Conveyance. Bonds may be received payment § 2. Upon the delivery by any purchaser or purchasers to the county court of such securities as the county court may think proper to take in payment for any lands, the purchaser or purchasers thereof shall be entitled to a deed of conveyance, in fee simple, executed by the judge of the county court. 3. The county court are hereby authorized to sell any in lands, grants, gifts and demands donated to said county by the state of Illinois, arising under the act of congress, passed Sept. 28, 1850, and acts amendatory thereof, and receive in payment therefor the bonds of the county of Iroquois, which, when received, are to be canceled by said county Acts repealed. court. 4. Nothing in this act shall prevent the county court from carrying out any sale or sales, contract or contracts heretofore made by said county court. § 5. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 18, 1859. In force Febru. ary 21, 1859. Assessors tics of crops. AN ACT to amend the Revenue Laws. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the to seventh section of the act entitled "An act for the assessgather statis- ment of property and the collection of taxes in counties adopting the township organization law," and the seventh section of "An act for the assessment of property," approved February 12th, 1853, be and the same are hereby so amended, that the quantity, in acres, of wheat, corn and all other field productions, shall be ascertained and set forth by the assessor, in columns prepared for that purpose, to wit: The number of acres of wheat shall be placed in one column; the number of acres of corn shall be placed in one column; and the number of acres of all other field productions shall be placed together in one column, in like manner as the quantity of other personal property is required to be set forth, except that the value thereof shall not be estimated or set forth. Auditor to give § 2. The auditor, in preparing the forms of assessor's instructions. books, for the year 1860, and thereafter, shall give the necessary instructions for carrying this act into effect. APPROVED February 21, 1859. AN ACT giving to the township collectors in counties adopting township organi- In force Februzation until the fifteenth day of May next to collect and pay over the state and ary 11, 1859. county tax of the year 1858. time extend ed. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the town- Collectors' ship collectors of the several counties that are organized under the township organization law shall be allowed until the fifteenth day of May next to collect and pay over the state and county taxes for the year 1858, specified in their collector's warrants, respectively; and they shall also be allowed until the fifteenth day of May next to return their collectors' books and the lists of taxes remaining unpaid, and which they have been unable to collect: Provided, that the several Proviso. township collectors of the counties of DeKalb and Cook shall have until the first day of March next to make their returns to the county treasurer, instead of the fifteenth day of February. § 2. All lands and town or city lots, upon which the Delinquent taxes for the year 1858 shall remain unpaid upon the 15th lands and lots. day of May next, shall be considered delinquent for the taxes of that year; and such proceedings shall thereupon be had for the collection of said taxes as are now provided by law for the collection of taxes upon delinquent lands and lots. lectors to pay § 3. It shall be the duty of each of said township collec- Township coltors, on the 15th day of February, to pay over to the per- over receipts. sons entitled by law to receive the same, all money actually collected by him at that time; and he shall also, on the fifteenth day of April, pay over all money which shall actually have been collected by him prior to that date; and on the said fifteenth day of February, he shall file an affidavit, subscribed and sworn to by him, with the treasurer of the county, stating that he has fully paid over all moneys which he had collected of the taxes of the year 1858, to the persons entitled by law to receive the same, except such per centage of the same as he is entitled by law to retain. county trea 84. The treasurer of counties that are organized under Settlement of the township organization law, as aforesaid, shall be allowed surers. until the first Monday in August next to settle with the auditor of public accounts for the taxes of the year 1858. This act shall apply only to the state and county taxes assessed and levied for the year 1858. This act shall not apply to the counties of Pike, Kane or DeKalb. The provisions of this act shall extend to the collection of revenue in counties not adopting the township organization, provided that the sureties of any collector in this state shall not be released by reason of the passage of this act. This act shall apply to the county of Pike and the several collectors of said county shall be governed by the provisions thereof. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 11, 1859. In force February 21, 1859. AN ACT in relation to assessments of the Illinois Central Railroad Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in case the Illinois Central Railroad Company shall either neglect Duty of auditor or refuse to list with the auditor of public accounts on or before the first day of April, in each year, the stock, property and assets owned by said company, as required by section twenty-one of the charter of said company, that then it shall be the duty of the auditor of public accounts to list the same, and place a valuation thereon, and assess thereon a tax for state purposes. tify his disapvaluation. Power to ex- § 2. That for the purposes of making the list of stock, amine books, officers and property and assets, owned by said company, as required employees. herein, and by section twenty-two of the charter of said company, and for the purpose of placing a valuation on the same, the auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized to inspect the books of said company, examine the officers, employees and clerks of said company and other persons, on oath, and may take any other evidence, upon and by which to make out the list and valuation, as herein required. Auditor to no- § 3. That in case the said railroad company shall list proval of the their stock, property and assets, as required by section twenty-two of their charter, with the auditor of public accounts, and the auditor shall believe that the valuation thereof is too low, or that the whole of the stock, property and assets, owned by said company, are not embraced in said list, he shall notify said railroad company of his disapproval thereof, and proceed as is herein provided in case no list is filed in the office of the auditor by said company. Auditor may § 4. That in order to make out the list herein provided make out list to be made, the auditor may either make out the same in gate or by spe- the aggregate or by specifications of the particular kinds of cifications. stock, property and assets, owned by said company, as provided in section twenty-two of the charter of said company. § 5. That in either case provided herein, when the auditor shall make out the list and valuation, as herein provided, he shall notify said company thereof; and if said company shall be dissatisfied with such list and valuation they shall be allowed to appeal from the decision of the auditor to the to supreme court, notice of which appeal shall be filed with the transmit list. auditor, who shall thereupon transmit to the clerk of said supreme court a certified copy of said list and and valuation; and it shall be the duty of said supreme court, at the term next succeeding the taking of such appeal, upon such evidence as may be presented by the state and said company, to hear and determine the aggregate value of the stock, property and assets owned by said company. in the aggre Company may appeal to the supreme court Auditor Duty of court. Clerk to certify $ 6. That whenever an appeal is taken to the supreme value to audi- court and the question herein provided to be heard and determined by said court is determined, it shall be the duty of tor. the clerk of said court to certify the aggregate value, so found, to the auditor of public accounts, who shall assess a tax thereon for state purposes. § 7. That the auditor of public accounts shall draw his Expenses. warrant upon the state treasurer for all expenses incurred under and by virtue of this act: Provided, that in case of an appeal to the supreme court, by said company, then said company shall pay all costs made by said company. terms. 88. That the terms "list" and "valuation," as used in Meaning this act, shall be deemed and taken to mean the stock, property, assets and other things owned by said company, set down in a list or schedule for taxation, and the value placed thereon, as above provided. of 9. This act is intended to supply omissions, in the law This act to apas heretofore existing, so as to enable the state to enforce ply te years 1857 and 1858. the listing of the property of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, and the valuation and assessment thereof, and to make it the duty of the auditor to value and assess the stock, property and assets owned by said company, for the years eighteen hundred and fifty-seven and eighteen hundred and fifty-eight: And it is further provided, that all the provisions of this act shall apply to the listing, valuations and assessments of said years, as well as to all future listings, valuations and assessments. This act shall be in force from and after the date of its passage. APPROVED February 21, 1859. AN ACT to legalize the assessment of taxes in the county of Hancock, for the In force Februyear A. D. 1857. ary 24, 1859. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the state, county, town, railroad, school, and other taxes, levied and assessed on the lands, town lots and personal estate, in the county of Hancock, in the state of Illinois, for the year A. D. 1857, made by the town assessors of the several towns in said county, and returned at any time within the year A. D. 1857, and on or before the second Monday of September, be and the same is hereby legalized, and that said levy and Assessment leassessment of such taxes shall have the same force and effect galized. as though said levy and assessment had been made and returned, in all respects, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the then existing laws. § 2. That it shall be the duty of the county treasurer of Collection. said county to collect all such taxes, so levied and assessed, which remain unpaid, in like manner as he is required to collect the delinquent list returned to him by the town collector. delinquent lands Judgment on § 3. That the county treasurer may apply for judgment upon such delinquent or unpaid taxes against the lands and towns lots assessed and unpaid, at any term of the county court of Hancock county, in the same manner as he is required by law to apply for the same against delinquent lands and town lots, under the revenue laws of this state, relating to counties under township organization, and sell the lands and town lots against which judgment shall be obtained, and apply the revenue which shall come to his hands from such assessment, as required by law. Sale. Act legalized. § 4. That all the acts of the town assessors, county clerk, board of supervisors, town collectors and county treasurer, relating to said levy and assessment of taxes, as well as the collection thereof, be and the same are hereby legalized. And whereas William A. Patterson, treasurer and ex officio collector of Hancock county, did, in accordance with the laws of this state, advertise, in the Carthage Republican, a weekly newspaper published in said county, the delinquent lands and town lots, and which said list was published in said paper, dated 6th May, A. D. 1858, and made his application to the county court of said county for judgment against the lands and lots in said delinquent list, and said court refused to render judgment said delinquent lands and lots, and [said] Patterson has paid for such publication the sum of one hundred and forty-six dollars; therefore, the auditor of public accounts be and is hereby required and authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury, in favor of said Patterson, for one hundred and fourteen dollars, the proportion thereof belonging to the state to pay; and the ssid treasurer of Hancock county shall be allowed by said county for the proportion thereof belonging to them to pay. § 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 24, 1859. In force Feb'y AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of Jacksonville, and to legalize the 21, 1859. tees. assessment of taxes in said town, for 1857. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Power of trus- president and trustees of the town of Jacksonville, be, and they are hereby vested with power to extend and open, to the line of the corporation, any street or alley passing through the original town or any addition thereto, whenever the public interest or convenience may require the same; and whenever the right of way for any such extension cannot be obtained by contract, the board of trustees |