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real or personal or mixed, by the gift, grant, bargain and sale,
conveyance, will, demise or bequest of any person or persons held
whomsoever, and the said estate whether real or personal, to
grant, bargain, sell, convey, demise, let, place out on interest,
or otherwise dispose of for the use of said university, in such
manner as shall seem to them most beneficial; said trustees
shall also faithfully apply all monies or property, real or per-
sonal, belonging to or donated to said university, according
to their best judgments, in erecting and completing a suitable
building or buildings, supporting the necessary officers, instruc-
tors, managers, and servants, and procuring all necessary pub-
lications, philosophical and other apparatus, for the use, con-
venience and success of said university: Provided nevertheless,
That in case any donation, devise or bequest shall be made
for particular purposes, accordant with the design of the uni-
versity, and the corporation shall accept of the same, every
donation, devise. or bequest shall be applied in conformity with
the express conditions of the devisor or donor.

Sec. 8. Said trustees shall also have the power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to have a common seal, to alter and change the same at pleasure, to make contracts, to do and perform all acts necessary for the attainment of said object, to make such by-laws for its regulations, as are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States or of this State, and to confer on such persons as may be consid ered worthy, such degrees as are usually conferred by similar institutions.

SEC. 9. The trustees for the time being shall have power. to remove any trustee from his office of trustee for any dishonorable or criminal conduct: Provided, That such removal shall not take place without giving to such trustee notice of the charges exhibited against him, and an opportunity of defending himself before the board, nor unless that two-thirds of the whole number of trustees for the time being shall concur in such removal.

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SEC. 10. The said university shall be open to all denom- No religious faith required inations of christians, and the profession of any particular reliof students. gious faith shall not be required of those who become students; all persons, however, may Le suspended or expelled from said institution, by the trustees thereof, whose habits are idle or vicious, or whose moral character is bad.

SEC. 11. The lands, tenements and hereditaments, to be Lands held by held in perpetuity by virtue of this act, shall not exceed two corporation sections, or six hundred and forty acres, except such as are for the university building, and necessary appurtenances: Provided however, That if donations, grants or devices in lands Proviso. shall from time to time be made to said corporation over and above said six hundred and forty acres which may be held in perpetuity as aforesaid, the same may be received and held by said corporation for the period of ten years from the date of such donation, grant or devise, at the end of which time, if

said lands, over and above six hundred and forty acres, shall not have been sold by the said corporation, then and in that case the said land so donated, granted, or devised shall revert to the donor or grantor, or to the heirs of the same.

Approved, February 25, 1811.

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of State.

An ACT to authorize the Fund Commissioner to compound for and adjust demands in favor of the State.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Fund commisFund com'rto sioner be, and he is hereby authorized to compound for, and adjust any unsettled demands which the State has against any person or persons, body corporate or politic, in the State of New York, or elsewhere, who may have been the purchaser or purchasers of State bonds upon such terms and conditions as he may deem equitable and just, and for the best interest of the State, subject nevertheless to be ratified and confirmed, or rejected by the Governor.

Approved, February 27, 1841.

In force, Feb. 27, 1841.

An ACT authorizing certain debtors of the State to discharge their indebt edness in Illinois internal improvement scrip.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, Citizens may represented in the General Assembly, That the obligors upon pay debt in a certain bond executed by sundry citizens of the city of State scrip Springfield in favor of the State of Illinois, for the sum of fifty thousand dollars, be authorized to discharge the same or the balance due thereon, in whole or in part, in Illinois internal improvement scrip. Approved, February 27, 1841.

In force, Feb. 26, 1841.

Board of audi

accounts.

An ACT in relation to the present State House Commissioners.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the Stat of Illi rois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Auditor of pubtors to settle lic accounts, Secretary of State, and Treasurer bc, and they are hereby required and empowered to thoroughly investigate the acts and doings of the State house commissioners, and if any or either of them should be found upon such investigation in arrears to the State, the said commissioners are directed to make report of the same to the Attorney General, who, on receiving the same shall forthwith bring suit against said delinquent commissioner or commissioners.

Approved, February, 26, 1841.

thereof made by the first Monday of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty.

SEC. 8. That the collector of taxes in Winnebago coun

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ty for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, shall Collector alhave an extension of time for making a final and annual set- lowed further tlement with the county commissioners' court of said county, and for paying into the State treasury the money by him collected for the use of the State, until the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.

Approved, January 7, 1841.

An ACT to provide for the collection of taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, in Cass county.

In force Feb.

18, 1841.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the circuit court of Circuit court Cass county shall at the next term thereof give judgment in of Cass counbehalf of the State for taxes due upon lands situated in said to give judgment acounty for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-gainst bonds nine, upon the collector of said county giving the notice and for taxes due making the report required by law; said court is authorized for 1839 to act in the premises as it might have done if the notice had been given and report made at the first term thereof in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, and all judgments and sales made under the provisions of this act shall stand in all respects as though the proceedings had been had at the time heretofore required by law.

SEC. 2. The collector of Cass county, for the year one Further time thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, is allowed until thir- allowed colty days after the next term of the circuit court of said county tle with State pay into the State and county treasury the taxes uncollec

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lector to set

SEC. 3. The name of Hambleton in "An act to amend an Name of act to incorporate the Hambleton primary school," approved, "Hambleton" January seventh, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one changed. whenever the same occurs, is hereby changed to Hamilton.

Acts of sheriff

SEC. 4. All acts of Lemon Plaster, as sheriff of Cass of Cass declacounty, shall be good and valid, and the Governor is hereby red legal authorized to commission him as such: Provided, He shall Gov. to compay over all monies due for taxes to the treasurer of State mission him and county, according to the provisions of this act.

Approved, February 18, 1841.

Proviso.

An ACT to enable the trustees of Juliet to levy a tax and pay liabilities

against said town.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the trustees of the town of Juliet, Will county, are authorized to collect the tax

In force Feb.

17, 1841.

Appropriati'n

In force Feb. 26, 1841.

take charge

erection of public buildings, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 7. That the sum of seven thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated towards the completion of the State house, to be expended under the superintendence of the Treasurer and Secretary of State.

Approved, February 27, 1841.

An ACT requiring the Secretary of State and State Treasurer to take charge of the public buildings, and for other purposes.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, Officers to representel in the General Assembly, That it shall be the of buildings. duty of the Secretary of State and Treasurer to take charge of and safely preserve from waste, the houses, lots, grounds, and appurtenances, situated within the city of Springfield and belonging to the State of Illinois, they shall also sately preserve furniture appertaining to the State house.

SEC. 2. They, the said Secretary of State and Treasurer, To superin- shall superintend the further completion of the State house tend comple tion. in manner following, viz: The materials procured for the finish and embellishment of the State house, they shall in part use for that purpose, other parts thereof, to consist of articles that may be sold to good advantage, they shall sell and dispose of, and with the monies derived from such sale cause the work on the State house to be prosecuted in the manner which to thern shall seem most conducive of the public interest. The buildings on the public grounds in Springfield not required for public use, together with all tools, impleBuildings, &c ments and machinery procured for State house purposes, and not now required for the purposes aforesaid, the said Secretary of State and Treasurer shall sell and dispose of on such terms as they shall think just and proper, and for the benefit of the State; the monies received upon such sales they shall apply to the finishing of the State house as aforesaid.

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SBC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and Treasurer to report to the Auditor quarterly, all their acts and doings in the premises, in which they shall exhibit the receipts and expenditures for the purposes aforesaid, which reports shall be accompanied by the receipts or vouchers for all expenditures made as aforesaid.

Approved, February 26, 1811.

In force Jan.,

7, 1841.

Preamble.

An ACT to legalize the assessment of taxable property in the northern division of Jefferson county for the year 1840.

WHEREAS, the county commissioners' court of Jefferson county, at its March term, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty, did appoint one William Redman to the office

of assessor in and for the northern division of said county: And whereas, said Redman. after his said appointment, and after entering upon the duties of his said office, and before making return thereof, did mysteriously disappear in some manner unknown to the authorities of said county: And whereas, said court at a special term held in the month of July last, did appoint one Green P. Casey to said office of assessor, who entered upon the duties of his said office, made said assessment, and made return thereof to said court at its September term in said year: Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the assessment of taxable property in the northern division of Jefferson county declared legal in and for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, by Green P. Casey, be, and the same is hereby declared to be as legal and as binding to all intents and purposes as the same could or might have been, if he the said Casey had been appointed to said office at the March term, and had made return thereof at the June term of said court.

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SEC. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and Duty of Sec'y after its passage; and it is hereby made the duty of the Secre- of State. tary of State to cause an authenticated copy of the same to be made out and transmitted by mail to the clerk of the county commissioners' court of Jefferson county so soon as the same shall become a law.

Approved, January 7, 1841.

An ACT to legalize the assessment of property in the county of Peoria, and other counties, for the year 1840.

In force, Jan. 7, 1841.

Preamble..

WHEREAS, by the revenue law now in force, it is made the duty of the assessors in the several counties in this State, to complete their lists of taxable property, and make return to the office of the clerk of the county commissioners' court on or before the first Monday in June annually: And whereas, by reason of indisposition, the assessor appointed to assess the taxable property in district number two, in the county of Peoria, was rendered unable to complete and return his list as required by law: Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the assessment declared legal made by James Darlrymple, in said district number two, in the county of Peoria, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and the same is hereby declared good, valid and in every respect legal, whether taken and returns made before or after the said first Monday in June, one, thousand eight hundred and forty: Provided, The same was legally Proviso. taken in other respects, any law to the contrary, notwithstanding.

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