limits of the city, and from paying any tax to procure laborers to work upon the same. § 2. The city council shall have power, for the purpose Street labor. of keeping the streets, lanes, avenues and alleys in repair, to require every male inhabitant in said city, over twentyone years of age, to labor on said streets, lanes, avenues and alleys, not exceeding three days in each and every year; and any person failing to perform such labor, when duly notified by the supervisor, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar per day, for each day so neglected or refused. § 3. The city council shall have power to provide for Fines, &c. the punishment of offenders, by imprisonment in the county or city jail, in all cases where such offenders shall fail or refuse to pay the fines and forfeitures which may be recovered against them. §4. The city council shall cause to be published, an- Annual statenually, a full and complete statement of all moneys received ment. and expended by the corporation during the preceding year, and on what account received and expended. § 5. All ordinances and resolutions passed by the pres- Ordinances. ident and trustees of the town of Peru, shall remain in force until the same shall have been repealed by the city council hereby created. § 6. All suits, actions and prosecutions instituted, com- Suits. menced, or brought by the corporation hereby created, shall be instituted, commenced and prosecuted in the name of the city of Peru. § 7. All actions, fines, penalties and forfeitures which Actions. have accrued to the president and trustees of the town of Peru, shall be vested in and prosecuted by the corporation hereby created. mer tion. § 8. All property, real and personal, heretofore belong- Property of foring to the president and trustees of the town of Peru, for corporathe use of the inhabitants of said town, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be vested in the corporation hereby created. § 9. This charter shall not invalidate any act done by Former acts the president and trustees of the town of Peru, nor divest valid. them of any rights which may have accrued to them prior to the passage of this act. of law. § 10. The president and trustees of the town of Peru Promulgation shall, immediately after the passage of this act, take measures to promulgate this law within the limits of the city of Peru, and issue their proclamation for the election of officers, and cause the same to be published in all the newspapers of said city, for two weeks in succession, prior to the day of election for said officers. § 11. Appeals shall be allowed from decisions in all Appeals. cases arising under the provisions of this act, or any ordinance passed in pursuance thereof, to the circuit court of Mayor pro tem. Public act. Former acts repealed. City marshal. Subscription of stock. Bonds. Proviso. Vote. Election. La Salle county, and every such appeal shall be taken and granted in the same manner and with like effect as appeals are taken from and granted by justices of the peace to the circuit court under the laws of this state. § 12. Whenever the mayor shall absent himself from the city, or shall resign or die, or his office shall be otherwise vacated, the board of aldermen shall immediately proceed to elect one of their number president, who shall be mayor pro tem. § 13. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and may be read in evidence in all courts of law and equity within this state, without proof. § 14. All acts or parts of acts coming within the provisions of this charter, or contrary to or inconsistent with its provisions, are hereby repealed. § 15. 15. The city marshal or any other officer authorized to execute writs or other process issued by the mayor, shall have power to execute the same any where within the limits of the county of La Salle, and shall be entitled to the same fees for travelling as are allowed to constables in similar cases. § 16. That the city of Peru, through the common council of said city, are hereby authorized to subscribe to the capital stock of the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad company, twenty-five thousand dollars, and fifty thousand dollars to any other railroad terminating at the city of Peru; and for the purpose of paying such subscription, said city of Peru through its common council, are hereby authorized to make and issue the bonds of said city, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable to said company, or any other person or persons or body corporate: Provided, however, whenever such subscription is proposed to be made, it shall be the duty of the common council of the city of Peru, to order a vote of the taxable inhabitants of the city of Peru, who are entitled to vote in said city, by publication of notice in a public newspaper printed in said city, stating that upon a certain day, not less than thirty days from such publication, a vote of the taxable inhabitants of the city of Peru, entitled to vote, will be held, to decide whether the city of Peru shall subscribe as proposed by the common council; said publication stating the amount proposed to be subscribed, the company and the amount and the terms of the bonds proposed to be issued; said vote shall be taken by ballot, at the usual place of election, and if the majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of the proposition of the common council, then the subscription shall be made, otherwise the common council shall proceed no further with the same. § 17. The president and trustees of the town of Peru shall cause an election to be held in said town, on the fif teenth day of March next, at which the inhabitants residing within the territory described in the second section of the first article of this act, who are authorized to vote for state officers, shall vote for or against the adoption of this charter; and if a majority of the votes given at such election shall be in favor of the adoption of said charter, said charter shall immediately take effect as a law; but if a majority of the votes given shall be against the adoption of said charter, then this act to be of no effect. APPROVED February 13, 1851. AN ACT establishing a ferry across the Illinois river at Naples, in Scott county. In force March ed. 3, 1851. . SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Murray McConnell is hereby authorized to establish a ferry Ferry authoriz across the Illinois river, between the towns of Naples and Columbus, in Scott county, on the east side of the Illinois river, and the county of Pike, on the west side of the river, from and to any land belonging to said McConnell on either side of said river at and opposite said places, and to Rates of fercharge such rates of ferriage as have heretofore been allow- riage. ed at the Naples ferry. § 2. Said McConnell, his heirs and assigns, shall have Dykes, &c. the right to make all the necessary dykes, embankments and other improvements, that he or they may deem necessary to ensure the safety and convenience of persons and property crossing said ferry; which improvements may be erected in any public street or road leading to said river, or upon the land of the said McConnell over which no street or road may pass; and with the same object the said McConnell may make new roads, and repair the present roads leading to and from said ferry, and the same rates of tax as heretofore assessed by the counties of Scott and Pike upon the Naples ferry shall continue to be paid by the owner of the ferry hereby established, and no other or greater tax; and which tax, when assessed, may be paid by repairing the streets and roads aforesaid. § 3. Be it further enacted, That sections three, four, Provisions of five, eight, nine, eleven, twelve and sixteen of chapter for- Rev. Statutes. ty-two of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-five, in relation to toll-bridges and ferries, are here referred to and made a part of this act, so far as said sections are applicable to ferries. This act is declared to be a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after the third day of March next. APPROVED Feb. 13, 1851. In force February 14, 1851. Preamble. bility. AN ACT to discharge Henry W. Dorsett and his sureties. Whereas Henry W. Dorsett, late sheriff of Lake county, while on his way from said county to the seat of government, with the design and intention of settling with the proper officers, and paying over to them the amount due the state of the revenue collected by him as such sheriff, was robbed of the sum of three thousand six hundred and three dollars, without any fault or negligence on his part; which said sum, with a certificate of the warden of the penitentiary for the sum of one hundred and fourteen dollars, to which the said Henry W. Dorsett was entitled, as a charge against the state, was more than sufficient to pay off and satisfy all claims due from him to the state, by virtue of his said office; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Release of lia-Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the said Henry W. Dorsett and his sureties be released and discharged from all liability to the state upon the bond given by the said Henry W. Dorsett, as sheriff of Lake county, for the taxes due the state of Illinois for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. APPROVED Feb. 14, 1851. In force Febru- AN ACT to amend "An act entitled an act authorizing David and Samuel Mitchell ary 14, 1851. to establish a ferry across the Mississippi river at Albany, in Whiteside county.' SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Continuance of said act be and the same is hereby continued in force and amended so as to authorize said Samuel Mitchell to keep said ferry for and during the term of fifteen years from and after the twenty-sixth day of February, A. D. act. 1851. APPROVED Feb. 14, 1851. In force Febru- AN ACT to amend "An act to incorporate the colleges therein named," and the acts ary 14, 1851. amendatory thereto. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of I'llinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Number of trus- act entitled "An act to incorporate the colleges therein named," approved February 9, 1835, and the several acts amendatory thereto, be and the same are so amended that tees increased. the number of trustees of "Shurtliff College," denomina- AN ACT to vacate certain public lots in the town of Como, Whiteside county. In force Febru ary 14, 1851. Vacation of blocks. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That blocks four and nine in the town of Como, county of Whiteside, s. and state of Illinois, or so much thereof as are recorded on the plat or map of said town, in the recorder's office of said county, as public land or ground, be vacated so far as the same are declared to be public lands or ground, and that the same shall belong to the proprietor or proprietors of said town the same as if the said blocks, or any part thereof, had not been so platted and recorded as public land or ground, or to their grantee or grantees, assign or assigns, and that all bona fide conveyances and grants of lots of land in said blocks, or any part thereof, heretofore or hereafter made, be as good and effectual as if the same had not been platted and recorded as public ground: Pro- Proviso. vided, always, that this act shall not in anywise affect any streets or alleys laid out upon said blocks, or either of them. APPROVED February 14, 1851. AN ACT to authorize Bryan Shawnessy and Henry Simmons to establish a ferry on In force Februthe Ohio river. ary 14, 1851. ed. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly; That Bryan Shawnessy and Henry Simmons, their heirs and assigns, be Ferry authorizand they are hereby authorized to establish and keep a ferry across the Ohio river, at the town of Cairo, in the county of Alexander, and are hereby authorized to land their ferry boats, with teams, stock, carriages, waggons, and passengers, at the public landing place at the town aforesaid, occupying no more of the landing than is reasonably necessary for that purpose; and should the same become obstructed by sand-bars or otherwise, then they are hereby |