29. This is hereby declared to be a public act, to be received and use in all courts without proving or pleading the same, and shall take enect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 10, 1849. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Columbus, in Adams county, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That whenever the inhabitants of the town of Columbus may incorporate themselves into a town under any law of this state, the boundaries of said town shall be one mile square; the centre of the public square in said town being the centre of said one mile square, and all of the land within the limits shall be considered the town of Columbus. § 2. That the incorporated limits of the town of Columbus, with one half of one mile on each side, making two miles square, be, In force, March 1, 1849. Incorporated. Boundaries. and the same is hereby, created into a school district, and that the school district. township treasurer of the two townships out of which the Columbus school district is formed by this act, shall pay to the superintendant of common schools in said district or corporation such a proportion of the common school and township funds as the territory out of which the said Columbus district is formed would be entitled to if it had remained unattached to said corporation; and the census required by the seventy-fifth section of an act entitled "an act to establish and maintain common schools," approved March 1, 1847, shall be returned biennially to the township treasurer of the township to which such attached territory before belonged, by the aforesaid superintendant of common schools in said corporation. § 3. That the superintendant of common schools appointed by the board of trustees shall, under the direction of said board, discharge the duties of school directors, and also act as district treasurer, and his certificate of qualification to persons teaching in said corporation shall be legal. § 4. This act to be in force from and after the first day of March, A. D. 1849. APPROVED February 10, 1849. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to extend the corporate powers of the town of Pekin, and to confirm the action of the president and trustees of said town in certain cases." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That whereas the president and trustees of the town of Pekin have sold and conveyed all their right, title, and interest, both at law and in equity, of, in, and to the ferry across the Illinois river within the corporate limits of said (1) In force, April 13, 1849. town of Pekin, granted to them by the said aet aforesaid, and to Benjamin S. Pretty man, his heirs and assigns forever, and granted him a license to keep the same; therefore, the said acts of the said president and trustees of said town shall be, and they are hereby, approved, and the said Benjamin S. Prettyman, his heirs and assigns, are hereby confirmed in their title to said ferry granted to him and to them by said president and trustees of said town of Pekin, subject to the statutes of the state of Illinois regulating public ferries. APPROVED February 10, 1849. In force, April 13, 1849. AN ACT to attach the town of Milan, in the county of Rock Island, to the town of Hampton. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That so much of the plat of the town of Milan, in the county of Rock Island, as has not been heretofore vacated by law, shall hereafter be attached to and form a part of the town of Hampton, in said county. APPROVED February 10, 1849. In force, Jeb. 10, 1849. Election. AN ACT to amend "an act to incorporate the town of Lacon, in Marshall county," in force December 10, 1839. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That the limits of the corporation of the town of Lacon, in the county of Marshall, shall be construed to include the south-east fractional quarter of section twentysix, (26) the south-west quarter of section twenty-five, (25) the north half of the north-west quarter of section thirty-six, (36) and the north-east fractional quarter of section thirty-five, (35) all in township thirty (30) north, of range three, (3) west of the third principal meridian. § 2. That on the last Monday of February next an election shall be held in said town for a president and four trustees, and the clerk of the county commissioners' court of said county shall give five days' notice of the time and place of holding said election in said town for a president and four trustees, as provided for in the act to which this is an amendment, by posting up notices of said election in three of the most public places in said town, who when elected shall serve until the first Monday in the month of April, 1850, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Their successors shall be elected and all vacancies filled in the manner provided for in the act to which this is an amendment. §3. The said clerk of the commissioners' court shall on the day of said election attend at the place of holding the same, and keep a record of the votes given, and give the persons having the hig he number of votes certificates of their election, and preserve in his This act to be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT to vacate certain alleys and streets running through property belonging to Joseph Campbell, of Will county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That so much of the subdivision of the south-west quarter of section nine, township thirty-five north, of range ten east, in Will county, Illinois, into towns lots, as includes and relates to out-lots 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and also so much of the subdivision of the north-west quarter of the same section as includes out-lots 16 and 17, (said property belonging to Joseph Campbell,) be, and the same is hereby, vacated, and all the streets and alleys running through the portions of said subdivisions hereby vacated shall belong to and vest in the owner of said lots above described. This act to be in force from and after its APPROVED February 12, 1849. passage. In force, Feb. 12, 1849. AN ACT amend the town plat of Waterloo. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That John B. Smith be, and he is hereby, authorised and empowered to establish two streets, sixty feet wide, one through block number fifteen, the other through block number sixteen, as marked and designed on the recorded plat of Martin's addition to the town of Waterloo, instead of the two alleys which run through said blocks. And to establish an alley twenty feet wide between said blocks, instead of the street which now separates them; Provided, that no damage be done to the property of any other person, in value or otherwise, by reason of said location of said streets and alley. APPROVED February 12, 1849. In force, April 13, 1849. In force, Api 13, 1849. AN ACT to change the name of the town of Harrison, in Stephenson county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly. That the name of the town of Harrison, in Stephenson county, be, and the same is hereby, changed to that of Cedarville, and shall be so designated for all uses and purposes to which the former name of Harrison applied. APPROVED February 12, 1849. In force, Feb. 12, 1849. AN ACT providing for the recording and preservation of town plats in the county of Whiteside, ilmois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That the recorder of Whiteside county, in the state of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, permitted and empowered to record upon the county records of said county, the plat or maps of the town of Prophetstown, as made and laid out by M. L. Henry, R. L. Wilson, and L. H. Woodworth, as commissioners appointed by the circuit court of said county, in a suit for the partition of said town, and filed by said commissioners as a part of their report in the clerk's office of said court, without the certificate and acknowledgment required by the provisions of the 15th division of an act entitled "corporations," approved March 3d, 1845; and that the same when recorded shall constitute the legal plat or map of said town, under the provisions of said act mentioned; and that the proprietors and owners of said town are hereby released from the penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities heretofore incurred under the 27th section of said act. § 2. The county commissioners' court of said county are hereby authorised to order and require a new entry to be made on the records of said county, of the town plats of Albany, Lyndon, Como, and Rapids City, whenever the same may be necessary for the preservation of said recorded town plats, and to make such appropriations for the recording of the same out of the county treasury as they shall deem just and equitable. § 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 12, 1849. Feb. In force, gal. 10. 1849. AN ACT to legalise the recent survey of the town of Independence in the county of Fulton, and for other purposes therein named. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, Survey made le- represented in the general assembly, That the survey, platting, and recording of the plat of the town of Independence, in the county of Fulton, and state of Illinois, as now survey ed, platted, and recorded be, and the same is hereby, legalised and made as valid and legal for all purposes whatsoever as if said town had been surveyed, platted, and said plat acknowledged and recorded in strict accordance with the provisions of the law now, and at the time said town was surveyed, in force, regulating and directing the manner of laying out, surveying, platting, and recording plats of towns. vey no cause § 2. No action, suit, complaint, or prosecution shall be insti- Defect in surtuted or prosecuted by reason of any fine, forfeiture, or penalty of action. incurred, because of any defect or informality in the original surveying, platting, or recording the plat of said town of Independence, against any person or persons whatsoever. Nor shall any suit, action, or complaint be prosecuted for any penalty, fine, or forfeiture incurred or suffered by reason of any sale of lands, lot, or lots within the limits of said town of Independence, because of the illegality of the original surveying, platting, or recording of the plat of said town of Independence, against any person or persons whomso ever. § 3. All title or titles to any and all lands, lot, or lots within said Title valid. town of Indepen lence, shall be deemed and considered as valid as if said town had been originally laid out, surveyed, platted, and such plat recorded according to the provisions of the statutes now and heretofore in force in such cases. §4. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 10, 1849. AN ACT to authorise the county commissioners' court, or the county court when created, to sell lots in the town of Toulon. In force, Feb. 12, 1849. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly. That the county commissioners or the judges of the county court, when created, of the county of Stark, be, and they are hereby, authorised to sell, either at private To sell lots. or public sale, for cash or on a credit of six and twelve months, with interest, the lots remaining unsold in the town of Toulon ; take notes and give bonds for deed to purchasers, or execute conveyances when purchase money is paid down, as required by "an act to locate the county seat of Stark county and for other purposes," approved February 27th, 1841. § 2. The proceeds of said sale of lots in the town aforesaid, and Proceeds. the amount of money and notes now in the treasury of said county, known as "the town lot fund," derived from the original sale of lots in said town, shall be appropriated to erect a female seminary, on the lot selected originally for that purpose in the town of Toulon, or upon such lot as may be selected by said court instead thereof, and for no other purpose. §3. The county commissioners' court, or the county court, as the Female acade. case may be, may appoint one or more suitable persons to contract my. for the building of said female academy, receive subscriptions to aid in its construction, and to do and perform such other acts as may be necessary to ensure the early completion of the same under the direction of said court. |