Division 45. Board Of Trustees  

    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-45-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-45-5)
    Sec. 3.1-45-5. Composition; manner of acting. The board of trustees shall consist of the president and trustees and, except as otherwise provided in this Code, shall exercise the same powers and perform the same duties as the city council in cities. It shall pass ordinances, resolutions, and motions in the same manner as a city council. The president of the board of trustees may exercise the same veto power and powers in Section 3.1-40-30, and with like effect, as the mayor of a city. The trustees may pass motions, resolutions, and ordinances over the president's veto in like manner as the aldermen of a city council.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-45-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-45-10)
    Sec. 3.1-45-10. Officers; duties and fees. The president and board of trustees may prescribe the duties of the officers appointed under Section 3.1-30-5, and the amount to be charged for services rendered by those officers, and may require them to execute whatever bonds are prescribed by statute or ordinance.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-45-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-45-15)
    Sec. 3.1-45-15. Powers and duties. The trustees, except as otherwise provided in this Code, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred upon the aldermen of a city.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-45-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-45-20)
    Sec. 3.1-45-20. Villages and towns under special Acts. The trustees in every village or incorporated town specified in Section 3.1-25-70 shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as have been given by any special Act to the legislative body of that specified village or incorporated town and that have been given or may later be given to trustees in villages or incorporated towns organized under this Code. This Section, however, does not authorize the trustees in a village or incorporated town to perform any act that its legislative body is specifically prohibited from performing under the terms of the Act creating that village or incorporated town. This Section shall not apply to or change the powers of the members of the legislative body of incorporated towns that have superseded civil townships.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)