In force Nov. 5. 1849.

AN ACT for the incorporation of the Chicago Orphan Asylum.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Incorporation. Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all

Object.

Qualification of members.

Officers.

Powers of trustees.

such persons as are now members of the association denominated "The Chicago Orphan Asylum," and their associates, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of The Chicago Orphan Asylum," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall have power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, and to do and perform all such acts and things as are or may become necessary for the furtherance and advancement of the purposes of said incorporation, as fully and completely as a natural person might or could do.

§ 2. The object and purpose of said corporation shall be the protecting, relieving, educating of, and providing means of support and maintenance for the orphan and destitute children in the city of Chicago.

§ 3. Any person may become a member of said corporation by paying to the treasurer thereof, the sum of twentyfive dollars ($25;) which may include as part thereof any sum which has heretofore been paid by such person to the aforesaid association: Provided, that said corporation may by its by-laws provide for the admission of annual members, on such terms and with such privileges as they may deem proper.

§4. The officers of said corporation shall be a president, a vice president, a treasurer, a secretary, and eleven trustees, who shall be elected from the members of the said corporation by ballot, at the annual meeting of the members, and shall hold their office for one year and until others be elected in their stead; and in case of any vacancy or vacancies in either of the said offices, by death, resignation, or otherwise, the board of trustees shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies until the next annual meeting. The president and secretary of the said corporation shall, ex officio, be president and secretary of the board of trustees, and be associated with the said board in all matters of business pertaining to the said corporation. § 5. The estate and concerns of the said corporation shall be managed by a board, consisting of the president, secretary, and trustees, a majority of whom shall form a quorum for the transaction of business, who shall have power, in pursuance of the by-laws of the said corporation, to appoint and at pleasure remove such subordinate officers and agents, superintendents, teachers, and servants, as the business of the corporation shall require, and not to allow them a suitable compensation.

§ 6. In case of death or legal incapacity of a father, or Guardians of his abandoning or neglecting to provide for his family, the orphans. mother shall be deemed the legal guardian of her children, for the purpose of making a surrender of them to the charge and custody of the trustees of the said corporation; and in all cases where it is not known that there is within the state any person legally authorized to act in the premises, the mayor of the city of Chicago shall, ex officio, be the legal guardian for the like purpose, and such guardianship shall extend as weil to children already in the care of the aforesaid association, as to those who may hereafter be offered for admission or received into the said asylum; and, in either case, whether such surrender may be made by the mother, or by the mayor of the said city, or whether before or after admission in the said asylum, it shall be deemed a legal surrender for the purposes and within the true intent and meaning of this act.

bound.

§ 7. When a child shall be surrendered to the charge Orphans may be and direction of the trustees of said corporation, by an instrument in writing, signed by the parent or guardian of such child, or by the mayor of said city of Chicago, in manner and form as may be prescribed in and by the by-laws of the said corporation, the trustees may, in their discretion, bind out such child to some suitable employment, in the same manner as poor and indigent children may now be bound out according to the laws of this state; but proper provisions shall in every case be made and inserted in the indentures by which such child shall be bound to service, for securing an education proper and fitting for the condition and circumstances in life of such child.

§ 8. The said corporation may receive, take and hold, May acquire as well by gift, purchase, devise or bequest, or otherwise, property. any real or personal estate, for the uses and purposes herein contemplated, whether the same be purchased by, or given, devised, bequeathed, or conveyed directly to such corporation, or to its officers or trustees, or otherwise, for the use of the said corporation; and all the money and property heretofore donated to the aforesaid association is hereby vested in said corporation.

laws.

§ 9. The said corporation shall have power to make by- May make bylaws, rules and regulations, for the admission of its members and their government, the election of its officers, and the appointment of agents, superintendents, teachers and servants, and for regulating their duties and government, for the expelling of its members, and for the safe keeping and protection of its property and funds. § 10. The annual election for officers of the said corporation, shall be held on the second Thursday in December in each year, or on such other day as the said corporation in and by its by-laws may appoint; and the next annual elec

Time of election.

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tion for officers of the said corporation shall be held on the second Thursday of December next after the passage of this act Provided, that the officers of the aforesaid association shall be the officers of said corporation until an election shall have been held under this act.

11. This act shall take effect immediately, and the Kight reserved. legislature may at any time alter, amend or repeal the same. APPROVED Nov. 5, 1849.

In force Nov. 3, AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Canton, and 1849. in aid of the revenue laws," approved February 8, 1849.

Part of act repealed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of section eighty of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Canton," approved February 8th, 1849, as exempts the inhabitants of said town corporate of Canton from the payment of any county tax, other than road tax, on any property, real or personal, within one mile from the centre of said town, be and the same is hereby repealed.

§ 2. The collector of the county of Fulton shall, and hereby is required to collect all and any county tax, other than road tax, levied and assessed by the proper authorities of the county, under the general revenue laws of the state, now in force and approved February 8th, 1849, for the year A. D. 1849, on all property, either real or personal, lying and being within one mile of the centre of said town corporate of Canton, the same as if said town had not been incorporated.

§ 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED Nov. 3, 1849.

In force Nov. 5, 1849.

Limitations of

16 years.

AN ACT to amend the several laws concerning limitation of actions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all actions founded upon any promissory note, simple contract in writing, bond, judgment, or other evidence of indebtedness in writing, made, caused or entered into after the passage of this act, shall be commenced within sixteen years after the cause of action accrued, and not thereafter.

§ 2. All actions founded upon accounts, bills of exchange, orders, or upon promises not in writing, express or implied, made after the passage of this act, shall be commenced within five years next after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not thereafter.

§ 3. Be it further enacted, That this act and the several acts to which this is an amendment, shall be subject to the several provisions, conditions and restrictions contained in the twelfth and thirteenth sections of the sixty-sixth chapter of the Revised Statutes of this state.

Of five years.

§ 4. So much of the sixty-sixth chapter of the said Act repealed. Revised Statutes, entitled "Limitations," as is in conflict with this act, is hereby repealed; and so much of the said act amendatory thereof, passed February tenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, as is inconsistent with this act is hereby repealed: Provided, always, that the sev- Proviso. eral acts aforesaid shall be hereafter, in all actions instituted upon causes of action arising during the period in which said laws were respectively in force, be the rule of limitations and adjudication in all such cases, and that neither this act nor said amendatory act shall be so construed as to limit or affect the right of action upon any matter of indebtedness or cause of action existing or accruing before their several enactment.

years.

to be

§ 5. No action of debt shall be maintained on any open Action account or any promise, not in writing, unless the same be brought in two brought within five years next after the cause of action accrued; but if said cause of action has accrued five years before the passage of this act, then such action shall not be maintained, unless the suit is brought within two years next after the passage of this act.

§ 6. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED Nov. 5, 1849.

AN ACT to amend the several acts concerning the public revenue.

In force Nov. 6,

1849.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That here- Duty of clerk. after the clerk of the county court shall, on or before the first day of March in each year, cause to be delivered to the assessor of his county, in a well bound book, a correct transcript of all the real estate subject to taxation, made out in numerical order, together with the names of the original purchasers, or present owners; and shall, at the same time, deliver to said assessor a blank book or books, ruled and headed suitable for his use in making the assessment. Said books to be in the form now required by law.

Duty of asses

Clerk to deliver tax books.

Proviso.

Collector to file bond.

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posted up.

§ 2. The assessor shall assess the property as now required by law, and make return thereof on or before the first. day of October thereafter.

§3. The clerk shall deliver the tax books to the collector on the first Monday in December, or so soon thereafter as he may be qualified: Provided, that this section shall not effect the revenue of the year 1849.

§ 4. At the December term of the county court, in each year, and before receiving the tax books, the collector shall file a good and sufficient bond, as is now provided for by law, to be approved by said court, which shall be recorded and forwarded to the auditor of public accounts, together with a certificate of the facts, within three days after the adjournment of said court: Provided, that this section shall not apply to bonds for the collection of the taxes of 1849.

Notices to be § 5. The notice of the time of attending at the precincts for the purpose of receiving the taxes, required by law, shall be advertised and posted up, at least two weeks prior to the time specified for meeting in the precincts. So much of the law as requires three weeks' notice is hereby repealed.

$ 6. The collector, by himself or agent, shall attend at Change of time, his office, during the month of February, for the purpose of receiving the taxes, instead of the month of January, as now required by law, and said collector shall not distrain or sell personal property for taxes before the first day of March, and not until he has attended the precincts for the purpose of receiving said taxes.

Delinquent list,

Proviso.

§7. The advertisement of the list of delinquent lands and town lots, required by law to be published before the how published rendition of judgment and sale of real estate for taxes, shall be so published on or before the seventh day of May, and the sale shall be made on the second Monday in. June annually: Provided, that said sale may be continued from day to day, until all the property is sold. So much of the 5th section of an act entitled "An act to amend the several acts concerning the public revenue," approved February 8, 1849, as requires the advertisement mentioned in said section to be published four weeks previous to the June term of the county court, and the sale to be made on the third Monday next succeeding the term of the court, is hereby repealed.

Collector to settle.

§ 8. The collector shall present to the court, at the June term thereof, his list of abatements, and shall make a final settlement with the county at said term, except for the amount of taxes due on the delinquent real estate, which he shall account for and pay over to the treasurer within five days after the sale.