People Ex Rel. Milos v. Kutschke

These quo warranto proceedings challenge the validity of the proceedings leading to the conversion of two public libraries in Cook County into public library districts.

The villages of Bridgeview and Franklin Park were each served by a tax-supported public library originally created by referendum and governed by an elected board of library directors pursuant to section 2 — 2 of the Public Libraries Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 81, par. 2 — 2.) Each of these boards subsequently initiated proceedings under section 2 — 7(3) of the Public Library District Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 81, par.…