Excerpt from Counties of Illinois, Their Origin and Evolution: With Twenty-Three Maps Showing the Original and the Present Boundary Lines of Each County in the StateThe powers of the county as a body politic and corporate are exercised by the county board, which consists, in Cook County, of fifteen commission ers, ten elected from the city of Chicago and five from the outlying town ships. In other counties under township organization the county board consists of the supervisors from the several townships of the county. In counties not under township organization, the county board consists of three commissioners elected by the electors of the entire county for a term of three years with terms so arranged that a new member will be elected each year.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.