PRIVATE LAWS.

TOWNS-INCORPORATED.

[Continued from Volume III.]

AN ACT to incorporate the town of Minooka.

In force March 27, 1869.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the inhabitants of the town of Minooka, in the county of Grundy, and state of Illinois, be and the same gre hereby incorporated and constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of "The President and Trustees of the Name and style. Town of Minooka ;" and by that name and style shai! have perpetual succession, and may have and use a commor." séal, which they may alter or change at pleasure, and in whom the government of the corporation shall be vested, and by whom its officers shall be managed.

§ 2. All that district of country embraced within the Boundaries following boundaries, to-wit: The whole of section one

(1), in township thirty-four (34) north, range eight (8) east of the third principal meridian, in Grundy county, Illinois is hereby declared to be within the boundaries of the said town of Minooka.

rate powers.

§ 3. The inhabitants of said town, by the name and General corpo style aforesaid, shall have power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, answer and be answered unto in all courts of law and equity in this state, in all actions whatever; to purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal, within or without the corporate limits of said town, for burial grounds and other public purposes, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of said town; to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the property, real and personal of said town, for the use and benefit of the same, and to improve and protect such property, and to do all the other acts and things in relation thereto that natural persons might do.

Vol. IV-1'

Government

trustees.

4. The corporate powers and duties of said town vested in board shall be vested in five trustees, who shall constitute a board for the transaction of the business of said town, and who shall be elected, annually, on the first Monday of April of each year, and who shall hold their offices for the term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified, unless sooner removed by death, resignation, or otherwise, as provided by this act or the ordinances of said town. Qualifications The persons elected as trustees shall be citizens of the United States and of this state; they shall possess a freehold estate within said town, and shall have actually resided within said town three months next preceding their election.

of members.

Elections.

of first election.

5. Ten days' previous notice shall be given of all elections to be held under the provisions of this act or any ordinances of said town, by posting up notices, in writing, in at least three public places in said town or by publication in some newspaper published therein. The first election after the passage of this act shall be called by the town clerk of the town of Aux Sabie; and shall be held on the first Monday in April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine, or as soon thereafter as practicable. All subsequent elections shall be called by the president of: the board of trustees of the town of Time and place Minooka. Said notice shall specify the time and place of holding such election, the hour of the day at which the polls shall be opened, and the hour at which they shall close The voters who may be present at the time and place specified for holding any such election shall, at the hour specified for opening the polls, appoint, by acclamation, three of their number to act as judges of such election; and the said judges shall appoint two clerks of such election. Said judges and clerks, before entering upon the duties of their offices, shall qualify in the same manner as is required of judges and clerks of elections for state and county purposes. All such elections shall be by ballot, and all who, by the laws of this state, are entitled to vote for state and county officers and who shall have been actual residents of said town six months next preceding such election, shall be entitled to vote thereat; and all cases of contested elections under this act shall be tried and determined by the police magistrate of said town, in such manner as may be provided by ordinance.

Oath of office.

86. The trustees elect, before entering upon the duties of their offices, shall take and subscribe an oath to support the constitution of the United States and of this state and that they will, to the best of their abilities, faithfully discharge the duties of their offices. They shall hold at least one regular meeting every three months, and shall, at the first meeting after their election, appoint one of their number president. A majority of said trustees shall constitute

a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn, from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as may be by ordinance provided. Said board may make such rules and regulations, as to them may seem proper; they shall have power to fill vacancies in the board of trustees, occasioned by death, resignation or removed or otherwise, by appointment; they may punish their members for diosrderly conduct, and, by vote of four-fifths of the board, may expel any member; they shall also have power to remove from office, by four-fifths vote of all the members, any subordinate officer of said town, who holds his office by appointment of the board of trustees of said town.

7. They shall have power and it shall be their duty, to appoint a clerk, town constable, treasurer, assessor, collector, and one or more street commissioners, and such other officers, (if any,) as may be necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this act and the ordinances of said town, and to require them, before entering upon the duties. of their respective offices, to give such bonds and security. as may be necessary to insure the faithful performance of their duties; they shall also require all persons appointed to office by them, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices, to take and subscribe an oath that they will support the constitution of the United States and of this state, and that they will faithfully, and to the best of their ability, discharge the duties of their of fices.

Rules for gov

ernment.

Appointmen

of officers.

Levy and collestion oftaxes.

38. They shall have power and authority to levy, assess and collect taxes upon all property, real and personal, within said town, which is subject to taxation for state and county purposes, not exceeding fifty cents, annually, on the hundred dollars of the assessed valuation thereof; and they may assess and enforce the collection of such taxes by any ordinance or ordinances, not repugnant to the con stitution of this state or of the United States; they shall also have power to appropriate money, and to provide for the payment of the debts and expenses of the incorporation. 89. They shall have power to make regulations for Sanitary regusecuring the health and comfort of the inhabitants of said lations. town; to define and declare what shall be considered a nuisance, and to provide for the prevention, removal or abatement of the same; and to provide for the punishment of the authors thereof, by fines, penalties or imprisonment in the county jail of Grundy county, or by both such fines and imprisonment, and to authorize, direct and inforce the summary abatement of any such nuisance or nuisances.

§ 10. They shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to cause all streets, alleys and public roads within said town to be kept in good repair, and, for that purpose, they may require every male resident of said town, over the age

Improvement

of streets, alleys

and highways.

Alteration of streets.

Wells, cisterns,

etc.

Auctioneers, peddlers, etc.

Exhibitions.

of twenty-one years and not exceeding fifty years, to labor thereon not exceeding three days in each and every year or to pay, at the time of being notified to work, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for each day's labor thereby required of him; and if the labor and money performed and received be not sufficient for that purpose, they shall appropriate so much from the general fund of the corporation as may be necessary therefor. And the inhabitants of said town shall be exempt from working on any road outside of

the same.

§ 11. They shall have power to open, alter, vacate, widen, extend, establish, grade, pave or otherwise improve any street, avenue, lane, alley, public grounds and public roads within the limits of said town, and to estab lish, erect, construct, build and keep in repair, bridges, culverts, sewers, sidewalks, pavements, and cross ways, and to regulate the construction and use of the same and punish the abuse thereof, and to levy and collect, from time to time, a tax on the lot or lots in front of which such sidewalk or sidewalks, pavement or pavements, shall be ordered and proposed to be made or repaired: Provided, that every such tax shall be levied on such lots proportionate to the length of their respective fronts: And provided, further, that such tax shall not exceed one-half of the actual cost of such making or repairing, and that the other half of the costs of such making or repairing shall be paid out of the general fund of the corporation: Provided, that the tax provided for in this section shall not be taken or held to be any part of the tax provided for in section eight of this act.

12. They shall have power to provide the town with water; to sink and keep in repair public wells, and to erect and keep in repair such public buildings as the necessities of the town may require; and provide for the inspection and weighing of hay, stone-coal, and the measurement of wood, fuel and building stone, to be used in said

town.

§ 13. They shall have power to license, tax and regulate auctioneers, merchants, family grocery stores, eating houses, hawkers and peddlers, and to regulate the fixing of chimneys and the flues thereof; also, to regulate the storage of gun powder and other combustible materials in said town; to restrain and prohibit every description of gambling and fraudulent devises, and to suppress and prohibit gambling houses, bawdy houses, houses of ill-fame, and all other disorderly houses within said town and one mile from the limits of said town.

14. They shall have power to tax, license and regulate or suppress and prohibit all exhibitions of common showmen, shows of every kind, caravans, circuses and exhibitions and amusements of every kind, unless gotten up in said town by the citizens of said town; they shall also

have power to provide for the arrest, trial and punishment of persons who may be guilty of any assault, assault and battery, affrays, routs, riots, disturbing the peace of the inhabitants or of any public meeting, whether religious or otherwise, of said town, or disorderly assemblages of any kind, within the limits of said town; to prohibit and impose penalties on the authors thereof; any indecent exposure of person or dumb beast to public view or the public use of obscene language or the exposure to public view of any indecent or obscene pictures or publication within the limits of said town.

15. They shall have power to prevent the running at Dogs at large. large of dogs, and to provide for the destruction of the same when found at large contrary to the provisions of any ordinances in such cases made and provided; to prevent the firing of squibs, guns, rockets or other fire-works or combustibles within said town.

Incumbering

and alleys.

§ 16. They shall have power to prevent the incumbering of any street, lane, avenue, road, alley or public ground of of streets, lanes said town; to prevent the obstruction of the streets, by the unnecessary detention of railroad trains upon the crossings or by the leaving of any cars upon the crossings of any public street; to regulate the rate of running speed of railroad trains through said town; to protect shade trees; to compel persons to fasten horses, mules and other animals attached to vehicles or saddled or bridled for use, while standing in any street, lane, road, alley or uninclosed lot within said town; to prevent horses, cattle, sheep, hogs or other animals running at large within said town, and to provide for the distraining and impounding of any such animal or animals and the sale thereof, to satisfy costs and charges and penaltiy or penalties incurred under any ordinance of said town; to prevent racing, within said town, with horses or other animals; to prevent any immoderate riding or driving of horses or other animals within said town; and also to prohibit and punish the abuse of and cruelty to any and all animals within said town.

17. The president and trustees of the town of Mi- Sale of liquors. nooka shall have and exercise complete and exclusive control, as hereinafter provided, over the licensing, selling, bartering, exchanging, giving away or in any manner traf ficking in any wine, rum, gin, brandy, whisky, ale, beer, or other intoxicating liquor, within the limits of said town or within one mile thereof; and may, by ordinance, declare any such selling, bartering, exchanging, giving away or trafficking in any manner in any such wine, gin, rum, brandy, whisky, ale, beer, or other intoxicating liquors, within the corporate limits of said town or within one mile thereof and the place or places where the same is carried on, or either of them, a nuisance; and shall have and exercise the same power and authority to provide for prohibition or prevention removal or abatement of any such nui