reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
105 ILCS 5/15-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-3)Sec. 15-3.     Leases-Pooling agreements-Railroad rights of way and depot grounds.The township land commissioners or trustees of schools in townships in  which Section 16, or lands granted in lieu thereof, remain unsold, or which  have title to any other school lands or real estate, may lease them for an  annual cash rent or for an annual grain rent or a combination of cash and  grain rent, or may lease them for drilling for oil and gas upon a royalty  basis. The lease shall be made by the president and the clerk, under the  direction of the township land commissioners or trustees of schools, with  the lessee or lessees, shall be in writing, shall be filed with the records  of the board, and a copy shall be transmitted to the county superintendent.  In case of default in the payment of rent the township land commissioners  or trustees shall at once proceed to collect it as may be provided by law  for the collection of rents by landlords. No lease under the provisions of  this Act shall be for a longer period than 5 years except when lands are  leased for the purpose of having permanent improvements made thereon, as in  cities and villages, and except when leased for oil and gas development and  drilling. The township land commissioners or trustees of schools which have  title to any school real estate or lands, whether the lands or real estate  are being used by any school district for school purposes or not, may lease  such real estate or lands, or any part thereof, for drilling for oil and  gas upon such terms as may be agreed upon. Where such a lease is made for  drilling for oil and gas, the township land commissioners or trustees of  schools may also enter into pooling agreements with the owners of adjacent  lands so that the township land commissioners or trustees of schools will  participate in royalties in proportion to their acreage ownership as to all  oil produced from any of the lands in the pooling agreements. This section  does not apply to cities having a population of over one hundred thousand  inhabitants.The township land commissioners or trustees of schools of any township  may sell and convey to any railroad company a right of way across any  school lands of the township, and necessary depot grounds.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-4)Sec. 15-4.     (Repealed).     (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3739. Repealed by P.A. 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
105 ILCS 5/15-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-5)Sec. 15-5.     Penalty for trespass.Every trespasser upon common school lands is guilty of a petty offense  and shall be fined 3 times the amount of the injury occasioned by the  trespass.    (Source: P.A. 77-2267.)
105 ILCS 5/15-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-6)Sec. 15-6.     Disposition of penalties and fines.         All penalties and fines collected under the provisions of Sections 15-4  and 15-5 shall be paid to the school treasurer and added to the principal  of the township fund.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-8)Sec. 15-8.     Fractional townships united to adjacent township.Any fractional township not having the requisite number of inhabitants  to petition for the sale of school lands, which has not heretofore been  united with any township for school purposes, and which does not contain a  sufficient number of inhabitants to maintain a free school, is hereby  attached for school purposes to the adjacent congressional township having  the longest territorial line bordering on such fractional township, and all  the provisions of this Article shall apply to such united townships the  same as though they were 1 township.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-9)Sec. 15-9.         Notice  to trustees-Subdivision of land-Plat, roads, streets and alleys.When the petition and affidavits are delivered to the county  superintendent, and the requisite number of votes are in favor of a sale,  he shall notify the trustees of the township or township land  commissioners, who shall immediately divide the land into tracts or lots of  such form and quantity as will produce the largest sum of money, and cause  a plat thereof to be made with each lot numbered and defined so that its  boundaries may be forever ascertained.In subdividing common school lands, no lot shall contain more than 80  acres and the division may be into town or village lots, with roads,  streets or alleys between and through them. All such divisions are hereby  declared legal and all such roads, streets and alleys are declared to be  public highways.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-10)Sec. 15-10.     Value fixed-Certification of plat-Plat and certificate to govern.After the school lands have been subdivided and platted, the trustees of  schools or township land commissioners shall fix the value of each lot and  certify to the correctness of the plat, stating in the certificate the  value of each lot and describing it so that it may be identified. The plat  and certificate shall be delivered to the county superintendent and shall  govern him in advertising and selling such lands.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-11)Sec. 15-11.     Notice of sale.Upon receipt of the plat and certificate of valuation the county  superintendent shall advertise the sale of such land in lots, as divided  and platted, by publishing notice thereof once each week for 3 successive  weeks prior to the date of the sale in a newspaper published in the county  describing the land and stating the time, place and terms of the sale, and  shall be in the following form:    NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that on the .... day of .... 1 ...., between the  hours of 10:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M., the undersigned superintendent of  schools of .... county, will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, at  the .... door of the court house in ....(or on the premises), the following  described real estate, the same being school lands of township No. ....  range No. ...., as divided, and platted by the (township land  commissioners) (trustees of schools of said township), to-wit: (here insert  full and complete description of said premises). Said lands will be sold  for cash in hand, with the privilege to any purchaser of borrowing from the  undersigned the whole or part of the payment of his bid, for not less than  1 nor more than 5 years, upon his paying interest and giving security as  required in case of a loan obtained from the township fund.Dated this .... day of .... 1 .....    A .... B .... County Superintendent   (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-12)Sec. 15-12.     Conduct of sale.Upon the day of sale, the county superintendent shall make sales by  beginning at the lowest numbered lot and proceeding regularly to the  highest numbered until they are all sold or offered. No lot shall be sold  for less than its valuation. The sale may continue from day to day. Each  lot shall be sold separately and offered long enough to enable any person  present to bid who so desires.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-13)Sec. 15-13.     Payment of purchase price.At the close of each day's sale the purchasers shall pay or secure the  payment of the purchase money. In case of a failure to do so by 10 a. m.  the succeeding day, the lot purchased shall again be offered at public  sale, on the terms as before. Regardless of whether or not the sale is made  the former purchaser shall be required to pay the difference between his  bid and the valuation of the lot, and if he fails to make such payment, the  county superintendent may forthwith institute a civil action in his name,  as superintendent, for the use of the inhabitants of the township where the  land lies, for the required sum; and upon making proof, shall be entitled  to judgment, with costs of suit which, when collected, shall be added to  the principal of the township fund.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-14)Sec. 15-14.     Unsold lands subject to sale thereafter.         All lands not sold at public sale, as herein provided for, shall be  subject to sale at any time hereafter, at the valuation as provided in  Section 15-10, and the county superintendents shall, if possible, sell all  such lands at private sale, upon the terms at which they were offered at  public sale.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-15)Sec. 15-15.     Valuation of unsold land.         Where common school lands have been valued under Section 15-10 and have  remained unsold for 2 years after having been offered for sale in  conformity to this Article, the trustees of schools or township land  commissioners where the lands are situated may, without any petition having  been filed, vacate the valuation thereof by an order entered in Book A of  the county superintendent, and make a new valuation. They shall make a new  valuation in the same manner as the former, and shall deliver to the county  superintendent a plat of the land at such new valuation with the order of  vacation, whereupon the county superintendent shall offer the land for sale  as if no former valuation has been made.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-16
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-16)Sec. 15-16.     Certificate of purchase.Upon the completion of every sale the county superintendent shall  deliver to the purchaser a certificate of purchase including the name and  residence of the purchaser and the price and description of the land.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-17)Sec. 15-17.     Patents.Every purchaser of common school lands shall be entitled to a patent  from the State, conveying and assuring the title. Patents shall be issued  by the Secretary of State from returns made to him by the county  superintendent, township land commissioners or county board of school  trustees as the case may be. They shall contain a description of the land  granted and shall be in the name of and signed by the Governor, with the  great seal of State affixed thereto by the Secretary of State, and shall  operate to vest in the purchaser a title in fee simple. When patents are so  executed the Secretary of State shall note on the list of sales the date of  each patent in such manner as to perpetuate the evidence of its date and  delivery and thereupon transmit it to the county superintendent of the  proper county, to be by him delivered to the patentee, his heirs, or  assigns, upon the return of the original certificate of purchase, which  certificate, when returned, shall be filed and preserved by the county  superintendent. All such patents for school lands, or certified copies  thereof from any record legally made, shall, after 10 years from the date  of the patent, and such sale having been acquiesced in for 10 years by the  inhabitants of the township in which the land so conveyed is situated, be  conclusive evidence as to the legality of the sale, and that the title to  such land was, at the date of patent, legally vested in the patentee.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-18
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-18)Sec. 15-18.     Copies of lost certificates or patents.Purchasers of common school lands, and their heirs or assigns, may  obtain certified copies or certificates of purchase and patents upon filing  an affidavit with the county superintendent in respect to certificates and  with the Secretary of State in respect to patents, proving the loss or  destruction of the originals, which copies shall have the effect of  originals.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-19)Sec. 15-19.     Dedication of streets and highways.The trustees of schools or township land commissioners may dedicate to  public use for street and highway purposes as much of the unimproved common  school lands as may be necessary to open or extend any street or highway  which may be ordered by the municipal authorities to be opened or extended,  if they are of the opinion that the benefit to accrue from the opening or  extending of such street or highway will compensate for the strip so  dedicated. It is unlawful for any street or other railroad company to lay  tracks on any strip of the common school lands so dedicated, or use them or  any part thereof for railroad or street railroad purposes, except upon the  purchase or lease thereof from the proper authorities or upon payment to  the school fund of the township of the value of such use or land the same  as if no street or highway had been laid out thereon, to be determined by  condemnation proceedings. This section does not affect existing leases or  contracts for the lease or purchase of common school lands.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-20)Sec. 15-20.     Books to be kept.The county superintendent shall keep 3 books, to be known and designated  by the letters A, B, and C. In book A he shall record at length all  petitions presented to him for the sale of common school lands, the plats  and certificates of valuation made by or under the direction of the  trustees of schools, or the township land commissioners, and the affidavits  in relation to the same. In book B he shall keep an account of all sales of  common school lands, including the date of sale, name of purchaser,  description of land sold and the selling price. In book C he shall keep a  regular account of all moneys received or paid out; from whom received, on  what account, showing whether it is principal or interest, the rate of  interest, and a description of the real estate taken as security; if paid  out, to whom, when, and on what account, the amount of the sales and the  account of each township fund to be kept separate.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-21
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-21)Sec. 15-21.     Statements to be presented.At the regular meeting of the county board in each year the county  superintendent shall present, first, a statement showing the sales of  school lands made subsequent to the first regular term of the previous  year, which shall be a copy of the sale book (book B); second, a statement  of the amount of money received, paid, and in hand, belonging to each  township or fund under his control, the statement of each fund to be  separate; third, a statement copied from his loan book (book C), showing  all the facts in regard to loans which are required to be stated in the  loan book.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-22
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-22)Sec. 15-22.     Record of report and statement.The county clerk shall record and preserve the report of the county  superintendent made to the county board at its first regular meeting in  each year relating to the sale of school lands, the amount of money  received, paid, loaned out and on hand, belonging to each township fund in  his control, and the statement copied from the loan book of such county  superintendent, showing all the facts in regard to loans which are required  to be stated in the loan book.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/15-23
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (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.)
105 ILCS 5/15-24
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-24)Sec. 15-24.     Management of permanent funds.     The common school lands and township loanable funds in Class I  counties shall be managed and operated by township land commissioners  who shall receive no salary. In counties of fewer than 220,000  inhabitants, there shall be 3 land commissioners, who shall be elected  in the same manner as provided for the election of school directors, who  shall serve the same terms as school directors and shall be organized in  the same manner as school directors. In counties having 220,000  inhabitants or more but fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the members of  the regional board of school trustees shall be the township land  commissioners, except that township land commissioners elected in any  such county prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1963  shall continue to serve until the end of the term for which they were  elected. The township land commissioners shall hold title to, manage and  operate all common school lands and township loanable funds of such  township and receive the rents, issues and profits therefrom. Elections  shall be conducted in accordance with the general election law. The land commissioners  shall appoint a treasurer for a term of 2 years and fix his salary which  shall not be changed during such term. The proceeds of the rents, issues  and profits from such land and fund shall be promptly deposited with him  upon its receipt by the land commissioners. After the payment of the  necessary expenses incidental to the operation of such land and fund by  orders drawn on the treasurer and signed by the president and secretary  of the land commissioners, including actual expenses of the land  commissioners, the net income from such land and fund including  accumulated income undistributed at the effective date of this Act  shall, upon an order drawn by such treasurer and signed by the president  and secretary of such township land commissioners be distributed  annually on or before February 1 as provided in this Act.    (Source: P.A. 86-225.)
105 ILCS 5/15-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 15 - Common School Lands

 (from Ch. 122, par. 15-25)Sec. 15-25.     Reports of treasurer.The treasurer of the township land commissioners shall with respect to  the common school lands and township loanable fund held by them make the  reports to them required to be made by township treasurers to township  school trustees, give bond as required of township treasurers, and perform  the duties and exercise the powers of township treasurers.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)