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5. The act entitled "An act in relation to the change Act repealed. of names," approved February 25, 1847, is hereby repealed; but such repeal shall not affect any case which has been commenced and is now pending, under the provisions thereof, but the same may proceed to final order and with the same effect as though this act had not been passed.

6.

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 18, 1859.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors or County Courts to change the In force April names of towns and villages.

26, 1859.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in all of the counties of this state, where township organization has been Board of superadopted, the board of supervisors shall have power to change ized to change the name of any town or incorporated village in their respec- names. tive counties, upon a petition of a majority of the voters of said town or incorporated village.

authorized.

2. That in counties where township organization has County courts not been adopted the powers in this act conferred upon the board of supervisors be and the same are hereby conferred upon the county court.

APPROVED February 18, 1859.

AN ACT in relation to the poor of Brown county.

In force Fel y

24, 1859.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That each town Each town to in Brown county, from and after the first day of April, A. pay expense. D. 1859, shall respectively pay the expense of the support of the paupers in such towns, until such paupers shall be removed to the poor house of said county of Brown, and shall also pay the expense of their removal to the poor house aforesaid, and that the bills for the support and removal to Bills. the poor house, aforesaid, of such paupers, shall be presented to the board of auditors of suchi towns, respectively, and allowed by said board and paid as other town expenses, and shall constitute a part of the town taxes of said towns respectively.

2. This act shall be a public act and take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 21, 1859.

In force February 24, 1859,

support paupers.

AN ACT to provide for the support of paupers in the county of Jo Daviess.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the sev Townships au- eral townships in the county of Jo Daviess be and they are thorized to hereby empowered to support all paupers residing within their respective limits, out of the treasury thereof: vided, that at the next election for township officers, to be held in the several townships in said county on the first Tuesday of April next, a majority of the legal voters of said county, voting at said election, shall vote in favor of such separate townships supports; which vote shall be by ballot, written or printed, or partly written or partly printed, "For Township Support," or "Against Township Support;" which shall be canvassed and returned in the same manner as in cases of elections for county officers.

Notice of election.

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§ 2. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court of said county to give notice of the said election in the same manner as is provided for giving notice of general elections. §3. That in case separate township support shall be seers of poor. adopted in said county, agreeably to the provisions of the first section of this act, then the overseers of the poor of the several townships, aforesaid, shall take charge of, maintain and support the paupers of their respective townships, in manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law; and all expenses incurred for such maintenance and support shall be considered a township charge; and it shall be the duty of said overseers to present to the board of township auditors of their respective townships, at each regular meeting thereof, a true account of all expenditures incurred under the provisions of this act, which shall be audited and paid. $

Expenses.

plicable.

Provisions of 4. That the provisions of sections fourteen, fifteen and Revised Stat- sixteen, of chapter eighty, of the Revised Statutes, entitled utes mad cap- "Paupers," shall apply to and operate as between the several townships of said county, in the same manner as they do between the several counties of this state; and if any person shall become chargeable in any township in said county, who has not resided in said county thirty days, then the overseers of the poor having such paupers in charge shall give notice thereof to the county clerk of said county, whose duty it shall be to give notice thereof to the authorities of the proper county, as in other cases; and the expenses of taking care of such paupers, when received from such foreign county, shall be paid into the treasury of the proper township. This act to take effect from and after its

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AN ACT to provide for the support of the poor in the county of McHenry, and In force Februto repeal an act therein named.

ary 21, 1859.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the board of supervisors of the county of Mc- Fund to be set Henry to set apart a sufficient portion of the fund which shall be drawn from the sale of the swamp and overflowed lands of said county, or which shall be received from the general government or state for lands of that character, and appropriate the same for the purpose of purchasing a farm, To purchase not to exceed one hundred acres, and of making improvements and erecting necessary buildings thereon, for the support and maintenance of the paupers of said county.

farm.

farm.

2. Said farm and buildings shall be subject to the con- Control of trol of the board of supervisors of said county, and shall be managed and carried on by any agent or agents that shall Agents. be appointed by said board, and subject to their control, and liable to be removed by the board for any good cause shown; and the said board of supervisors may, if they deem proper, take bond, with securities, from such agent or agents, con- Bond. ditional for the faithful performance of his or their duties, such as are imposed by law, or shall from time to time be imposed by order of said board; and upon the breach of the conditions of said bond, an action may be brought thereon by the said board in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

from taxation

3. Such farm, when purchased and owned by the said Exemption county of McHenry, shall be held for the use of said county for the support of the paupers thereof; and the same, with the improvements and buildings thereon, and all necessary teams, stock, animals, tools, utensils and other articles of personal property, which shall be necessarily used for the purpose of properly managing said farm, shall be free and exempt from taxation for any purpose whatever.

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4. Whenever the said board of supervisors shall have Board of supurchased such farm and made the necessary improvements pervisors to thereon, so that the same shall be ready for the use contemplated by this act, and the board of supervisors of said county shall make an order so declaring, and cause the same to be entered of record in the books of the clerk of the county. On the recording of said order, the act entitled "An act to provide for the support of paupers in Bureau and Mellenry counties," approved February 10, 1853, so far as the same applies to the county of McHenry, shall be repealed and no longer in force in said county; and all laws Act repealed, which were thereby repealed shall be renewed and in force in said county, as also all general and public laws since passed, or which may be hereafter passed, upon the subject of paupers in this state.

5. On the first Tuesday of April next after the passage Llection. of this law, the legal voters of said county of McHenry shall vote, at their several places of holding town elections, with

Returns.

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force.

written or printed ballots, on which shall be written or printed "For Poor Law," or "Against Poor Law." Said election shall be conducted in the same manner as the elections for town officers, and the canvass of the votes in the towns shall be in the same manner as votes for town officers: and the returns thereof shall be made to the county clerk by the judge and clerk of the town election, in the same manner as is by law provided for general election returns, and shall be canvassed in the same manner as the returns of the election of county officers; when, if it shall appear that a majority of all the votes cast at said election were "For Poor Law," this act shall take effect and be in full force: but if it shall appear that a majority of said votes were "Against Poor Law," this act shall be of no force or effect. 6. Sections four and six of this act shall be in force from and after the passage of this act; but no other section shall be in force until a majority shall have voted therefor. as above provided.

APPROVED February 24, 1859.

In force April 26, 1859.

Jurisdiction extended.

Additional ju. risdiction.

AN ACT to extend the jurisdiction of the Police Magistrate of Mound City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the police magistrate in and for Mound City, in the county of Pulaski, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all complaints, suits and prosecutions mentioned and described in section 17, of chapter 49, entitled "Justices of the Peace and Constables," of the Revised Statutes, in which the amount claimed to be due does not exceed three hundred dollars.

2. Said police magistrate shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all complaints, suits and proceedings, in all debts in which the action of debt, assumpsit, trover, replevin or trespass upon personal property, all actions on the case, excepting libel and slander, will be [lie] in which the amount claimed to be due does not exceed three hundred dollars.

APPROVED February 24, 1859.

AN ACT in relation to practice in the Supreme Court.

In force Febru

ary 4, 1859.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter Appeal bonds. no appeal to the supreme court shall be dismissed by reason of any informality or insufficiency of the appeal bond, if the party taking such appeal shall, within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the court, file a good and sufficient appeal bond in such cause, to be approved by said court.

prove securi

ty.

§ 2. Clerks of the circuit courts may, by the agreement Clerks may apof parties, made at the time of praying the appeal, and entered of record, approve of the security offered upon such bond, and such approval may be made in term time or vacation.

3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 4, 1859.

AN ACT in relation to practice in the courts of this state.

In force Febru

ary 19, 1859.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of clerks of courts of record in this state to en- Duty of clerks. ter of record all orders, judgments and decrees of their said courts, before the final adjournment of their respective courts,

at each term thereof, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

failure.

2. Any clerk of a court of record in this state, who shall To be fined on fail to enter all the orders, judgments and decrees of his said court, of record, by or before the next succeeding regular term of the court of which he is clerk, shall be fined by the said court of which he is clerk not exceeding one hundred dollars, and for a second offence his office shall be declared vacant, by an order of said court, and his successor appointed as now required by law to fill vacancies in his office.

under

3. It shall be lawful, in all cases taken by judges of the cir- Cases cuit court under advisement, to enter of record their decisions advisement. and judgments or decrees in vacation, or after the adjournment of said court; but no such decisions, judgments or decrees shall be final until the next succeeding term of such Not be final uncourt, unless there shall be an express stipulation entered of til next term. record at a preceding term of such court that such decision, judgment or decree shall be entered as of such prior term; in which latter case the clerk shall enter the same accordingly, and the same shall be in full force and effect as of such prior term of such court.

APPROVED, February 19, 1859.

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