Alton Railroad Company or the capital stock of the St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad Company, are hereby declared legal and of binding effect upon the respective county, city or town, and its legal representatives, ordering such elections and voting thereon.

Subscriptions

§ 2. All subscriptions of stock heretofore voted by either of the counties, cities or towns named in the first legalized. section of this act, to the capital stock of the Rock Island and Alton Railroad Company or to the St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad Company, which remained unpaid, in whole or in part, at the date of the transfer of said St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad to the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company are hereby declared vested, by virtue of said deed of sale and transfer, in the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company, the same as if they had been voted direct to the said Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company, and the said Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company are hereby authorized, through their president, to demand and enforce the subscription by the legal representatives of the counties, towns or cities, above named, of all such unpaid amounts to the capital stock of the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company: Provided, all such corporate subscriptions of stock to the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company, authorized by this law, shall be made upon the same terms and conditions and with the same restrictions as are attached to the subscriptions of private individuals to the said railroad company in the counties where the corporate subscription is made.

3. The said Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Stock of delinRailroad Company are hereby authorized, through their quents, clam. presidents, to demand, enforce and receive from the legally constituted authorities of any county, town or city above named, voting stock, as aforesaid, when the canvassers of the votes provided by law, after counting the same, have certified that a majority of the votes cast are in favor of or "For subscription," the amount in full, or any unpaid balance thereof, as the case may be; which said. amount, in whole or in part, as the case may be, shall be paid to the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company, in the manner and form as provided by the law authorizing the subscription; and all certificates of legally constituted canvassers of the votes of any election held in either of the counties, towns or cities named above, where the proposition submitted to the people was "For subscription" or "Against subscription" to the capital stock of the Rock Island and Alton Railroad Company, or to the capital stock of the St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad Company, are hereby declared legal and of bind- Transfers biuding effect, and shall be taken and received by the county ing. court of any county or the legal representatives of any city

or town, above named, as conclusive evidence of the fact as to the majority either "For subscription" or "Against subscription," as the case may be; and in all cases when the canvassers' certificate shows a majority "For subscription" the county court of such county or the legal representatives of such city or town shall provide for the payment of the amount so voted, either in whole or in part, as the case may be, by the issue of bonds, as provided in section sixteen (16) of the act incorporating the Rock Island and Alton Railroad Company, approved February 14th, 1855: Provided, the expense and cost of engraving, printing and obtaining said bonds shall be paid by the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company: Corporate sub- Provided, further, all corporate subscriptions of stock to the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad, authorized in the provisions of this act, s all become due and payable at the same time and in the same proportions as are the subscriptions of private individuals in the counties where the corporate subscription is made: And, provided, further, the said Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company shall construct, complete and equip the same within the time stipulated in the deed of sale and transfer heretofore referred to; and in the event of a failure of the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad so to do, the franchises, privileges and rights arising under and by virtue of this act shail be void and of no effect.

scription.

4. This act shall be deemed a public act, for the purposes therein expressed, and shall be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 11, 1869.

In force Feb. 19 AN ACT to amend "An act to incorporate the Shawneetown aud Eldo

1869.

Privileges.

rado Railroad Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all the rights, powers, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities granted by the act to incorporate the Shawneetown and Eldorado Railroad Company, approved February 20, 1861, are hereby revived and re-enacted and declared to be in full force and effect, excepting section eight of said act, which is hereby repealed, and, also, except that condemnation of lands for the purpose of said railroad shall be made in accordance with the general laws now in force or hereafter to be in force in relation to the condemnation of lands Consolidation for railroad purposes. And the said company is hereby authorized to consolidate and unite with any other railroad

of road.

or railroads or to lease or sell any part or the whole of its said railroad, either wholly or partially constructed, together with the right of way and all the rights, powers and franchises as a corporation, to any other railroad company or companies whose roads shall run in a continuous line with this railroad and terminating at Shawneetown; and the said company is hereby authorized and empowered to extend its railroad to a point on the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad, in Saline county, in this state. This act shall be a public act, and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 19, 1869.

AN ACT to amend [an act entitled] "An act to incorporate the St. In force March Charles Railroad Company," in force February 18th, 1859.

27, 1869.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of llinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Sec. 3 amended. second (2) section of the aforesaid act be so amended as to authorize and empower said railroad company to locate, construct, establish and finally complete and use a railroad, commencing at any convenient point within the corporate limits of the town of St. Charles, Kane county, and running from there on the most eligible and practicable route to the city of Chicago, or to connect its railroad with any railroad now or hereafter to be built, having or seeking a terminus at Chicago; and that the third (3) section of said act be so amended that the capital stock of said company may be increased to two million dollars.

2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 27, 1869.

AN ACT to build a branch road of the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute In force March Railroad from Hillsboro to Staunton, Illinois.

31, 1869.

branch road.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Construction of the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company be and are hereby authorized to build a branch of said railroad from Hillsboro, in the county of Montgomery, to Staunton, in the county of Macoupin, and for the purpose of enabling said railroad company to construct the said branch road in this act authorized to be built, said railroad company shall be and are hereby vested with all the powers, rights, privileges and immunities by any and all the

former acts of the legislature of this state heretofore conferred upon said railroad company, for the purpose of enabling them to build their main line of railway.

§ 2. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 31, 1869.

In force March AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act in aid of the St. Lou's, Jack6, 1869. sonville and Chicago Railroad Company," approved February 13, 1863.

bridges.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Construction of St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad Company be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to construct, build and maintain bridges for the use of their railroad over and across any stream or river within the limits of the state of Illinois, which it may be necessary to cross, in the construction of the said railroad or any branch or branches thereof: Provided, however, that in case it shall be necessary for said railroad to build a bridge or bridges across any navigable stream, within the limits of the state of Illinois, said bridge or bridges shall be so constructed as not materially to interfere with the navigation. of the river so crossed.

2. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect from its passage.

APPROVED March 6, 1869.

In force April AN ACT supplemental to an act entitled "An act to amend an act in aid 19, 1869. of the St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad Company," approved March 6, 1869.

stock.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That whenElections for ever any township now or hereafter organized under the subscriptions of township organization laws of this state, which may be situated on or near the route of the Saint Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad, or any of its branches, as the same has been or may hereafter be surveyed and located, shall desire to vote upon the question of subscribing to the capital stock of said company, it shall be lawful for the clerk of such township to call an election for that purpose, at any time, upon petition of at least thirty citizens, legal voters and tax payers of said township, giving twenty days'

notice of the time and place of holding such election, which notices shall be posted in at least five of the most public places in said township: Provided, that there shall not be more than one special election held in any one year after the passage of this act.

Amount voted

§ 2. At all such elections the sum voted by each township shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, and for. the bonds issued for the amount so voted may run for any length of time, not exceeding twenty-five years, and bear interest not to exceed ten per cent., per annum.

3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and

after its passage.

APPROVED April 19, 1869.

9, 1869.

A BILL for an act to enable the St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Rail- In force April road Company to acquire additional grounds for railroad purposes in the city of Jacksonville.

land.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That upon Appraisers. the application of the Saint Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad Company to the governor of this state, for that purpose, he shall appoint three disinterested appraisers, whose duty it shall be, after having qualified themselves by oath, to view and thereupon appraise the cash value of the following described parcels of real estate, now the property of this state, and being parcel of the grounds held by the state for the purposes of the Blind Asylum, in the city of Jacksonville, Illinois, to-wit: Beginning at a point on the, Description north line of State street, at its intersection with Illinois avenue, eighty-one feet and eleven inches west of the centre of the main track of the Saint Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad, and running thence in a northerly direction, parallel with the track of the said railroad, nine hundred and twenty-four feet, to the south line of the right of way of the Toledo, Waba-h and Western Railway; thence, eastwardly, along said south line, four feet and six inches, and thence, southwardly, two hundred and forty feet; thence, eastwardly, twenty feet, and thence, southwardly, six hundred and forty-nine feet and four inches to the north line of State street, and thence, westwardly, thirty feet, along the north line of said street, to the place of beginning; and, also, a tract of land, beginning at a point on the north line of State street, twenty-two feet and one inch. east of the centre of the main track of the Saint Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad, and running thence, northwardly, parallel with the said railroad track, to the south line of the right of way of the Toledo, Wabash and