In force Febru- AN ACT to incorporate the German General Beneficial Association of the city and ary 17, 1851. vicinity of Quincy.

Corporation.

Style.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William N. Ott, Francis Roth, Blasins Miller, Theodore Terwiesche, Gottfry Schmith and Robert Voeth, their associates and successors, be declared and constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of the "German General Beneficial Association of the city and vicinity of Quincy, General powers, Adams county, Illinois," and by that name they and their successors shall and may have succession, and in such corporate name shall be capable in law of contracting and being contracted with, suing and sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered, defending and being defended, in all courts and places of justice whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever, and have a common seal and alter or change the same at pleasure; and they and their successors shall be capable of purchasing, holding and improving any estate, real or personal, not exceeding the value of twenty thousand dollars, for the use of and for the objects contemplated by said society.

Property.

Contracts.

§ 2. All contracts which may be made or entered into by said association shall be subscribed by the president, treasurer and secretary thereof, who shall be deemed and considered as the agents of said association for that purpose, which contract, when authorized by the president and standing committee of said association, shall be good and binding in law upon said society, and not otherwise; and to the end that said authority shall more effectually appear, the said president and standing committee shall keep a separate record of their doings in relation to all contracts made and entered into ; which record shall be deemed and taken as evidence in all courts and places of justice of such authority. § 3. The personal effects belonging to said association Appropriation shall not be appropriated otherwise than to the improvement of the real estate hereby authorized to be held, and to such benevolent purposes as shall be contemplated by its constitution; which appropriations shall be made under the direction of the president and standing committee of said society.

of personal property.

APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a ferry at Chester, in the In force Februcounty of Randolph, on the Mississippi river.

ary 17, 1851.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the act approved the seventeenth day of January, one thousand Amendment. eight hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An act to establish a ferry at Chester, in the county of Randolph, on the Mississippi river," shall be and the same is hereby so amended as to authorize the owner or owners of said ferry to keep, in lieu of a steam ferry-boat, a good and sufficient ferry flat or horse ferry-boat, for nine months in the year, namely—from the first day of December to the first day of September: Provided, that they shall agree to the establishment of a Proviso. ferry, by county or state authority, from the town of Menard, below Chester, on the Mississippi river, to the Missouri shore, opposite said town, and file a copy thereof with the clerk of the Randolph county court, which shall be evidence of such agreement in all courts whatever.

§ 2. If the owner or owners of said ferry shall keep Boats. and have in readiness, at all reasonable times, between the first day of December and the first day of September, a substantial ferry flat or horse ferry-boat, conducted by skillful and careful persons, so as to ensure a safe and speedy passage at said ferry for all persons and their property, and shall keep, as heretofore, a good, substantial steam ferryboat, for the other three months in the year, namely-from the first day of September to the first day of December, it shall be deemed a legal compliance with the act to which this is an amendment.

APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851.

AN ACT to exempt Walnut Hill Cemetery from taxation and execution.

In force February 17, 1851.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all lots in Walnut Hill Cemetery, in St. Clair county, shall for- Exemption. ever be exempt from all taxes, and shall not be subject to execution or attachment.

lege.

§ 2. That no other cemetery within ten miles of said Exclusive privi Walnut Hill Cemetery shall be so exempt as provided for in the first section of this act.

APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851.

In force February 17, 1851.

Release.

Reservation.

AN ACT for the relief of E. B. Rose and others.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the principal and securities on the bond of Ethel B. Rose to this state, executed on the receipt of certain public arms for the use of an independent company of riflemen commanded by said Rose, be released and discharged from the same, said arms having been withdrawn from said company by the volunteers under command of Maj. Warren, while on duty in Hancock county, by order of the governor, in the year A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.

§ 2. Nothing in this act shall have effect to discharge said principal and securities from their liability on said bond whenever it shall be made to appear that any of said arms were lost, injured or destroyed by the voluntary or intentional act of said officers, or any members of the company to whom they were delivered.

APPROVED February 17, 1851.

In force Feb.17, AN ACT to establish a toll-bridge across the Little Wabash river, at the town of New 1851.

Toll-bridge.

Tolls.

Proviso.

Completion of bridge.

Massillon, in Wayne county, Illinois.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Wiley Webb be and he is hereby allowed to establish and keep a toll-bridge across the Little Wabash river, at the town of New Massillon, in the county of Wayne, Illinois, with such charges or rates of toll as may be allowed by the county court within and for said county: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to extend the right of keeping said toll-bridge more than ten years.

§ 2. And the said Wiley Webb may and he is hereby authorized to complete and protect the bridge at the place aforesaid constructed by him during the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and use and keep the same as such toll-bridge under the rules and regulations of the county court aforesaid.

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

AN ACT to incorporate the Clarion Cemetery Association.

In force Februa

ry 17, 1851.

Corporation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That James P. Ames, William A. Miller and William Crass, and their associates, in the town of Clarion, in the county of Bureau, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the "Clarion Cemetery Association," and by that name have Style. perpetual succession, and shall have, possess and be inves- Powers. ted with all powers, rights, privileges, liabilities and immunities incident to a corporate body.

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§ 2. Said association shall have power to own and sess real estate not exceeding ten acres, which shall be exempted from taxation.

§ 3. 3. The object of said association shall be exclusively Object. and solely to lay out, enclose and ornament a plat or piece of ground, not exceeding ten acres as aforesaid, to be used as a burial place for the dead.

§ 4. Said association shall have power to lay out the burial place into lots of suitable size for family burial departments, and sell the same, the purchasers of which shall use the said lot or lots as herein contemplated, and for no other purpose whatever.

§ 5. The proceeds arising from such sale, after deduct- Application of ing all the expenses of purchasing and laying out lots, shall funds. be appropriated and used in improving and ornamenting the burial ground, or in other objects connected with this incorporation.

§ 6. The officers of this association shall be a president, Officers. a treasurer, who shall also act as secretary, a superintendent, and two directors, who shall be chosen annually by Elections. ballot, and shall hold their office until their successors are chosen; any neglect to choose officers on the day fixed upon by said officers, shall not operate as a forfeiture of this act of incorporation.

§ 7. Every person holding one or more lots shall be a member, and entitled to one vote only; absent members shall have power to vote by proxy.

§ 8. The rights of property to any lot or lots which may be purchased, shall be vested by a certificate of stock, signed by the president, and countersigned by the superintendent, and shall be recorded in a book to be kept by the secretary for that purpose; and every transfer or assignment of such secretary, and cancelled or otherwise destroyed and a new one issued to such transferee or assignee.'

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§ 9. It shall be the duty of the secretary, on the order Meetings. of the president or any two directors, to call a meeting of the members for the choice of officers, or for the transac

The last clause of this sentence was thus obscure in the enrolled law.-PR.

By-laws.

Personal liabil

ity.

tion of any other kind of business which this act authorizes, by giving five days' public notice.

§10. The said corporation shall have power to establish and change by-laws and prescribe rules and regulations for their government and the direction of their officers, prescribe their duties, and the management of its property and affairs.

§ 11. The private property of the stockholders shall be liable for all debts created by said corporation.

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

In force Febru ary 17, 1851.

AN ACT to change the names of certain persons therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Name changed. name of Elizabeth M. Welters, of Du Page county, state of Illinois, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Elizabeth M. Grose, and that from and after the passage of this act said person shall be known and designated by the name last aforesaid, and by such name shall hold, retain and enjoy all the rights and privileges that she might or could have enjoyed had her name not have been changed as aforesaid.

Name changed.

§ 2. Be it further enacted, That the name of Elizabeth Dennis be changed to that of Elizabeth Curry.

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

In force Febru ary 17, 1851.

tor.

AN ACT for the relief of Andrew Miller.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Request to audi-auditor of the state is hereby requested to draw his warrant in favor of Andrew Miller, late sheriff of Madison county, Illinois, for such sum, not exceeding fifty dollars, as may be found to be due to him whenever the certificate of the governor of this state is produced to said auditor, showPayment for ing the amount due to said Miller for services rendered, under the direction of the governor, in preventing the violation of an injunction issued by the judge of the second judicial circuit to restrain the erection of certain works in

services.