(60 ILCS 1/Art. 1 heading)\nARTICLE 1.\nSHORT TITLE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS\n(60 ILCS 1/1-1)\nSec. 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Township Code.\n(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)\n(60 ILCS 1/1-5)\nSec. 1-5. Use of terms.\n(a) A reference in another Act to a town (other than an incorporated town) shall be deemed a reference to a township as that term is used in this Code.\n(b) A reference in another Act to the board of trustees of a town (other than an incorporated town) or township, the board of town trustees, or the board of township trustees shall be deemed a reference to the township board as that term is used in this Code.\n(c) A reference in another Act to an officer of a town (other than an incorporated town) shall be deemed a reference to a township officer as that term is used in this Code.\n(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
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