and of the act therein mentioned, and beneficial to said company, shall apply to the said Northern Cross Railroad company, to all intents and purposes, and in every manner of things, powers, rights, privileges or authority whatever, in reference to the said branch railroads, as fully and completely as if the location and construction of the said branch railroad had been authorized and provided for in and by the said original bill. § 4. This act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and be construed liberally for the benefit of said company. APPROVED Feb. 1, 1851. AN ACT to incorporate the Canton Cemetery Company. In force Feb. 1, 1851. Whereas William Hulet, James R. Walter, Robert C. Cul- Preamble. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William Hulet, Thompson Maple and John G. Graham (aforesaid,) of the town of Canton, and their associates and successors in office, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the "Canton Style of corpoCemetery Company," and by that name to have perpetual ration. succession, and invested with all the powers, rights, privileges, liabilities and immunities incident to corporations. § 2. Said company shall have power to hold the land May own fifteen. above described, to own and possess, by purchase or gift, real estate, not exceeding fifteen acres, and personal property not exceeding one thousand dollars, for the use and purpo acres land. pany. ses of said cemetery; which shall be exempt from taxation, execution or appropriation for public uses. § 3. The object of said company shall be exclusively Object of com- and solely to lay out their burial places for the dead, into lots, with convenient aisles, and to sell said lots for the purposes herein contemplated, and none other, reserving a sufficient portion thereof for the burial of the stranger and indigent persons, to improve and ornament the said ground, to erect a hearse house, keeping the same in proper order and repair, the purchase of a hearse or hearses, and such other objects as may be connected with this corporation, to the end that all the appliances, conveniences and benefits of a public and private cemetery may be derived or obtained. Officers of company. tees. § 4. The officers of said company shall consist of a president and two directors, constituting a board of trustees; a secretary, who shall also be treasurer; and a sexton,—who shall be chosen annually, on the first Monday in January in each year hereafter, or on such other day or time as the said board shall determine or direct; and the said officers to hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified. And all vacancies may be filled in such manner as said board shall, by their by-laws, direct, and until the election of officers under this act, on some day on or after the first Monday in January, A. D. 1852, said William Hulit shall act as president, and Thompson Maple and John G. Graham as directors, who shall appoint the other officers until an election is held. Every person owning one or more lots shall be a member, and entitled to one vote only. Absent members may vote by proxy. § 5. The board of trustees shall have power, by and Power of trus- under their hands and private seals and acknowledgment, as required by law, to transfer the right of property to any lot or lots for the purposes aforesaid, to any person or persons, his, her or their heirs or assigns, and an entry of all sales shall be made in a book to be kept for that purpose, and all assessments shall be reported and entered in said book to entitle the owner to a vote, and the said board of directors shall have power to establish and change by-laws and prescribe all such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state, for the government of said company, the election of officers, prescribe their duties and remuneration, and for the management of the affairs, property and business of this corporation, and to enforce the same in law or equity. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 1, 1851. ed. AN ACT to authorize Wade H. Eldridge to keep a ferry across the Mississippi river. In force Feb. 1, 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Wade Ferry establish. H. Eldridge, his heirs and assigns, be and they are hereby authorized to establish and keep a ferry, for ten years, across the Mississippi river, between Savannah, in the county of Carroll, Illinois, and Salula, in Jackson county, in the state of Iowa; during which term neither the county court nor the board of supervisors of said county of Carroll shall grant a license to any other person or persons to establish a ferry within two miles of said town of Savannah. in working or § 2. The said Eldridge shall keepat all times a good and shall keep ferry sufficient boat, worked by steam or horse power, sufficient der, for all the speedy and safe transportation of all passengers, teams, horses, cattle and all other animals, as well as goods and effects belonging to passengers, and shall furnish said boat with men of suitable strength and skill to manage the same, and shall charge and receive such rates of ferriage as shall be annually fixed by the board of supervisors of said Carroll county. 3. The said Eldridge shall pay into the county treas- Tax upon ferry. ury of Carroll county such annual tax as may be imposed upon said ferry by the board of supervisors of said county, not exceeding twenty-five dollars; and in the management and regulation of said ferry shall be governed by the act to establish ferries and toll-bridges, approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. Act may be § 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage, but may be altered, amended or repealed amended. when the public good may require it. APPROVED February 1, 1851. AN ACT concerning the Mt. Carbon Coal Company. In force Feb. 1, 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Mt. Čarbon Coal Acts revived. company," approved the 24th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and the act supplemental to the above recited act to incorporate the Mt. Carbon Coal company, approved February twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, be and the same are hereby declared to be in full force and virtue. § 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Mount Carbon Coal company shall commence the railroad authorized to be to be com Where stockholders may meet. When railroad made by the aforesaid supplemental act, within one year menced and from the passage of this act, and shall complete the same completed. within three years, otherwise this act shall be null and void. § 3. For the greater convenience of the stockholders, and the better management of the affairs of the company, the stockholders and the board of president and directors may hold their meetings in the county of Jackson, state of Illinois, or in any other place within the United States which may be considered by them as more conducive to the best interests of the company: Provided, that an authorized agent of the said company shall at all times reside in the said county of Jackson, in the state of Illinois, and that service of legal process on said agent shall be deemed as sufficient service on the corporation in any suit or suits which may be instituted against it. Proviso. continued. § 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Mount Carbon Road may be Coal company may, at any time hereafter, when they deem it expedient, continue the said railroad, from its terminus on the Mississippi river to the town of Breeseville, on said river; and in case said company should not continue or extend said road to Breeseville, then any other company to be incorporated may so continue and extend the same. Act in force for 30 years. § 5. This act to take effect from its passage, and to continue in force thirty years from that date. APPROVED February 1, 1851. In force Feb. 1, AN ACT to vacate certain streets in the town of Byron, in Ogle county, Illinois. 1851. vacated. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so Parts of streets much of Third street as lays west of Walnut street, and those parts of Washington street, Franklin street, Lafayette street and West street, as lays north of Second street, in the town of Byron, Ogle county, Illinois, be and the same are hereby vacated; and that the aforesaid streets hereby vacated shall be attached to the several lots adjoining the same, in equal proportions. APPROVED February 1, 1851. AN ACT to amend an act to incorporate the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Com- In force Feb. 7, to Chicago. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Route extended Rock Island and La Salle Railroad company be and they are hereby authorized to continue their projected railroad from its present termination, by the way of Ottawa and Joliet, to the city of Chicago, under the same powers and privileges, and subject to the same restrictions, that are conferred on said company for the construction of their railroad from the city of Rock Island to its present termi nation. § 2. The name of said company is hereby changed to Name changed. the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad company that the capital stock may be increased to any sum of money they may deem necessary to construct their entire road, not exceeding three millions of dollars, and the number of their directors to thirteen. Directors. § 3. Until the next election of directors for said company, the following persons, to wit, Elisha S. Wadsworth, William Reddick, Nelson D. Elwood, George Barnett, George Steele, Uri Osgood, Henry G. Loomis and John V. A. Hoes, are hereby appointed additional directors, and shall have equal rights with the present directors of said company, and no sale or transfer of the rights under this act, or the act to which this is an amendment, shall be made, and no leasing or letting of the entire work upon the road herein provided shall be made without the assent of a majority of the directors herein specially named; that the board of directors hereby created shall constitute the directors of said company until an additional subscription of three hundred thousand dollars shall have been made as prescribed in the act to which this is an amendment. After said additional subscription the stockholders shall meet, as provided in said act, and elect a board of thirteen directors. § 4. If the said company shall fail to commence the Work to comconstruction of said railroad within one year from the pas- a year. sage of this act, and prosecute the same with vigor to completion, the directors herein specially named shall constitute a board of commissioners, and shall receive subscrip- Board of comtions and organize according to the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment, and when so organized the stockholders under said last named subscription shall constitute the corporation authorized and provided for in this act and the act to which this is an amendment, and shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the restrictions and conditions in the said act contained; and the present officers of the corporation shall transfer to the board of directors all the books, papers, property and as- corporation. sets which may be owned by said corporation, and the same new mence within missioners. Assets of old vested in new |