AN ACT to authorize Adoniram J. Brown to keep a ferry across the Mississippi river, In force Febru at the town of Port Byron.

ary 17, 1851.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Adoniram J. Brown, his heirs and assigns, shall have the right, Ferry authoriz. and he is authorized, to establish and keep a ferry, for the term of ten years, across the Mississippi river, between the town of Port Byron, in the county of Rock Island, and the opposite shore, in the state of Iowa.

§2. The said Adoniram J. Brown shall at all times Boats. keep good and sufficient boats for the speedy and safe transportation of passengers, teams, horses, cattle and other animals, as well as goods and effects belonging to passengers, and shall furnish said boats with men of sufficient strength Equipments. and skill to manage them, and shall charge and receive such rates of ferriage as may be allowed him by the county court Tolls. of Rock Island county, and to pay such annual tax as said Tax. court may direct, not exceeding ten dollars.

ilege.

§3. The said Adoniram J. Brown, his heirs and assigns, Exclusive privshall have the exclusive privilege of ferrying at and from the said town of Port Byron, and for one mile each way from the place of landing, unless the said Adoniram J. Brown, his heirs or assigns, shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, then and in that case all rights and privileges acquired herein shall be forfeited; and the power

to modify or repeal this act, whenever the public good may Right to repeal. require, is hereby reserved.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851.

AN ACT entitled an act for the relief of Owen Miller.

In force Feb.17, 1851.

from liability.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Owen Miller, jr., who was and is bail for the appearance of Lewis Discharged Crane and Shedrick Crane, to the Winnebago circuit court, the condition of said bond having been forfeited, be and he is hereby discharged from the penalty of said bail bond, by the payment of costs.

APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851.

In force February 17, 1851.

Corporation.

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Real estate.

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Lots.

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Trustees.

Voters.

By-laws.

Certificates of stock.

AN ACT to incorporate the Moline Cemetery Association.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That A. J. Perkins, Hiram Hutt, A. J. Swanclar, R. N. Tate, Joseph Jackman, L. E. Ober and G. P. Vesey, of the town of Moline and vicinity, and their associates and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the "Moline Cemetery Association," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall have all the powers, rights and privileges, liabilities and immunities incident to a corporate body.

§ 2. Said association shall have power to own real estate, not exceeding ten acres, and personal property not exceeding at one time five hundred dollars, which shall be exempt from taxation and from attachment and execution. §3. The object of said association shall be exclusively to lay out, enclose and ornament a plat of ground, 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 and sell the same; purchasers of which shall use the same as herein contemplated, and for no other purpose.

§ 5. The proceeds of such sales and other funds which may come into the possession of the association, shall be appropriated and used in purchasing and laying out the grounds, and in improving and ornamenting the same, or in other objects connected with the incorporation.

§ 6. The owners of lots in the cemetery shall, on the first Monday of May next, elect three trustees, who shall be owners of a lot in the cemetery, one of whom shall continue in office for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and until their successors are elected; and annually thereafter, on the first Monday of May, they shall elect one trustee, who shall continue in office for three years, or until his successor is elected, and any neglect to elect officers on said day shall not operate as a forfeiture of this act of incorporation.

§ 7. Every owner of one or more lots shall be a member, and shall be entitled to one lot [vote] only. Absent members may vote by proxy.

§ 8. The trustees may make all necessary by-laws and regulations for laying out, ornamenting and keeping in repair said cemetery, and for preserving other property of the association. They shall appoint a secretary, treasurer and sexton, and shall define their duties and affix their compensation.

§ 9. The right of property to any lot or lots which may be purchased shall be vested by certificate of stock, signed by the secretary, and recorded in a book kept by the sec

retary for that purpose, and every transfer of such lots shall be made by surrendering such certificate to the secretary, who shall destroy it and issue a new one.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Shelbyville." 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 corporate limits of the town of Shelbyville shall hereafter Justice's disconstitute a district for the purpose of electing a justice of the peace.

§ 2. That said election shall be held at such time and place as may be provided by an order of the board of trustees of said town.

§ 3. All persons residing within the corporate limits of said town, entitled to vote for trustees thereof, may vote at said election.

trict.

Election.

§ 4. The election for said justice of the peace, as well How conducted. as all elections for trustees hereafter, shall be conducted

by two of the trustees of said town, who shall be duly sworn for that purpose.

§ 5. The said justice of the peace shall have exclusive Jurisdiction. jurisdiction in all cases arising under the ordinance of said corporation, and concurrent jurisdiction with all other justices of the peace in civil and criminal cases, and shall exercise all the powers and duties, and shall be subject to all the provisions of law pertaining to justices of the peace.

§ 6. The said justice of the peace shall be commission- Commission. ed by the governor.

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

AN ACT for the relief of the securities of John R. Smoot, late sheriff of Gallatin In force Feb.17,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the securities of John R. Smoot, late sheriff and collector of Release. revenue for the county of Gallatin, upon payment of their respective pro ratas to the auditor of public accounts of a

Conditions.

Proviso.

Sales set aside.

Failure to com

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judgment obtained against them in the Sangamon circuit court, on the twenty-fifth of July, one thousand eight hundred forty-eight, for the balance of revenue for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, for the sum of seven hundred and ninety-two dollars and four cents, and also a judgment rendered against them on the twenty-third of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, for eleven hundred and seventy-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents, being the balance of revenue for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, be and are hereby forever released from all liabilities on account of said bonds and judgments thereon. Said pro rata payments may be made in three annual instalments, in the following order: the first, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two; the second, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-three; the third, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fiftyfour: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as to release the said sheriff from the debt or any portion thereof.

§ 2. All sales of land heretofore made by virtue of any execution issued upon either of said judgments, are hereby set aside and for nothing esteemed, and the auditor is hereby required to cancel said sales.

§ 3. Should said securities, or any of them, fail to comply with con- ply with the provisions of this act, they shall not be entitled to the benefits thereof, but those who shall comply and pay their proportions, as provided in this act, shall receive from the auditor a full acquittal from all liabilities as afore

Execution stayed.

Proviso.

said.

§ 4. That executions on said judgment be stayed until said times of payments, as to those who avail themselves of the provisions of this act: Provided, that execution may issue against any of the parties in said judgments after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, and the judgments and executions shall remain a lien upon their property. § 5. This act shall be in force from and after its APPROVED February 17, 1851.

passage.

In force Febru- AN ACT to incorporate the Griggsville and Illinois River Plank Road Company.

ary 17, 1851.

Corporation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Marshall Ayers, Jabez D. Phillbrick, Nathan W. Jones, John Crue, Ozias M. Hatch and Reuben B. Hatch, and their

successors, be and they are hereby constitued a body politic and corporate, to have perpetual succession and existence as such corporation for and during the space and term Duration. of thirty years, and by that name to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, as a natural person, and shall be so recognized in courts of law and equity; and to have and use a common seal, to alter the same at pleasure; and they General powers. shall have power, in their corporate name, for the use of said corporation, to purchase and hold sufficient real estate for the free enjoyment of all privileges herein granted, and also the power to establish such by-laws, ordinances and regulations as shall be deemed necessary for the furtherance of the objects of the incorporation, and not contrary to the constitution and laws of this state.

§ 2. The capital stock of said company shall be fifteen Capital stock. thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each, to be subscribed for and sold as hereinafter provided: Provided, that Proviso. if the amount of capital above stated is insufficient to complete said road, then the capital stock may be increased to twenty thousand dollars, or such sum as may be necessary to complete the work, to be subscribed for as the president and directors of the company shall order.

§ 3. That at any time after the passage of this act the Officers. beforenamed persons, or their successors, or a majority of them, shall meet at the town of Griggsville and elect a president, who shall be chosen from one of said corporators, and a secretary, who may or may not be one of their number, whose duty it shall be to record all the orders and proceedings of said board; and proceed to make arrangements for opening books for the subscription of stock at such times and places and in such manner as they may order and direct; and shall, moreover, make such orders for the payment of instalments on stock as they may think best for the interests of the corporation.

§ 4. The corporation shall cause books to be opened Subscriptions. for subscription, at such time and in such places as they may direct, due notice thereof shall be given in the nearest newspaper, in each of which books the following entry shall be made: "We, the undersigned, severally promise to pay the Griggsville and Illinois River Plank Road company the sum of fifty dollars for each share of stock set opposite our names, in such manner and proportion, and at such times, as the president and directors of said company shall direct, dated this- —day of———————.” ." Five per cent. upon each share subscribed for shall be paid at the time of such sub- Payments. scription, and said subscription book shall specify the balance due on each share after deducting the sum so paid. A guaranty of the payment of said obligation may be required of any subscriber thereto.