AN ACT to extend the corporate powers of the town of Dwight. ARTICLE I. In force March 24, 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 Dwight, in Livingston county, and state of Illinois, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The Name and style. Town of Dwight;" and, by that name, shall have perpetual succession, and may have and use a common seal, which they may change and alter at pleasure. 82. The boundaries of said town shall include within Boundaries of their limits the south half of section four (4) and the north corporation. half of section nine (9), all in township thirty (30) north, range nine (9) east of the third principal meridian. ritory annexed. 83. Whenever any tract of land adjoining the town of Additional terDwight shall be laid off into town lots and duly recorded, as required by law, the same shall be annexed to and from a part of the town of Dwight. 4. The inhabitants of said town, by the name and General corpostyle aforesaid, shall have power to sue and be sued, to rate powers. plead and be impleaded, to defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity, and in all actions whatsoever; to purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal, in said town, and to purchase, receive and hold property, both real and personal, beyond the limits of said town, for burial grounds and for other purposes, for the use of the inhabitants of said town; and to sell, lease, convey and improve property, real and personal, for the benefit of said town, and to do all other things in relation thereto as natural persons. ARTICLE II. OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. SECTION 1. There shall be a town council, to consist of Council. a president and five trustees, to be chosen, annually, by the qualified voters of said town. § 2. If any member of the town council shall, during Office vacated. the term of his office, remove from the town, his office shall thereby be vacated. 3. The town council shall judge of the qualifications, Returns of elecelections and returns of its own members, and shall deter- tion. mine all contested elections. Quorum to do 4. A majority of the town council shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn, business. from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, under such fines and penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance. Rules of pro 5. The town council shall have power to determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for dis- ceedings. orderly conduct, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected, expel a member. Journal proceedings. of § 6. The town council shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same; and the yeas and nays, when demanded by any member present, shall be entered upon the journal. Levy and col § 7. All vacancies that occur in the town council shall be filled in such manner as it shall appoint. § 8. Each and every member of the town council, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, in addition to the several oaths prescribed by the constitution of this state, that he will well and truly perform the duties of his office to the best of his ability. 9. Whenever there shall be a tie in the election of members of the town council, the judges of election shall certify the same to the police magistrate of said town, who shall determine the same by lot, in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. 8 10. There shall be stated meetings of the town council in each year, at such times and places as may be prescribed by ordinances. ARTICLE III. OF ELECTIONS. SECTION 1. On the first Monday of April next, an election shall be held in said town for the president and five members of the town council, and forever thereafter, on the first Monday in April, in each year, there shall be an election held for said officers. The first election shall be held, conducted and returns thereof made, as may be provided by ordinance, by the present president and trustees of the town of Dwight; and all succeeding elections as may be provided by ordinance of the town council by this. act created. 2. All persons who may be entitled to vote for state officers and who shall have been actual residents of said town for three months immediately preceding said election, shall be entitled to vote for said officers. ARTICLE IV. OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THE COUNCIL. SECTION 1. The town council shall have power and aulection of tax. thority to levy and collect taxes upon all property, real and personal, within the limits of the town, not exceeding one per centum, per annum, upon the assessed value thereof, and may enforce the payment of the same in any manner to be prescribed by ordinance, not repugnant to the constitution of the United States or of this state. Appointment of officers. § 2. The town council shall have power to appoint a clerk, treasurer, assessor, marshal, constable, supervisor of streets, and such other officers as may be necessary, and to require of all officers appointed in pursuance of this charter bonds, with such penalties and security for the faithful performance of their duties as may be deemed expedient, and also to require all officers appointed, as aforesaid, before entering upon the discharge of their respective official duties, to take an oath, in the same manner as is provided in section 8 of article 2 of this act. 3. To appropriate money, and provide for the pay- Appropriations. ment of the debt and expenses of the town. 84. To make regulations to prevent the introduction of Contagious discontagious diseases into the town, and enforce the same within one mile thereof. eases. 5. To establish hospitals, and make regulations for To establish the government of the same. hospitals. $6. To make regulations to secure the general health General health. of the inhabitants, to declare what shall be a nuisance, and to prevent and remove the same. 7. To provide the town with water; to sink and keep Provide water. in repair wells and pumps in the streets, for the convenience of the inhabitants. 8. To lay out, open, alter, abolish, widen, extend, es- Opening streets tablish, grade, pave or otherwise improve and keep in re. and alleys. pair public squares, streets, avenues, lanes and alleys, and to establish a building line thereon. 9. To establish, erect and keep in repair bridges. 10. Erect bridges. To provide for lighting the streets and erecting Lighting streets lamp posts. § 11. To establish, support and regulate night watch Night watches. men. § 12. To erect market houses, to establish markets and Markets and market places, and provide for the government and the market houses. regulation thereof. 13. To provide for the erection of all needful build- Buildings. ings for the use of the town. 14. To provide for the inclosing, improving and reg- Public grounds. ulating all public grounds belonging to the town. 15. To license, tax and regulate auctioneers, mer- Auctioneers, chants, retailers, taverns or ordinary, hawkers and peddlers, peddlers, etc. 16. To license, tax and regulate hackney carriages. coaches, omnibuses, wagons, carts and drays, and fix the rates to be charged for the carriage of persons and for the wagonage, cartage or drayage of property. 17. To license and regulate porters, and fix the rates Porterage. of porterage. 18. To license, tax, regulate and suppress theatrical Exhibitions. and other shows and amusements. 19. To restrain, prohibit and suppress tippling houses, Tippling houses dram shops, gambling houses, bawdy houses, and other disorderly houses, within said town and within one mile thereof, but not to license any house or place for the sale of intoxicating drinks of any kind as a beverage. streets. Obstruction of § 20. To prevent the incumbering of the streets, squares and alleys of said town; to plant and protect shade trees; to require persons to fasten horses and other animals attached to vehicles, while standing in said town; to prohibit and prevent the running at large of horses, hogs, sheep and other animals, and provide for distraining and impounding the same, and to provide for the forfeiture and sale of the same for any penalty incurred, and to impose penalties upon the owners of any such animals for the violation of any ordinance in relation thereto; to prevent the running at large of dogs, cattle, horses, sheep and swine, and to provide for the obstruction of the same when running at large contrary to ordinances; and to prevent the firing of squibs, rockets, guns or other combustibles or fire-arms within the limits of said town. Prevention and 21. To provide for the prevention and extinguishment extinguishment of fire, and to organize and establish fire companies. To regulate the fixing of chimneys and the flues of fires Chimney flues. Combustibles. Walls, fences. Inspection of lumber. Inspection of forage and fuel. Inspection of produce. Census. Election of officers. Compensation of officers. Regulate po.ice. Billiard tables and ten pin alleys. Sale of liquors. 22. thereof. To regulate the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, rosin and other combustible materials, and also ashes. § 24. To regulate and order parapet walls and petition fences. § 25. To provide for the inspection and measurement of lumber and other building materials, and for the measurement of all kinds of mechanical work. § 26. To provide for the inspection and weighing of hay and stone coal, and the inspection and measurement of charcoal, fire-wood and other fuel, to be sold or used in said town. 27. To regulate the inspection of butter, lard and other provisions. § 28. To provide for taking enumerations of the inhabitants of the town. 29. To regulate the election of town officers, and to provide for removing from office any person holding office created by this act or by ordinance. 30. To fix the compensation for all town officers, and regulate the fees of jurors, witnesses and others, for services rendered under this act or any ordinance. § 31. To regulate the police of the town; to impose fines and forfeitures and penalties for the breach of any ordinance, and to provide for the recovery and appropriation of such fines and forfeitures and the enforcement of such penalties. $32. To suppress and distrain and prohibit billiard tables, ball alleys, faro boards, lotteries, horse races, and all other means of gambling, within said town or within one mile thereof. 33. To prevent and prohibit the introduction, keeping, manufacturing or selling of any vinous, malt, spirit uous, mixed or intoxicating liquors within said town and within one mile thereof, except for chemical, medicinal, sacramental and mechanical purposes, and to prohibit the giving the same away, with the view to evade any penalty which may be provided for the unlawful sale of such liquors, except as herein before provided in section 19. § 34. The town council shall have power to make all ordinances which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into operation the powers specified in this act, so that such ordinances be not repugnant to nor inconsistent with the constitution of the United States or this state. Power to pass ordinances. $ 35. To license, tax, regulate, prohibit and suppress Billiards, etc. billiard tables, pin alleys and ball alleys. Inspection of meat, etc. To prevent, restrain and punish forestalling and relegating. Forestalling. To regulate the inspection and vending of fresh meats and poultry and vegetables, of butter, lard and other provisions, and the place and manner of selling fish and inspecting the same. To regulate, license and prohibit butchers, and to revoke Batchers. their license for malconduct in the course of trade. To establish standard weights and measures. Weights and To regulate the weight and quality of bread, to be sold measures. or used in the town. To regulate the size and quality of bricks to be sold or Bricks. used in the town. To direct the location and regulate the management and Tanneries, etc. construction of tanneries, blacksmith shops, founderies, live ry stables and packing houses. To direct the location and direct the management and Distilleries, etc. construction of and to restrain, abate and prohibit within the town and to the distance of one mile from the limits thereof, distilleries, slaughtering houses and establishments for rendering lard, tallow, offal and all other establishments or places where any nauseous, offensive or unwholesome business may be carried on. To erect and establish a work house or houses of correction. Work-house. To direct and control the laying and construction of railroad tracks, bridges, turn outs and switches, in the streets and alleys, and the location of depot grounds. To require railroad companies to keep in repair the streets through which their tracks may run and to construct and keep in repair suitable crossings at the intersections of streets and alleys and ditches, sewers and culverts. Railroad tracks and crossings. To regulate the speed of locomotive engines within the speed of locoinhabited portions of the town. § 36. The style of the ordinances shall be, "Be it or dained by the Town of Dwight." motives. Style of ordi nances. ordinances. 37. All ordinances passed by the town council shall, Publication of within one month after they shall have been passed, be published in some newspaper published in the town or posted on the door of the town house, and in three other Vol. IV-34 |