June next. next, and the circuit court in said counties shall be held in the 1st day of This act to be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT to authorize the judges of the supreme court to enter orders and judgments In force Feb. 17, in vacation. 1851. be entered in cases previous SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Judgments may Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That from vacation, in and after the passage of this act the judges of the supreme ly argued or court, or a majority of them, shall have power and author- submitted. ity to enter orders and judgments in vacation, in any of the grand divisions of this state, in all cases which have been argued or submitted to the said court during any term thereof, and which have been taken under advisement. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. AN ACT to authorize the county clerk of St. Clair county to receive redemptions on In force Feb. 17, forfeited lands heretofore sold to the state. 1851. redemption money. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Clerk to receive Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the clerk of the county court of St. Clair county be and he is hereby authorized to receive the redemption money upon any lands situated in said county of St. Clair, heretofore bought by or forfeited to the state for non-payment of taxes, and now subject to redemption, any thing in the act approved Nov. 6, 1849, to the contrary notwithstanding. § 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. AN ACT to relocate a part of the state road leading from Farmington to Monmouth. 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 Harmon Brown, Thomas McKee and John T. Bennett be and they hereby are appointed commissioners to relocate so much of the state road leading from Farmington, in Fulton Route. county, to Monmouth, in Warren county, as lies between Spoon river and Abingdon, in Knox county. That said relocation shall be made on the most eligible ground, having due regard to private property, commencing at Hill's ford, on Spoon river aforesaid, thence by way of Harrisonville, in Knox county, and a point at the middle of the northern boundary line of section three, in township nine north, of range one east, to the middle of the crossing of Main and Jackson streets, in the town of Abingdon, aforesaid. Said commissioners shall meet at Abingdon aforesaid on or before the first day of July next, and proceed immediately to make such relocation, and shall make a plat and report in writing thereof, and return the same to the county court Duty of commis- of said Knox county. Said commissioners shall each receive two dollars per day for their services, which, together with any other incidental expenses, shall be paid out of the county treasury of Knox county. APPROVED Feb'y 17, 1851. Time. sioners. In force Feb. 17, 1851. Geologist to be appointed. Duty of geologist. To make annual reports. AN ACT for a geological and mineralogical survey of the state of Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the governor, auditor and treasurer of the state are hereby authorized and required, as early as may be, to employ a geologist of known integrity and practical skill, for the purpose of making a geological and mineralogical survey of the entire territory of this state. § 2. It shall be the duty of said geologist to proceed, as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made, and with as much dispatch as may be consistent with minuteness and accuracy, to ascertain the order, succession, arrangement, relative position, dip and comparative magnitude of the several strata or geological formation within the state; to search for and examine all the beds and deposites of ores, coals, clays, marls, rocks and such other mineral substances as may present themselves, and to obtain chemical analysis of these substances, the elements of which are undetermined, and, by strict barometrical observations, to determine the relative elevations and depressions of the different parts of the state. § 3. It shall also be the duty of said geologist, during the time employed in the above work, to make annual reports of the progress and results of his labor, accompanied by such maps and drawings as may be deemed necessary, to illustrate the said reports; all of which shall be trans preserved. mitted to the governor, in such condition that he may, without delay, cause them to be printed and circulated throughout the state, or wherever else he may desire to send them. § 4. It shall be the duty of said geologist to procure Specimens reand preserve a full and entire suit of the different speci- quired to be mens found in the state, and cause them to be delivered to the secretary of state, who shall cause them to be properly arranged in a cabinet, and deposited in some apartment in or convenient to the capitol. Said suit shall be sufficiently large to furnish specimens to all institutions of learning within the state, empowered to confer degrees in the arts and sciences. § 5. The final reports of said geologist shall embody Final report. the results of the entire survey, and shall be accompanied by a geological map of the state, showing, by different colors and other marks and characters, the precise localities and extent of the different geological formations. § 6. For the purpose of carrying out and completing $3,000 approprithe said survey, the sum of not exceeding three thousand ated. dollars is hereby placed at the disposal of the governor, to be applied to the payment of the said geologist, and such assistants as he may employ, by and with the consent of the governor, auditor and treasurer, and to defray the incidental expenses of the survey; which annual appropriation shall continue until the completion of said survey, or until its discontinuance be ordered by the legislature of this state. § 7. No money shall be paid to said geologist, or for Money, when the purpose of said survey, until the work shall be com- paid. menced. § 8. The said survey shall, if practicable, be com- Survey, where menced at the southern part of the state, and be proceeded commenced. with northerly. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. AN ACT authorizing the governor of this state to erect a monument to the memory of In force Feb. 17, Thomas Ford, late governor of this state. 1851. Whereas it pleased the Almighty Ruler of the Universe to Preamble. to take from our midst, in November last, Thomas Ford, esq., late governor of this state; and whereas the services rendered this state by the deceased entitle his memory to be preserved and handed down to posterity; therefore, Appropriation. Authority to governor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the sum of five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of erecting to the memory of Thomas Ford, esq., late governor of this state, a monument or marble slab, with proper inscriptions on the same, at the grave of the deceased; also, for putting an iron fence around the grave. § 2. That the governor of this state be authorized to carry the foregoing section into effect, and on his certificate of the amount expended, which shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the first section of this act, the auditor of public accounts shall draw a warrant on the treasurer for the same. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. In force Feb. 17, AN ACT concerning fines and forfeitures within the limits of the city of Belleville. 1851. feitures in Fines and for- SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Belleville to be Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That herepaid into city after all fines and forfeitures collected for penalties incurred treasury. within the incorporated limits of the city of Belleville, in St. Clair county, shall be paid into the treasury of said city by the officers collecting the same. Same provisions§ 2. The provisions of the preceding section shall apply to and be in force in the city of Chicago. applicable to Chicago. § 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 17, 1851. In force Feb. 17, AN ACT to authorize the circuit court of Cook county to appoint port wardenɛ, and 1851. prescribing their duties. Three port war- SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of pointed. be ap- Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the dens to circuit court of Cook county, at any term thereof, shall appoint three competent and discreet persons, residing in the city of Chicago, to be port wardens for said county, who Term of office. shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years, and until others shall be appointed by said court, and in case any such officer shall remove out of said county, such removal shall be deemed a resignation of his said office, and the circuit court shall fill such vacancy by a new appointment, at the next term thereof. office. § 2. Before any person so appointed shall enter upon To take oath of or perform any of the duties of his office, he shall make oath before the clerk of the circuit court of Cook county, faithfully and impartially to discharge all the duties of a port warden as by this act are hereinafter declared, and the clerk shall thereupon deliver to such port warden a certificate of his appointment, under the seal of the court. § 3. It shall be the duty of either one of the said war- Their duties. dens, on application of any person, to repair on board any steamboat or other vessel navigating the lakes, rivers or waters within the precincts of said county, and examine the condition of said steamboat or vessel, or the condition of any cargo or lading on board the same, to survey and rate the same. § 4. It shall also be the duty of either one of said war- Further duties. dens, on application in writing to them, by any person or persons who may receive or be about to receive any goods, wares or merchandise at the port of Chicago, from any steamboat or vessel, within twenty-four hours after said goods, wares or merchandise shall have been landed at said port, and there is reason to think that the same are damaged, to notify the master, owner or agent of such steam- Damage to boat or vessel of such application, and of the place and goods. tume of examining such goods, wares or merchandise, when and where it shall be the right of said master, owner or agent to appear, and, if he thinks proper, to call in one other warden to join in the survey and estimate of damage, he may do so, but if no objection is made, the said warden first selected shall proceed to examine, survey and estimate the damage on said goods, wares and merchandise, and state the cause of the same, from the best evidence presented to him by all parties, and give a certificate of the same; or if two port wardens shall jointly examine, survey and estimate, they shall give a joint certificate of the same, Certificate therebut in case of their disagreement, the two first wardens of. shall call in the third port warden to decide between them, and the certificate shall in that case be signed by them, or by the two agreeing in the facts respecting the damaged goods, wares and merchandise. § 5. It shall also be the duty of either of the said war- Goods taken dens, when any goods, wares or merchandise shall be or stranded brought to the port of Chicago from any steamboat or other vessels. vessel, wrecked or stranded in any of the lakes, rivers or waters within or adjoining this state, to receive the charge and care of the same, provided the person or persons having the same in possession do not, within twenty-four hours after the said goods, wares and merchandise shall have arrived at said port, arrange terms of settlement with the owner of said goods, wares or merchandise, or the agent or consignee thereof, the said warden or wardens so receiving said goods, from wrecked |