In force Jan.28, 1851. AN ACT for the relief of Henry H. Snow. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Auditor to draw auditor of state be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the state treasurer, in favor of the said Henry H. Snow, for the sum of thirty dollars. APPROVED Jan. 28, 1851. warrant. In force Jan.28, AN ACT for the relief of the collector of Gallatin county for the years 1846 and 1851. Preamble. Release. tle. 1847. Whereas the assessor for the county of Gallatin assessed the money loaned of the Bank of Illinois at Shawneetown, for the years 1845, 1846 and 1847, which said assessments were charged to the collector of said county for the years 1846 and 1847; and where as said collector is unable, by process of law or otherwise, to collect said assessments, as appears from the auditor's report. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assemby, That the collector of Gallatin county for the years 1846 and 1847 be and he is hereby released from all liability on account of said assessments, to wit: for the year 1846, the sum of $1489 36; and for the year 1847, the sum of $1095 50. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the auditor be and Auditor to set- he is hereby authorized and required to settle with said collector, by allowing him a credit for eachof said years, as set forth in his report on the subject, as set forth in the foregoing section. This act to be in force from and after its passage. In force Jan. 28, AN ACT act to vacate a part of Washington street, and to increase the width of certain alleys in the town of Toulon, in Stark county, Illinois. 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all Street vacated. that part of Washington street which runs through and across the public square in the town of Toulon, be and the same is hereby vacated. § 2. Be it further enacted, That so much of the alleys Width of alleys as lies on the east and west sides of said public square, be and they are hereby increased to the width of sixty-six feet each. increased. court. § 3. It shall be the duty of the county court of Stark Duty of county county to cause the public square in the town of Toulon to be surveyed by the county surveyor of said county, and after increasing the width of the alleys as provided for in the second section of this act, to cause to be filed in the county court of said county a full, true and perfect plat of the said town of Toulon. § 4. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to Duty of secretaforward a certified copy of this act to the clerk of the ry of state. county court of Stark county, upon the passing of this act. § 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Jan. 28, 1851. AN ACT further to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Quin- In force Jan.28, cy," approved February 3d, 1840. 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the city council of the city of Quincy shall have power to pro- Mayor's court. vide by ordinance for the organization and maintenance of a mayor's court for said city, and for the trial and punishment of all offenders against the ordinances of the said city made in conformity with the powers granted in the city charter of the said city of Quincy, and not inconsistent with the constitution of this state and the constitution of the United States. § 2. That the fifth section of an act to amend "An act Section repealto incorporate the city of Quincy," approved February 3d, 1840, which said amendment was approved January 7, 1841, be and the same is hereby repealed. APPROVED Jan. 28, 1851. AN ACT in relation to the Belleville Literary Society and Belleville School Associa- In force Jan. 28, tion. 1851. Election of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the election of trustees by the stockholders of the Belleville trustee legalLiterary Society, and also by the stockholders of the Belle- ized. ville School Association, are hereby legalized, and said Literary Society and School Association are hereby declared entitled in law to all the rights and privileges conferred by chapter twenty-five, division second and fourth, of the Re Privileges. vised Statutes of (1845) one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and Purchases of after its passage. And all purchases of property made by property valid. said trustees, for the use of said corporations, shall be deemed and held valid, in the same manner as if no irregularities existed in the organization of said corporations. APPROVED January 28, 1851. In force January 28, 1851. Corporators. AN ACT to incorporate the North-western University. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Richard Haney, Philo Judson, S. P. Keys and A. E. Phelps, and such persons as shall be appointed by the Rock River Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to succeed them in said office; Henry Summers, Elihu Springer, David Brooks and Elmore Yocum, and such persons as shall be appointed by the Wisconsin Annual Conference of said church to succeed them; four individuals, if chosen, and such persons as shall be appointed to succeed them by the Michigan Annual Conference of said church; four individuals, if chosen, and such persons as shall be appointed to succeed them, by the North Indiana Annual Conference of said church; H. W. Rued, J. J. Steward, D. N. Smith and George W. Geas, and such persons as shall be appointed to succeed them by the Iowa Annual Conference of said church; four individuals, if chosen, and such persons as shall be appointed to succeed them by the Illinois Annual Conference of said church; A. S. Sherman, Grant Goodrich, Andrew J. Brown, John Evans, Orrington Lunt, J. K. Botsford, Joseph Kitterstring, George F. Foster, Eri Reynolds, John M. Arnold, Absalom Funk and E. B. Kingsley, and such persons, citizens of Chicago or its vicinity, as shall be appointed by the board of trustees hereby constituted to succeed them, be and they are hereby created and constituted a body politic and corporate under the name Name and style. and style of the "Trustees of the North-western University," and henceforth shall be styled and known by that name, and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; to acquire hold and convey property, real, personal or mixed, in all lawful ways; to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; to make and alter from time to time such by-laws as they may deem necessary for the government of said institution, its officers Powers. and servants: Provided, such by-laws are not inconsistent Provise. of board of trustees. § 2. The term of office of said trustees shall be four Term of office years, but that of one member of the board for each conference enjoying the appointing power by this act, and term of three of the members whose successors are to be apprinted by the board hereby constituted, shall expire annually; the term of each member of the board herein named to be fixed by lot at the first meeting of said board, which board shall, in manner above specified, have perpetual succession, and shall hold the property of said institution solely for the purposes of education, and not as a stock for the individual benefit of themselves or any contributor to the endowment of the same; and no particular religious faith shall be required of those who become students of the institution. Nine members shall constitute a quorum for the Quorum. transaction of any business of the board, except the appointment of president or professor, or the establishment of chairs in said institution, and the enactment of by-laws for its government, for which the presence of a majority of the board shall be necessary. §3. Said annual conference of the Methodist Episco- Powers of anpal church, under whose control and patronage said univer- nual confersity is placed, shall each also have the right to appoint, an- ence. nually, two suitable persons, members of their own body, visiters to said university, who shall attend the examination of students, and be entitled to participate in the deliberations of the board of trustees, and enjoy all the privileges of members of said board, except the right to vote. § 4. Said institution shall remain located in or near the Location of city of Chicago, Cook county; and the corporators and their university. successors shall be competent in law or equity to take to themselves, in their said corporate name, real, personal or May hold real mixed estate, by gift, grant, bargain and sale, conveyance, estate. will, devise or bequest, of any person or persons whomso ever; and the same estate, whether real, personal or mixed, to grant, bargain, sell, convey, devise, let, place out at interest, or otherwise dispose of the same, for the use of said institution, in such manner as to them shall seem most beneficial to said institution. Said corporators shall faithfully apply all the funds collected, or the proceeds of the pro- Proceeds of perty belonging to the said institution, according to their applied. best judgment, in erecting and completing suitable buildings, supporting necessary officers, instructors and servants, and procuring books, maps, charts, globes and philosophical, chemical and other apparatus necessary to the success of the institution, and do all other acts usually performed property, how by similar institutions that may be deemed necessary or useful to the success of said institution, under the restrictions herein imposed: Provided, nevertheless, that in case any donation, devise or bequest shall be made for particular purposes accordant with the design of the institution, and the corporation shall accept the same, every such donation, devise or bequest shall be applied in conformity with the express conditions of the donor or devisor: ProviNot to hold more ded, further, that said corporation shall not be allowed to hold more than two thousand acres of land at any one time, unless the said corporation shall have received the same by gift, grant or devise; and in such case they shall be required to sell or dispose of the same within ten years from the time they shall acquire such title, and on failure to do so, such land, over and above the before named two thousand acres, shall revert to the original donor, grantor, devisor, or their heirs. than 2000 acres of land. Treasurer. § 5. The treasurer of the institution, and all other agents, when required, before entering upon the duties of their appointment, shall give bond for the security of the corporation, in such penal sums and with such securities as Process against the corporators shall approve; and all process against the Corporation. corporation shall be by summons, and the service of the same shall be by leaving an attested copy thereof with the treasurer, at least sixty days before the return day thereof. teachers. § 6. The corporation shall have power to employ and Principal and appoint a president or principal for said institution, and all such professors or teachers, and all such servants as may be necessary, and shall have power to displace any or such of them as the interest of the institution may require; to fill vacancies which may happen by death, resignation or otherwise among said officers, and servants; and to prescribe and direct the course of studies to be pursued in said institution. § 7. The corporation shall have power to establish deFurther powers. partments for the study of any and all the learned and liberal professions in the same, to confer the degrees of doctor in the learned arts and sciences and belle lettres, and to confer such other academical degrees as are usually conferred by the most learned institutions. Examining board. § 8. Said corporation shall have power to institute a board of competent persons, always including the faculty, who shall examine such individuals as may apply, and if such applicants are found to possess such knowledge pursued in said institution as in the judgment of said board renders them worthy, they may be considered graduates in course, and shall be entitled to diplomas accordingly, on paying such fee as the corporation shall affix; which fee, however, shall in no case exceed the tuition bills of the full course of studies in said institution. Said examining |