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CERTIFICATE OF THE CITY CLERK <br /> I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of <br /> Decatur, Macon County, Illinois (the"City"). <br /> As such official I do further certify as follows: <br /> 1. The City was organized and incorporated on or about the year 1836, under and <br /> pursuant to the provisions of a special charter granted by the State of Illinois. Since said date of <br /> incorporation, and except as hereinafter expressly noted, the City has continuously operated <br /> pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of its charter and the general laws of the State <br /> of Illinois, and its governing body consists of a Council (the "Council") the members of which <br /> are hereinafter specifically named. Since said date of organization, except as hereinafter <br /> expressly noted, the City has never changed its form of government, and the City is presently <br /> operated in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, and <br /> all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto (the "Code"), and pursuant to Section 6 of <br /> Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, granting powers to home rule units. <br /> 2. By virtue of its population, the City is a"home rule uniP'pursuant to the provisions of <br /> Section 6 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and no petition asking or <br /> proceeding providing that a referendum concerning the status of the City as a home rule unit be <br /> submitted to the voters of the City has ever been filed. <br /> 3. The City has not adopted and is not now operating under the provisions of Article 4 of <br /> the Code providing for "The Commission Form of Municipal Government"; has adopted and is <br />