LAWS OF ILLINOIS TERRITORY, ENACTED IN 1816-'17. AN ACT to establish the name of the Town now called "Carthage,', in the county of Monroe, Illinois Territory. B E it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the town now called "Carthage," in the county cf Monroe and Illinois territory, shall hereafter be known by the name of Harrisonville; and in all public writings and documents, whenever the name of said town shall be necessary to be mentioned in said county of Monroe, the name of Harrisonville shall be used. This act to take effect from and after the passage thereof. GEO. FISHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. PIERRE MENARD, President of the Legislative Council. APPROVED December 21, 1816. NINIAN EDWARDS. AN ACT to amend an act entitled, B 66 an act to encour age the killing of Wolves" 66 E it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that so much of the act entitled, an act to encourage the killing of Wolves," as creates a difference in the compensation allowed by said act to every person who shall kill a wolf not exceeding six months old, and a wolf of six months old and upwards, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to any person or persons who shall kill any wolf or wolves conformably to the provisions of the above recited act, upon making the proof required by said recited act, the sum of two Dollars, for each and every such wolf, such person or persons shall kill. SEC 3 Be it further enacted, That this act commerce and be in force from and after the passage thereof. SETH GARD, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro tempore. PIERRE MENARD, President of the Legislative Council. APPROVED December 21, 1816. NINIAN EDWARDS. AN ACT for the relief of the county courts of Edwards and Gallatin. WHEREAS, The county courts for the counties of Edwards and Gallatin, in consequence of a mistake in the revision and promulgation of the Laws defining their duty in laying county levies in the year eighteen hundred and fifteen, laid a tax on neat Cattle in said counties:For remedy whereof, B E it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of Illinois territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the said county courts, shall be, and they are hereby exempt from all accountability to the public, which they might have incurred in consequence of such levy; and that each and every individual who has paid a tax upon neat cattle in shall be, and they the year eighteen hundred and fifteen, are hereby allowed the amount of said tax, to be deducted from the amount of taxes, which they may be required to pay for any subsequent year. This act to be in force from and after its passage. SETH GARD, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro tempore. PIERRE MENARD, President of the Legislative Council. APPROVED December 26, 1816. NINIAN EDWARDS. AN ACT providing for the alteration and establishment of the county seat of Justice in Johnson county. WHEREAS, By reason of the erection of the county of Jackson out of a part of the county of Johnson, the present seat of Justice in Johnson county is found inconvenient to the settled inhabitants of the county, and likely to be so, to the probable future settlements, which may be made therein: For remedy whereof, B' E it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Boman, John C. Smyth, William Smyth, John Weldon, and William Piles, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, who or a majority of them, after being duly sworn before some judge or justice of the peace in this territory, to faithfully take into view the situation of the settlements, the arable lands on which it is likely future settlements will be made, the geography of the country, the convenience of the people, and the eligibility of the place, shall meet on the first Monday in February next, at the house of William Piles, esq. and proceed to examine and determine on the place for the permanent seat of justice for Johnson county, and designate the same: Provided the proprietor or proprietors of the land shall give by a deed of conveyance, to be made to the Judges of the county court of Johnson and their successors in office, for the purpose of erecting public buildings, a quantity of land at the said place, not less than twenty acres, to be laid out by direction of the county court, into lots and sold for the benefit of the county, for the purpose of erecting public buildings on such part of the said twenty acres as the county court may deem proper to reserve for that purpose. But should the said proprietor or proprietors refuse or neglect to make the donation aforesaid, then and in that case, the commissioners may fix on some other eligible place, as near thereto, as they may deem consistent with the restrictions aforesaid; which place, when the commissioners shall have fixed and determined on the same, they shall certify under their hands and seals, and return the same to the county court of Johnson county, who shall cause an entry to be made thereof on their records. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case the place fixed on by the commissioners aforesaid, shall happen to be saleable lands of the United States, the said commissioners shall certify the same to the county court of Johnson county, who shall as soon as practicable cause the same to be purchased, not exceeding a quarter section of land, and may order the amount of the instalments of the purchase money, to be paid out of the county monies as they may deem expedient; which said land so purchased, shall be laid out into lots, or such part thereof as the court shall direct from time to time, and be sold, and the nett proceeds applied to the erection of public buildings; and refunding the amount of the instalments of the purchase money aforesaid: Provided however, that in case the tract of public land on which the commissioners shall fix and designate, should be purchased by any other person or persons before the county court shall apply for the purchase, the commissioners may |
