OF THE

STATE OF ILLINOIS,

PASSED BY THE

TWENTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

CONVENED JANUARY 5,1863.

SPRINGFIELD:

BAKER & PHILLIPS, PRINTERS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

ACADEMIES AND COLLEGES: Page.

An act to amend "An act incorporating the University of Chicago" 9

A bill for an act to amend the charter of the Chicago Law Institute 9

An act to authorize the trustees of the LaHarpe Academy, in the town of LaHarpe,

to convey property 10

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Quincy English and

German Seminary, in the City of Quincy, in the county of Adams, and State of •

Illinois," in force February 5th, 1855 10

An act to incorporate the Mattoon Female Seminary 12

An act to incorporate the Mattoon College 15

An act to incorporate the Illinois Female College. 18

An act to incorporate the Directors of the Naperville Graded School 21

BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS:

An act to incorporate the Koman Catholic Asylum of the Diocese of the Catholic

Bishop of Chicago 25

A bill for an act to exempt property of the American Bible Society and its auxilia-

ries and branches from taxation 26

An act to incorporate the Springfield Home for the Friendless 27

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Firemen's Benevolent

Association," and for other purposes 29

An act to incorporate the United Sons of Erin Benevolent Society of the city of

Chicago 31

An act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois of the Independent

Order of the Sons of Herman 38

An act to incorporate the Chicago Ministry at Large 34

BANKS:

An a^t for the relief of the City Bank of Eames, Allen & Co 87

An act to incorporate the Fulton Savings Bank 38

CITIES:

An act to reduce the Charter of the City of Chicago and the several acts amenda-

tory thereof into one act, and to revise the same 40

An act to incorporate the city of Shelbyville, in Shelby county 157

An act to amend the city charter of the city of Monmouth, in the county of War-

ren, and State of Illinois 165