I force April AN ACT to incorporate the town of Shannon, in the county of Carroll, and 15, 1989. state of Illinois.

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 Shannon be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and Name and style. style of "The President and Trustees of the Town of Shannon;" and, by that name shall have perpetual succession, and may have and use a common seal, which they may change and alter at pleasure; have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity, in all actions whatsoever; to purchase, receive and hold property, both real and personal, within said town, and to purchase, receive and hold property, both real and personal, without the corporate limits thereof, for burial grounds and other public purposes, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of said town, and to sell, lease, convey and otherwise dispose of said property, and to improve and protect the same.

Boundaries.

Additional territory auuexed.

Powers vested in trustees.

Eligibility of tru tees.

Election trustees.

2. Said town shall include within its corporate limits all that territory included within the lines bounding the south half of the southwest quarter of section eighteen (18) and the northwest quarter of section nineteen (19), in township number twenty-five (25) north, of range number seven (7) east of the fourth (4) principal meridian, in the county of Carroll, and state of Illinois.

3. Whenever any tract of land adjoining the town of Shannon shall be laid off into town lots and recorded, according to law, the same shall be annexed to and form a part of the town of Shannon.

4. The corporate powers and duties of said town shall be vested in five trustees, who shall constitute a board to transact the business of the town; and the persons who are now trustees of said town, holding their offices under the general laws of this state for the incorporation of towns and . cities, shall be deemed to hold their offices under and by virtue of this act until the first Monday of May, A. D. 1869, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

§ 5. No person shall be a member of the board of trustees unless he shall have been a resident of said town one year immediately preceding his election, and shall be, at the time of his election, twenty-one years of age, and a citizen of the United States, and shall possess a freehold estate in said town.

of § 6. On the first Monday of May, 1869, an election shall be held in said town for five trustees of the town of Shannon, and forever thereafter, on the first Monday of May, in each year, there shall be an election held for said officers. The first election shall be held and the returns thereof made

as may be provided by ordinance of the present president and trustees of the town of Shannon, and all succeeding elections as may be provided by ordinance of the board of trustees created by this act; they shall hold their offices one year and until their successors are elected and qualified; and public notice of the time and place of holding such election shall be given by the president and trustees of said town, by an advertisement published in a newspaper of said town, if there be one so published, or by posting up notices in three of the most public places of said town, at least ten days previous to said election.

of electors.

§ 7. All persons who are entitled to vote for state offi- Qualifications cers and who shall have been actual residents of said town thirty days preceding said election shall be entitled to vote for said officers.

§ 8. The trustees, before entering upon the duties of Oath of office. their office, shall each take and subscribe an oath, before some officer legally authorized to administer oaths, to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Illinois and faithfully to perform the duties of their office to the best of their ability. They shall hold at least one regular meeting every month, and shall, at their first meeting after their election, appoint one of their number president of the board, who shall preside at all meetings of the board, when present, and, in case of his absence at any meeting of the board, shall appoint one of their number chairman, who shall preside at that meeting.

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9. The president shall be active and vigilant in en- President forcing the laws and ordinances for the government of the vote, town. He shall have power, whenever he may deem it necessary, to require of any officer of said town an exhibit of his books and papers, and shall have power to do al' other acts required of him by any ordinance made in pursuance of the terms of this act. He shall not vote, except in case of tie, in which case he shall give the casting vote. § 10. The board of trustees shall be judges of the quali- of members. fications, elections and returns of their own members, and shall determine all contested elections.

Qualifications

§ 11. A majority of the board of trustees shall consti- Quorum. tute a quorum to transact business, but a smaller number may adjourn, from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.

filled.

12. The board of trustees shall have power to fill all Vacancies, how vacancies in the board, occasioned by death, resignation or removal from the town; they shall receive no compensation for their services, except that they shall be exempt from road labor and from serving as jurors 'during the time they are in office.

Journal of proceedings.

Appropriation for expenses.

Wells, cisterns.

Chimneys, etc.

Nuisances.

Improve streets.

Gambling, etc.

Prohibit sale of ardent spirits.

Dogs at large.

Fasten horses.

§ 13. The board of trustees shall keep a journal of its proceedings, which shall always be subject to inspection of citizens of the town.

14. The board of trustees of said town shall have power and authority to appropriate money for the payment of the debts and expenses of the town, and to fix the compensations of town officers; to make regulations to secure. the health of the inhabitants, and to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the town.

To dig wells and cisterns and erect pumps and keep the same in repair; to provide water for the use of the inhabitants, and to prevent the unnecessary waste of water.

To regulate the fixing of chimneys and flues, and to provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.

To declare what shall be a nuisance, and to prevent and remove the same.

To grade or otherwise improve and keep in repair streets, alleys, lanes and highways in said town, and erect and maintain and keep in repair bridges and sidewalks, street crossings and culverts.

To restrain and prohibit all descriptions of gambling and fraudulent device; to license, tax and regulate or entirely prohibit and suppress billiard tables and bowling alleys; to suppress and prohibit gaming establishments, disorderly houses and houses of ill-fame.

To prohibit the sale of ardent spirits, and suppress tippling houses, dram shops, bawdy houses and other disorderly houses: Provided, the president and trustees shall have power to license and regulate the sale of spirituous and malt liquors in said town; but no license for any purpose shall be granted to extend beyond the period when the successors of the members of the board of trustees granting the same shall be elected and qualified; to forbid and punish the selling or giving away of any intoxicating or malt liquors to any minor, apprentice or servant, without the consent of the parent, guardian, master or mistress; to prevent and suppress the trafficking, selling and giving away of any intoxicating liquors, whether spirituous, maalt, fermented or otherwise, within one mile from the boundary of the corporation limits.

To prevent and regulate the running at large of dogs, to tax, and to authorize the destruction of the same when at large contrary to ordinance.

To prevent and regulate the playing of ball, flying of kites, firing of guns, squibs, rockets or other fireworks or combustibles within said town.

To prevent horseracing or immoderately riding or driving in the streets, and to authorize immoderate riding or driving as aforesaid to be stopped, and to punish and 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 the streets, squares, lanes or vacant lots.

streets.

To prevent the incumbering of the streets, sidewalks, Incumbering lanes, alleys, squares and public grounds, and to restrain and prohibit persons from riding, driving, leading or standing of any animal on the sidewalks, and to prevent any crossing from being incumbered with horses, vehicles or anything else.

To prevent any indecent exhibition, exposure or con- Indecencies. duct.

To restrain and punish vagrants, mendicants, street beg- Vagrants, etc. gars and prostitutes, and to punish any person for being drunk upon the streets, alleys, lanes or squares.

Running xt large of hoses,

The president and trustees shall have power, also, to restrain and regulate or prohibit the running at large of cattle, cattle, etc. horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, geese, turkeys, chickens, and pigeons, and to authorize the distraining, impounding and sale of the same, for the penalty incurred and the costs of the proceedings, and also to impose penalties on the owners of any such animals for a violation of any ordinance in relation thereto.

To prevent any person from bringing, depositing or hav- Offensive matter ing any unsound carcass or other unwholesome substance, and to compel any such person and the owner of any antmals which shall die in said town to remove and bury the same beyond the limits of said town.

They shall have power to tax, license, regulate or sup- Exhibitions. press and prohibit all exhibitions of common showmen, shows of every kind, caravans, exhibitions and amusements of every kind.

peddlers, etc.

To license, tax and regulate auctioneers, hawkers, bro- Auctioneers, kers, draymen, butchers and peddlers.

To provide for the inspection and weighing of hay and Hay, coal, etc. stone coal, and for the measurement of wood and fuel sold

in said town.

To provide for taking the enumeration of the inhabitants Census. of said town.

of officers.

To fix the compensation of town officers, to regulate the Compensation fees of jurors and witnesses and others, for services rendered under this act or by crdinance.

They shall have power to require railroad companies to construct and keep in repair suitable crossings at the intersection of streets and alleys, when the board shall deem necessary, and to regulate the speed of locomotives engines within the town limits.

Railroad crOSEings, etc.

To restrain, prohibit and punish, by fine or imprison- Defactog trets. ment, the cutting or otherwise injuring of shade trees or shrubbery upon any of the public grounds or streets in said town. To declare what shall be malicious mischief, and to punish any person who shall be guilty thereof. To compel parents and guardians of children to keep them out of the streets and squares and away from the railroad and depot.

Appointment

of officers.

Levy and collect taxes.

Assessments,

governed by the state law.

labor on streets.

in said town, and to prohibit and restrain saloons and other places of business from keeping open on the Sabbath day or night time.

15. Said board of trustees shall have power to appoint a clerk, town constable, treasurer, assessor, collector, and street commissioner, and all other officers in addition to those elected, as they may judge necessary for carrying into effect the powers conferred upon said corporation by this act; they shall have power, also, to establish and maintain a public pound and to appoint a pound master and prescribe his duties.

§ 16. The president and trustees of said town of Shannon shall have power and authority to levy and collect a tax upon all property, real, personal and mixed, in said town, which is now or may hereafter be subject to taxation for state or county purposes, not exceeding one per centum, per annum, upon the assessed value thereof, and may assess and enforce the collection of the same by any ordinance, not repugnant to the constitution of this state or the United States, or the said board may, if they think proper so to do, by ordinance, adopt the annual assessment made of the property of said town by the township assessor, and cause the same to be collected by the township collector.

§ 17. If the president and trustees of said town shall determine to adopt the assessment made by the authority of the state and county, they shall give to the county clerk or other officer, whose duty it is by law to extend the tax by existing laws, notice of their intentions so to do, (which notice shall be a copy of the records) and also the rate of taxation, and upon the receipt of such notice, the said tax shall be extended and collected and its collections enforced in the same manner as other revenue. The clerk and collector shall be allowed the same compensation for services under this act as are allowed them for similar services under the revenue laws of this state: Provided, that nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the said corporation from providing, by ordinance, for the assessment and collection of such taxes and all other tax charged or assessment authorized by this act.

Inhabitants to § is. The president and trustees, for the purpose of keeping the streets, alleys, lanes, avenues and highways in said town in repair, are authorized and impowered to require every able bodied male inhabitant of said town, over twenty-one years of age and under fifty, to labor on said streets, alleys, lanes, avenues and highways, not less than three days in each year; and any person liable to perform said road labor and failing to perform the same, when duly notified by the street commissioner or other officer of said town, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar to said town for each and every day so neglected and refused: Provided, the person notified to perform labor on said