CHAPTER 65 MUNICIPALITIES","Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=803\u0026ChapterID=14\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:23Z","sha256":"b96d75bd041bee36572d0e35de8136994b9ad8e824ba2200409e9723353ab96e","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/65-ilcs-20-21-35","next":"us-il/65-ilcs-20-21-37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}