peace and con § 8. All justices of the peace and constables elected in Justices of the the counties of Sangamon, Morgan or Macoupin, who re- staules. side in the limits of Oregon, shall hold their office and have jurisdiction in the said county of Oregon as though they had been originally elected in the said county. § 9. The school fund belonging to the several townships School funds. in the said county of Oregon, and all notes and mortgages pertaining to the same, shall be paid and delivered over to the school commissioner of the county of Oregon by the school commissioners of the counties of Sangamon, Morgan and Macoupin, as soon as the said county shall be organized and the commissioner of school lands appointed and qualified according to law, together with all interest arising out of said money that has not been heretofore expended for school purposes, in those parts of the counties of Sangamon, Morgan and Macoupin now included in the county of Oregon. § 10. At the time and place of voting for county officers, County seat. as provided for in this act, the judges of election shall cause three places to be voted for as the county seat of the said county of Oregon; the places to be agreed upon by the voters of said county. The vote being taken for said county seat, all the legal voters of the county of Oregon shall be allowed to vote for one of the places as a candidate for the county seat, and after the votes shall have been opened and counted as provided in the second section of this act, if it shall appear that either of the three points has received a majority of all the votes given for the location of the county seat, the place so receiving a majority of votes shall be and remain the permanent seat of justice for said county of Oregon; but if on the votes being counted it shall appear that no one of the three places voted for shall have received a majority of all the votes given, the three justices of the peace mentioned in this act shall cause notice to be given to the judges of election at the different places of voting in the county of Oregon, and designate in such notices a day upon which to hold a second election for the location of a seat of justice for said county. The judges of election, on receiving said notice from the justices of the peace, shall proceed to give public notice of said election, by posting up written notices in four of the most public places in their respective districts, and the said judges of election shall attend on the day of election and shall open the election, according to the laws of this state, for the location of a county seat, and the two places which shall have received the highest number of votes for the county seat at the first election shall be voted for, and within three days after said election the judges of election shall return the poll-books, together with a statement of the election, to the town of Waverly, directed to the three justices of the peace mentioned in this act; and the said justices shall meet in the town of Waverly, within five days after said election, and open and count the votes, and the place having received a majority of all the votes given, shall be and remain the permanent seat of justide of Oregon county. After the organization of said county, the county court shall have all necessary powers to Erection of pub- make such orders and do all things necessary for the erection of suitable public buildings. They may receive donations, and apply the same in the erection of said buildings. § 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 15, 1851. lic buildings. In force Feb. 17, AN ACT supplemental to an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the 1851. Assistants to en grossing and per day. pay of members and officers of the general assembly, and for the service of officers of the government until the adjournment of the next regular assembly," approved Feb. 12, 1849. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of enrolling el'ks Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That to receive $4 the engrossing and enrolling clerk of the senate, and the engrossing and enrolling clerk of the house of representatives, shall certify to the auditor the number of days which they have employed extra assistant clerks, naming the persons so employed by them, and the persons so employed shall receive four dollars per day for each day's service certified as aforesaid: Provided, that the assistant doorkeepers of each house shall be entitled to the same per diem that is allowed to the principal door-keepers of each house. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 17, 1851. In force Feb. 17, AN ACT to locate and establish a state road from Chester, in Randolph county, to Troy, in Madison county. 1851. appointed. Commissioners SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John A. Wilson, of Randolph county, John G. Jones, of Madison county, and the Rev. John Crain, of Washington county, be and they are hereby authorized to proceed, as soon as practicable, to survey and locate a state road, leading from Chester, in Randolph county, to Troy, in Madison county, by the nearest and most eligible route, passing through Sparta, in Randolph county, thence to Gillespie's ford, on Mud creek, thence to Brook Smith's, on the north side of Elkhorn prairie, thence to Cox's ferry, on the Kaskaskia river, thence to Lebanon, in St. Clair county; and when the said route has been located a copy of the plat and sur- Plats and survey thereof shall be filed with the clerk of the county court vey. of each of the counties through which said road shall pass. commissioners. § 2. The said commissioners shall be allowed and paid for Compensation of their services the sum of two dollars per day, each, for the time necessarily engaged in making said survey; each county paying the commissioners residing therein, whenever the same shall be duly authenticated to the clerks of said county courts. ⚫ated to be a § 3. The said road, when located and established, Road when loshall be deemed and held to be a public road, and shall be public road. opened and kept in repair in all respects as other public roads in this state, and the damages for the right of way shall be assessed as in other cases. § 4. The said commissioners may, if they deem the Surveyor. same essentially necessary, employ a competent surveyor, to aid them in the aforesaid duties, who shall be paid by the said counties in equal proportions, at the same rate as the said commissioners are paid. § 5. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. AN ACT supplemental to "An act to provide for township organization." In force Feb. 17, 1851. may be avoid SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of How township Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in organization all cases where counties may have voted for township or- ed when adopganization, but have not organized, upon the petition of ted. fifty legal voters of the county so having voted for such organization, it shall be the duty of the county clerk, upon the filing of such petition with him, to cause notices to be posted up in the different precincts of the county, as is now required by law, at least thirty days previous to the election, that the question of township organization will be voted upon. At such election said vote shall be taken by ballot, to be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, "For township organization" and "Against township organization," and shall be canvassed and returned in like manner as votes for state and county officers. § 2. If it shall appear by the returns of said election, Result of a mathat a majority of all voters voting at such election have jority against voted against township organization, then the county so ganization. township or voting shall not organize, and the county shall remain as if no vote had ever been taken for or against township organzation, and the county officers shall remain in office until their terms shall legally expire. Application of § 3. The provisions of this act shall apply exclusively to the county of Vermilion. this act. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 17, 1851. In force Feb. 17, 1851. Commissioners. Commissioners to take oath. Duty of commissioners. dence. AN ACT to relocate a portion of the state road from Belleville to Brownsville. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, repr sented in the General Assembly, That David Anderson, Samuel McClinton and Washington Borders be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to relocate so much of the state road leading from Belleville to Brownsville as lies between Athens, in St. Clair county, and Sparta, in Randolph county, having due regard to private property and the convenience of the public. § 2. That said commissioners shall meet at the house of Samuel McClinton, on or before the first day of July next after the passage of this act, or as soon thereafter as possible, and take an oath before some justice of the peace of Randolph county, well and truly to perform the duties required of them by this act. 3. When the commissioners shall have reviewed the said ground, and shall have relocated said road between the places named, it shall be their duty to make out two plats of the road so relocated, and lay one before the county court of Randolph county, and one before the county court of St. Clair county, as soon as practicable after the completion of the same, and the road so located is hereby declared to be a state road, and so much of the old road as may be affected by said relocation is hereby vacated. Plats to be cri-§ 4. The said plats shall be evidence hereafter in all courts of record in this state, and it shall be the duty of the clerks of the county courts of Randolph and St. Clair counties, to record said plats on the records of their offices, and the county judges of the counties of Randolph and St. Clair shall allow to the said commissioners and clerks a reasonable compensation for the services required by this. act. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. AN ACT to locate and change certain state roads therein named. In force Feb. 17, 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Commissioners. Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That James M. Montague, of Perry county; Wm. Bradley, of Jackson county, and Jeptha Glover, of Randolph county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate and establish a state road, commencing at the ford where the road leading from Pinckneyville to Liberty crosses Pipestone creek; thence, on the nearest and best route, to Jacob Short's mill; thence across the north-west corner of Jackson county, so as to intersect the Murfreesboro' and Chester road at the Tea-cup Knob. sioners. § 2. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, Duty of commis shall meet at the house of James M. Montague, on or before the first Monday in April next, and after being duly sworn faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties required of them by this act, they shall proceed to survey and permanently locate the said road, avoiding unnecessary damage to private property. The §3. The said commissioners shall furnish a map or plat Plat of survey. of the survey of said road, to the clerk of the county court of each county in which the road shall be located. said plats shall be recorded in each of said counties, and shall be evidence in all courts of this state of the existence of said road. commissioners, surveyor, &o. § 4. The county courts of each county in which the Compensation of said road is located, shall allow to the surveyor two dollars per day, and to the said commissioners and chainman each the sum of one dollar per day, for each day necessarily employed in the location of said road, to be paid upon the certificate of the commissioners, in proportion to the number of days employed in each county. § 5. That so much of the state road leading from Mulky- Change of road town, in Franklin county, to Chester, in Randolph county, R. G. Murleading thro' as runs through the farm of Richard G. Murphy, be and the phy's farm. same is hereby so changed as to run through the said Murphy's lane; thence north of the farm of A. N. Milligan, deceased, and to intersect the present road of the former residence of said Milligan, deceased. § 6. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. In force Feb. 17, 1851. AN ACT to pay the expenses of two joint select committees therein named. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Auditor to issue Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the warrant. |