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office; which certificate shall be made upon the book in which the deeds are copied as aforesaid.

§ 4. Copies made from the books in which the deeds Evidence. shall be copied as aforesaid, certified by the register of the city of Alton, may be used as evidence, prima facie, of the existence and contents of the original deeds, and of the time of the original recording of the same.

§ 5. The recorder of Madison county shall be allowed Fees. five cents for his services and the use of his office, for each deed or mortgage, or other writing, copied under the provisions of this act, which shall be paid by the city of Alton.

§ 6. The plats of any land lying within the limits of Record of plats. the city of Alton, which may hereafter be subdivided into lots, shall be recorded in the office of the register of the city of Alton, instead of the office of the recorder of Madison county; and such recording in the city of Alton of plats already made, or to be made, shall have the same effect as if the same were recorded in the office of the recorder of Madison county.

§ 7. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851.

AN ACT to provide for the building of side walks, &c., in the town of Joliet, in Will In force Feb. 17,

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the legal voters residing on any street in the Tax authorized. town of Joliet, East Joliet, or any of the additions to said town of Joliet, (except so much of such streets running east and west as are situated between Scott street, in East Joliet, and Eastern avenue, in Bowen's addition,) to hold a meeting or meetings, at such time and place as may be hereafter designated, for the purpose of voting for or against a tax to be levied on the real estate adjoining such street, for the purpose of building a side walk or walks thereon.

§ 2. Notice of such meeting shall be given at least ten Notice. days previous, by posting up written or printed notices in three public places on the street whereon said walk is proposed to be built, or by inserting the same two weeks successively, previous to said meeting, in some public newspaper published in said town; said notice shall state the time and place at which said meeting is to be held, and the purpose for which the same is to be held.

§ 3. The persons attending such meeting may choose a Amount. chairman and secretary from their number; estimates may be made of the amount necessary for the building of said proposed walk or walks; and the meeting shall determine

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by vote the amount of money, if any, that shall be raised by tax for the building of such walk or walks. The meeting shall also determine that part of the street and what street, and whether on one or both sides of the same said walk shall be built; and if a majority of the voters at said meeting shall vote for said tax the same shall be levied, and if a majority shall vote against such tax the same shall not be levied. If such tax shall be levied as aforesaid, it shall be on the real estate in such street on which the proposed walk is to be built, and on no other property. Said tax shall be levied on such lot or part of lot contiguous and opposite on said street to said proposed walk, in proportion to the whole number of feet adjoining, opposite or contiguous to the same: Provided, that where good side walks are now made, of either stone or wood, opposite any lot or part of lot, such lot or part of lot shall be exempt from such tax, but the lot or lots on the opposite side of the street from said side walk shall be taxed the same as if no walk had been heretofore built. The amount levied on such lots on said street shall be certified by the chairman and secretary of said meeting to the clerk of the county, who shall forthwith make out a list of the same and deliver the same to the collector, who shall collect the same as other taxes.

§ 4. Said meeting may choose a committee of three or five persons to build said walk, and said committee when chosen shall have full power to contract for the building of the same, and to remove or cause the removal of obstructions, and to do all things necessary for the building and completion of the same. Said side walks may be of either wood or stone, and shall not be less than three nor more than ten feet wide.

§ 5. A full and true record of all the proceedings of such meeting shall be kept, and a copy of the same, signed by the chairman and secretary, shall be filed with the clerk of the county court within thirty days' after such meeting shall have been held, and it shall be the duty of the clerk to preserve the same with the documents and records in his office. In computing the taxes for said town of Joliet, the said side walk tax shall be computed and carried out separately, and shall be collected in all respects in the same manner provided by law for the collection of other taxes, and the collector shall be responsible upon his bond as collector, for such side walk tax, and he shall pay the said tax over to said committee, upon their order, as the money is collected.

§ 6. It shall also be lawful for the inhabitants, legal voters, residing in Bowen's addition, Campbell's addition, and Cassiday's addition to Joliet, and that part of East Joliet east of Scott street, and also the trustees' subdivision of the north-west quarter of section fifteen, adjoining Joliet, to

hold a meeting in manner above provided for, on the like notice being given, to vote for or against a tax on the real estate therein situated, for the purpose of building a walk or walks, extending from Scott street, in East Joliet, to Eastern avenue, in Bowen's addition to Joliet, and if a majority of the legal voters at such meeting shall vote for such tax, the same shall be levied upon the real estate above mentioned, in proportion to its valuation as per its assessment roll. The meeting shall determine the amount of such tax, and may choose a committee, and do all things necessary for the carrying into effect the provisions of this section.

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7. Should any person, taxed under the provisions of Delinquents. this act, refuse or neglect to pay the same within the time now given for the collector to collect state and county taxes, the lot or block shall be sold for said taxes in the same manner as for state and county taxes, and become forfeited in the same way.

This act to be in force from and after its passage.
APPROVED February 17, 1851.

AN ACT to change the name of the town of Georgetown, in Randolph county.

In force Febru

ary 17, 1851.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the name of the town of Georgetown, in Randolph county, be Change of name and is hereby changed to the name of Steeleville, and shall

be so designated for all uses and purposes to which the for

mer name of Georgetown applied.

§ 2. The rights of any citizen or property holder shall Rights reserv❜d. in no way be effected by the change of the name of said

town.

This act to be in force from and after it passage.
APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851.

AN ACT to locate an alley in the town of Rockton, county of Winnebago.

In force Fehruary 17, 1851.

Alley establish

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there be and hereby is laid out an alley across block fourteen, in the town of Rockton, and county of Winnebago, eleven ed. feet wide, running east and west, in such manner as to take one half of the eleven feet from the lots on Main street and the other half from the lots on Mechanic street.

§ 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 17, 1851.

In force February 17, 1851.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all such persons as shall become stockholders, agreeably to the provisions of this act, in the corporation hereby created, shall be and are hereby constituted and declared a body corporate and politic, by the name of the "Illinois Parallel Railroad company," and by that name shall have succession for the term of fifty years from and after the passage of this act, and may, by said name, sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of law or equity, may have and use a common seal and alter or renew the same at pleasure, may make by-laws, rules and regulations for the management of its property, the regulation of its affairs, and for the transfer of its stock, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this state or of the United States; and inay, moreover, appoint such subordinate agents, officers and servants as the business of said corporation may require, and allow them a suitable compensation, prescribe their duties, and require bond for the faithful performance thereof, in such penal sums and with such securities as they may choose, who shall hold their offices during the pleasure of a majority of the directors of the said corporation.

§ 2. The said corporation shall have the right to survey, locate and construct, and during its continuance to maintain and continue a railroad, with single or double track, and with such appendages as may be deemed necessary for the convenient use of the same, from the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, contiguous to or not varying more than ten miles from the shore of lake Michigan, viz: Waukegan, in Lake county, to the state line, to intersect a road now in contemplation of being made and constructed from Milwaukee, in the state of Wisconsin, via Racine, Southport or Kenosha, to said state line, and to locate and construct the same on such line, course or way as may be designated and selected by the directors of said corporation whereon to construct and make the same, and may also prescribe the manner in which said railroad shall be used, by what force the carriages to be used thereon may be propelled, to regulate the time and manner in which goods; effects and passengers may be transported and carried on the same, and the rates of toll on the transportation of persons or property thereon; and it shall also be lawful for the said corporation to unite with any other railroad company already incorporated, or which may be incorporated, upon such terms and at such points and parts of the said railroads as may be considered necessary to unite with or to intersect each other within the limits of the road authorized by this act, as may be agreed upon by the direc

tors of said companies, under the same privileges and restrictions as herein contained.

§ 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall be one Capital stock. million dollars, which shall be deemed personal property, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. The said capital stock may at any time hereafter be increased to a sum not exceeding two millions dollars, if the same be judged necessary, to be subscribed for and taken under the direction of the directors of said corporation, whenever they shall cause one or more books to be opened for that purpose, and in such manner as may be prescribed by the by-laws of said corporation.

§ 4. The following named persons, to wit: David Bal- Commissioners. lantine, David Cory, W. G. Smith, D. O. Dickinson, E. D. Ely, A. B. Cotes, Wm. C. Tiffany, D. S. Dewey, John C. Clarkson, H. W. Blodgett, R. D. Dodge, H. Swan, H. W. Dorsett, of Lake county, shall be commissioners for receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said corporation, who shall, within twelve months after the passage of this act, cause books to be opened at such places as they may deem proper, for receiving subscriptions to the said capital stock. Notice of the times and places when and Notice. where the said books will be opened to be given by publication for at least thirty days' previous to opening the same, in some public newspaper printed and published in each of such places. On opening said books the commissioners shall attend, by themselves or agents, and continue to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said corporation from all persons who will subscribe thereto, until the whole amount thereof shall have been subscribed, when the said books shall be closed. Each subscriber shall, at the time of subscribing, pay to the commissioners the sum of five dollars on each share of the stock subscribed for by him; and the said commissioners shall, as soon as the directors of said corporation are elected, deliver to them the whole amount so received, and also all subscription books and papers belonging to said company. A majority of the commissioners above named may fill any vacancies that may occur in their number by death, resignation or otherwise. § 5. The affairs of said corporation shall be managed Directors. by a board of nine directors, to be chosen annually by the stockholders from among themselves. The first election for directors shall be holden as soon as may be after the stock has been subscribed. The commissioners shall give notice of the time and place at which a meeting of the stock- Election. holders will be held for the choice of directors, and at the time and place appointed for that purpose the commissioners, or a majority of them, shall attend and act as inspectors of said election. The stockholders who shall be present, either in person or by proxy, shall proceed by ballot

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