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and be impleaded, in all courts of law and equity; and may have and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure. § 2. All that territory embraced in the following limits, towit: commencing at the northeast corner of the present limits of said town, thence, due north, on a straight line with the eastern line of said town, to a point east or on the north line of Breese's addition; thence, west, on the north line of the aforesaid Breese's addition, to the northwest corner of said addition; thence, north, to the southeast corner of a tract of land, known and belonging [to] Earskin, Gore, Ridgeway and Company, being the east half of the northeast quarter of section thirteen, two north, three (3) west of the third principal meridian; thence, west, on the south line of said tract, one-fourth of a mile, to the southwest corner of the aforesaid tract of land; thence, due south, a sufficient distance, to a point west of the south line of the present corporate limits of said town of Carlyle; thence, east, on the said line, to the southwest corner of said town, continuing thence, east, to the southeast corner of the present limits of Carlyle; thence, north, to the place of beginning. And all parcels of land within the city boundaries, that are in extent five acres and over, shall be exempt from taxation, for city revenue, until the same shall be subdivided into lots of less than five acres; and each lot, when so divided, shall be taxed as other city lots: If, provided, said large tracts of five acres are not improved, otherwise to be taxed as other city property.

§3. Whenever any tract of land adjoining the city of Carlyle shall be laid off into town lots and duly recorded, as required by law, the same shall be annexed to and form part of the city of Carlyle; and all parcels of land within the said new addition, if laid into lots of less than five acres, and each lot when so divided, shall be taxed as other city lots.

§ 4. When the inhabitants of said city, by the name and style aforesaid, shall have power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity, and in all actions whatsoever; to hold, purchase and receive property, both real and personal, in said city; to purchase, receive and hold property, both real and personal, beyond the city, for burial purposes and for other purposes, for the use of said inhabitants of said city; to sell, lease and convey or dispose of property, and do all other things in relation thereto as natural persons.

ARTICLE SECOND.

OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

§ 1. There shall be a city council, to consist of a mayor

and board of aldermen.

2. The board of aldermen shall consist of four mem

bers, who shall be chosen by the qualified voters, for two years, and hold their office until others shall be elected and qualified.

3. No person shall be an alderman [unless] at the time of his election he shall be a freeholder in said city, and shall have resided in the limits of said city one year next preceding his election, and shall have the requisite qualifications to vote for state officers, to be a resident of the city, and a citizen of the United States.

It shall be the duty of the present trustees, or the Wards mayor and aldermen that succeed them, to divide the said city. city of Carlyle, at any time that they may think it necessary to divide the said town, into wards, distinctly defining the boundaries of each, and designating the places in which their respective votes shall be cast. After they shall so divide the said town into wards there shall be two aldermen elected from each ward, who shall be the aldermen for the ward in which they shall be elected, and reside in the same; but, until said city shall be so divided into wards, there shall be one mayor and four aldermen elected, who shall reside menin and be a freeholder in said city of Carlyle.

5. If any alderman shall, after his election, remove from the ward for which he is elected, or ceases to be a freeholder in said city, his office shall be declared vacated. The mayor and aldermen shall serve for such compensation as the city council shall determine; which shall not exceed one dollar each for each day of their stated meetings; and they shall meet at least once in each month.

§ 6. At the first meeting of the city council, the aldermen shall be divided, by lots, into two classes. The seats of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year, and of the second class at the end of the second year, so that one-half of the board shall be elected annually.

7. The city council shall judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of their own members, and shall determine all contested elections under this act.

§ 8. A majority of the city [council] shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordi

nance.

9. The city council shall have power to determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish its members for disorderly conduct, and with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected, expel a member.

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§ 10. The city council shall keep a journal of its Records. ceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same; and the yeas and nays, when demanded by any member present, shall be entered upon the journal.

§ 11. No alderman shall be appointed to any office under the authority of the city, that shall have been created

Official oaths.

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or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during the time for which he shall have been elected; nor shall he be engaged in any contract with said corporation while serving as such alderman.

§ 12. All vacancies that shall occur in the board of aldermen shall be filled by election.

§ 13. The mayor and each alderman, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an oath or make affirmation that they will support the constitution of the United States and of this state, and that they will well and truly perform the duties of their office, to the best of their skill and ability.

§ 14. Whenever there shall be a tie in an election of alderman, the judges of election shall certify the fact to the mayor, who shall determine the same by lot, in such manner as shall be provided by ordinance.

§ 15. There shall be twelve stated meetings of the city council in each year, at such times and places as may be prescribed by the city council.

ARTICLE THIRD.

OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE.

The chief executive officer shall be a mayor, who shall be subject to all the requirements, and the proceedings shall be the same as are laid down in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth sections of the third article of an an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Centralia," approved February 18, 1859.

ARTICLE FOURTH.

OF ELECTIONS.

1. On the first Monday of April next an election shall be held in the city, for one mayor, and one marshal, one street commissioner, one city surveyor, one treasurer and assessor, one police magistrate for the city, four aldermen; and, forever thererafter, on the first Monday of April, in each year, there shall be an election for one mayor, one marshal, one street commissioner, one city surveyor, one treasurer and assessor for the city, and one-half of the aldermen, or, if divided into wards, one from each ward.

§ 2. C. H. Grithouse, D. N. Moore, John Rhooe, Wm. Trusdal and William Morton, shall constitute a board of trustees of said city of Carlyle. The said trustees shall, by ordinance, provide for the first election of all the officers to be elected under this act; shall canvass the votes and declare who are duly elected, and make returns of the election to the clerk of the county court and to the secretary of state, of the election of mayor and of police magistrate, in the

same manner that returns are made of the election of justices of the peace.

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voters.

§ All white male inhabitants, over the age of twenty- Qualifications of one years, who are entitled to vote for state officers, and who shall have been actual residents of said town one year next preceding the election, and who shall have paid such city tax as they may be subject to, shall be entitled to vote for city officers: Provided, that said voters shall give their votes in the wards in which they may respectively reside.

ARTICLE FIFTH.

OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

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§ 1. The city council shall have and exercise all the Provisions legislative powers as have the city council of the city of Central charCentralia, in the county of Marion, in this state, as in article cable. fifth in an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Centralia," approved Feb. 18th, 1859.

§ 2. The style of the ordinances shall be, "Be it ordained by the city council of the city of Carlyle."

ARTICLE SIXTH.

§ 1. The powers, duties, obligations, and mode of procedure shall be the same, within the corporate limits of the city of Carlyle, and Clinton county, as are given to the mayor, council, police magistrate, marshal, and other similar officers, in articles six, seven and eight, in "An act entitled 'an act to incorporate the city of Centralia,' approved February 18, 1859.

2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 22, 1861.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the City of Decatur.

In force February

20, 1861.

Change of

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section one of article two of "An act to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Decatur, and re-charter the same," be so amended as to read as follows, viz: “All that district of country in the county of Macon, and state of Il- city limits. linois, contained within the following limits, to-wit: the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, and the south half of the northwest quarter, and the south half of section eleven, and the southeast quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of section ten, and the east half and the

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east half of the west half of section fifteen, and the west half and the west half of the east half of section fourteen, all in township sixteen north, of range two east of the third principal meridian, with such other additions of land as may be incorporated with, and come under the jurisdiction of said city, is hereby erected into a city, by the name of "The City of Decatur."

APPROVED February 20, 1861.

In force February AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate Dallas City," ap22, 1861.

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proved February 18th, 1859.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the boundary of said Dallas City is understood and hereby declared to be as follows, to-wit: Beginning on the county line between Hancock and Henderson counties, one mile east of the center of said Dallas City, as established by the act to which this is an amendment, approved February the 18th, 1859, and running one mile north, thence west two miles, thence south two miles, thence east two miles, thence north one mile, to the place of beginning, containing within its limits the west half of section thirty-six, (36,) all of section thirty-five, (35,) and the east half of section thirty-four, (34,) in Henderson county, and the west half of section one, (1,) all of section two, (2,) and the east half of section three, (3,) in Hancock county.

§ 2. The assessor of said Dallas City shall, in each year, make an assessment of the taxable property, according to his best judgment of the value thereof, and shall make out a list of the same, showing the names of the owners, when they can be ascertained, a description of the property, whether real or personal, assessed to each, and the amount of his valuation of the same.

83. The description shall be in numerical order, in case of description. of real estate, so far as practicable; and in case the present owner of any real estate cannot be ascertained, the same shall be assessed, in such numerical order, as unknown. But in case the present owner of any real estate is ascertained, by listing or otherwise, and whenever any owner of real estate shall neglect or refuse to list the same, it shall be the duty of the assessor to perform such listing in his or their names; then such real estate shall be assessed to the owner or owners thereof, respectively. The assessor shall subdivide lots, by correct descriptions, when the same are owned in parts by different individuals, and when he can ascertain such ownership and description with reasonable certainty,