lots and improvements and personal property lying and being within the incorporate limits of said town, according to valuation; to tax public shows and houses of public entertainment, taverns, stores and groceries, for the purpose of making and improving the streets and keeping them in repair, and for the purpose of erecting such buildings and other works of public utility as the interest and convenience of the inhabitants of said town may require, and the circumstances render proper and expedient; and said trustees may adopt such modes and means for the assessment and collection of such taxes, and the rents, issues and profits thereof, which may be necessary for the erection of any public school house in said town, market house or other public buildings, to promote the interest and public good of the citizens of said town, and the same to sell grant and dispose of if necessary; they shall also have power to regulate, to grade, pave and improve the streets, lanes and alleys within the limits of said town and corporation, and to extend or open and widen the same, making the persons injured thereby adequate compensation-to ascertain which the board shall cause to be summoned six good and careful men, freeholders, and inhabitants of said town, not directly interested, who, being first duly sworn for that purpose, shall enquire into and take into consideration as well the benefits as the injury which may accrue, and estimate and assess the damages which would be sustained by reason of the opening, extending or widening of any street, avenue, lane or alley, and shall, morever, estimate the amounts which other persons will be benefitted thereby, and shall contribute towards the person injured; all of which shall be returned to the board of trustees, under their hands and seals, and they who shall be benefitted and so assessed shall pay the same, in such manner as shall be provided, and the residue, if any, shall be paid out of the town treasury; and said corporation shall, as they may from time fix upon and determine,* and to prescribe the manner of selling property, when the tax levied upon it is not paid: Provided, no sale of town lots or other real estate shall be made until public notice of the time and place shall be given, by advertisement in the newspapers, or at four of the most public places in said town, at least fifteen days previous thereto: Provided, that in conducting such sale the provisions of the act concerning public revenue, so far as the same may be applicable, shall be complied with.

Proviso.

§ 7. That the trustees of said town, or a majority of Powers. them, shall have power to preserve good order and harmony in said town, to punish for open indecency, breaches of the peace, gambling, gaming houses, horse racing, shooting, and all disorderly houses and riotous meetings, to remove

This sentence is imperfect in the enrolled law.-PR.

Violation of or dinances.

Redemption of

for taxes.

obstructions in the streets and public ways, and all nuisances; for which purpose they may make such by-laws and ordinances as to them may seem expedient and not inconsistent with any public law of this state, and impose fines for the breach thereof, which fines shall be recoverable before any justice of the peace residing in said town. All suits and judicial proceedings under this act shall be brought in the manner and style of the "President and Trustees of the Town of Grayville."

§ 8. It shall be the duty of any justice of the peace residing in said town, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, upon the violation of any laws or ordinances of said corporation, to issue his warrant, directed to the town constable or any authorized county officer, to apprehend the offender or offenders, and bring them or him forthwith before him, and, after hearing the evidence, if it shall appear that the said accused has been guilty of a violation of any such laws or ordinances of the corporation, to impose such fine or imprisonment as shall be pointed out in such laws or ordinances Provided, such fine shall not exceed five dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding twenty-four hours: Provided, however, that writs of certiorari and appeals shall be granted from judgments under this act, as in other civil cases, and in all criminal cases the defendant shall [be] entitled to an appeal to the county or circuit court by entering into bond or recognizance, as the case may require, before the justice of the peace, within twenty days after the rendition of the judgment, with such security and in such an amount as the justice shall think right and proper; and all fines imposed for a breach of the peace, or violation of the corporation ordinances, shall be paid into the treasury of said corporation.

§ 9. That when any town lots or real estate shall be town lots sold sold for taxes, by virtue of this act, the same may be redeemed at any time within two years from the date of such sale, by the owner of said property, or his or her agent, executor or administrator, paying to the treasurer of said town, for the use of the purchaser, at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, together with the costs accruing thereon. § 10. That upon the application of the owners of a majority of the front lots on any street, it shall be lawful for the board of trustees to levy and collect a special tax on the owners of the lots on said street or parts of a street, according to their respective fronts, not to exceed one per cent., for the purposes of grading and paving the said side walks on said street.

Special tax.

Ordinances.

§ 11. That all ordinances of said trustees shall be fairly written out, signed by the clerk, and published in a newspaper printed in the town, or posted up at three of the most public places in said town; and no ordinance shall be in force until published as aforesaid at least ten days.

§ 12. The justices of the peace and constables who are Fees. required to render services under this act shall be entitled to the same fees and collect them in the same manner as now is or may hereafter be provided by law.

Quorum.

§ 13. That the president, or any two of the trustees, Meetings. shall have power to call a meeting of the board, by giving one day's notice thereof, and a majority shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a majority shall [have] power to adjourn from time to time, to compel the attendance of absent members, and in the event that the notice of an election is not given as required by this act, or from any other cause, that an annual election shall not be holden at the proper time, it shall be lawful for the late clerk of the board, or any two qualified voters in said town, at any time thereafter, to give notice as aforesaid of the time and place of holding a special election; and the trustees elected at such special election shall have all the powers conferred by this act.

§ 14. The qualified [voters] within the corporation Vote for or shall vote, on the first Monday in May next, for or against against law. becoming incorporated under this act. If a majority of all

the votes cast at said election are in favor of being incorporated, then this act to be in full force, otherwise to be null and void.

APPROVED Feb. 15, 1851.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Lake and McHenry Plank Road Company. In force Febru

ary 15, 1851.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Lake and McHenry Plank Road association shall have the Right of extenright to extend their 'road from its present termination, sion. through the counties of Lake, McHenry and Boone, in such direction as the said company may choose, on obtaining the consent of the board of supervisors of the respective counties through which said road shall pass, and may make a good turnpike road without plank wherever the nature of the ground will admit, and for this purpose the time for completing the road shall be extended to the first day of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and they may at all times exercise and possess all rights and privileges over the road as far as it is constructed as fully as they would be were the road fully completed.

§ 2. The capital stock of said company may be in- Increase of cap creased to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. APPROVED Feb. 15, 1851.

ital stock.

In force Feb.15, 1851.

AN ACT to change the names of certain persons therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Names changed names of Mary Henderson Beller, of Greene county, in the

Name changed.

state of Illinois, be and the same is hereby changed, for all purposes whatever, to the name of Mary Henderson Dewees, and that the names of her children, Louisa Jane Beller, William Harrison Beller, Julia Ann Beller, Rachel Terry Beller, Charlotte Temple Beller, and Pernina Lucretia Beller, be changed, for all purposes whatever, to Louisa Jane Dewees, William Harrison Dewees, Julia Ann Dewees, Rachel Terry Dewees, Charlotte Temple Dewees, and Mary Lucretia Dewees.

§ 2. That the name of Oliver Sheple, of the county of Fulton, state of Illinois, be and the same is hereby changed, for all purposes whatever, to the name of Oliver Shipley, and by that name to be known, and to have, maintain and enjoy all the rights and immunities, in person and property the same, to all intents and purposes, as if his said name had not been changed.

This act to be in force from and after its
APPROVED Feb. 15, 1851.

passage.

In force Feb.15, AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate Metropolis city," approv

Tax.

1851.

Application.

Delinquents.

ed February 25th, 1845.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the board of trustees of Metropolis city, in Massac county, Illinois, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, upon the application in writing of the owners of two thirds of the front lots an any street in said town, to levy and collect a tax in money or labor which shall be sufficient, in the judgment of said board of trustees, to grade and pave the side walks on such street.

§ 2. If any owner of any lot so assessed under the provisions of this act shall fail and refuse to pay the tax or amount assessed upon his or her lot or lots, the same shall be subject to sale for the tax or assessment made as aforesaid, in the same manner, in all respects, as the lands of delinquent tax payers are now subject to be sold under the revenue laws of this state.

§3. The president of said board of trustees be and he is hereby invested with the jurisdiction of justice of the

President to have jurisdicof the peace.

peace, in all cases, civil and criminal, arising within the corporate limits of said Metropolis city, and shall be entitled to tion of justice the same fees for services rendered. APPROVED Feb. 15, 1851.

AN ACT to incorporate the Chester Branch Railroad Company.

In force Feb.15, 1851.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John Campbell, Seth Allen, Francis Swanwick, William Edwards, Corporation. William C. Murphy, H. B. Jones, Henry Hempleman, Chester A. Keyes, Frederick Williams, Walter B. Scates, Harvey T. Pace, Stinson H. Anderson and Stephen J. Hicks, their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the "Chester Branch Railroad company," Style. for the purpose of surveying, locating, constructing, com- Objects. pleting and operating a railroad, from the town of Chester, in Randolph county, in the state of Illinois, and thence, upon the most eligible route, to Pinckneyville, in Perry county, and thence to intersect at some suitable point with the main trunk of the Central railroad from Cairo to the southern terminus of the Illinois and Michigan canal, whenever the said persons and their associates shall organize in full compliance with the provisions of an act entitled "an act to provide for a general system of railroad incorporations," approved November fifth, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

§ 2. This act shall be in force from and after its pas

sage.

APPROVED Feb. 15, 1851.

AN ACT changing the eastern termination of the Northern Cross Railroad.

In force Feb.15, 1851.

feiture.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That no forfeiture shall accrue against or in respect to the Sangamon Release of forand Morgan Railroad company, or in respect to any grant made to said company by the act supplementary to the act incorporating said company, by reason of a failure to expend fifty thousand dollars in the construction of the road east of Springfield during the present or next year: Provi- Proviso. ded, that by the first of February, eighteen hundred and