the votes cast shall be for the new charter, then this act shall be in full force and effect; otherwise void. The votes cast at such election shall be canvassed by said president and trustees, or a majority of thein, and a certificate of the result of such election, signed by the persons making such canvass, and filed with the clerk of said corporation, shall be competent evidence in all courts and places whatsoever of the result of such election.

$ 21. This act shall be deemed a public act, and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED April 1, 1869.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled “An act to divide the town of Galesburg In force March and West Galesburg."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That at each annual charter election in the city of Galesburg there shall be elected as many constables as may be necessary to fill vacancies existing in the office of constable in said city. Such persons, so elected, shall hold office for the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

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2. The city council of said city of Galesburg shall Vacancies, how have power to fill any vacancies that may exist in the office of constable in said city, in the interval between regular annual charter elections in said city. Such persons, so appointed, shall hold office until the next regular annual charter election.

3. The overseer of the poor in said city shall not be overseer of poor elected at the annual charter election in said city, but shall

be appointed by and hold office during the pleasure of the city council.

84. The supervisor of said city may be elected by Election wards or districts, or by the city at large, as the common supervisor. council of said city may from time to time determine.

§ 5. This act shall be deemed a public act, and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 6, 1869.

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In force March AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Galva, in Henry county," approved Feb. 16, 1867.

9, 1869.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Levy and col- president and trustees of the town of Galva shall have

lect tax.

Appropriations.

Sec. 9 repealed.

power and authority to levy, assess and collect taxes, upon all the property, real and personal, within said town, which is subject to taxation for state and county purposes, not exceeding one-half per centum upon the assessed value thereof, annually; and they may assess and enforce the collection of such taxes by any ordinance or ordinances, not repugnant to the constitution of this state or the United States.

§ 2. They shall, also, have power to appropriate money and to provide for the payment of all debts and expenses of the said incorporation.

§ 3. Section nine of said act shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

4. This act shall be a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 9, 1869.

In force March AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Har26, 1869. risburg, Saline county, Illinois," approved Feb. 21, 1861.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Protect publio president and trustees of said town shall have power to pass all ordinances necessary for the protection of public buildings and grounds and shade trees in said town.

buildings.

Suits instituted in name of town

Report of the police magistrate

2. Be it further enacted, that actions for the recovery of fines, forfeitures and penalties, shall be an action of debt, in the name of said town.

§ 3. Be it further enacted, that the police magistrate shall make quarterly reports, on the first Monday of the months of April, July, October and January, to the president and trustees of said town, of all judgments rendered by him for or against said town, together with the amount of such judgments and costs, and also the amount of money received by him on account of said town; and a failure to make such report, shall be taken and deemed as a palpable omission of duty. And all moneys collected by the police magistrate or any justice of the peace or by the town constable or other officer of Saline county, on account of said town, shall be paid over to the treasurer of said town, within ten days after such money came to the hands of any

such officer; and any failure so to do shall be taken and deemed a palpable omission of duty.

Boundaries of

4. Be it further enacted, that the boundaries of said town shall consist of and include that district of country in corporation. the county of Saline, state of Illinois, and described as follows, to-wit: The west half of section fifteen and the east half of section sixteen, in township nine south, range six east of the third principal meridian.

money.

§ 5. And be it further enacted, that the president and May borrow trustees of said town shall have power to borrow money, on the credit of said town, for the purposes of erecting market houses or other public buildings, for the use of said town, for the improvement of the streets and alleys of said town, and for providing water for said town; and, to secure the payment of such money, may issue bonds of said town, and to pay the interest and principal of such bonds, may levy and collect a tax of fifty cents on each hundred dollars worth of taxable property in said town.

§ 6. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 26, 1869.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of Havana.

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26, 1869.

name.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the May change office now designated in the original and amended charter of the town of Havana, Mason county, Illinois, as "Town Constable," be hereafter designated and known as "Town Marshal," and that said town marshal shall hereafter be, ex officio, street commissioner of said town.

32. Hereafter, the office of town marshal shall be filled by election, in the same manner and at the same time that the trustees of said town are now elected by law, and, when elected, shall hold his office for one year and until his successor is elected and qualified.

3. The town marshal shall be required to give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to said town, with security, to be approved by the trustees of said town, conditioned for the faithful discharge of all his duties as marshal and street commissioner of said town; which bond may be increased, by order of the trustees of said town.

Election town marshal.

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4. The town marshal, when duly elected and quali- Jurisdiction of. fied, shall have the same authority and jurisdiction as con

stables have under the general laws of this state.

6. This act shall be deemed a public act, and take

effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 26, 1869.

In force March AN ACT to revise the charter of the town of Hyde Park, in Cook county. 26, 1869.

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 Hyde Park, in the county of Cook, and state of Illinois, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the Name and style. name and style of "The Town of Hyde Park;" and, by that name, shall have perpetual succession, and may have and use a common seal, which they may change and alter at pleasure; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law and equity, in all actions whatsoever; and purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal, within and beyond the limits of said town, for public grounds, or to supply materials for making or repairing public grounds or public roads in said town; and may sell, lease or dispose of town property, real and personal, for the benefit of said town, and improve and protect such property, and do such things in relation thereto as natural persons may lawfully do.

Boundaries.

ficers.

2. The boundaries of said town shall include within their limits all that district of country now known as the town of Hyde Park, in the county of Cook, and state of Illinois. The election for the officers contemplated by this act shall be at the same time as the election for county officers.

Election of of- § 3. The officers of said town shall consist of a supervisor, assessor, collector, treasurer, town clerk, and four justices of the peace and four coustables, who shall be elected at the same time, and in the same manner, and hold their offices for the same length of time, and perform the duties provided by law for such officers, respectively, in other towns in Cook county, except as otherwise provided by this act.

Government vested in board of trustees.

Election president.

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§ 4. The government and corporate powers of said town shall be vested in and be exercised by a board of trustees, to consist of the supervisor of said town, who shall be a member of the board, ex officio, and eight trustees, to be elected as provided by this act.

5. The said board shall elect from their number a president, (Provided, that the supervisor shall not be eligible to such office of president) who shall preside at the meetings of the board, and preserve order; but the board. may, in the absence of the president, elect a chairman pro Duties of the tem. The town clerk shall be the clerk of said board, and it shall be his duty to keep correct minutes of all their proceedings. He shall, also, record, in a book to be kept for that purpose, all the ordinances, orders or regulations passed by said board, of a police or sanitary nature; and he shall, also, record in a separate book, to be kept for that

town clerk.

purpose, all orders for special assessments; which said minutes, books and records shall be opened to the inspection of any inhabitant of said town. A certified copy of any order, ordinance or proceeding of said board, under the hand of the clerk and the seal of the town, shall be evidence, in all courts and places, of the truth of the matter therein stated.

6. The treasurer shall be elected by the people, and shall hold his office for one year and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive all moneys belonging to said town, arising from general or special taxes, special assessments, fines, penalties, or otherwise, and to keep a correct account of all moneys received and paid out by him, and to keep the books and accounts pertaining to said office, in such manner as the board of trustees may prescribe; which said books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of the board of trustees or their committees or representatives. The treasurer shall, also, at the end of each month, and oftener, if required, render an account to the board of trustees, under oath, if required, showing the state of the treasury at the date of such account, and the balance of moneys in the treasury. He shall, also, accompany such account with a statement of all moneys received into the treasury, and on what account. He shall, also, report to said board, annually, on the fifteenth day of October, before the election, and oftener, if required, a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures during the preceding year, and the state of the treasury, together with any and all vouchers held by him; which vouchers shall be delivered over to said board, on final settlement, and filed with the clerk.

Duties of the treasurer.

Treasurer to give bonds and

§ 7. The treasurer shall, before entering on the duties of his office, execute a bond to the said town, in such sum security. and with such sureties as shall be determined by the board, conditioned that he will faithfully account for all moneys that may come into his hands, and will pay the same over, pursuant to the provisions of law or the orders or resolu tions of the board, and that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office; which bond shall be approved by the board of trustees and filed in the town clerk's office, and entered on record. The treasurer shall receive a commission of one per cent. on all moneys of which he shall have the custody.

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§ 8. At the general election in said town, for the elec- Election of ofiition of town officers, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and annually thereafter, there shall be elected. by the legal voters of said town four trustees, who shall hold their office for two years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.