Levy and collect tax. arge of horses and cattle. peddlers, etc. be commissioned by the governor, take the same oaths, give like bond, and have the same jurisdiction as justices of the peace, and, in addition, shall have exelusive original jurisdiction in all cases arising under the ordinances of said town, with full power to hear and determine the same, and to enforce his orders and judgments by execution and other process the same as other judicial officers of the state; shall receive the same fees as justices of the peace for like services. Vacancies in the office of police magistrate shall be filled by special election. § 8. The president and trustees shall have power to levy and collect taxes on real and personal property in the limits of said town, for corporate purposes, not execeding two per cent. on the assessed value thereof; to prevent and Running at abate nuisances; to restrain horses, cattle, swine, sheep, dogs and other animals from running at large in said town; to make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants; to establish quarantine regulations; to establish night watches; to erect lamp posts and lamps in the streets, Auctioneers, and light the same; to license and tax merchants, grocers, saloons, auctioneers, hotel keepers and peddlers, theatrical and other shows, billiard tables and all other amusements; to restrain and prohibit gaming houses, bawdy houses, and all kinds of disorderly houses; to prohibit the shooting of fire-arms in the limits of said town; to establish and erect Improvement of markets; to open and keep in repair streets, alleys, avenues, lanes, drains and sewers, and keep the same free from obstruction; to establish and regulate a fire department; to make all necessary police regulations for the town; to regulate the election of town officers, and fix their Make and pass compensation; to pass all such ordinances as may be re streets and al leys. ordinances. quired to carry into effect the provisions of this act and for the good government of said town; to impose fines and forfeitures for the breach of ordinances and provide for the collection thereof and appropriate the same, and provide for the collection of taxes. 9. The board of trustees shall have power to appoint a town constable, street commissioner, clerk, treasurer, and such other officers as may be required to carry into effect the powers herein granted, and to define and regulate their respective duties. 10. All officers elected or appointed by virtue of this act shall, before entering upon the duties of office, take an oath, before some officer authorized to administer oaths, to support the constitution of the United States and cf this state, and faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of office. § 11. The police magistrate shall allow parties the right of trial by jury, in all cases where the laws of this state guarantee that right; and appeals and writs of certiorari may be prosecuted, in all cases, from decisions and judg ments of the police magistrate the same as from decisions. and judgments of justices of the peace. 12. This act shall be deemed a public act, and take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED March 30, 1869. TOWNS-NEW PRIVILEGES. AN ACT conferring additional powers upon the corporate town of Albany. Iu force April 19, 1869. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in Amendment of addition to powers conferred upon corporate towns, by the original charter. 25th chapter of the Revised Statutes and the amendments. thereof, the corporate town of Albany, in the county of Whiteside, by their president and board of trustees, shall have power to extend and work out, not exceeding one-half of the road tax and road labor assessed in said town, for any one year, upon the road leading out of said town but within town 21 (twenty-one) north, range 2 (two) east. into treasury. § 2. That all moneys arising from licenses granted, and Moneys paid fines imposed by said president and trustees, shall be paid into the treasury of said town, to be appropriated as provided for in section 8 (eight), of said chapter 25 (twentyfive). 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED April 19, 1869. AN ACT to legalize certain acts of the town of Albion. In force March 10, 1869. WHEREAS the board of trustees of the town of Albion, Preamble. in the county of Edwards, and state of Illinois, did, in a petition of the legal voters of said town, call an election on the 30th day of November, A. D. 1868, at the court house, in the said town of Albion, to vote "For" or "Against" the said town of Albion, in its corporate capacity, taking ten thousand dollars ($10,000) stock in the Grayville and Mat stock and isspe bonds. toon Railroad Company, at which election a large majority of the legal voters of said town voted for taking said stock; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the To subscribe board of trustees of the town of Albion, in the county of Edwards, and state of Illinois, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to subscribe the said ten thousand dollars ($10,000) stock, and pay for the same by issuing bonds of the said town of Albion-said bonds to be issued in compliance with an act entitled "An act amendatory of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Grayville and Mattoon Railroad Company," approved March1st, A. D. 1867; and the said board of trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax, from year to year, on all property, both real and personal, within the limits of said town, not exceeding (1) threefourths of one per cent., per annum, for the purpose of paying off said bond and the interest thereon; and to have such other powers as may be necessary to carry the foregoing into effect. 2. This act shall be deemed and taken as a public act, and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 10, 1869. In force March 31, 1869. act. AN ACT to amend "An act to incorporate the town of Astoria." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That an Application of act entitled "An act for the better government of towns and cities, and amend charters thereof," approved February 27, A. D. 1854, shall apply to and be in full force in the town of Astoria. Conflicting acts repealed. § 2. All parts or provisions of "An act to incorporate the town of Astoria," to which this is supplemental, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act or of the act referred to in the first section of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 30, 1869. 26, 1869. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Bar. In force Match rington, in the counties of Cook and Lake," approved February 16, A. D. 1865. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the board of trustees of said town of Barrington shall have power, annually, to levy a tax upon all the personal property and upon the lands, as provided in section six of the act of which this is an amendment, in said town of Barrington, for town purposes, of not exceeding one per cent., which shall be returned to the boards of supervisors of the counties of Cook and Lake, and by them levied and extended upon the collectors' books of the townships of Barrington and Cuba, in said counties of Cook and Lake, (within the limits whereof said town of Barrington is situated), to be by them collected and paid to the treasurer of said town of Bar rington. Said taxes to be levied upon the assessment rolls by the assessors of said townships of Barrington and Cuba, in said counties aforesaid, for the year in which said tax is levied. 2. Said board of trustees shall have power to provide for the punishment of persons violating any ordinance of said town by either fine or imprisonment in either of the jails of said counties of Cook or Lake, at the discretion of the justice of the peace before whom such offender shall be brought for trial: Provided, that no fine shall exceed seventy-five dollars and no imprisonment shall exceed twenty days for each offense; and said town shall pay to keeper of said county jails his reasonable charges for the board of such offenders, whenever the bills therefor shall be audited and allowed by the board of supervisors of said county. Levy and collect taxes. Punishment for violations. § 3. The justices of the peace within and for said town- Jurisdiction of ships of Barrington and Cuba, in the counties aforesaid, and justices of peace holding their office within said corporation of the town of Barrington, shall have concurrent jurisdiction of all matters arising out of violation of the ordinances of said town or of the provisions of the charter thereof, anything in the charter of said town to the contrary notwithstanding. in corporation. 4. All actions for the breach of any ordinances of said Actions vested town or of the provisions of the charter thereof, shall be in the name of the president of the board of trustees of the said town of Barrington. The process shall be by complaint of any person, before any justice of the peace herein before named, who shall thereupon issue his warrant, to bring the offender before him; and after hearing the evidence, if it shall appear that the accused is guilty of the offense charged, the said justice shall fine or impose imprisonment upon such offender, in his discretion, subject to the provisions of the ordinance of said town or the provisions hereof. Vol. IV-32 Sale of liquors. Sabbath day. Indecencies. Exhibitions. Appeals allowed 85. Every person or corporation, not having a license to do so from said board of trustees, who shall sell or give away, barter, or in way dispose of any spirituous or malt liquors or other intoxicating liquors whatever, in said town, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding seventy-five dollars or an imprisonment of not exceeding twenty days for each offense, at the discretion of the justice of the peace before whom the case shall be heard. The process shall be as provided by section four hereof, and the matter shall be cognizable by any justice of the peace mentioned in section three hereof. 6. The board of trustees shall have power to prohibit the sale of goods by any trader or dealer on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and close all saloons and places of amusement, after the hour of ten o'clock P.M., Saturday nights, and keep the same closed up until the hour of four o'clock A. M., Monday, thereafter. Every offender shall be liable as provided in sections three and five of this act. 7. To prohibit and prevent any indecent exposure of the person or other lewd or shameful practice, and punish persons guilty thereof. § 8. To license, tax and regulate showmen, peddlers, hawkers, ordinaries and gift enterprises. § 9. In all cases arising under the ordinances of said town, changes of venue and appeals shall be allowed as in other cases before justices of the peace; and the corporation shall be allowed to appeal in any case in which they are parties, by causing the clerk to execute a bond, in the name of the corporation, in the form now or which may hereafter be furnished by law in other cases, without other security; and an order entered upon the records of said corporation, directing said appeal, shall be sufficient evidence of the authority of said clerk to sign said bond. Ordinances to § 10. All ordinances may be proven by the certificate of the clerk and the seal of the town, and when printed or published in book or pamphlet form and purporting to be printed or published by the corporation, the same shall be received in evidence in all courts and places, without further proof. be evidence. Conflicting acts repealed. § 11. So much of the act to which this is an amendment as conflicts herewith is hereby repealed. § 12. This act shall be deemed a public act and be in force and take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED March 26, 1869. |