SCHOOLS. are hereby required and commanded to collect from each of day of 289 SEC. 5. As soon as a majority of the voters within said Proposals to school district have agreed to levy a tax, the school directors build school are authorized to receive proposals for building a school house house in said district; the lowest bidder and most responsible person who shall offer to exec te the same according to the plan and specifications of the school directors, shall receive the contract. SEC. 6. This act to take effect from and after its passage. An ACT to incorporate the Trustees of the Winchester Male and Female Common and Preparatory Schools. In force, Feb. 27, 1841. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Levi Harlan, Elijah Sills, Thomas Kersey, R. C. Brown and Edward G. Mi. Name & style nor, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the "Trustees of the Winchester Common and Preparatory School," and by that name and style to have perpetual succession; to make contracts, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to Corporate grant and receive by its corporate name, and to do all such powers. things as a natural person; may acquire, purchase, and in all lawful ways, to use, manage and dispose of the same; may have a common seal, and may alter or change the same at pleasure, and may make by-laws for its regulation not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States or of this State. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Zalmon Carter, Doctor Metcalf, John Kirkpatrick, Ira Rowen, Barlem Brown, Thomas Cowhich, John E. Bell, James Rucker, Ben. net Grey, and Thomas Smothers, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name Name & style and style of the "Trustees of the Winchester Female Seminary," and by such name and style shall have the same powers and privileges that are given to the trustees appointed and named in the first section of this act. Corporate powers. ers. SEC. 3. The trustees of said institution shall have auFurther pow-thority from time to time to prescribe the course of studies to be pursued in said institutions, to fix the rate of tuition. and expenses, to appoint and employ instructors and such other officers and agents as they consider necessary to the proper management of the institutions, define their duties, and fix their compensation, and at the pleasure of a majori ty of the trustees, displace and remove them. Location.] Term of Office School fund. Tax for school purposes. Proviso. lections. SEC. 4. The above institutions shall be located in the incorporate limits of the town of Winchester, Scott county, Illinois, on such lot or lots as may be chosen by a majority of the trustees of each institution separately. SEC. 5. The trustees of the schools appointed by this act, shall hold their offices for one year after the organization of said schools, and until their successors are chosen. SEC. 6. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent either of the above named institutions from receiving their proper proportion of money appropriated by law for common school purposes, and the trustees named in the first and second sections of this act, and their successors in office, shall do and perform all acts required by law of the trustees of common schools. SEC. 7. The trustees of the town of Winchester may levy and collect a tax not exceeding one per centum on all taxable property in said town, to be applied to purposes of education, as said trustees shall from time to time direct: Provided, That before any tax can be levied as aforesaid, and on application of twelve citizens of the town, the trustees shall cause an election to be held, where cach inhabitant residing within the incorporate limits of said town, may have the pri vilege of voting for or against a tax, and if a majority of two-thirds of the votes given at said election shall be in favor of a tax, then and in that case the trustees may levy a tax and in no other. Time & place SEC. 8. The trustees of the town shall prescribe the of holding e- time, place and manner of holding and conducting said elec tion, and the returns of the same, and make it a matter of record; they shall also provide for the collection, safe keeping, and distribution of the tax collected for school purposes; they may apportion the money raised by tax to the schools incorporated by this act exclusively, or to them and others as may best suit the convenience and interest of the inhabitants of the town. Powers trustees. of SEC. 9. The trustees of the town are hereby authorized and empowered to enact and ordain such acts and ordinances in their incorporated capacity as shall be necessary to carry the provisions of this act into effect; and for the furtherance of the cause of education, such ordinance, not to be inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, or of this State. SEC. 10. That at any meeting of the bodies corporate mentioned in the first and second sections of this act. any Quorum. three of the individuals composing the same shall form a quorum to do and transact business. Approved, February 27, 1841. In force Dec. 9, 1840. An ACT to provide for the manufacture of salt at the Gallatin Saline. WHEREAS the existing leases in the Gallatin Saline are about to expire on the first of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty: And whereas, also, It is to be apprehended that salt making will altogether cease, unless some legisla- Preamble. tive action is immediately had: And wherecs, also, It is inexpedient that the wells and salt springs should, at this time, be put up to sale, because that it might endanger the future manufacturing of salt at that saline, for years to come, to the great inconvenience of a large portion of the people of the State: Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the wells of the salt waters of the Gallatin Saline, situate in the Half Moon, here- Saline leased to J.Crenshaw tofore occupied by Timothy Guard and Benjamin White, under leases from the State, and which expire on the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and the same are hereby leased to John Crenshaw, for, and during the full end and term of ten years, fully to be completed and ended, commencing on the second day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and forty; together with all the rights and appurtenances, and a sufficient proportion of common appurtenant to the same, as laid off, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature, passed January the sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, together with the present pipe line, leading from the well now worked, to the furnace; and there is hereby also granted to the said Crenshaw the right of Right of way. way over any lands now owned by the State; and when the same passes over the lands of others, and disagreements should arise, the said Crenshaw shall have the same proceedings as in cases of right of way. State Treas'r. SEC. 2. In consideration of which grant, in the foregoing section made, the said Crenshaw shall, on or before the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty, execute a bond, Bond to be apwith sufficient security, to be approved by the Treasurer of proved of by this State, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the payment of four hundred dollars to the Treasu- Annual payrer, annually-the first payment to be made on the second day ments. of December, eighteen hundred and forty one, and, yearly, First payment thereafter, until the expiration of said lease; and conditioned, also, that he will well and truly manufacture salt at the said saline works, and at all times, (unavoidable accidents not preventing,) keep a sufficient quantity of salt on hand, to supply all such persons, of the neighboring country, as purchase sait at said saline, for domestic consumption, whenever they shall apply at the works for the same; and conditioned, also, that he will at no time, during his said lease, charge or receive more Price of salt. than sixty-two and a half cents per bushel for said salt so manufactured; and conditioned, also, further, that he shall deliver, at the end of said ten years, the said wells and the line of pipes, in as good condition as they now are, without let or delay; and, also, with the further condition, that he shall at no time, during the said lease, enter into any scheme or bargain, whereby the manufacture of salt shall be suspended, or a monopoly accrue, to the prejudice of any of the people of this State; which bond, when so taken, executed and approved, shall be Bond, where filed with the Auditor of Public Accounts, who shall give to said Crenshaw a certificate of such fact, and affix his seal of office-which certificate shall be evidence of the fact it conbe evidence. tains, in any court of record in this State. filed. Certificate to Approved, December 9, 1840. In force Feb. 26, 1841. line. An ACT to provide for leasing the Saline Reserve lands, in Jackson coun ty, and for granting a pre-emption right to certain persons therein named. SEC. 1. Bit enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That David Holliday, of Commissioner Jackson county, be and he is hereby appointed commissioner of Muddy Sa of the "Muddy Saline," in the aforesaid county of Jackson, to sell and dispose of a portion, and to lease the residue, of the lands in the Saline Reserve, in said county, as hereinafter pro vided; and the said con.missioner shall, on or before the first To give bond, day of May next, enter into bond, with good and sufficient security, to be approved of by the county commissioners of the aforesaid county, in the sum of two thousand dollars, to the People of the State of lilinois, conditioned that he will fully account for and pay over all moneys which may come to his hands by reason of his said office; and that he will fully ac count for, and hand over to his successor in office, all bonds, papers, vouchers and other property of the State, that may come into his hands, by virtue of this act; and, generally, that he will faithfully do and perform all the duties enjoined upon him by this act; which bond shall be entered of record on the records of the county commissioners' court of the aforesaid county, and transmitted to and filed in the office of the Secre tary of State. Land subdivided. SEC. 2. The said commissioner shall, as soon as may be, have the said Saline Reserve lands sub-divided, by accurate survey, into lots for a suitable size, not exceeding in any case forty acres; and shall cause to be made out from such survey plat of reserve a map or plat of said reserve, noting thereon the section, town ship and range, of said lands, and designate the said lots by Lots to be number: and the said plat the said commissioners shall acknowl. numbered. edge and cause to be recorded in the record books of the recorder of the aforesaid county: Provided, That the lot on Proviso. which the salt well is situated shall not contain more than tea acres of land, and that the said salt well shall be as near as practicable to the centre of said lot. SEC. 3. The said commissioner is hereby authorized and Special sales. empowered to sell to Stephen Holliday and Joseph Sorrells, each forty acres of said land, including the residence and improvements of the said Holliday and Sorrells, respectively, for the sum of one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, at any time before the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two; and if the said Holliday or Sorrells, or either of them, shall pay to the said commissioner, in cash, the sum hereby required for the said land, the said commissioner shall thereupon make and deliver to each of said persons, or to either of them, by whom such payment shall be made, a certificate of Certificates of sale, describing, particulariy, the number, description and situ - purchase. ation of such lot, to whom sold, and for what price; and the Auditor of Public Accounts, on the said certificate being filed in his office, shall make and exccute to the holder thereof a patent for the land therein described: Provided, That the right of pre-emption to said lands shall not be vested in either the said Holliday or Sorrells longer than until the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two; and if the said forty acre tracts of land, or either of them, on which the said folliday and Sorrells, respectively, reside, should not be paid for by the said Holliday and Sorrells, or either of them, on or before the said first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, the same shall be subject to be leased, in the manner hereinafter provided for leasing the residue of the said lands. SEC. 4. The said commissioner shall be authorized to lease Lots may be any or either of the lots into which the said Saline Reserve leased. shall be sub-divided, for a term of years, not exceeding, in any case, ten years, to such person or persons, and for such price and on such terms as to the said commissioner may seem just and proper; and whenever any such lot shall be leased by the said commissioner, as herein provided for, it shall be the duty of the said com nissioner to execute duplicate copies of a Duplicate colease, setting forth the terms thereof, and providing against pies of lease. any undue and improper waste of or trespassing upon the said land, one copy of which shall be delivered to said lessee and the other transcribed into a suitable and well bound book, to Leases recor be kept in the office of the said commissioner, and then filed ded. in the office of the Secretary of State. |