any point on the line thereof, west of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, in the county of Livingston, to or near the city of Muscatine, in the state of Iowa, crossing the Illinois river, in the county of Putnam; and, for this purpose, it is invested with all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises granted or intended to be granted by the act hereby amended.

road at

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§ 3. Said company may commence the construction of May commence its railroad at any point or points on the line thereof, and point. may complete and operate any part or parts thereof, to be determined by the board of directors, and may lease or sell the whole or any part thereof to, or unite its road with any railroad now constructed or which may hereafter be constructed in this state, the state of Iowa or the state of Indiana, which its railroad may cross or intersect, and it may lease or purchase any such intersecting railroad on such terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the companies so leasing, selling, uniting or purchasing.

and cities may take stock.

§ 4. Any city, incorporated town or township, in any Towns county through or near which the said company's railroad may be located, is hereby authorized to subscribe to the capital stock of said company to any amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, the same to be approved, the subscription made, the bonds issued, the taxes assessed and collected, and all matters connected therewith done in pursuance of and in conformity with the provisions of the act amendatory of the act hereby amended, except as hereinafter provided.

5. The notices for elections in cities and incorporated Notices of electowns shall be signed by the clerk of such cities or incor- tion. porated towns, and such notice shall be given only upon request of not less than twenty-five of the legal voters of any such city or incorporated town, and shall be published in any newspaper published in any such city or incorporated town, at least thirty days prior to such election, or written or printed notices thereof may be posted in five or more public places in any such city or incorporated town, at least thirty days before the time of holding any such election; and in all cases where the clerk of any township shall neglect or refuse to post notices in any township, then the same may be done as in cases of cities or incorporated towns, and shall have the same force and effect as if posted by the clerk.

6. The railroad of said company, with its grounds, Railroad proptracks, buildings, rolling stock and other property shall be erty to be taxed assessed and taxed in the same proportion as other property in the counties, townships, cities and incorporated towns in or through which it may be located; and all taxes levied upon said road, except for state purposes, shall be paid by the said company to the treasurers of the several counties

Conflicting acts repealed.

through which its road may run, and shall be set apart and applied to the payment of the interest and principal of the bonds issued by the townships, cities and incorporated towns, in proportion to the amounts by them severally subscribed.

§ 7. All parts and provisions of the act hereby amended and of the act amendatory of the same, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are continued in full force and virtue, and shall apply alike to all parts of the railroad of said company, throughout the entire length thereof.

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

APPROVED March 29, 1869.

In force March AN ACT to change the name and amend the charter of the Madison 29, 1869. County Railroad Company, approved February 15th, 1865.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Name changed. name of the said Madison County Railroad Company is hereby changed to the "Chicago, Edwardsville and Southern Railroad Company;" and by the lattter name it shall be known and called in all places whatsoever.

Extend road.

2. The said company shall have the power to extend their said road, from its terminus, in the town of Edwardsville, in a southerly direction, and to run within at least one quarter of a mile of the corporate limits of the town of Troy, in Madison county, to the town of Mascoutah, in Saint Clair county, and to Cairo and Paducah, and for that purpose, said company shall have and exercise all the powers and rights and be subject to all the duties and liabilities contained in the charter hereby proposed to be amended. 3. This act shall take effect and 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 McLean 27, 1869. County Central Branch Railroad," approved February 22, 1861.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section Sec. 1 amended. first of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the McLean County Central Branch Railroad Company," approved February 22, 1861, be and the same is hereby amended as

Additional in

follows: That after the names of Wm. H. Cheney, L. N. Bishop, Henry Barnhouse, and James Mix, in the fourth corporators. line of said section, the names of William H. Somers, S D. Baker, Henry Conkling, L. A. Crumbaugh, shall be added thereto; also, in the same section, commencing on the sixteenth line, it shall read as follows: "And said company are hereby authorized and empowered to locate, construct and finally complete a railroad, commencing at any point on the Illinois Central Railroad, between the town of Hayworth, in McLean county, and the town of Clinton, in De Witt county, Illinois, running thence, from said point of location in a north-easterly direction, through the town of Le Roy, in McLean county, thence, on the most practicable route to any point on the Illinois Central Branch Railroad, between the town of Gilman, in Iroquois county, and the town of Paxton, in Ford county, Illinois."

§ 2. Section three of said charter shall have added Sec. 3 amended. thereto the following clause, to read as follows: "And the several townships, cities or counties, through or near which said railroad shall pass, may and they are hereby authorized to subscribe for and take stock in said company, to any amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for each of said townships, cities or counties, and may issue their corporate bonds therefor: Provided, that no such bonds shall be made until the question has been submitted Submitted to to the legal voters of such townships, cities or counties; and legal voters. the clerk of such incorporation is hereby required, by at least ten citizens who are legal voters and taxpayers of such township, city or county for which he is clerk, in which petition the amount proposed to be subscribed and the rate. of interest thereon shall be stated, to post up notices in at least three public places in such township, city or county, which notice shall be posted not less than thirty days before Notice of elec the day of holding such election, notifying the legal voters tlon. of such township, city or county to meet at the usual place of holding elections, or some other convenient place named in such notice, for the purpose of voting for or against such subscription; and if it shall appear that a majority of all the legal voters of such township, city or county, voting at such election, have voted for such subscription, it shall be the duty of the chairman of the board of supervisors of the county, or the supervisor of the township, or the mayor of Who may subthe city, to subscribe to the capital stock of said railroad scribe stock. company the amount so voted to be subscribed, and he shall execute to said company, or their assigns, in the name of such township, city or county, bonds, bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, which bonds shall run for a term of not more than ten years-interest on the same made payable annually, and which bonds shall be signed by such chairman, supervisor or mayor, and be attested by the clerk of such township, city or county, in whose name

No payment till the bonds are issued: Provided, that no part of such bonds work completed shall be delivered or payment made to said company or

Sec. 4 amended.

Sec. 6 amended.

their assigns, until an amount of work shall have been done in grading and bridging on said railway in such township, city or county where the subscription is made, equal in value to the amount of one-tenth of such subscription—which work shall be approved by three competent persons, appointed by said railroad company, before the delivery of said bonds; and in like manner shall the work be done and payments made in the township, city or county where the subscription is made. Should there be a surplus of said subscription, after completing such grading and bridging in such township, city or county, it may be applied in the same manner next adjoining to any grading and bridging already done, so as to keep a continuous line of work on said railway, and in case it should not be necessary to use all of such subscription for the completion of such work herein set forth, then, and in that case, the remainder of such subscription shall be delivered to said railroad company, or their assigns, to be used by them for any purpose on said railway, necessary to be done, in order for the completion of the same: Provided, further, that the registry of votes last had preceding any election to be held under the provisions of this act shall be the registry for such election."

§ 3. In section four, the word "first," in the second line, shall be stricken out, so that the first and second lines will read, "and the above named persons, in section first, as amended, shall be and constitute the board of directors." The sixth and seventh lines of same section shall be amended so as to read: "Said directors shall organize the board as soon as practicable after the passage of this amendment." 4. Section six shall be amended so as to read: "Said company shall be alowed five years from the passage of this amendment for the commencement of the construction of said railroad, and shall complete the same within ten years from the date of the passage thereof. Should said company or their assigns fail to finish said road, or any part thereof, within the time specified, said company shall not forfeit any of their rights acquired under this act to that part of said road which may be finished within the time above specified : May unite with And it is further provided, that said company shall have power to unite or connect itself with any other railroad company in this state, upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the companies so uniting or connecting, and for that purpose, full power is hereby given to said company to make and execute such contracts with any other company as will secure the object of such union or Name changed. connection. Said company may change its corporate name and style to such name and style as its directors, by resolution, may order and direct, upon filing in the office of the

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secretary of state a copy of such resolution within sixty. days after the passage of the same, and publishing a like copy in one or more newspapers published in the county through which the road runs.'

§ 5. This act shall be deemed and considered a public act, and shall be favorably construed for all purposes herein expressed in all courts and places whatsoever; and take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 27, 1869.

10, 1869.

AN ACT to change the name of the Murphysboro and Shawneetown Rail- In force March road Company to that of the Carbondale and Shawneetown Railroad Company; to make valid the subscription and agreement of the county court of Williamson county, in regard to said railroad, and to further amend the act of incorporation, approved March 7, 1867.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Name changed, name of the Murphysboro and Shawneetown Railroad Company is hereby changed to that of the "Carbondale and Shawneetown Railroad Company;" and, by that name, said company shall have all the rights and be subject to all the liabilities conferred and imposed by the act of incorporation, approved March 7, 1867; and furthermore, the railroad to be constructed under and by virtue of said last mentioned act shall begin at Carbondale, instead of at or near Murphysboro, and extend as is provided for in the first section of the aforesaid act of incorporation.

tions.

§ 2. The subscription heretofore made and entered of Stock subscriprecord by the county court of Williamson county, in pursuance of a vote of the voters of said county, in regard to the capital stock of the Murphysboro and Shawneetown Railroad Company, and the recorded agreements in the county clerk's office of said county, heretofore entered into by Jesse Bishop and Addison Reese, two of the judges of the county court of said county, and Samuel Dunaway, president of said railroad company, in regard to the sale and transfer of the stock or the certificate of the stock of said railroad company, which certificate is to be obtained by said county. court, on behalf of said county, is hereby legalized, and said agreement and said certificate is hereby made valid and binding upon said county and upon said Carbondale and Shawneetown Railroad Company: Provided, however, that the said county court, in consideration of the construction of said railroad, from Carbondale to the town of Marion, in said county, shall make an assignment and transter of said certificate or certificates of one hundred thousand dollars' worth of the capital stock of said railroad company, Vol. III-41