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WOOLLEN, BROWN, HAWKINS & BASOLA <br /> LAWYERS <br /> IYNN A.WOOLLEN (190B-1970) 234 SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET AREA CODE 217 <br /> REXL.BROWN TELEPHONE <br /> ELMER C.HAWKINS DECATUR�ILLINOIS 423-3411 <br /> JOSEPH W.BASOLA BZS23 <br /> KEITH A.LUYMES Anril 8� �7�� <br /> Mayor of the C ity of D ec atur <br /> City Cou�cil of the City of Decatur <br /> C ity C lerk of th e C ity of ll ec atu r ' <br /> RE: South Side Country Club - <br /> liquor license <br /> Gentlemen: <br /> As you are �robably aware, South Si�e Country Club <br /> �oes not have a club liquor license an� has onerate•� <br /> for over 50 years as a "bottle club" , an� is onerat- <br /> ing in comnliance with the gui�elines establishe� by <br /> the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. <br /> Inasmuch as the club is in the City of Decatur , the <br /> boara of South Si�e Country Club wishes �o obtain a <br /> club license from the City of Decatur. <br /> South S ide Country C lub was volunt arily annexe� to <br /> the City of Decatur, Illinois on May 27 , 1968 by <br /> ordinance No. 4989. On January 31, 1977 South Si�e <br /> Country Club file� a Petition with the City Clerk <br /> containing the signatures of not less than 66 2/3% <br /> of all the legal voters resi�ing in the area annexe� <br /> to the City in or�inance No. 4989, requesting the <br /> �iscontinuance of the existing prohibition� of the <br /> sale at retail of alcoholic liquor. The Petition <br /> was submitte�l un�er Illinois Revise� Statutes, Chapter <br /> 43 Section 173.1 as require�, which provi�es that the <br /> status of an annexe.� area shall remain the same until <br /> change� in accor�ance with the following provisions: <br /> (b) upon the filing in the offi. ce of the clerk of <br /> the nolitical sub�livision of which the annexe•� area <br />