place, having a majority of all the votes given, shall be the permanent seat of justice for said county of Hardin. SEC. 7. The county commissioners of Hardin county are Appropria- hereby authorized to appropriate, for public improvements, tion for public the amount of money which said county is to receive from improvements the county commissioners of Pope county under the Internal improvement law, as provided in the third section of this County attached to 3d Time of holding courts Proviso act. SEC. 8. The said county of Hardin shall belong to the third Jud. circuit judicial circuit; and the times of holding the circuit courts of said county, shall be as follows, to wit: on the Thursdays before the second Mondays in March, and the fourth Mondays in August: Provided, That no term of the circuit court of said county of Hardin shall be held until the fall term of said court, as herein provided; that all suits now pending in the Pope circuit court, in which citizens of Hardin county are concerned, Suits in Pope or to be commenced, by or against citizens of Hardin county, circuit court prior to the next March term of the Pope circuit court, shall be tried in said Pope circuit court; and that the said circuit court of Pope county have full and complete jurisdiction of all matters, whether civil or criminal, which pertain to the said county of Hardin, as it had prior to the passage of an act, entitled "An act establishing the county of Hardin, approved March 2, 1839," to which this [is] an amendment, until after the March term, next ensuing, of the said Pope circuit court. SEC. 9. All laws, or parts of laws, coming within the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Laws repealed APPROVED, January 8, 1840. In force, 8th AN ACT supplemental to "An act to authorize the county commissioners Jan. 1840. Duties to construct certain roads in Greene county." SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, re-represented in the General Assembly, That all the duties that quired of com are required and directed to be done by the county commismissioners of sioners of Greene county, under "An act authorizing the counGreen county to be perfor- ty commissioners' court to construct certain roads in Greenc med by comr's County, approved March 2d, 1839," if the county of Jersey of Jersey had not been created, is hereby authorized and required to be done by the county commissioners of Jersey county, in regard to the road from Jerseyville to the river in said county; said county commissioners are hereby authorized and required to expend the same amount of money, and in the same way that the county commissioners of Greene county would have done, if the county of Jersey had not have been created. county Money here expended This act to be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT authorising an additional Justice of the Peace in the La Harpe In force, 8th District, in Hancock county. Jan. 1840 SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That one justice of the peace in addition to the one now allowed by law, shall be Additional elected in the La Harpe district, in the county of Hancock, Justice for the which Justice so elected shall reside in the town of La Harpe, Harpe in said district. town of La SEC. 2. The county commissioners' court of Hancock county are hereby required, to cause an election to be held Time of on the first Monday of April next, or as soon thereafter as election practicable, and at each quadrennial election thereafter, for one justice of the peace in said district in addition to those now allowed by law. fice The justice of the peace so elected, shall hold his office Term of ofuntil the next general election for justices of the peace, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified as in other cases; and the Justice so elected, shall have the same juris-Jurisdiction diction, and be governed in all respects by the same regulations as other justices of the peace. APPROVED, January 8, 1840. of Justice AN ACT to incorporate the Clinton Steam Mill Company. Jan. 1840. rate SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, In force, 8th represented in the General Assembly, That Thomas Bond, James Wightman, James Thompson and Benjamin Bond, and their associates, successors and assigns, be, and they are here- Body corpo by constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the "Clinton Steam Mill Company," for the more Name and convenient owning and conducting a Steam Saw and Grist style Mill, to be propelled by one or more steam engines, in the county of Clinton, and the transaction of all the usual business of companies engaged in the manufacture of flour, meal and lumber, and the transportation and vending the same; and the said corporation, by the said name, is declared, and hereby made capable in law, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to have a common seal, and the same to alter and renew at pleasure, to make rules and by-laws. for the regulation and management of the said corporation, consistent with the laws of this State; and generally to do and execute whatever by-law shall appertain to such bodies politic: Pro- Proviso vided, That nothing herein contained, shall be considered as conferring on the said corporation any banking privileges, but they shall be exclusively confined to the operations necessary for carrying on the business consequent upon the running and conducting of steam mills. Powers Amount of SEC. 2. The said corporation shall have the right to held, land to be possess and enjoy, any quantity of land, not exceeding six hun⚫ held dred and forty acres, and the whole amount of capital stock Capital stock, shall not exceed in value thirty thousand dollars, and shall be how employed divided into one hundred shares of three hundred dollars each; which capital shall be employed in purchasing and holding the lands aforesaid, and in procuring, constructing, employing and using buildings, machinery, teams, tools and utensils, and all things necessary and proper for the manufacturing of meal, flour, and lumber, and transportation and sale of the same; and the purchase of corn, wheat, timber and other materials for the successful prosecution of the object of the company; every member of the company shall have a certificate, under the seal of the corporation, and made and altered in such manner and form as the by-laws shall prescribe, certifying his property in the share or shares owned by him, and the stock of said company shall in the nature of personal property, be assignable and transferable, according to such rules as the board of directors shall Stock not establish, and no stockholder indebted to the company, shall to be transfer- be permitted to make a transfer or receive a dividend, until red till debts such debt is discharged, or security given for the same to the Stock transferable are paid Directors, how chosen Notice of election How each share may vote Quorum to do business President satisfaction of the directors. SEC. 3. For the managing of the affairs of the said corporation, there shall be chosen from among the stockholders, four directors, who shall hold their office for one year, or until superseded by others, ten days previous notice shall be given, by putting up written notices in five of the most public places in the county of Clinton, (or by publishing in a public newspaper whenever there shall be one published in the county of Clinton,) of the first election for directors under this act, and there shall be annually thereafter, a like election for directors, in the town of Carlyle. In all such elections for directors, each proprietor of a share in the capital stock shall be entitled to one vote for each and every share held and owned by him, which vote shall be given, either by himself in person, or by his proxy duly authorized under seal, and a majority of the shares shall be necessary to a choice of directors, or the transaction of any business which may concern the company and come before the stock holders. SEC. 4. A majority of the directors shall form a quorum to transact business, and they shall meet within thirty days from the time they shall have been chosen at Carlyle, and choose by ballot one of their number for President, who shall serve for one year, or until superseded by a new election; and there Annual elec- shall be annually thereafter, a like election in the town of Carlyle, by the said directors for the time being of a President for the said corporation. tion other officers Secretary and The said directors shall also have power to choose, and apTreasurer, & point a secretary and treasurer, and such other officers and agents to conduct and prosecute the business of the said corporation as they shall deem necessary and proper, and prescribe their duties from time to time in such way" as said directors may think best. The said directors shall cause to be kept, duly recorded in books to be provided and kept for the purpose, minutes of all Minutes of their proceedings, and regular accounts of all their transac- proceedings to be kept tions; as also minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders at each of their meetings, which book may at any time be inspected by any of the stockholders. The said directors shall have power for good cause, to be spread at large, together with the proof in support thereof upon the minutes aforesaid, to remove the President from office; they shall have power also be removed to supply any vacancy which may occur in the office of Presiident, or in their own body, and the president or directors thus chosen, shall hold his office until the next succeeding regular annual election for such office. Officers may SEC. 5. The directors may from time to time, at any meet- Payment of ing, assess and require payment of such sum of money not instalments exceeding twenty per cent. upon each share of the capital stock, as shall be judged by them necessary for the purposes of the corporation, to be paid into the hands of the treasurer; and if after publication of notice in a newspaper, once a week for two months, or by posting up written notices for the space of two months by the secretary of the board of the time of payment of any proportion or instalment of said capital stock, in Failure five of the most public places in the county of Clinton, if there pay instalbe no newspaper published in said county. Any stockholder ments, shall forfeit previfailing to pay his instalment, at the time specified in such no- ous payments tice, the amount paid by such delinquent stockholder previously, shall be forfeited to the company, and his stock may be Stock may sold to any person for such price, as may be agreed upon be- be sold tween said company and the purchaser. SEC. 6. Dividends of the nett profits of the said company Dividends shall be made at such time as shall be determined by the stock how made holders in general meeting, which dividend shall be paid to Declaration the person entitled to the same, on demand made, ten days of dividends after making and declaring such dividend. The declaring to be pub and amount of said dividend shall be published once or more lished in a newspaper, should there be any printed in the county of Clinton, and should there be no newspaper printed as aforesaid, then for four weeks successively, by keeping up printed notices in five of the most public places in the county. SEC. 7. The Treasurer of the Company within thirty days Treasurer to after his appointment shall enter into bonds for the faithful give bonds discharge of his duties, in such amount as shall be designated by the Board of Directors, and with such securities as said Board may approve; and all monies accruing to the company and falling into the hands of said Treasurer, shall be by him safely kept and disbursed for the uses of said company as already provided for, and in accordance with the by-laws of said company, not conflicting with any of the provisions of this act. SEC. 8. The stock of said company shall be deemed personal estate, and pass as such to the legal representatives of Proviso may be sold each stockholder: Provided, That the real estate which may be held by said corporation shall be sold and conveyed when they may think proper so to dispose of it, according to the forms Real estate and in the manner prescribed by law for conveying real estate, the President of the company making the acknowledgment on behalf of the corporation: Provided, also, that the whole amount of real estate purchased by said corporation during its corporate existence shall not exceed six hundred and forty acres. Proviso SEC. 9. Said corporation shall continue, and by the name and style of the "Clinton Steam Mill Company" shall have succession for and during the period of twenty years and no longer. APPROVED, January 8, 1840. In force, 8th town is vaca AN ACT to vacate the town plat of Shepherdstown. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the town plat of Shepherdstown, as lics within the county of VermilCondition on ion, State of Illinois, shall be, and the same is hereby declared which plat of vacated, upon the proprietor of said town making and filing with the clerk of the County Commissioners' Court, of said county of Vermilion, under oath, a statement in writing, setting forth that he is the sole proprietor and owner of all the lots embraced within the limits of said town. APPROVED, January 8, 1840. ted In force, 8th AN ACT to attach the county of Lee to the sixth Judicial District. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county of Lee, be, and the same is hereby attached to the Sixth Judicial Circuit. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, January 15, 1840. In force, 15th Name of town changed to Barry AN ACT to change the name of the town of Worcester, in Pike county' to that of Barry. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the name of the town of Worcester, in Pike county, be, and the same is hereby changed to that of Barry. APPROVED, January 15th, 1840. |