hereafter be recorded, may be read in evidence in any court in this state, with like effect as though the original of such deed, conveyance or other writing was produced and read in evidence. § 37. All affidavits required to be made and produced Affidavits. under the foregoing section, may be made in any county in this state, before any officer authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths and affirmations, and may also be made, out of this state, before any judge of a court of record, justice of the peace, clerk of a court of record, notary public, or commissioner appointed under the laws of the state of Illinois to take acknowledgments of deeds, and administer oaths and affirmations, and certified to by the said officer, under his seal of office, if such officer have an official seal; but if taken and certified by any officer who does not require or use an official seal, the certificate of the proper clerk or other officer of the official character of the person certifying to such oath or affirmation shall also be produced with such affidavit and certificate. estate." 38. The term "real estate," as used in this act, shall The term "real be construed as co-extensive in meaning with "lands, tene ments and hereditaments," and as embracing all chattels real. This act shall not be construed so as to embrace last wills and testaments, except as herein expressly provided. § 39. The following acts and parts of acts are hereby Acts repealed. repealed: Chapter twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of 1845, entitled "Conveyances," except sections eight, nine, ten, twelve, thirty-one, thirty two and thirty three; an act entitled "An act to amend the twenty fourth chapter of the Revised Laws, entitled 'Conveyances," approved February 22, 1847; an act entitled "An act to amend the twentyfourth chapter of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Conveyances,"" approved February 15, 1851; an act entitled "An act to amend the twenty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Conveyances,"" approved February 11, 1853; an act entitled "An act to amend chapter twenty-four of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Conveyances,"" approved March 27, 1869; an act entitled "An act in relation to 'Conveyances, approved February 14, 1857; an act entitled "An act to amend chapter twenty-four of the Revised Code of 1845, entitled 'Conveyances," approved February 21, 1861; an act entitled "An act to amend the twenty-fourth chapter of the Revised Laws, entitled 'Conveyances,' proved February 8, 1849, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act; but the repeal of said acts and parts of acts shall not affect any suits that may be pending or any rights that have accrued when this act shall take effect. APPROVED March 29, 1872. ap. CONVICTS. In force July 1, AN ACT to allow convicts in the penitentiary a credit in diminution of their sentence, and for their being restored to citizenship upon certain conditions. 1872. minution time. of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That every Entitled to di- convict who is now or who may hereafter be confined in the Illinois Penitentiary, and who shall have no infraction of the rules or regulations of the penitentiary or laws of the state recorded against him, and who performs in a faithful manner the duties assigned to him, in an orderly and peaceable manner, shall be entitled to the diminution of time from his sentence as appears in the following table, for the respective years of his sentence, and pro rata for any part of a year where the sentence is for more or less than a year: Forfeitures. any § 2. In case any convict shall be guilty of the violation of of the rules or laws of the penitentiary or of the state, as above provided, and has become entitled to any diuinu tion of his sentence by the provisions aforesaid, he shall for the first offense forfeit, if he has made so much, two (2) days; for the second offense, four days; for the third offense, eight days; and for the fourth offense, sixteen days; and in addition thereto whatever number of days more than one, that he is in punishment, shall also be forfeited; for more than four offenses, the warden shall have power to deprive him, at his discretion, of any portion or all of the good time that the convict may have earned, but not less than as provided for the fourth offense. under several § 3. That whenever any convict is committed under Commitments several convictions, with separate sentences, they shall not convictions. be construed as one continuous sentence under this law, in the granting or forfeiting of good time; and when any convict is committed at the same time with separate sentences, and he should made "good time" under any of those sentences, then the other sentences shall commence to run at the termination of the sentence, under this law, until the sentences are entirely fulfilled. § 4. The warden, in computing the diminution of time for those convicts now in the penitentiary, shall allow them the "good time granted," but not the "good time made," for the year or part of a year of their unexpired sentence, the same as if this law had been in effect at the commencement of their sentence. Convicts now in penitentiary. citizenship. 85. The governor shall have the right to grant any Restoration to convict that has been, now is, or may be hereafter confined in the penitentiary, whom he shall deem a proper person to enjoy that privilege, a certificate of restoration to all his rights of citizenship, as provided by law, although such convict may have been guilty of an infraction of the rules and regulations of the prison. The warden, upon request of the governor, shall, in cases of application for such restoration, furnish him a statement of the convict's deportment during his imprisonment, and may at all times make such recommendation to the governor as he shall deem proper respecting the restoration to citizenship of any convict. § 6. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. APPROVED March 19, 1872. AN ACT giving county boards control of county convicts, and to provide work In force July 1, houses for, and the employment of such convicts. 1872. control. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Charge and county board of any county in this state may take charge and control of the convicts committed to the county jail. § 2. The county board in such cases shall provide for Maintenance. the care and maintenance of said convicts. Workhouses. County board. §3. The county board may provide proper work houses for the employment of such convicts, and may employ them at any kind of labor that may be determined by said board, either in or without such work houses: Provided, that this section shall not apply to persons convicted of crimes committed before this act shall go into effect. § 4. The term "county board" or "said board," as used in this act, shall be held to mean and include the board of supervisors, or the board of county commissioners, or county court in counties not under township organization, until after the election and qualification of the board of county commissioners, as the case may require. APPROVED April 9, 1872. CORPORATIONS. In force July 1, 1872. pose. AN ACT concerning corporations. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That corFor what pur- porations may be formed in the manner provided by this act, for any lawful purpose except banking, insurance, real estate brokerage, the operation of railroads, and the business of loaning money: Provided, that horse and dummy railroads may be organized and conducted under the provisions of this act: And, provided, further, that corporations formed for the purpose of constructing railroad bridges shall not be held to be railroad corporations. Manner forming. of § 2. Whenever any number of persons, not less than three nor more than seven, shall propose to form a corporation under this act, they shall make a statement to that effect under their hands and duly acknowledged before some officer, in the manner provided for the acknowledgment of deeds, setting forth the name of the proposed corporation, the object for which it is to be formed, its capital stock, the number of shares of which such stock shall consist, the location of the principal office, and the duration of the corporation, not exceeding, however, ninety-nine years; which statement shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall thereupon issue to such persons a license as commissioners to open books for subscription to the capital stock of said corporation at such times and places as they may determine; but no license shall be issued to two companies having the same name. subscribers. § 3. As soon as may be after the capital stock shall be Meeting of fully subscribed, the commissioners shall convene a meeting of the subscribers for the purpose of electing directors or managers, and the transaction of such other business as shall come before them. Notice thereof shall be given by depositing in the post office, properly addressed to each subscriber, at least ten days before the time fixed, a written or printed notice, stating the object, time and place of such meeting. In all elections for directors or managers of corporations organized under this act, every subscriber or stockholder shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy, for the number of shares owned or subscribed by him, for as many persons as there are directors or managers to be elected, or to cumulate such shares and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors or managers multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner. It shall be lawful for any sneh corporation, by resolution of the stockholders, to divide its board of directors or managers into three classes, numbered consecutively, the term of office of the first class to expire on the day of the annual election of said company then next ensuing; the second class one year thereafter, and the third class two years thereafter. At each annual election after such classification, the stockholders of such company shall elect, for a term of three years, a number of directors or managers equal to the number in the class whose term expires on the day of such election. All other vacancies to be filled in accordance with the by-laws of the corporation. ceedings. § 4. The commissioners shall make a full report of their Report of proproceedings, including therein a copy of the notice provided for in the foregoing section, a copy of the subscription list, and the names of the directors or managers elected and their respective terms of office, which report shall be sworn to by at least a majority of the commissioners, and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall thereupon issue a certificate of the complete organization of the corporation, making a part thereof a copy of all papers filed in his office in aud about the organization of the corporation, and duly authenticated under his hand and seal of state, and the same shall be recorded in a book for that purpose, in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county where the principal office of such company is located. Upon the recording of the said copy, the corporation shall be deemed fully organized and may proceed to business. Unless such company shall be organized and shall proceed to business as provided in this act, within two years after the date of such license, then such license shall be deemed revoked, and all proceedings thereunder void. |