In force, Feb. 1, 1840. sue warrant AN ACT for the relief of William Howell, of Calhoun county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, Auditor to is- represented in the General Assembly, That the Auditor of pubto Wm. How-lic lic accounts is hereby authorized and required to issue his ell for $109 warrant on the Treasurer, in favor of William Howell, of Calhoun dounty, for one hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents, which shall be in full for his services and expenses in going to Missouri aud apprehending and bringing to Pike county a fugitive from justice. and 50 cts. APPROVED, February 1, 1840. In force, AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act concerning the road from Feb. 1, 1840. Warsaw to Quincy," approved February 22, 1839. cate road SES. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, Comr's to lo-represented in the General Assembly, That the commissioners named in the act to which this is an amendment, or a majority of them, shall proceed to locate said road from Warsaw in Hancock county, to Quincy in Adams county, according to the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment, previous to the first day of August next. Road from Location legal SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That so much of the State road from Warsaw in Hancock county, to Peoria in Peoria county, as lies between Warsaw and Carthage, in Hancock county, laid out under the authority of an act, entitled "An act to locate a State road from Warsaw in Hancock county, to Peoria in Peoria county, approved 4th of February, 1837," is hereby declared a State road. SEC. 3. And the said location and survey is hereby declared to be legal and valid in all respects, and shall not be set aside or be held to be void and of no effect, on account of any informality in locating said road whatever; and the road, as laid off and located by the said commissioners, or any two of them, shall be opened, worked, and kept in repair as the law requires. APPROVED, February 1, 1840. In force, Feb. 1, 1840. Body politic & corporate Name and style AN ACT to incorporate the St. Clair Steam Mill Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Laurant Pensaneau, Wm.C. Carr, John Barkley and David Reverdy, their associates, heirs and assigns, are hereby constituted and declared a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the "St. Clair Steam Mill Company," from and after the passage of this act; and by that name and style they and their successors shall have succession for ten ycars, and shall, in law, be capable of SEC. 2. The said company, hereby incorporated, shall have power to erect a steam mill at or near Illinois town, in the Location county of St. Clair, and are hereby authorized to carry on the manufacturing of the various kinds of grain and other manufactures, to export the same and other products of the country, and to use all such powers and privileges as may be necessary to carry on the said manufactory according to the objects of this act as herein expressed. SEC. 3. The capital stock of said company shall consist of ten thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to twenty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Capital stock tion SEC. 4. Said company shall meet annually on the first Mon- Annual elecday of April, and elect a president and secretary, who shall be sworn by a justice of the peace to the faithful discharge of his duties, and who shall keep a record of the proceedings of Records said company in a book to be by him kept for that purpose; a treasurer who shall give bond to such amount and in such Treasurer to give bond manner as the said company shall direct; and said company shall appoint such other officers and agents as may be necessary to carry into effect the powers herein granted. SEC. 5. Said company shall have power to make and establish all such by-laws, rules and regulations, as shall be necessary, and not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State or of the United States; and the provisions of this act for the transfer or payment of the stock or property of said company, and for the nanagement and direction of the affairs of said company. Officers and agents SEC. 6. If it should happen that any election should not be made or held on the day appointed by the provisions of this act, the said company shall not for that reason be dissolved; but such election may be held on any other day within thirty days thereafter, notice being given by the president, secretary, or any two members of said company; and at all elections and proceedings of said company, each shareholder shall entitled to be entitled to as many votes as the number of shares he or she vote may have in said company. APPROVED, February 1, 1840. Each share 1 In force, Feb. 3, 1840. Name and style AN ACT to incorporate the Sangamon Coal Bank Bridge Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all such persons as shall become subscribers to the stock hereinafter mentioned, Body politic shall be, and they are hereby, constituted and declared a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the "Sangamon Coal Bank Bridge Company," from and after the passage of this act, and by that name they and their successors shall, in law, be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answer and be answered, in all courts and places whatsoever; and they and their successors may have a common seal, and may alter and change the same at pleasure; and also they and their successors, by that name and style, shall be, in law, capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate, real and personal, which may be necessary to enable the said company to carry out the expressed objects for which they are incorporated, and none other. The charExistence of tered existence of said company shall cease at the expiration of twenty years from the passage hereof, and the stock thereof shall be deemed and considered personal property. Powers charter Capital stock Comr's to receive subscriptions Notice SEC. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be three thousand dollars, divided into three hundred shares of ten dollars each; and James F. Reed, Gersham Keys, Thomas J. Knox, William Pickerell and Thomas Simpson, of Sangamon county, and Samuel Nesbit, of Macon county, are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscription for said stock; and such subscription shall be opened at such times and places as the commissioners, or a majority of them, shall appoint, by notice to be published in the Journal and Register papers, printed in the town of Springfield, at least twenty days before the time appointed. If the requisite number of shares shall not be subscribed for, at the time and places appointed for such subscription, said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall take such measures for compelling [completing] such subscription as they may deem expedient and proper. Every subscriber shall, at the time of subscribing, pay to said $1 to be paid commissioners the sum of one dollar for each share subscribed, and the remainder at such times and in such sums as the interest of said company may require. on subscription Time and tion SEC. 3. As soon as two-thirds of the shares shall be subscribed, the commissioners shall give notice thereof, in the manner aforesaid, and appoint the time and place in such place of elec- notice for the subscribers to meet, for the purpose of choosing a treasurer, clerk, and five directors. Every stockholder shall be entitled, at such and all other elections, to one vote for each share to the number of ten, and one vote for every five additional shares, which votes may be given in person or by proxy, at the election to be held as aforesaid; the said commissioners, or such of them as may attend, shall be inspectors, and their certificate of the names of persons elected, shall be con tions clusive evidence of such election. The first Monday in the month in which such election shall be held, shall be the anniversity day of all subsequent elections of such officers. A Annual elecmajority of the directors, so chosen, shall be a quorum, and shall be capable of transacting the business of the corporation. Quorum Any act of the majority shall be binding on the corporation. The said directors, when elected as aforesaid, shall immediately proceed to elect one of their number as president; and the Election of said president and directors may meet from time to time, and shall have power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations, By-laws as shall be deemed expedient and proper for the well-ordering of the affairs of the said corporation: Provided, The same be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the State and the United States. President SEC. 4. The said corporation is hereby authorized and em- Bridge over powered to erect a bridge over the Sangamon river at the Sangamon coal bank, crossing where the road leading from Springfield to river Decatur crosses said river. SEC. 5. The said president and directors, or other persons Valuation of employed by them, may enter upon and take possession of the lands taken land on each side of the river where such bridge shall be erected; and the said corporation, on taking possession of such land, and on receiving a conveyance thereof, shall pay the value of so much of the same as may be necessary for making and erecting said bridge, and establish a gate, tollhouse, and other works necessary for said bridge; and in case of disagreement between the parties as to such value, the same shall and may be ascertained by three disinterested freeholders of the county, who shall be appointed for that purpose, as may be agreed on by the parties, and shall be sworn to make a just valuation thereof. from toll SEC. 6. As soon as the bridge shall be completed, it shall be lawful for said corporation to erect a gate at the end of said bridge, and demand and receive the same rates of toll as is Rates of toll allowed by the county court of Sangamon county to ferries kept on said river: Provided, That all persons, citizens of Sangamon county, shall have a right to cross said bridge, in Persons free going to or returning from any muster or election in said county; and all grand and petit jurors, in going to and returning from courts, shall be permitted to cross said bridge free of toll. SEC. 7. If any person or persons shall wilfully or malicious- Persons injuly do or cause to be done any act whatsoever whereby the ring bridge said bridge, or any thing appertaining to the same, shall be impaired, injured or destroyed, the said person or persons so offending, shall forfeit and pay to the said corporation treble the amount of damages occasioned thereby, to be recovered by said corporation, with costs of suit in an action of trespass, in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof. SEC. S. If any toll-gatherer shall unreasonably delay or hin- Liability of toll keepers der any traveller from passing said bridge, or shall demand or receive more toll than is allowed by this act, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten dollars, with cost of suit, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of said county for the use of the person hindered or Co. comr's of defrauded. Sangamon may purchase bridge and make it free SEC. 9. At any time after the completion of said bridge, the county commissioners of Sangamon county shall have the right to purchase said bridge by making the same free to all persons crossing the same, by paying to said corporation the cost of constructing the same with ten per cent. interest thereon. APPROVED, February 3, 1840. In force, AN ACT to amend an act to create and establish the county of Jersey. Feb. 1, 1840. Preamble Officers of WHEREAS, on the first Monday of August last, the county of Jersey was created agreeable to "An act to create and establish the county of Jersey, approved February 28th, 1839:" And whereas, on the same day there was elected, in that part of Greene county created into the county of Jersey aforesaid, certain justices of the peace and constables: And whereas, much doubt exists in regard to the legality of said election: Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all justices of the Jersey to hold peace and constables which were elected on the first Monday till next elec- of August last, in that part of Greene county created into the tion Time of ma- county of Jersey, shall severally hold their offices in the county of Jersey for the term for which they were elected and commissioned, &c., the same as if they had been duly elected and commissioned for Jersey county, and their oaths of office which have been administered by the clerk of the county commissioners' court of Greene county, shall be deemed to have been properly taken. SEC. 2. That all abstracts and schedules of schools in Jersey county shall be made to the school commissioners of said county, and the time for receiving the same by said school commissioner for the present year, is hereby extended until school comr's the second Monday in February next; and it shall be the duty of the school commissioners of Jersey county, as soon as said abstracts are made to him, to meet the school commissioner of Greene county; and it shall be the duty of the school commissioner of Greene county to pay over to the school commissioner of Jersey county annually out of the school fund which Greene county may receive from the State, the portion which Jersey county may be entitled to in proportion to the abstracts and schedules of schools returned to the school commissioner of both counties respectively; and the school commissioner of Jersey county shall apply the money, thus received, for school purposes in Jersey county, as is now required by law. |