Illinois Code § 65 ILCS 5/1-1-3

All existing municipalities which were incorporated or which
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changed their corporate organization under "An Act to provide for the
incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, as amended,
and all existing municipalities which were incorporated under any general
act prior to July 1, 1872, shall be treated as properly incorporated under
this Code.

 
All municipalities incorporated under any special act in effect prior to
July 1, 1872, which at the date of the passage of this Code are still
functioning under the special act which created them, shall remain as
properly incorporated under that special act.

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