OF THE

STATE OF ILLINOIS,

i Caws, teluten, eta,

PASSED BY THE

TWENTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

AT THE REGULAR, SPECIAL, AND THE

ADJOURNED SESSIONS,

OONVENED

January 4, May 24, October 13, November 15, 1871.

SPRINGFIELD:
ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL PRINT.

1872.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ASSESSMENTS:

An act for the assessment of property and for the levy and collection of taxes ......

An act to legalize assessments of property for state, county and town taxes of the year

1870, and to provide for appeals from judgments for such taxes.

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An act to secure equality of assessment in special school districts..

72

An act to provide for the reassessment and taxation of property where the records of

assessment have been lost or destroyed, and to authorize the re-assessment or abate-

ment of taxes in certain cases..

An act to authorize the assessment of property, and the levy and collection of taxes

in municipal corporations, and by boards of trustees or commissioners, when the

assessment roll has been lost or destroyed...

75

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to legalize assessments of property for

state, county and town taxes of the year 1870, and to provide for appeals from

judgments for such taxes," approved June 21, 1871 .

76

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES:

An act in regard to the administrations of estates ......

77

AGRICULTURE:

An act to amend “A general act of incorporation of agricultural and horticultural

societies and associations for improving the breeds of domestic animals," approved

February 15, 1860 .....

111

An act authorizing agricultural societies to sell, exchange, dispose of and convey

.....113

An act to create a Department of Agriculture in the State of Illinois...

.113

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to create a Department of Agriculture in the

State of Nlinois," approved April 17, 1871

116

ANIMALS:

An act to authorize the county boards, or otber bodies having control and manage.

ment of the county affairs of the several counties of this state, to take ineasures

to enforce all laws in regard to the prevention of cruelty to animals.

..116

An act to prohibit domestic animals from running at large in this state

An act to amend an act entitled “An act for the prevention of cruelty to animals,”.

approved March 31, 1869

..117

An act to prevent male animals running at large, and for their restraint

APPORTIONMENT:

An act to apportion the state into nineteen congressional districts, and establish the

same, and provide for the election of representatives therein....

An act to apportion the state of Illinois into senatorial districts .

APPROPRIATIONS:

An act to pay the members, officers and employés of the twenty-seventh general

assembly

An act to fix the number of employés of the twenty-seventh general assembly, and

the compensation of the same

An act to fix the compensation of the members, officers, and employés of the general

assembly

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