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Piatt county shall be sufficient therefor, and the same shall
be accepted by the commissioners of Macon county, and
thenceforth the county of Macon shall have no further claims
on any part of Piatt county, on account of said court house
debt or interest.
Approved, January 27, 1841.

In force, Feb. 17, 1841.

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ACT to create the County of Grundy from the county of La Salle,

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all that tract of Grundy coun- country, lying and being in the county of La Salle. in township thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three and thirty-four north, of ranges six, seven and eight east of the third principal meridian, shall constitute and form a new county, to be called Grundy.

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of SEC. 2. An election shall be held at the house of S. offi- Piney, on the fourth Monday of May next, for the purpose of electing one sheriff, one recorder, one county surveyor, one probate justice, one county treasurer, and three county commissioners, and one county commissioners' clerk, who shall hold their offices until the next general election, or until their successors in office shall be elected and qualified; said election shall be conducted according to the laws regulating elections in this State. Perry A. Claypool, Robert Walker, Judges of e- and John Beard, sen. shall be the judges of said election, and shall make the returns within five days after such election to the county commissioners' clerk of La Salle county, and of the clerk of said county shall give certificates of election, as in other cases for county officers, and the said county of Grundy shall be organized so soon as the said officers shall be elected and qualified.

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SEC. 3. Ward B. Burnett, Rulief S. Derwyea, and Wilto liam E. Armstrong, be appointed in conjunction with the locate county commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan canal, to locate the seat of justice of the said county of Grundy.

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SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners to County seat locate the said seat of justice on the line of the Illinois and to be located Michigan canal, on canal lands, and they shall set apart for this purpose any quantity of the canal lands not exceeding To be laid off ten acres, and after doing so shall proceed to lay off the said land as a town site, embracing lots, streets, alleys, and a public square, in such manner as they shall deem proper.

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SEC. 5. They shall divide the said lots in equal numbers between the State and the said county, and shall allot to the State and the county alternate lots of equal value, or as nearly so as may be practicable.

Liability of SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the canal commissioners to for require of the said county, and the inhabitants thereof, in their corporate capacity, shall be liable to them for the payment of a sum equal to ten dollars per acre for one half

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of the whole quantity of land to be located as aforesaid, upon the payment of which sum the canal commissioners shall certify the fact to the Governor, who shall there- Gov. to issue upon issue a patent to the county commissioners of said patent to comcounty and their successors in office, for the use of the said Grundy councounty, for that portion of the lots, by number, which shall ty. be allotted to the county; Provided always, That the monies to be received by the canal commissioners, by virtue of this Proviso. section of this act, shall be applied in aid of the construction of the Illinois and Michigan canal.

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SEC. 7. The county commissioners shall meet on the second Monday of June next, and appoint one assessor, and Appointment one collector, and such assessor and collector shall proceed and collector. to levy and collect said tax from the taxable inhabitants of said county according to the laws of this State, and said as- Assessment sessment shall be as legal as if the county of Grundy had been declared legal organized previous to the first Monday of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.

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SEC. 8. The county commissioners shall prepare a place Place of holdfor holding courts in said county until there shall be public ing courts. buildings erected. The county of Grundy shall be attached Grundy to the ninth judicial circuit; and the different times of holding tached to 9th courts shall be appointed by the judge in the above named judicial circuit, so as to hold two terms in each year; all suits commenced in La Salle circuit court shall be determined there, Two terms o although the parties may reside in Grundy county, until after court the passage of this act, and the election of officers takes place year as provided for in this act.

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SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the school commissioner of School com'rs La Salle county to pay over and cause to be paid over to the of La Salle to school commissioner of Grundy county, as soon as there may nies, &c. be one appointed, all monies, papers, vouchers, &c. that he commiss'rs of or they may have belonging to the said county of Grundy. Grundy Approved, February 17, 1841.

An ACT to create the County of Kendall.

In force, Feb.

Boundaries of

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 19, 1841. represented in the General Assembly, That all that tract of land included within the following boundaries, to-wit: Commen- Kendall co. cing at the north-east corner of township number thirty-seven north, of range eight east, of the third principal meridian, running thence south eighteen miles, to the south-east corner of township number thirty-five north, of said range, eight east of said meridian; running thence west eighteen miles, to the south-west corner of said township thirty-five north, of range number six, east of said meridian; running thence north eighteen miles, to the north-west corner of township number thirty-seven north, of said range six, east of said meridian; running thence east eighteen miles to the place of

Election of county officers

Term of office.

beginning, shall constitute a county which shall be called and known by the name of Kendall county.

SEC. 2. An election shall be held in the several precincts or parts of precincts within said county of Kendall, on the first Monday of April next, by the qualified voters of said county, for county officers, to-wit: for one sheriff, one coroner, one recorder, one county surveyor, one county treasurer, one próbate justice, three county commissioners, and one clerk of the county commissioners' court, who shall hold their offices until the next succeeding general election, and until their successors are elected and qualified; said election shall be conducted and the returns thereof made to the clerk of the county comReturns of e- missioners' court of La Salle county as in other cases, and said clerk shall give certificates of election, and when said county officers are elected and qualified, the said county of Kendall County when shall be duly organized; said election shall be held and conorganized. ducted in each of said precincts or parts of precincts by the judges thereof, in such manner as other elections are conducted in this State; and it shall be the duty of the clerks of the county commissioners' courts of the counties of La Salle and Kane to issue all such notices for said election as are required by law for holding elections in this State.

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SEC. 3. Said county of Kendall shall be attached to the ninth judicial circuit, and the judge of said circuit shall fix the times for holding courts therein, two terms of which shall Two terms of be held in said county annually, at such place as the county commissioners of Kendall county may direct, until the county seat shall be located as is hereinafter provided, and until suitable county buildings shall be erected; it shall be the duty of said commissioners to provide some suitable and convenient building in which said court may be held.

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SEC. 4. The citizens of said county of Kendall are entitled in all respects to the same rights and privileges as are allowed in general to other counties in this State, and all suits commenced in the circuit courts of La Salle and Kane

menced in o- counties before the first day of April next, shall be determined in said courts, the same as if this act had not passed. School com'rs SEC. 5. The school commissioners of the counties of La to deliver o-Salle and Kane shall pay and deliver over to the school comver papers, &c missioner of Kendall county all the school fund belonging to

Com'rs to locate county seat.

the several townships in said county of Kendall, and all notes and mortgages pertaining to the same, so soon as the said county shall be organized, and the school commissioner be appointed and qualified according to law, together with all interest arising out of said money, that has not been heretofore expended for schools within that part of La Salle and Kane counties hereby taken and constituted the county of Kendall.

SEC. 6. For the purpose of locating the seat of justice of said county of Kendall, the following named persons are hereby appointed commissioners, to-wit: John H. Harris, of

Tazewell county, Eli A. Rider, of Cook county, and William

E. Armstrong, of La Salle county, who, or a majority of Time & place them, shall meet at the town of Yorkville, in said county, on of meeting. the first Monday in June, or within thirty days thereafter, and after being duly sworn by some justice of the peace, shall proceed to locate the seat of justice of said county at the most eligible and convenient point: Provided, The said Proviso. commissioners shall obtain for said county from the claimant or owner of the land on which said seat of justice may be located, a quantity of not less than ten acres; a good and sufficient deed for such land shall be given or secured to the county commissioners of said county elected or to be elected, for the use of said county, for the purpose of erecting county buildings.

SEC. 7. The commissioners appointed to locate said coun- Pay of comty seat, shall each be allowed the sum of three dollars per missioners. day for each day by them necessarily employed in the performance of that duty, to be paid out of the treasury of said county. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved, February 19, 1841.

An ACT for the formation of the County of Richland.

In force Feb.

24, 1841.

Richland

County

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all that tract of country within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning Boundary of on the south line of Crawford county, where the range line between ranges thirteen and fourteen west, strikes the same; thence south, with said range line, to the south line of Lawrence county; thence west, with said south county line, to the line dividing Lawrence and Edwards counties; thence north, with the last mentioned line, to the south line of Clay county; thence west, with said line, to the centre of the Little Wabash river; thence up the middle of said stream, to the mouth of the Muddy Fork thereof; thence up the centre of the Muddy Fork, to the line dividing townships number three and four; thence east, with said line, to the range line between ranges eight and nine; thence north, with said range line, to the south line of Jasper county; and thence east, with said line, to the place of beginning, shall constitute a new county, to be called the county of Richland.

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SEC. 2. The county aforesaid is constituted upon the folPeople lowing conditions: the people of the counties of Lawrence Lawrence & and Clay, as they are now organized, shall meet at the sev. Clay to vote for or against eral places of holding elections for senator and representa- formation of tives to the General Assembly, in said counties, on the first county Monday in June next, and proceed to vote in the same manner of voting for senator and representatives to the General Assembly, whether said county shall be constituted or not.

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Notice of e- The judges of elections in said counties shall give twenty days' notice of the time and place of holding said elections, by posting up notices thereof, at six of the most public plaPoll books to ces in each of said counties; and on said day shall open a be opened. poll book at each election precinct in said counties, in which they shall cause to be ruled two columns, in one of which they shall set down the votes given for the formation of said new county; and in the other column, the votes given against conducted & the same; and said judges shall conduct said election and returns made, make returns thereof, to the clerks of the county commisas in case of e-sioners' courts of Lawrence and Clay counties, as is now prolection of vided by law in the case of elections for senator and representatives to the General Assembly; and said returns shall be opened and counted in the same manner as required in such elections, and if a majority of all the votes given in each of Certificate to said counties, at said election, shall be in favor of the formabe forwarded tion of said new county, a certificate thereof shall be made to secretary of by the clerks of the county commissioners' courts of said

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counties of Lawrence and Clay, under the seals of said courts, and transmitted by them to the office of the Secretary of State, of Illinois, to be filed in his office as evidence of the formation of said county of Richland, and said clerks shal make a like certificate to be filed in their respective offices, Certificate which shall be made a matter of record at the next succeedmade evidence of the ing term of the county commissioners' court of each of said facts stated counties, which certificates shall be sufficient to prove the fact therein stated; after which, said county shall be one of the counties of the State of Illinois.

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Donations for county seat.

SEC. 3. If said county of Richland shall be constituted by as aforesaid, the legal voters of said county shall meet on the third Monday of June next, at the several places of holding elections in said new county, and vote for the place where the county seat of said county shall be located, on which day persons proposing to make donations for the several places proposed to be voted for, shall file with the judges of elections of the several election precincts in said new county their written propositions which shall not be for less than ten acres of land at the place the seat of justice shall be located, and upon the person or persons offering the donation at the place receiving the greatest number of votes, making to the said county of Richland a good and sufficient conveyCounty com- ance for the donation proposed to be given, such place shall miss'rs to dis- be the permanent seat of justice for said county, and said donation shall be disposed of by the county commissioners of said county, in such manner as they may think proper, reserving necessary public grounds; and the proceeds arising from said donation, shall be exclusively used and for the erecfor tion of public buildings in said county.

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SEC. 4. Should said county of Richland be constituted, according to the provisions of this act, said county shall, on the first Monday of August next, elect all county officers for said county, to be commissioned and qualified as in other cases.

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