Report of appra sers. Pay into state treasury. Compensation of appraisers; Western Railway, and thence, eastwardly, along said south line, forty-four feet; thence, southwardly, parallel with the Saint Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad, to the north line of State street; and thence, westwardly, fortyfour feet, to the place of beginning: Provided, that so much of said land as may be situated on the westerly side of the main track of said railroad company shall be subject to the joint use and occupation of said St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad Company, and the Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad Company. Each of said companies shall pay one-half of the amount that may be assessed by said commissioners as the value thereof. § 2. That said appraisers, upon viewing and making the appraisment aforesaid, shall make a certificate thereof, in writing, in which the sum at which said parcels have been appraised shall be set forth, which shall be returned to and filed in the auditor's office of this state; and the said railroad company, upon the payment into the treasury of the state of the sum of money at which said parcels of real estate shall have been so appraised, may enter upon said parcels of real estate, so appraised, and appropriate the same to the uses of said railroad company, for the purpose of switches, turn-outs, and such other purposes as the convenience of said company may require, in operating their railroad. § 4. That upon the payment of the said appraisement into the state treasury, the treasurer shall execute his receipt therefor, which shall be countersigned by the auditor, who shall thereupon charge the amount thereof against the treasurer, and the treasurer shall place the same to the credit of the revenue fund in the treasury; and said receipt, so countersigned, shall be evidence of the right of said railroad company to use and appropriate said parcels of real estate, for the purposes herein expressed. § 5. Said appraisers shall be allowed eight dollars per day for making said appraisement, which shall be paid by said railroad company. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED April 19, 1869. In force March AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the St. Louis, 25, 1869. Shelbyville and Tolona Rai.road Company," approved Feb. 19, 1867. Extend road. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the said railroad company shall have the right and privilege of extending their said road from the town of Sullivan, in Moultrie county, Illinois, to the eastern boundary of the state of Illinois, on the most eligible route, in the direction of Detroit, in the state of Michigan; and that said company shall not be required to make the town of Tolono, in Champaign county, a point on the line of said railroad, as required by the act to which this is an amendment. § 2. This act to be a public act, and be in force after its passage. APPROVED March 25, 1869. AN ACT to amend the charter of the St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute In force March Railroad Company. 2, 1869. Location and road. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad Company construction of shall have full power and authority to locate, construct, furnish and maintain a railroad, with one or more tracks, commencing at the termination of the location of their rail. road, at Effingham, in the county of Effingham, in this state, Route of road. running thence, easterly, within one mile of the town of Marshall, in the county of Clark, to a point on the state line of Indiana, which they may deem the most convenient for extending the same to the city of Terre Haute, in the state of Indiana; and said railroad company shall have no power or authority whatever to locate and construct their said railroad nor to acquire the right of way therefor on any other line through Clark county. branch roads. 2. The said railroad company is hereby authorized Construction of and empowered to construct, equip, operate and maintain branch railroads, to and from convenient points, connecting its main road with the towns of Prairie City, in Cumberland county, Marine and Edwardsville, in Madison county, and with the Mississippi river, at or near Brooklyn, in St. Clair county, or Venice, in Madison county; and that, for such purposes, it shall have all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities granted in its charter and the amendments thereto, for constructing, equipping, operating and maintaining its main road, and, especially, the power to obtain right of way, depot and other grounds, necessary for the uses and purposes aforesaid, by condemnation in the manner and form prescribed in said charter and amendments. § 3. Said railroad company shall, also, have power to Right of way. obtain right of way for water pipes, troughs or other water conveyances, from springs, ponds, reservoirs or streams of water, for railroad purposes, by condemnation, in the same Vol. III-15 Construction of bridges. Conflicting acts repealed. manner and form, and shall, also, have the power to obtain, by condemnation, in the same manner and form, either the grounds on which such springs, ponds, reservoirs or streams are situated or on which any of the same may be made, or the right simply to use the water from such places for railroad purposes: Provided, that such springs, ponds, reservoirs or streams are situated within a reasonable distance from such railroad or branches, for such use: And provided, further, that the condemnation of the right to lay pipes, troughs or other water conveyances, shall not carry with it any fee simple title to any of the lands through which the same may be laid, but simply the right to construct, lay, use and maintain the same. 4. If said railroad company shall locate and construct their railroad, so as to cross the Wabash river at any point in Clark county, in this state, in constructing, keeping and maintaining the necessary bridge or bridges for that purpose, said company shall construct, keep and maintain the same, with a span or distance between the piers thereof of at least three hundred feet, and at an elevation of at least fifty feet between the high water mark of said river and the lowest part of the structure of said bridge, so that steamboats and other water crafis plying on said river may pass and repass without injury or delay. $5. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. 6. This act to be deemed a public act, and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 2, 1869. In force Feb. 9, AN ACT to increase the capital stock of the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway Company. 1869. Increase capital stock. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the of capital stock of the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway Company be increased eight million and three hundred thousand dollars, and that said increase of the capital stock shall be divided into eighty-three thousand shares, of one hundred dollars each-of which shares thirteen thousand shall be denominated "preferred stock" and seventy thousand shall be denominated "common stock." Preferred stock. § 2. The preferred stock may be further divided into first and second preferred stock, as may be provided by bylaws and regulations of said company. 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 9, 1869. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporato the Tuscola In force March Charleston and Vincennes Railroad Company." 25, 1869. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the act Act amended. entitled "An act to incorporate to Tuscola, Charleston and Vincennes Railroad Company," approved March 6, 1867, be and the same is hereby amended, by adding, after the words "at Tuscola, in the county of Douglas," as they appear in the third section thereof, the words "or at any other eligible point northward of Charleston, in either the county of Douglas, Champaign or Vermilion, that may be fixed. upon by the directors of said company." § 2. This act shall be deemed a public act, and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 25, 1869. RAILROADS-SUBSCRIPTIONS, AN ACT to legalize certain aids heretofore voted and granted to aid in the In force Feb. 6, construction of the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad. 1869. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the taxes, Taxes. aids and appropriations heretofore voted by towns, townships Appropriations. or cities along the proposed route of the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad, or in the vicinity of said railroad, be and the same are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, and the appropriation so made by the township of Yellowhead, in the county of Kankakee, on the 8th day of June, 1868, is hereby legalized and made valid: Provided, said road shall run through said township of Yellowhead. This section shall not apply to the townships of Butler, Georgetown and Ellwood, in the county of Ver mision. taxes. 2. Said towns, townships or cities shall be liable to pay Llable to pay said donations, aids or appropriations, upon the terms and conditions by them voted, whenever said railroad shall be completed into or opposite to said towns, townships or cities, as the case may be. 3. For the purpose of facilitating the payment of the Levy taxes. said aids, contributions or appropriations, when the time of payment shall arrive, as herein before provided, the proper authorities of said towns, cities or townships are authorized and required to levy and collect a sufficient per cent. to Action of supervisors legal. meet and liquidate said aids, contributions or appropriations; or said towns, cities or townships may borrow money and issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of paying said aids; which said bonds may be sold in or without this state, and at such prices as said towns, townships or cities may deem for their best interests, and shall not bear a greater rate of interest than ten per centum per annum, and may provide that the interest be payable semi annually, and may provide that principal and interest be paid in the city of Chicago; and said towns, townships or cities shall have power to levy and collect taxes, as other taxes are levied and collected, to provide for the payment of accruing interest, and for the payment of the principal sum when it shall become due. $4. Be it further enacted, that a certain order or resolution of the board of supervisors of the county of Iroquois, passed by said board on the seventeenth (17) day of September, 1868, and a certain other order or resolution of said board, passed on the eighteenth (18) day of September, 1868, extending the aid or credit of said county to assist the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad Company in the construction of their said railroad, be and the same are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed; and said orders or resolutions shall be in full force and effect, upon the terms and conditions in said orders or resolutions expressed. § 5. This act shall be a public act, and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 26, 1869. In force March AN ACT to enable towns, townships, cities or counties along the line of 24, 1869. railroad, etc. the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad to contribute toward the construction of said railroad. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Counties to aid several counties through which the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad shall pass are hereby authorized, by action of the board of supervisors, or by action of the county court in counties not acting under township organization, to make appropriations, or loan the credit of such county or counties, in such sum or sums, and upon such terms and conditions, as they may deem proper, to extend and furnish aid to the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad Company in constructing the said railroad: Provided, that the question as to whether such county or counties shall make such appropriation, or loan the credit of such county, as herein before stated, be first submitted to |