Conflicting acts repealed. ration, or any notice required by the provisions of said act,. has been duly posted up, as required by said act, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the facts so set forth: Provided, such certificate of such clerk shall be appended thereunto. 87. So much of the act to which this is an amendment as conflicts with this act is hereby repealed. § 8. This act is hereby declared a public act, and shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 29, 1869. In force March AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Nil29, 1869. wood, in the county of Macoupin," approved March 9, 1867. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so Election of po- much of section four of said act as relates to the election of lice magistrate. police magistrate shall be so construed as to mean that police magistrates shall be elected every four years. Jurisdiction of constable Mode of collection of revenue Licenses and taxes. Conflicting acts repealed. 2. Also, that so much of section five of said act as relates to town constable be so amended as to give the said town constable the same jurisdiction and powers, and he is hereby required to perform the same duties, as other con'stables throughout the county of Macoupin. § 3. Also, that so much of section seven of said act as relates to the manner of collecting revenue is hereby changed so as to require the president and board of trustees of said town to return the assessment list to the county clerk of said county by the first day of August of each year, to be copied by him in the collector's book and be collected by the sheriff the same as other taxes. 4. Also, that section nine of said act, authorizing the trustees of said town to tax or license saloons and tippling houses, be and the same is hereby so amended as to authorize the said board of trustees to fix the license or tax on saloons or tippling houses at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum. 5. So much of the act to which this is an amendment as is inconsistent with this act be and the same is hereby repealed. 6. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 29, 1869. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of No- In force March komis, in Montgomery county, Illinois." 27, 1869. boundaries of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the May enlarge boundaries of said corporation shall extend one-half a mile the town. east, west, north and south, from the center of the public square of the original plat of said town, and that the corporate limits of said town be one mile square. 32. In addition to the remedies now in force in said Actions of debt town, for violating the by-laws or ordinances of said town · of Nokomis, the penalties or penalty therefor may be recovered by action of debt, in the name of the president and board of trustees of the town of Nokomis, before the police magistrate or any justice of the peace of said town. And in all actions of debt the first process shall be by summons, to be issued, served and returned as other summons in actions of debt, issued by justices of the peace, of Montgomery county; and the proceedings thereunder shall be the same as in civil causes; and in all actions of debt, for offenses committed against the by-laws or ordinances of said town, it shall be lawful for the plaintiff, in the same suit, to allege, prove and recover for any number of offenses of the same nature: Provided, that the amount recovered shall in no case exceed the sum of one hundred dollars; and that no written complaint shall be necessary in proceedings under this section. § 3. The president and board of trustees of the town of Nokomis are vested with full power totally to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors within the corporate limits of said town, under such penalties and punishments for the violation of any by-law or ordinance upon the subject as they may choose to inflict, not contrary to the constitution of this state; and, also, that any fine under any of the ordinances or by-laws of said corporation shall not be less than three dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, nor shall any imprisonment for any violation of any ordinance or bylaw exceed twenty days. for offenses. Prohibit sale of ardent spirits. Jurisdiction of police 4. When any fine shall be imposed upon any person, for the violation of any of the ordinances or by-laws of said trate. corporation, execution shall be issued by the police magistrate or justice of the peace imposing the same, immediately upon the rendition of such judgment, for the amount of such fine and costs of suit: Provided, that no execution shall be issued immediately upon the rendition of judgment if the defendant shall pray an appeal and execute bond, to the satisfaction of the police magistrate or justice, at any time during the day the judgment shall be rendered. And in all cases in which there shall be a conviction for a violation of any of the ordinances or by-laws of said town, and if magis To license groceries. the person so convicted shall fail to pay the fine and costs so recovered, such person shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid or is otherwise discharged by law: Provided, that the said police magistrate shall have power and authority to commute, at his discretion, at the rate of one dollar per day, on the day of trial, said imprisonment to labor of the streets and alleys of said town. 85. The president and board of trustees of said town shall have the exclusive privilege of granting licenses to groceries within the incorporated limits of said town. Power to tax § 6. Upon all convictions for any violations of the ordi attorney fee. Evidence validity of ordi nances. nances and by-laws of said town, it shall be lawful for the police magistrate or justice, before whom such conviction is had, to tax as costs in such cases, against the party or parties convicted, such an attorney fee as may be provided by ordinances of said town by the president and board of trustees thereof. of § 7. All ordinances and by-laws of said town of Nokomis may be proven by the seal of the corporation, their enactment verity and due publication; and when printed or published in book or pamphlet form, or any other form, purporting to be the ordinances and by-laws of said corporation, the same shall be received in evidence in all courts and places, without further proof. 8. This act shall be in force from and after its passage; and the same, as well as the act to which this is an amendment, is hereby declared to be a public act. APPROVED March 27, 1869. In force March AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Nor30, 1809. mal," approved Feb. 25, 1867. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Sec. 10 amended proviso in article (8) eight, section ten (10), of said charter, be so amended as to allow the town council to levy and collect, for school purposes, a tax not to exceed three (3) per cent., in any one year, of the taxable property of said town, according to its assessed value. APPROVED March 30, 1869. AN ACT to amend "An act to incorporate the town of Odin, in Marion In force March county," approved Feb. 16, 1865. 30, 1869. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, Amend sec- Sec. 1 amended. tion one of said act of incorporation and wherever else the words "The President and Trustees" occur in said act, and insert, for use, "The Town of Odin ;" by which latter name Name changed. said corporation shall be hereafter known in all courts and places whatsoever. Amend in section two of said act, by inserting "three-fourths () of one mile," in place and stead of "one-half mile," so as to extend the limits of said town of Odin three-fourths of a mile from the centre of the square formed by the crossing of the Chicago Branch of the Illinois Central Railroad and the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, so as to include within the said corporate limits of said town of Odin all lots and parcels of ground lying and being within three-fourths of a mile, in each direction, of said railroad crossing. Amend, so as to confer upon said corporate authorities of the town of Odin the power, as conferred upon other towns and cities, as provided for and conferred by an act to amend an act entitled "An act for the better government of town and cities and to amend the charters thereof," approved February 27th, 1867, session laws, page 174. Amend section three of said act of incorporation, relating to the punishment of offenders and for Punishment of breaches of town ordinances, so as to empower police or offenders other magistrates of said town of Odin, before whom, upon trial, such offender or offenders may be adjudged guilty, to cause such offender or offenders to work and labor upon the streets of said town of Odin, under the direction of the street commissioner, in liquidation and extinguishment of all fine or fines that may be assessed against such parties, when adjudged guilty. That, in addition to the jurisdiction now conferred upon the police or other magistrates of said town of Odin, they shall have an extended jurisdiction in all actions of debt to the sum of two hundred dollars. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 30, 1869. AN ACT to amend the charter of Ogle Station. In force March 30, 1869. SEOTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section sec. 23 repealed. twenty-three (23) of an act entitled "An act to amend an act incorporating the town of Ogle Station, in the county of Lee," approved March 5th, 1867, be and the same is hereby repealed. § 2. This act shall be a public act, and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 30, 1869. force April AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Iu 1, 1969. Paxton." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section Sec. 2 amended. two (2) of said act be amended by adding after the words, "and the Railroad Addition to Prospect City," the following: "And all the territory included within the following limits, to wit: Commencing at the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section seven, (7), town twenty-three, (23), range ten (10) east of third principal meridian; thence east to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section eight, (S), town twenty-three, (23), range ten (10) east of third principal meridian; thence south to the southeast corner of the north-west quarter of the south-east quarter of section seventeen, (17), town twenty-three, (23), range ten, (10); thence west to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of the south-east quarter of section eighteen, (18), town twenty-three, (23), range ten (10) east of third principal meridian; thence north to the place of beginning. And all tracts of land lying adjacent to and joining the line of the boundaries of said town, as herein described, containing less than one-sixteenth part of a section, may be made a part of said corporation, at the discretion of the president and trustees, by ordinance; and all pieces or parcels of land which may hereafter be deeded, in quantities less than one-sixteenth part of a section, may be made a part of said corporation, in the manner hereinbefore provided." Sec. 8 amended. Misdemeanor defined. 2. That section eight of said act be and the same is hereby so amended as to fix the limit of the rate per cent. of the taxes to be levied on property of all kinds, within said corporation, at not more than one per cent. § 3. The president and trustees may define what shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and provide by ordinance for the punishment and prevention of the same; and all ordinances heretofore passed for the prevention and punishment of misdemeanors, not repuguant to the provisions of this act, shall be and the same are declared valid, and shall |