hundred and forty-nine, shall be governed by the provisions' of the latter act. of act'n which § 2. That all causes of action existing at the time, or Rule in causes which had accrued prior to the thirteenth day of April, one accrued previthousand eight hundred and forty-nine, when the first of the ous to said aet. above recited acts became a law, and for the barring of which there was no previous statute, shall be governed by the provisions of that act; the time limited thereby to commence to run from and after said act became a law. This act to take effect on its passage. AN ACT to provide for the support of paupers in Lake county. In force Febru ary 17, 1851. ized to support SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Towns authorseveral townships in the county of Lake, be and they hereby their own pauare empowered to support all paupers residing within their pers. respective limits, out of the treasury thereof: Provided, that Proviso. at the next general election to be held in said county, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November next, a majority of the legal voters of said county voting at said election shall vote in favor of such separate township support; which vote shall be by ballot, written or printed, or partly written or partly printed, "For township support," or "Against township support;" which shall be canvassed and returned in the same manner as in cases of elections for county officers. § 2. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court Duty of county of said county to give notice of the said election in the same clerk. manner as is provided for giving notices of general elec tions. § 3. That in case separate township support shall be Overseers of the adopted in said county, agreeably to the provisions of the poor, duty of. first section of this act, then the overseer of the poor of the several townships aforesaid shall take charge of, maintain and support the poor of their respective townships, in manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law; and all expenses incurred for such maintenance and support shall be considered a township charge; and it shall be the duty. of said overseers to present to the board of township auditors of their respective townships, at each regular annual meeting thereof, a true account of all expenditures incurred under the provisions of this act; which shall be audited and paid as other township charges are audited and paid. § 4. If any person shall become chargeable in any town- Non-resident ship of said county in which he or she did not reside at the paupers, how provided for. Revised Stat apply. commencement of the thirty days immediately preceding his or her becoming so chargeable, he or she shall be taken care of by the the overseer of the poor of such township; and if such poor person was a resident of any other township of said county, within the thirty days aforesaid, then the overseer of the poor of the township having such poor person in charge, shall give notice to the overseer of the poor where such pauper resided as aforesaid, stating that such pauper became chargeable as a pauper, and requesting said overseer to remove said pauper forthwith, and pay the expense incurred in taking care of him or her. 6 § 5. That the provisions of sections fourteen, fifteen and Provisions of sixteen, of chapter eighty, of the Revised Statutes, entitled útes, how to Paupers,' shall apply to and operate, as between the several townships of said county, in the same manner as they do between the several counties of this state. And if any person shall become chargeable in any township of said county who did not reside in said county at the commencement of the thirty days as aforesaid, then the overseer of the poor having such pauper in charge shall give notice thereof to the county clerk of said county, whose duty it shall be to give notice thereof to the authorities of the proper county, as in other cases. And the expenses of taking care of such pauper, when received from such foreign county, shall be paid into the treasury of the proper township. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. In force April 18, 1851. pealed. AN ACT to amend the general road law, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so Part of act re- much of the law now in force in relation to public roads as provides that supervisors shall not work with less than ten hands at one time, be and the same is hereby repealed, and hereafter supervisors may work with any number of hands which they may deem advisable. of road super 2. That hereafter supervisors shall be allowed the sum Compensation of one dollar per day, for each and every day in which they visors are necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties, over and above the time consumed in working out their own tax. § 3. The secretary of state is hereby required to cause Bec'y of state to a reprint, in pamphlet form, of all the general laws in relaof road laws. tion to public roads, and the duties of supervisors, now in force, to be distributed at the same time and in the same manner as is provided for the distributing the laws and journals of the present session. That the number of such cause a reprint pamphlets shall be three thousand, to be distributed to the AN ACT to authorize the election of one additional justice of the peace and consta- In force Febru ble in the county of Adains. ary 17, 1851. to elect addi SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That one Town of Payson justice of the peace and one constable, in addition to the tional justice number now authorized by law, shall be elected in the coun- and constable. ty of Adams, by the legal voters of the town of Payson, in said county; which justice of the peace and constable shall reside in the said town of Payson. The county court of the county of Adams are hereby Time of elect'n. required to cause an election to be held on the first Monday in April next, and at each regular election for justices of the peace and constables thereafter, for such additional justice of the peace and constable, who, when elected, shall be commissioned and sworn into office as other justices of the peace and constables are, and shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, as in other cases; and the justice of the peace and constable so elect- Jurisdiction. ed shall have the same jurisdiction and rights, and be governed in all respects by the same regulations as other justices of the peace and constables in this state. § 5. This bill shall take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. AN ACT to authorize certain school directors to sell or exchange certain town lots In force Febru therein named, and to purchase or receive on exchange therefor other town lots. ary 17, 1851. lots in Lock SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the school directors of school district number four (4) in Sale of school township number thirty-six (36) north, of range ten (10) port authoris east, in Lockport, Will county, Illinois, or their successors in office, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell or exchange any or all of the lots selected by the commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan canal, ed. from the town plat of the village of Lockport, in said county, for the use and benefit of common schools in said town of Lockport, under an act entitled "An act to provide for the dedication of lots in towns situated on canal lands to public purposes," approved Feb. 28, 1839, and to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser thereof a deed or deeds, conveying unto him, her or them the said lot or lots, and to their heirs and assigns forever. § 2. The money received by said securities for the time Application of being, for said lot or lots, shall be by them held in trust for proceeds. the use and benefit of said school district number four (4) and shall be by them faithfully appropriated to the following purposes, and not otherwise, to wit: First, so much thereof as may be necessary to purchase a suitable lot or lots, for the purpose of erecting thereon a school-house for said district; Secondly, if any surplus remains, to appropriate the same towards building a school-house for said district. bond. § 3. The said school directors, or their successors in Directors to give office, shall, before making sale of any of said lots, enter into bonds to trustees of schools for said town thirty-six, in such sum as said trustees shall direct, for the use of the inhabitants of said school district number four (4) conditioned for the faithful application of the funds arising from said sales, with securities, to be approved by said trustees; and before any directors shall be entitled to receive of their predecessors any moneys raised as aforesaid, they shall enter into like bond. veyance made § 4. In case of the purchase of any lot or lots as aforeTo whom con- said, or of receiving any lot or lots in exchange as aforesaid, the said lot or lots shall be conveyed to the trustees of schools for said town thirty-six (36) north, of range ten east, and to their successors in office, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of said school district number four. in case of pur. ebase. § 5. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. In force Febru- AN ACT to authorize the sale of the parks and squares in the town of Barry, in Pike ary 17, 1851. county, Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That BenCommissioners. jamin D. Brown, Montgomery Blair and C. W. McGregor, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to subdivide, sell and convey all of the parks and squares in the town of Barry, Pike county, Illinois, which were dedicated to said town by the proprietors thereof. § 2. Said commissioners, before proceeding to sell said Their duty. parks and squares, shall give at least three weeks' notice of the time, place and terms of said sale, by publishing the same in all of the newspapers printed and published in the said county of Pike, describing the property to be sold with reasonable certainty. made. § 3. Said commissioners may, in their discretion, sell Sales, said parks and squares for ready money or upon credit, as they may judge most conducive to the interests of said town: Provided, that if credit is extended to the bidders the purchaser shall secure the payment of the said purchase money by bond and mortgage on said property. how how applied. § 3. The proceeds of such sales, when collected, shall Proceeds of sale, be applied in the erection of a building in the town of Barry, to be forever after used as a common school by the inhabitants of said town, and for no other purpose of a permanent nature. required to § 5. The said commissioners, before proceeding to sell Commissioners said parks and squares, shall give a bond, with good security, give bond. payable to the school commissioner of the said county of Pike, in double the value of said parks and squares, conditioned to account for and pay over the proceeds of such sales to such building committee as may hereafter be appointed by the legal voters of the said town, to superintend the erection of said common school building. voters. § 6. The legal voters of said town are authorized to as- Power of legal semble in town meeting, and adopt such plan and make such other arrangements for the purpose of carrying out the objects of this act, as they may deem proper: Provided, their Proviso. acts shall not conflict with the provisions and purposes this act. Said town meeting may appoint a building committee, and take security for the faithful application of the fund directed to be raised by this act. of § 7. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. AN ACT to alter the boundaries of the town of West Point, in the county of Ste- In force April phenson. 1, 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the west half of township twenty-eight north, of range num- Addition. ber six east of the fourth principal meridian, be and the same is hereby added to and made a part of the town of West Point, in the county of Stephenson. |