and running south to the base line, including the four tiers of sections on the east side of said town of Ursa, be stricken off said town of Ursa. § 2. The said four tiers of sections so stricken off be and the same shall constitute a town, to be called the town of Mendon. § 3. There shall be an election held in the town of Mendon, at their usual place of voting in said town, on the first Tuesday in April next, for the same township officers that all other townships are now entitled to by law. § 4. And such township officers, when elected, shall be entitled to the same fees and shall exercise the same jurisdiction, and, moreover, shall be subject to the same penalties, as the township officers now in office. § 5. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 15, 1851. In fo c: Feb. 15, 1851. Preamble. Counties chang ed. Proviso. Election. How held. AN ACT to add a part of the territory of Christian county to Shelby county. Whereas a majority of the voters residing in township eleven north, range one east, in Christian county, have petitioned that said township be attached to the county of Shelby; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That said township eleven north, of range one east, in Christian county, be stricken therefrom, and added to the county of Shelby: Provided, that an election shall be held in the county of Christian on the first Monday of July next, at the usual places of holding elections, to vote for or against the striking off the said township from the county of Christian; and on the first Monday of July next, an election shall be held in the county of Shelby, at the usual places of holding elections, to vote for or against receiving the said township as a part of the county of Shelby: And provided, further, that a majority of all the legal voters of the county of Christian, voting on the question at said election, shall be in favor of striking off said township, and that at said election a majority of the voters of Shelby county shall be in favor of receiving the said township, then the said township eleven north, of range one east, shall be added to the county of Shelby. § 2. The election to be held as provided in the foregoing section shall be conducted, notices given and returns mad in the same manner as is required by the thirty seventh chapter of the Revised Statutes, entitled "Elections," and "An act to provide the mode of voting by ballot, and for the manner of returning, canvassing and certifying votes," approved Feb. 12, 1849. return. § 3. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county Clerk to make court of Christian county, so soon as the results of said election shall be ascertained, to make a certificate thereof, under the seal of the court, and transmit the same to the clerk of the county court of Shelby county, and the clerk of the county court of Shelby county shall, also, as aforesaid, make out and transmit to the clerk of the county court of Christian county a certificate of the result of the election in said county; which certificates shall be entered upon the records of each of said courts, and each of said clerks shall also enter upon said records the result of said elections in his respective county, at the next term of the court after said elections. transmitted § 4. This act shall be in force from and after its pas- Copes to be sage, and a certified copy thereof shall be transmitted to the clerks of the county courts of Christian and Shelby counties, by the secretary of state, immediately after the passage. APPROVED February 15, 1851. AN ACT to legalize assessments heretofore and hereafter to be made. In force Feb. 15, 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Assessments le Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That where galized. any county or township assessor has heretofore failed, or shall hereafter fail to complete or finish his assessment in the time required by law, such failure shall not vitiate such assessment, but the same shall be as legal and valid as if the same had been completed in the time required by law : Provided, that this act shall not release any such assessor of any county or township from any liability imposed by law for the non-fulfilment of his duty. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 15, 1851. AN ACT to authorize the receipt of the outstanding notes of the old State Bank of In force Feb 15, Illinois, into the treasury of this state. 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Treasurer to r Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the old state bank. ceive bills of The same to be registered and cancelled. treasurer of the state be and he is hereby authorized and required to receive as revenue such outstanding notes or bills of the State Bank of Illinois as were issued under the provisions of an act of the general assembly of this state entitled "An act establishing the State Bank of Illinois," passed A. D. eighteen hundred and twenty-one, and shall allow the two per cent. interest thereon authorized by said act. § 2. The treasurer shall register and cancel said notes, and return the same to the auditor's office, and the auditor shall pass the same to the credit of the treasurer, as is now required in cancelling and returning auditor's warrants. §3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 15, 1851. In force Feb. 15, 1851. Successors to assignees. AN ACT for closing the affairs of the Bank of Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William Brown, Joseph Gillespie and Albert G. Caldwell, or either of them who may give bond in pursuance of an order or decree of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Illinois, rendered at the last term of said court, shall be held, deemed and considered as the legal successor or successors of the assignees of the Bank of Illinois, and as such shall have the right to sue and be sued, to prosecute and defend all suits already brought in the name of said assignees, and to sue out executions on all judgments Their powers. rendered in favor of the said Bank of Illinois, or the assignees of said bank; which execution shall issue in the names in which the judgments have been rendered, for the use of the said successors, and be controlled and collected by the said successor or successors, as they might have been by said bank or said assignees, at the time said judgments were rendered. Agents may be appointed. tate. § 2. Said successor or successors as aforesaid may appoint as many agents as he or they may deem necessary, to assist in the collection of the debts due said bank, or the management of the real estate thereof, as he or they may find necessary. Sale of real es- § 3. Said successor or successors shall have the same right to sell and convey all the real estate belonging to the fund of said bank, whether acquired by said bank or by the assignees thereof, as said assignees have heretofore had. § 4. Said successor or successors shall have the right Compromises. to make such compromises as they may deem proper, of the debts due the said bank, having a due regard to the rights of the creditors of said bank. § 5. This bill shall take effect from and after its pas sage. APPROVED Feb. 15, 1851. 1851. AN ACT to provide for the assessment of property in the city of Quincy for state taxes, In force Feb. 15; and for the collection of taxes therein for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and for subsequent years, and for exempting the city of Quincy from the operation of the law authorizing township organization. assess state taxes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of City assessor to Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the city assessor, for the time being, of the city of Quincy to assess all property, real and personal, within the limits of said city, for state taxes of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and each and every subsequent year; said assessor first being sworn faithfully to discharge the duties appertaining to such office as now provided by law in the case of county assessors. to collect state §. 2. That it shall be the duty of the city collector of City collector to said city of Quincy to collect the state taxes for the year one taxes. thousand eight hundred and fifty, due on the property within the limits of said city, as assessed by the assessor, as provided for in the foregoing section; and also that the successor or successors of said collector shall hereafter collect all state taxes which may be assessed against the property within the said city limits, he or they first giving bond as is now required by law to be done by sheriffs, who are ex officio collectors in their several counties, and subject to all restrictions and requirements of the revenue laws now in force. ganization. § 3. That the city of Quincy shall be exempt from the Exemption from provisions of the act for township organization, heretofore township orpassed or that may be hereafter passed: Provided, that nothing in this act shall prevent the legal voters in the city of Quincy from voting on township organization at the regular election held by the county for that purpose. APPROVED Feb. 15, 1851. In force Feb. 15, AN ACT to amend the 24th chapter of the Revised Statutes, entitled "Conveyances." 1851. Certificate of of of justice not required. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of ficial character Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all deeds, mortgages and other instruments in writing, relating to or effecting any lands, tenaments or hereditaments, situate within this state, which have been executed and acknowledged before any justice of the peace of any county in this state, other than the one in which such lands, tenaments or hereditaments lie, and which have been recorded in the county where such lands, tenaments or hereditaments do actually lie, shall be adjudged and treated by all courts as legally executed and recorded, notwithstanding there is no certificate attached to said mortgage or other instruments by the proper officer, that the justice of the peace before whom said deed, mortgage or other instrument was acknowledged, was at the time of the said acknowledgment an acting justice of the peace of the county in which said deed, mortgage or other instrument purports to have been acknowledged. Notice to pur cla ers. Certifiel copies, effect of. Proviso. Duty of clerk. § 2. That the record of all such deeds, mortgages or other instruments in writing, so acknowledged as aforesaid, shall be taken, and the same is hereby declared to be good and effectual in law to charge any purchaser, mortgagee, or creditor, with notice of the existence of such deed, mortgage or other instrument in writing, from and after the time when such deed, mortgage or other instrument was actually filed for record in the proper office. § 3. That certified copies from the said record, properly authenticated, shall be received in all courts and places as evidence of the due execution and recording of every such deed, mortgage or other instrument in favor of the person or persons who claim or desire to deduce a title under any such deed, mortgage or other instrument, against all persons denying such title or claiming adversely to the same: Provided, however, that the person or persons offering in evidence any such deed, mortgage or other instrument, shall exhibit, with a certified copy of the same, a certificate of the clerk of the county court of the county where such deed, mortgage or other instrument was acknowledged, that the justice of the peace before whom the same purports to have been acknowledged, was, on the day of the date of such acknowledgment, an acting justice of the peace of the said county, duly elected and qualified. § 4. That it shall be the duty of the proper clerk, on the presentation of a certified copy of every such deed, mortgage or other instrument, at the request of the person who desires to use the same as evidence, and upon tender of his reasonable fees, to annex the certificate required by the preceding section to such deed, mortgage or other instru |