In force Feb.12, AN ACT entitled an act to incorporate the Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad Company. 1851. Corporators. ration. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Neill Donelly, Phineas H. Platt, Enos W. Smith, Henry Sherman, John McClure, Itherian Taylor, Josiah D. Wight, Lindsey Joslyn, Michael A. McCahill, George H. Bently, Joseph Goldin, William Sloam, Martin Small, and their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to associate themselves together by the name and style of the "Illinois and Wisconsin Object of corpo- Railroad company," with all the rights, privileges and immunities that may be acquired by any railroad company under and by virtue of the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for a general system of railroad incorporations," approved Nov. 5th, 1849; and the said company, when organized under the provisions of said act, are hereby authorized to take private property, in the manner prescribed by said act, for the purpose of building and maintaining a railroad from the north line of the county of McHenry, in the state of Illinois, thence to the village of Woodstock in said McHenry county, thence to such point on the Chicago and Galena Union railroad as may be deemed practicable to form a junction with the above named Chicago and Galena Union Railroad company, in the counties of Cook, Kane and McHenry. And it is further provided, that the said Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad company may have power, and they are hereby authorized, to unite and form a junction with any other railroad company in the counties of Kane and Cook, on such conditions as the said Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad company may deem proper. And it is further provided, that the said Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad company are hereby authorized and empowered to unite or consolidate their road with any railroad company now incorporated, or that may hereafter be incorporated in the state of Wisconsin, and place the said road when consolidated under the control and supervision of a joint board of directors, upon such conditions, provisions and limitations as may be mutually agreed upon by said railroad comof panies. Junctions. Statement capital stock, &c. § 2. The said Illinois and Wisconsin railroad, when organized as aforesaid, shall make out a statement and forward it to the secretary of this state, at the end of each year, showing the amount of capital stock of said company, and the amount of indebtedness and resources of said company, taking the aggregate amount of expenditures, receipts and resources per mile of the whole distance of said road in this state, any thing in the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth sections of the general railroad law of the state of Illinois, approved November fifth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, to the contrary notwithstanding. § 3. The said Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad company Extension. shall have full power, and they are hereby authorized, at any future time, not to exceed fifty years, if they should deem it practicable, to extend their railroad from the village of Woodstock, in the county of McHenry, in this state, to the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook; and they shall have full power to unite or connect with any company or corporation associated together for railroad purposes in said city of Chicago, and county of Cook, and the said company may unite or connect with any railroad company or corporation running from the south part of this state and terminating at Chicago, or with any company or corporation running from the east, through the state of Indiana, and terminating at Chicago or passing through Chicago. § 4. The capital stock of said company is not to exceed Limitation one million of dollars, and this charter shall expire at the capital stock. end of fifty years. § 5. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 12, 1851. of AN ACT to vacate a part of the town plat of Woodstock, in the county of McHenry. In force Feb.12, 1851. Part of town SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That that part of the town plat of Woodstock, in the county of McHenry, plat vacated. lying north of Jackson street and west of Hayward street, and that part of Hayward street lying north of Judd street, and that part of Calhoun street lying west of Hayward street and West street, in said Woodstock, be and the same is hereby declared to be vacated. APPROVED February 12, 1851. AN ACT concerning the bridge across Fox river at Elgin, Kane county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the commissioners of highways of the town of Elgin, in the county of Kane, be and are hereby empowered to levy a tax upon the property of said town, for an amount sufficient to pay the indebtedness of said town on account of the construction of the bridge across Fox river at Elgin, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. In force Feb.12, 1851. Tax. Assessment. § 2. Said tax shall be levied from the assessment of the year A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty, as taken by the town assessor. Authority to collector. Bond. Disbursement. § 3. The town collector is hereby authorized to collect said tax, and the tax list put into his hands by the commissioners aforesaid, and certified by them, shall be a sufficient warrant for him so to do, and for such purpose he is invested with the same powers and duties as he has in the collection of state and county taxes. § 4. The collector shall give bonds and shall pay into the hands of said commissioners all said moneys that are collected in said list, within ninety days from the time of receiving the list. § 5. The moneys shall be disbursed by the commissioners, and their accounts thereof audited by the town board of auditors, at their next meeting thereafter. § 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 12, 1851. In force Feb.12, AN ACT to authorize Thomas S. Parks to keep a ferry across the Mississippi river. 1851. License. Limitation. Proviso. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Thomas S. Parks, of the county of Jo Daviess, is hereby authorized and licensed to keep and maintain a ferry across the Mississippi river, from a point at or near the jurisdiction line of the counties of Jo Daviess and Carroll, on the Mississippi river, called Huntsville, to a point at or near the mouth of the Great Moquewketa river, on the opposite side of said river, in the county of Jackson, in the state of Iowa. And the said Thomas S. Parks, his heirs and assigns, shall have the exclusive right of having, maintaining and using a ferry across the said river, for three miles above and below the place or points aforesaid, and to have and receive all advantages and emoluments arising from the use of said ferry, for and during the period of fifteen years: Provided, however, that the county court of Jo Daviess county shall have the right to assess an annual tax on said ferry, not exceeding ten dollars. And this act shall be deemed a contract between the state and said Parks, his heirs or assigns; the said Parks, his heirs and assigns agreeing on his or their part, in consideration of the privileges granted, to keep the said ferry and use the same according to the laws of the state regulating ferries. § 2. This act may be repealed, altered, amended or Right to repeal. modified, whenever the public good may require. its This act shall take effect and be in force from and after passage. APPROVED Feb. 13, 1851. AN ACT to amend the act incorporating Jacksonville. In force Feb.13, 1851. Act repealed. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the twenty-first section of the act entitled "An act better to provide for the incorporation of the town of Jacksonville," in force on the tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, shall be and the same is hereby repealed; and the president and trustees of the town of Jacksonville are vested with power to create such subordinate offices, and appoint and remove at pleasure the offi- Subordinate officers, as they shall determine to be necessary to the accomplishment of the objects and ends of the act of incorporation, and to provide for the fees and compensation of said officers, and to regulate their duties. cers. ed. § 2. The limits and bounds of the said corporation of Limits extendJacksonville shall be and the same are hereby extended one half mile in each direction, so that the limits of the corporation shall be two miles square; and the corporation shall be bound to keep the roads in repair to the extent of the boundary thereof, and no further. § 3. The president and trustees of said town shall not Extension of have power to extend the streets and alleys of said town, streets. open any new street or alley through private property, unless with the consent of the owners thereof; and no lands used and cultivated for agricultural purposes, within the corporate limits, shall be subject to a corporation tax. This act shall take effect on the passage thereof. 1851. AN ACT to legalize the incorporation of the city of Belleville, and the official acts of In force Feb.13 the city council of said city, and to empower said city to borrow money at a rate of interest not exceeding ten per centum per annum. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the incorporation of the town of Belleville as a city, on the thir- legalized. Incorporation Official acts legalized. Authority to borrow money. tieth day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty, in pursuance of the fifth section of an act entitled "An act to incorporate towns and cities," passed February tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, be and the same is hereby legalized. § 2. That all the official acts of the city council and mayor, or either of them, of said corporation, done since the election of its members, and which, in case of the original legality of said incorporation, would have been according to law up to the period when this act shall take effect, be and the same are hereby legalized. § 3. That the third section of the fifth article of the charter of said city of Belleville be so amended as to authorize and empower said city of Belleville to borrow money, at a rate of interest not exceeding ten per centum per annum. § 4. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 13, 1851. In force Feb, 13, 1851. I uty of inspect ors. Toll-gates. Tolls. AN ACT to aid the Jonesboro Plank Road Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the inspectors appointed by the county court of Union county to inspect the Jonesboro plank road, be required, when any one mile of the said road be completed, to inspect the same, as required by the twenty-fifth section of "An act to provide for the construction of plank roads by a general law.” § 2. That upon filing the certificate of the inspectors, or a majority of them, as specified in the twenty-sixth section of the act above referred to, the said company may erect one or more toll-gates on the said road, and to receive the following rates of toll: for every vehicle drawn by one or two animals, five cents per mile; for every vehicle drawn by three or four animals, ten cents per mile; for every vehicle drawn by five or more animals, fifteen cents per mile; for every five of neat cattle, ten cents per mile; for every ten of sheep or swine, ten cents per mile; for every horse and rider or led horse, five cents per mile. § 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 13, 1851. |