justice of the stable. the provisions of this act or of any of the ordinances of said town made in pursuance thereof, and take him, her or them before the justice of the peace of said town, to be tried and punished as may be prescribed by ordinance. Absence of the § 6. In case of the absence, or inability, or refusal to peace and con- act, of said justice, or of said constable, any justice of the peace having an office in said town, or any constable of said county of Macoupin, shall have power and authority to hear and determine all cases which may arise under the ordinances of said town, or to execute all process and writs which may be issued, in the same manner and with like effect as the justices and constables of said town herein provided for. Appeals may be taken. Taking private property for public use. Estimate value of land taken. Benefite damages estimated. § 7. In all cases arising under the ordinances of said town, changes of venue and appeals shall be allowed as in other cases before justices of the peace; and the said corporation shall be allowed to appeal, in any case in which they are parties, by causing their secretary or clerk to execute a bond, in the name of the corporation, in the form now or which may hereafter be furnished by law in other cases, without other security; and an order upon the records of said corporation, directing said appeal, shall be sufficient evidence of the authority of said security to sign said bond. ARTICLE VII. STREETS AND ALLEYS. SECTION 1. Whenever it shall be necessary to take private property for opening or altering any public street or alley in said town, the corporation shall make just compen. sation to the owner or owners of said property, or pay or tender the same, before opening or altering the said street or alley; and in case the amount of such compensation cannot be agreed upon, the same shall be ascertained by six disinterested free holders of the said town, who shall be summoned by the justice of the peace of said town for that purpose. § 2. The said jurors, so impanneled to ascertain the damages which would be sustained by the opening or altering of any street or alley by any person so owning property, shall first be sworn to that effect by said justice, and shall return to him their inquest, in writing, signed by each of said jurors, and by him laid before the town council at the first meeting thereafter; and any party may appeal therefrom to the circuit court of Macoupin county, in such manner and upon such terms as may be prescribed by ordinance. and § 3. In the assessment of such damages, the jury shall take into consideration the benefits as well as the injury happening to the owner or owners of property proposed to be taken for opening or altering a street or alley, by such opening or alteration. 4. That the town council shall have power to levy and Levy and colcollect a special tax on the owners of the lots on any street lect taxes. or part of a street, according to their respective fronts, for the purpose of grading, paving or otherwise, the sidewalks on said street or part of a street. 5. That the lot in front of which any sidewalk is sidewalks. made shall be taxed to pay at least one half of the expenses of making such sidewalk, in addition to the regular tax, which shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as other taxes are. ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. SECTION 1. The inhabitants of the town of Gillespie are hereby exempted from working on any road beyond the limits of said town, and the payment of any road tax levied by the authority of the county court or other county authorities; and the entire jurisdiction and control of the roads, highways and bridges of said town shall be held and exercised by the town council by this act provided for. Exempt from road labor out side town limits. § 2. The town council, for the purpose of keeping the Inhabitants to streets, alleys, lanes, avenues and highways in said town in labor on streets. repair, are authorized and empowered to require every able-bodied male inhabitant of said town, over twenty-one years of age and under fifty, to labor on said streets, alleys, lanes or highways, any number of days, not exceeding three in each year; and any person failing to perform such labor, when duly notified by the street commissioner or other authorized officer of said town, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar and fifty cents to said town for each and every day so neglected and refused. offenders § 3. The town council shall have power to provide for Punishment of the punishment of offenders against any ordinance of said town, by imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding thirty days for any one offense, in all cases when such of fenders shall fail or refuse to pay the fine and forfeitures which may be recovered against them. in corporation. § 4. All suits for fines and penalties in and for the vio- Actions vested lation of any ordinance shall be in the name of the town of Gillespie; and the town council shall have power to regulate, by ordinance, the form and nature of the first and any subsequent process and the mode of executing the same. enter security § 5. The corporation hereby created shall not be re- Not required to quired, in any suit brought for a violation of any ordinance for cost. of said town, to file, before the commencement of such suit or during the pendency thereof, any security for cost. Ordinances to 6. All ordinances and resolutions passed by the president and trustees of the town of Gillespie, shall remain in remain in full force.. Property vested in corporation. justice of peace. the force until the same shall be repealed by the town council hereby created; and all actions, fines, penalties and forfeitures which have accrued to the president and trustees of said town or which may hereafter accrue to them, prior to the taking effect of this act, shall be vested and prosecuted by the corporation hereby created. § 7. All property belonging to the president and trustees of the town of Gillespie, for the use of the inhabitants of said town, shall, upon this act taking effect, be vested in the corporation hereby created; and this act shall not invalidate any act done by said president and trustees nor divest them of any right which had accrued to them prior to the passage of this act. Vacate office of 8 8. Whenever the justice of the peace herein provided for shall remove from said town, resign or die, or his office shall otherwise become vacant, the town council shall immediately provide for filling such vacancy by election. Conflicting acts repealed. 9. This act is hereby declared a public act, and may be read in evidence in all courts of law and equity in this state, without proof; and upon its going into effect all acts and parts of acts coming within the provisions of this charter, or contrary to or inconsistent with its provisions, shall be repealed. 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first Monday of May next. APPROVED March 30, 1869. In force March 29, 1869. AN ACT to incorporate the village of Glencoe. ARTICLE I. ON BOUNDARIES AND GENERAL POWERS. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the inhabitants of the town of Glencoe, in Cook county, be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the Name and style. name and style of "The Village of Glencoe;" and by that name, shall have perpetual succession, and may have and use a common seal and change and alter the same at pleasure. Boundaries. § 2. The boundaries of said village shall be as follows: Commencing at a point in Lake Michigan, one half mile east of the point where the one-eight section line, in the north half of section six, in township forty-two north, of range thirteen east of the third principal meridian, meets the shore of said lake; thence west to last named point, and upon said one-eight section line, to the township line; thence south, on said township line, to the one-eighth section line, in the north half of section eighteen, in said township and range; thence east, on the last named oneeighth section line continued to the quarter section line of section seventeen; thence north, on the quarter section line of said section seventeen and section eight, in said township and range, to the shore of said lake; thence east onehalf mile; and thence northwesterly to the point of beginning: Provided, the limits of said village may be extended so as to include therein any addition that may be made thereto and any tract of land the owner or owners of which, or a majority of them, may desire to have included in said village. ers. 3. The inhabitants of said village, by the name and Corporate rowstyle aforesaid, shall have power to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity and in all actions whatsoever; to purchase, receive and hold property, both real and personal, within the limits of the corporation; to purchase, receive and hold real property, beyond the limits of the corporation, for burial grounds or other corporate purposes, for the use of said inhabitants; to improve and protect such property, and lease, sell, convey and dispose of the same, and do all other acts and things in relation thereto that natural persons may do. ARTICLE II. OF THE COUNCIL AND PRESIDENT. in council. SECTION 1. The municipal government of said village Powers vested shall be vested in a council, consisting of a president and five councilmen, who shall be elected annually by the legal voters of said village and continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. Qualification § 2. No person shall be a member of the village council unless he be a legal voter and shall have been an actual for members. resident of said village one year, immediately preceding his election. 83. Every member of the council, before entering Oath of office. upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath that he will support the constitution and laws of the United States and this state and that he will well and truly perform the duties of his office, to the best of his skill and abilities. 4. The council shall be judges of the qualifications, Election returns elections and returns of its own members, and shall determine all contested elections. 5. A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum Quorum. to do business, and a smaller number shall adjourn from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members, Vol. III-94 Rules of procecdings. Journal proceedings. No member appointed to office. Annual statement of the receipts and expenditures. Tie vote, how determined. tated meetings Presiding offcer of council. Duties of the president. Neglect of duty of officers. under such fines and penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance. § 6. The council shall have power to determine the rule of its proceedings, punish its members and other persons for disorderly conduct, and, with the consent of twothirds of the members elected, expel a member. 7. The council shall cause to be kept a journal of its proceedings, and such journal or a certified copy thereof, under the hand of the clerk and seal of the corporation, shall be received in all courts and other places, without further proof, as evidence of all the matters therein contained. § 8. No member of the council, during the term of his office, shall be appointed to any office under the authority of the council, except temporary clerk, nor make any contracts with the council or corporation, nor be in any manner interested in such contract. 9. The council shall cause to be published a full and complete statement of all moneys received and expended by the corporation during the preceding year and on what account received and expended. 10. Whenever there shall be a tie in the election for members of the council, the judges of election shall certify the same to the police magistrate, who shall determine the same, by lot, in the presence of the judges, who shall enter the result thereof on their returns of said election. 11. There shall be a stated meeting of the council in each month, and such other meetings at such times and places as may be prescribed by ordinance. The president and any two councilmen may call a special meeting of the council. § 12. The president shall preside at all meetings of the council, preserve order and have the casting vote, and no other. In case of his absence at any meeting, the council shall appoint one of their number to preside. 13. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, and, as such, shall be a conservator of the peace, and have power to arrest, without warrant, and bring to trial any person guilty of a violation of any ordinance or provision of this act; and he is hereby authorized to call upon any male resident of said village, over the age of eighteen, to aid in the enforcement of the ordinances of said village and to preserve the peace; and any person failing or refusing to obey such call shall forfeit and pay to the said corporation a fine not exceeding ten dollars. 14. The president shall inspect the conduct of all subordinate officers of said village and cause negligence and positive violation of duty to be prosecuted and punished. He shall have power, whenever he may deem it necessary, to require of any of the officers of said corporation an exhibit of his books and papers; and he shall perform such |