until repealed.

§ 11. All ordinances, resolutions and by-laws, passed Ordinances to by the president and trustees of the town of Xenia and continue in force not repealed by them, shall be and remain in full force until the same shall have been repealed by the town council hereby created; and all the former acts of the said president and trustees are hereby legalized.

town council.

12. The present president, S. S. Clark, and the present Names of the trustees, G. M. Filson, H. Hines, G. Pritchett and C. Friend, of the town of Xenia, shall constitute the town council herein provided for, (whereof the said S. S. Clark shall be the president) and shall continue in office until the first Monday in May, A. D. 1869, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified; and all the other officers of said town now in office shall, respectively, continue in the same until superseded in conformity to the provisions of this act, but shall be governed by the requirements hereof.

§ 13. All property, real and personal, heretofore be- Vested property longing to the president and trustees of the town of Xenia, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be vested in the corporation created by this act.

repealed.

14. The act entitled "An act to incorporate the town Former of Xenia," approved February 16, A. D. 1865, is hereby repealed.

act

15. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and Evidence of act. may be read in evidence in all courts of law and equity within the state without proof.

ordinances.

16. All publications of ordinances, by-laws and regu- Publication of lations and other matters made in pursuance of this act, that are required to be made in a newspaper in said town may be published, in case there is no newspaper in said town, by written or printed notices posted in three public places as in this act mentioned.

17. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 25, 1869.

TOWNS-OBLIGATIONS.

AN ACT to enable the town of Kankakee, in Kankakee county, Illinois, to In force when establish a poor house.

by

adopted legal voters.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Issue bonds. town of Kankakee, in said county, shall have power to issue bonds, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, and payable at such times, within twenty years, and in such manner as

Title of farm.

the board of town auditors of said town may deem proper, and at a rate of interest not to exceed ten per cent., per annum, for the purpose of borrowing money to purchase a farm and erecting a poor house for the benefit of said town. § 2. That the title of said farm shall be taken in the name of said town, but the purchase shall be made by the board of town auditors; and the said bonds shall be signed by the supervisor of said town and countersigned by the town clerk thereof.

§ 3. That this law shall not go into effect unless a majority of the votes cast at the annual town meeting, in said town, in the month of April next, shall be in favor of this law.

APPROVED March 26, 1869.

In force March AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to enable the town of Mount 23, 1689. Pulaski, to levy a special tax for certain purposes therein named," approved February 28, 1867.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Sec. 2 amended, second section of said act, to which this act is an amend

ment, be and the same is hereby so amended that the provisions of said act to which this act is an amendment, and as herein modified, shall remain in full force and effect until otherwise repealed by the general assembly.

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

APPROVED March 29, 1869.

In force March AN ACT to provide for the payment of the indebtedness of the towns of Sand Prairie and Delevan, in Tazewell county.

31, 1869.

Preamble.

PREAMBLE. Whereas the people of the towns of Delevan and Sand Prairie, in the county of Tazewell, and state of Illinois, have contributed money to defray expenses for raising volunteers and substitutes in the late war; and whereas, at the time when their contributions were made, the authorities of said towns of Delevan and Sand Prairie promised that the several amounts so contributed should be refunded; and whereas the claims against said towns are still in the hands of the citizens of said town and others; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That a special Special election election shall be called in said towns, by the supervisors thereof-notice of such election being posted in at least five of the most prominent places of said town ten days prior to said election to vote for or against a bounty tax.

g 2. That if a majority of voters at said election shall Taxation. vote for a bounty tax, a tax shall be levied on all the taxable property of said towns, in the manner as now provided by law, sufficient to pay all claims against the said towns for money contributed for the purpose of raising volunteers and substitutes: Provided, no more than three per cent. shall be levied in any one year.

3. That if the majority of the voters of said election Extend tax list. shall vote for a county tax, the bounty clerk of Tazewell county shall, after having been duly notified of such an election, extend the tax on all taxable property of said towns of Sand Prairie and Delevan in the collector's books for said town for the taxes of 1869, in a column headed "Bounty tax;" and the collectors of said town shall proceed to collect the same tax in the same manner as other taxes are collected.

town.

§ 4. The board of town auditors, after such tax is col-Olaims against lected, [shall] give notice that they are prepared to pay the claims against said towns for money contributed, as above stated, and shall proceed to examine all such claims, and only direct the payment of such claims as they may deem correct and proper.

§ 5. That if the tax of three per cent. is not sufficient Additional taxto pay all the outstanding claims against said towns, for moneys contributed as above stated, a further tax of three per cent., or less, shall be levied every year until all such claims are paid.

§ 6. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED March 30, 1869.

TOWNS-REVENUE.

AN ACT to authorize the town collector of the town of Decatur, in Macon In force Jan. 26, county, Illinois, to appoint a deputy.

1869.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, representedin [the] General Assembly, That John Appointment of W. Coleman, collector of the town of Decatur, Macon county, Illinois, be and he is hereby authorized to appoint a deputy

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collector, who shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered to perform all official acts necessary to and in the collection of the taxes in said town, in like manner and to like effect as the said collector himself might do in proper person.

§ 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED January 26, 1869.

1869.

In force Feb. 19, AN ACT to extend the time for the collector in the township of Peoria, in the county of Peoria, in the state of Illinois, to return the warrant issued to him for the collection of taxes.

Extension.

Securities.

Return of warrants.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the term for the return of the warrant issued to the collector of the township of Peoria, in the county of Peoria, in this state, for the collection of the taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight, be and the same is hereby extended until the first day of April, A. D. 1869, and until said first day of April, A. D. 1869, said collector shall possess all the powers to enforce the payment and collection of all taxes which he could or might exercise before the return day of his warrant, by the laws in force at the time said warrant issued.

2. The sureties on the bond of said collector shall not be released nor their liability affected by this act.

3. That hereafter, the time for the return of the warrants issued to the collector in said township of Peoria shall be on the first day of April, each year, instead of the 15th day of February.

4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 19, 1869.

n force March AN ACT to extend the time for the return day of the collector's warrant in 80, 1869.

Warrant.

the town of West Galena.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the collector's warrant in the town of West Galena, in Jo Daviess county, be and the same is hereby extended to one hundred days, from the date thereof, instead of sixty days, as now required by law: Provided, that said collector, in

said town of West Galena, shall, on or before the day now fixed by law for the return of said warrant, execute and deliver to the proper officer a good and sufficient bond, with approved sureties, for the faithful performance of his duties during such extended time, and for the full payment of all moneys due or which may become due from him as said collector.

2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 30, 1869.

TOWNS PLATS.

AN ACT to vacate the town of Avoca.

In force March

31, 1669.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the town Plat vacated. and town plat of the town of Avoca, in Livingston county, in this state, is hereby vacated, saving to all and all parties and societies their rights and interests they or any of them may have in any school house, school house lot or any church and lot upon which the same may stand.

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

APPROVED March 31, 1869.

AN ACT to vacate the town plat of the town of Bloomingdale, in Logan In force March

county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the town plat of the town of Bloomingdale, and also the plat of Smithfield Association's addition to the town of Bloomingdale, in the county of Logan, and state of Illinois, be and the same are hereby declared to be vacated, and the lots and blocks of said town and addition shall hereafter be assessed and taxed in the same manner that other lands are required to be assessed and taxed; and the title to the several alleys, streets and public squares in said town and additions shall be vested in the owner or owners of the adjoining lots or lands.

20, 1869.