tax, from time to time, upon the lot or lots in front of which Fourth-To levy and collect taxes upon all property, real Levy and collect taxes. Running at and cattle. Fifth-To restrain, regulate or prohibit the running at large of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, goats and other ani- large of horses mals, and to authorize the distraining, impounding and sale of the same, and to prohibit any indecent exhibition of horses or other animals. Sixth-To prevent and regulate the running at large of Dogs at large. dogs, and authorize the destruction of the same when at large contrary to any ordinance. Seventh-To prevent horse-racing or any immoderate Fast driving. riding or driving, within the limits of said village, of horses or other animals; to prohibit the abuse of animals; to compel persons to fasten their horses or other animals attached to vehicles or otherwise, while standing or remaining in any street, alley or public road in said village. Eighth-To establish and maintain a public pound and Public pound. appoint a poundmaster and prescribe his duties. Ninth-To restrain and prohibit all description of gamb- Gambling, etc. ling and fraudulent device, and to suppress and prohibit billiard tables, ball alleys and other gaming establishments. Tenth-To suppress and prohibit disorderly houses or groceries and houses of ill-fame. Suppress disorderly houses. Exhibitions. Riots, affrays and tumults. Contagious dis eases. Abate nuisances Combustibles. Fire department Eleventh-To license, regulate, suppress and prohibit retail peddlers, and all exhibitions of common showmen, shows of every kind, caravans, circuses, exhibitions and amusements and auctions. Twelfth-To prevent, suppress and prohibit any riot, affray, disturbance or disorderly assemblage, assaults, assaults and batteries, or shooting within the limits of said village. Thirteenth-To make regulations to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the village, and execute the same for any distance, not exceeding two miles from the limits thereof. Fourteenth-To abate and remove nuisances, and punish the authors thereof, and define.and declare what shall be deemed nuisances in said village or for any distance, not exceeding two miles, from the limits thereof, and authorize and direct the summary abatement of the same. Fifteenth-To regulate the storage of gunpowder and other combustible materials. Sixteenth-To provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires,.and to organize and establish fire companies. Seventeenth To provide the village with water, for the extinguishment of fires and for the convenience of the inhabPublic grounds. Eighteenth-To provide for inclosing, improving and regulating all public grounds and other grounds belonging to said village. Needful buildings. General health. Prohibit sale itants. Nineteenth-To provide for erecting of all needful buildings for the use of said village. Twentieth-To make all necessary regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants thereof. Twenty-first-To regulate, suppress and to prohibit the of ardent spirits. selling, bartering, exchanging and traffic of any wine, rum, gin, brandy, whisky, ale or strong beer, or other intoxicating liquor, within the limits of said village, and to prevent giving away the same by any trader, dealer, shop or tavern-keeper, to be used as a beverage, any statute law of this state to the contrary notwithstanding. Indebtedness. Power to pass ordinances. Twenty-second-To appropriate and provide for the payment of any debt or expenses of the village, and to fix the compensation of village officers. Twenty-third-To make all ordinances which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers specified in this act, or which they may deem necessary or expedient for the better regulation of the internal police of said village, and to execute the same, and to impose fines, forfeitures and penalties for the breach of any ordinances or any of the provisions of this act, and to provide for the recovery and appropriation of such fines and forfeitures and the enforcement of such penalties: Provided, that in no case, except in assaults, assaults and batteries, riots or affrays, shall any such fine or penalty exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars for any one offense. 9. That the president and trustees of said village shall have power to appoint street commissioners, board of health, and all other officers that may be necessary, and to prescribe their duties, and may require bonds from the several officers for the faithful performance of their duties. Appointment of officers. § 10. The president and trustees shall require their clerk, Duties of the and it shall be his duty, to make and keep a full and faith- clerk. ful record of all of their proceedings, by-laws and ordinances, and of the time and place and manner of the publication of such ordinances and by-laws, in a book to be provided for that purpose; and all ordinances, before taking effect, shall be published at least ten days in a newspaper pub. lished in said village or by posting up copies of the same in three of the most public places of said village. The book, purporting to be the record of the corporation of the village of Plainfield, or a certified transcript therefrom, shall be received in all courts, without further proof, as evidence in all such matters therein contained. 11. Any fine, penalty or forfeiture incurred under this All actions and act or any by-law or ordinance made in pursuance of this corporation in act, or of any act that may be passed amendatory to this act, may be recovered, together with costs, before any justice of the peace, in the corporate name; and the several fines, forfeitures or penalties for breaches of the same ordinances or by-laws, not exceeding one hundred dollars, may be recovered in one suit; and the first process shall be a summons, unless oath or affirmation be made for a warrant by some credible person; but in all cases of assault and battery, affray or riot, a warrant shall issue for the arrest of the offender or offenders, in the same manner as for like offenses against the laws of the state. It shall be lawful to declare for debt, generally, for such fines, penalties or forfeitures, stating the clause of this act or the ordinance or by-law under which the same are claimed, and to give the special matter in evidence under the declaration; and the justice shall proceed to hear and determine the case, as in other cases. Upon the rendition of judg- Execution may ment for any such fines, penalties or forfeitures, the justice issue on rendishall issue his execution for the same and costs of suit, which may be levied upon any of the personal property of the defendant or defendants, exempt from execution. If the constable shall return upon such execution "no property found" or not sufficient to satisfy the same, the justice shall issue a capias against the body of the defendant or defendants, and the constable shall arrest such person or persons and commit him or them to the jail of the county, to remain ninety-six hours; and if the judgment and costs exceeds five dollars then to remain in close custody in said jail twenty-four hours for every one dollar over tion of judgment Not to file se and above said five dollars, and so in proportion to the amount of the judgment and costs: Provided, however, if the said president and trustees, or their attorney, shall require a transcript of the judgment and costs to be certified to the clerk of the circuit court of the proper county, to have the same levied upon real property, and signify the same in writing to him, he shall not issue a capias, as aforesaid, but shall, without delay, certify a transcript thereof and all the proceedings, according to law, to such clerk; which shall be filed and recorded as in other cases; and such judgment shall have the same force and effect as judgments rendered in the circuit court: Provided, that an appeal may be granted within five days after the rendition of judgment, with the same force and effect, rights and privileges to all parties as in other cases. $12. The president and trustees shall not be required, curity for costs. in suits instituted under this act or ordinance passed by virtue thereof, to file, before the commencement of any suit, any security for costs. Fines paid to § 13. All fines, forfeitures and penalties received or town treasurer. collected for the breach of any ordinances passed under the provisions of this act, and all moneys received for licenses, shall be paid into the city treasury of said corporation by the officer or person receiving the same. Exempt from side town limits. § 14. The inhabitants of said village are hereby exempted road labor out- from working on any road beyond the limits of the corporation and from paying any tax upon property within its limits to procure laborers to work upon any such road. Act evidence. 15. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and may be read in evidence in all courts of law and equity in this state, without proof, and this act shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 9, 1869. In force March AN ACT to incorporate the town of Pleasant Hill, Pike county, and state 15, 1869. of Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the inhabitants and residents of the town of Pleasant Hill, Pike county, are hereby made a body corporate and politic, Name and style, in law and in fact, by the name and style of "The President and Board of Trustees of the Town of Pleasant Hill;" and, by that name, shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal, which they may alter at pleasure, and in whom the government of the corporation shall be vested, and by whom its affairs shall be managed. 2. The boundary of said corporation shall be as fol- Boundaries. lows, to-wit: Commencing at the north-east corner of out lot number seven, Smith's addition to Pleasant Hill; thence north, on the east line of said out lot, to the line between sections sixteen and twenty-one; thence west on said line, to the south-west corner of the south-east of the south-east of the south-west of section sixteen; thence north to the north-east corner of point lot eleven north-east of the southwest of said section sixteen, the land now owned by George W. Bybee; thence west, to the line between sections sixteen and seventeen; thence south on said line, to a point oppo. site the southern limits of Smith's addition to Pleasant Hill, back to the place of beginning. ritory annexed. § 3. Whenever any tract of land adjoining of Pleasant Additional terHill shall be laid off into town lots and duly recorded, as required by law, the same shall be annexed to and form a part of said corporation ers. 4. The inhabitants of said town, by the name and Corporate powstyle aforesaid, shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity and in all actions whatever; to purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal, in said town; to purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal, beyond the corporation limits, for burial grounds and other public purposes, for the use of the inhabitants of said town; to sell, lease or dispose of property, real and personal, for the benefit of said town, and to improve and protect such property, and to do all other things in relation thereto as natural persons. 5. That there shall, on the first Monday of March next, be elected five trustees, and on every first Monday of March thereafter, who shall hold their office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified to act; and public notice of the time and place of holding all future elections, after the aforesaid first Monday of March next, shall be given by the president and trustees, by putting up notices in four of the public places in said town at least five days before such election. No person shall be a trustee of said town who has not arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and who has not resided in said town six months next preceding his election, and who is not at the time thereof a freeholder within the limits of said corporation and paid a state and county tax. All male citizens, over the age of twenty-one years, who have resided within the limits of said corporation three months next preceding an election, shall be entitled to vote for trustees; and the said trustees shall, at their first meeting, proceed to elect one of their number president, and shall have power to fill all vacancies that may be occasioned in said board, by death, resignation or otherwise; and the persons so appointed shall bold their office until the next regular election after their Vol. IV-14 Election of trustees. |