so chosen aforesaid, and the said hall, when built or purchased, shall thereafter be under the management of the said supervisor, town clerk and justice of the peace.

legal voters.

to

§ 6. That if the said electors of said township shall, at Question again the election above mentioned, fail to vote for the issuing of the bonds of said township, for the purpose aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the supervisor, town clerk and any justice of the peace of said township, at any subsequent regular election in said township, to again submit the question of issuing such bonds for the purpose aforesaid; and they shall, in all things, proceed as is required for the first election above specified.

§ 7. If the said legal voters of the said township of Additional tax. Tolono shall, by their votes, order the said bonds to be issued, as aforesaid, and the same shall be afterward issued, it shall then be the duty of the supervisor, town clerk and assessor of said township of Tolono to levy, each year, for three years, an additional tax upon all the taxable property of the said township of Tolono to that now allowed by law, to meet and pay off the said bonds as they shall mature for payment; and it shall be the duty of the assessor to carry out the amount so assessed, for the purpose aforesaid, on his books, in a separate column; and when such special arsessment shall be collected, it shall be the duty of the township treasurer of said township of Tolono to apply the same to the redemption of the said bonds which may have been issued in pursuance of this act.

§ 8. This act shall be deemed a public act, and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED April 19, 1869.

TOWNSHIPS-RELIEF.

15, 1809.

AN ACT to repeal an act entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabit- In force March ants of township three (3) north, range ten (10), and of the inhabitants of township three (3) north, range nine (9) west, in Madison county, Illinois," approved February 16, 1857, and any act amendatory thereof, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of township three (3) Act repealed. north, range ten (10), and of the inhabitants of township three (3) north, range nine (9) west, in Madison county, Illinois," approved February 16, 1857, and any act amendatory thereof, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that

School house.

the school districts of township number three (3) north, range ten (10) west, now known as districts number one (1), number two (2) and number three (3), shall hereafter be composed only of such parts of said districts, respectively, as lie within said township: Provided, however, that said districts may, hereafter, have their boundaries changed in such manner as the school laws may provide.

2. That the board of directors of school districts numbers one and three, aforesaid, shall be entitled to draw from the surplus interest of the township fund of said township three (3) north, ten (10) west, for the purpose of building school houses, an amount proportionate to that which has already been drawn by district number two (2) for the same purpose. These amounts shall be determined by ascertaining the number of persons under twenty-one years of age now resident in each district, and ascertaining the number of dollars per capita heretofore used for building a school house in district number two (2), and, therefrom the amounts now equitably due to districts number one and three; which amounts shall be paid by the trustees, on the order of the directors: Provided, that neither of such amounts shall exceed thirty-five hundred dollars. Duties of the § 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of said township, by virtue of this act, to pay over, under the direction of the trustees, and on the order of the board of directors, the amounts to which each of the said districts is entitled. § 4. That the schools in progress at the time of the passage of this act shall be provided and paid for as heretofore provided, until their present terms expire.

treasurer.

School in progress to be provided for.

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

APPROVED March 15, 1869.

TOWNSHIPS-ROADS,

Name and style. AN ACT to legalize certain acts of the commissioners of highways of 20, 1869.

Clayton township, in Adams county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all the acts of the commissioners of highways of Clayton township, in the county of Adams, in the state of Illinois, and of the supervisors of said county, relating to a road commencing at the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of section twenty-seven (27), in township one north of the

base line, and in range five (5) west of the fourth principal meridian; running thence south on section line one-half mile, to the south-west corner of said quarter section; thence south, on the section line between sections thirtythree (33) and thirty-four (34), in the township and range aforesaid, until the said road intersects the public road leading from the town of Clayton to the town of Columbus, in said county, are hereby legalized and confirmed.

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

APPROVED March 26, 1869.

AN ACT to authorize the commissionera of highways in Mendon township, In force March in the county of Adams, to resurvey and relocate a certain public road therein described.

81, 1869.

locate road.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the, Burvey and recommissioners of highways in Mendon township, in the county of Adams, are hereby authorized and empowered to resurvey and relocate a certain road in said township, heretofore located, and described as follows, viz: Commencing at the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty-seven, in said town, and running thence north to the north line of section sixteen, in said town; thence west fifty rods; thence north, to the point of intersection with a road running east and west in said town, known as the Mendon and Quincy road-all of said route of road being in township one north of the base line and of range eight west of the fourth principal meridian.

§ 2. Said commissioners shall have power and are width of road. hereby authorized to establish said road of any width, not less than two nor more than four rods wide: Provided, that the proper costs and charges of such resurveying and relocating of said road shall be borne and paid by the persons specially interested and owning the land on which the road is located and on which the same is to be relocated: And, provided, further, that said commissioners shall not make said road of a less width than four rods over any land where the owner or owners thereof have received damages or where damages have been allowed to such owner or owners, unless such owner or owners shall repay a reasonable proportion of such damages so received or allowed, in proportion to the diminished width of said road. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its pas

sage.

APPROVED March 31, 1869.

TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES.

In force April 9.1869.

AN ACT to incorporate the Illinois Valley Transportation Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Name and style. George J. Eldridge, of the city of Peru, William F. Keeler and William J. Mason, of the city of LaSalle, and state of Illinois, and associates, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, for the term of thirty years, under the name and style of "The Illinois Valley Transportion Company;" and, by that name and style, may sue and be sued in any court whatsoever, and may have and use a common seal, which they may alter at pleasure.

Capital stock.

Management.

May purchase and hold real estate.

Dividends.

2. The capital stock shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, which may be increased by a vote of the stockholders representing a majority of the same; and the shares shall be one bundred dollars each. The said company may organize, when ten thousand dollars shall have been subscribed. Books shall be opened at LaSalle, LaSalle county, Illinois, within sixty days from the passage of this act, for subscriptions to the stock of said company.

3. The business of the corporation shall be managed by not less than five directors, one of whom shall be president of the company, and such other officers as the board of directors shall choose to appoint. Said directors may be elected annually, and shall serve until their successors be chosen; and they may make such by-laws as the necessity of the company may require, not inconsistent with the laws of this state. At all meetings the president shall preside, or, in case of his absence, a chairman shall be appointed for the time being.

84. Said corporation may purchase and hold any real estate, for the erection of any buildings or grounds and other property necessary to carry on their business, and may lay plank roads or iron tracks from said company's buildings, for the purpose of receiving and transporting freight, stock or passengers, and to such other points as the business may justify, employing such moving power as the business may demand, over and upon any highway, road, street or alley. The price for passengers, however, shall not in any case exceed five cents for all distances of one mile or less and at the same rate for distances over one mile.

5. The said corporation may make such dividends, from time to time, as the business of the corporation, in the opinion of the directors, shall warrant. The company shall be governed by the general laws of the state in con

demning such grounds or lands as may be required for their business, in case they cannot be purchased at a reasonable price. The directors shall, by vote, make such regulations concerning the payment of stock subscribed as they may deem proper.

ture legislation.

86. This act shall be subject to all future legislation, Subject to fuof a general character, in relation to corporations, and shall be deemed a public act, and take effect from and after

AN ACT to incorporate the Plainfield Peat and Transportation Company. Iu force March

30, 1869.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That J. Ď. Hahn, T. W. Lull, George W. Lynd and A. J. Ewen, and their associates and successors, and all such persons as shall become stockholders in the company hereby created, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The Plainfield Peat and Transportation Com- Name and style pany;" and, by that name, they and their successors shall be known, and have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in in all courts of law and equity; and may have and use a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure. The said company shall be located in the county of Will, in the state of Illinois.

Amount capi

§ 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall be twenty-five thousand dollars; which capital stock shall be tal stock. divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and such shares shall be personal property, and transferable on the books of the corporation, in such manner as the by-laws of said corporation shall prescribe.

May purchase

and hold real

§ 3. Said corporation is authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, lease and hold or sell and dispose of estate. such real estate as may be necessary for the convenient and economical transaction of its business, and also to borrow money and pay interest thereon, and to make and execute bonds, bills, notes and mortgages and other securities and evidences of indebtedness, as may be necessary for carrying on the business of said corporation; and may also take securities from its customers and others upon real estate or personal property or chattel interests, for debts due it, including future or accruing indebtedness, and may also bid in or purchase any real estate or personal property or chattel interests, at any judicial or other sale, made by virtue of debt, security, trust or power, made to or vested in or Vol. IV-59