the board, and be the chief officer of the same. The clerk shall keep a record of the proceedings of said board, which shall be open to the inspection of all persons interested. § 8. The said board of education shall hold meetings, Meetings. for the transaction of business, at such times and places as they may, by vote or by law, determine; and four members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but a smaller number may adjourn, from day to day, until a quorum shall be in attendance. 9. All and singular the powers and duties and rights of property, now vested in the city council of the city of Quincy, by the act of the general assembly of the state of Illinois, entitled "An act to erect the city of Quincy into a common school district," are hereby divested out of the said city council, and vested in the said board of education, who are hereby declared to be the legal successors of the said city council, in relation to all the powers, duties and rights of property aforesaid. And the moneys required by section 5, of the act last aforesaid, to be paid by the school commissioner of Adams county to the clerk of said city, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be paid by said school commissioner to the treasurer of the said board of education, and shall constitute a part of the funds of said board. § 10. All moneys hereafter collected by taxation, in said Money collected. city, under the provisions of section 3, of chapter III., of the charter of said city, shall be paid by the collectors of the revenue of said city directly to the treasurer of the said board of education, and shall constitute a part of the funds of said board. § 11. The treasury of said board and the treasury of the city of Quincy shall be entirely distinct and independent of each other, and no person shall be, at the same time, treasurer of said city and of said board; and no money shall be paid out of the treasury of said board, except upon warrants issued by the president and clerk thereof, as herein before provided. moneys by the 12. The city of Quincy shall, forthwith, cause to be Paying over of paid over to the said board of education an amount of money city. equal to the amount of public school funds and school taxes which have been heretofore received by the said city and applied, in violation of law, to other than school purposes; and the said board of education is hereby authorized to demand, sue for and receive the same of and from said city of Quincy: Provided, however, that the said city may, within two months after the passage of this act, convey to the said board of education all real estate in said city, now used for common school purposes, and the legal or equitable title whereof is now in said city'; which conveyance, when accepted by said board of education, shall vest the title to the property so conveyed in said board, and shall discharge the said city from all liability to account for or pay over to any person or Regulations. Taxation for corporation all or any of the public school funds and public. school taxes, so misapplied, as aforesaid, and shall be received by said board of education, in full payment of and satisfaction for the same. 13. The board of education of the city of Quincy are hereby vested with the exclusive management, charge and control of all public schools, public school property and public school funds, in said city, and are hereby authorized and required to establish and maintain an efficient system of public schools in said city, and to defray the expenses thereof; and, for the purposes aforesaid, they shall have power: 1st: To establish, change and discontinue schools and school districts in said city. 2d: To each [erect] school houses, purchase sites for the same, and to supply the public schools with all necessary libraries, furniture and apparatus. 3d: To prescribe text books and studies to be pursued in said public school. 4th: To employ school teachers and discharge the same, at pleasure, and to fix their compensation. 5th: To make necessary improvements and repairs in and about the public school property in the city. 6th: To make proper rules and regulations concerning the management and government of said public schools, and also to make reasonable by-laws concerning the conduct of the business of said board. 7th: To do all other acts and things not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the ordinance of said city which may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance of an efficient public school system in said city. § 14. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to school purposes. confer any power of taxation upon the said board of education or to abridge or take away the power of taxation for school purposes, now vested by law in the city of Quincy; and the city of Quincy may, from time to time, donate moneys to said board of education, to be used in erecting school houses, purchasing sites therefor or other necessary school purposes. Exemption from taxes. 8 15. All expenses incurred for the support of public schools in said city, which shall become payable on or before the 1st day of April, A. D. 1861, shall be paid by said city, out of the treasury; and all expenses incurred for the sup port of public schools in said city, which shall become payable after that day, shall be defrayed by said board of education, out of its treasury; and all school funds in the hands of the city treasurer, on that day, shall be forthwith paid over to the treasurer of said board. § 16. All property of said board of education shall be free and exempt from taxation, for state, county or city purposes. 17. The city council of said city may, at any time, by Elections. ordinance, prescribe or alter the time and mode of election and term of office of the members of said board; but until the passage of such ordinance the time and mode of election and term of office of the members thereof shall be as provided in section two of this act. § 18. The report heretofore required by law to be made Annual report. by the superintendent of public schools of said city to the city council shall, hereafter, be made to said board of education, at such time as the said board may direct; and the said board shall make such reports to the city council as the city council may, by ordinance, require. ties. § 19. The treasurer of the said board of education shall Treasurer's keep a full and accurate account of all moneys received and expended by him, as such treasurer, and shall report the same to the said board of education, at least once in six months, and oftener, if required by the board; and his accounts shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of any member of the said city council. § 20. All laws and parts of [laws] inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. § 21. This act shall be declared a public act, and shall take effect as herein before provided. APPROVED February 20, 1861. du AN ACT to vacate the plat of Roberts' Addition to the City of Rockford, in In force February the County of Winnebago. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the plat of Roberts' addition to the city of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago, as made and acknowledged by Ebenezer S. Roberts, Columbus C. Parker, Archer S. Kimball, Nathaniel Wilder, Chas. H. Richings, and Thomas Garrison, and recorded in the office of the recorder of said county, be and the same is hereby vacated. 2. The middle of the several streets shall be the boundaries of the several lots and blocks contiguous thereto. APPROVED February 13, 1861. 18, 1861. In force February AN ACT to amend "An act to amend the charter of the City of Rockford," 22, 1861. approved March 4th, 1854. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the Ge eral Assembly, That the comRailroad tracks. mon council of said city of Rockford shall have the power to direct and control the laying and constructing of railroad tracks, bridges, turnouts and switches, in the streets and alleys, and the location of depot grounds within the city; to require that railroad tracks, bridges, turnouts and switches shall be so constructed and laid as to interfere as little as possible with the ordinary travel and use of the streets and alleys, and that sufficient space shall be left on either side of said tracks for the safe and convenient passage of teams and persons; to require railroad companies to keep in repair the streets or alley's through which their track may run, and, if ordered by the common council, to light the same, and to construct and keep in repair suitable crossings at the intersection of streets and alleys, and ditches, sewers and culverts, when the common council shall deem necessary; to direct the use and regulate the speed of locomotive engines within the corporate limits of the city; to prohibit and restrain railroad companies from doing storage or warehouse business, or collecting pay for storage. Sidewalks. Sidewall to build. § 2. To establish standard weights and measures, to be used within the city; to require any merchant, retailer, trader or dealer in merchandise or property of any description, which is sold by weight or measure, to cause their weights and measures to be sealed by the city sealer, and to be subject to his inspection. The standard of such weights and measures shall be conformable to those now established by law. 3. The common council shall have power, by order, resolution or otherwise, to cause crosswalks, sidewalks, private drains and sewers to be built, constructed, graded, laid, relaid, cleansed and repaired, and to regulate the same. 4. All owners or occupants of lots or land, in front of, owners of land adjoining or upon whose premises the common council shall order and direct sidewalks, crosswalks, private drains or sewers to be built, constructed, graded, repaired, relaid or cleansed, or shall declare any such land or lots to be a nuisance, and order the same to be graded, filled up and drained, or otherwise improved, shall grade, build, construct, lay, relay or repair such sidewalks or crosswalks, or make, repair or cleanse such private drain or sewer, or grade, fill up, drain or otherwise improve such lot or land, at their own cost and charges, within the time and in the manner prescribed by order, resolution, ordinance or otherwise; and if not done within the time and in the manner prescribed, the common council may cause the same to be built, constructed, repaired, relaid cleansed, graded, filled up, drained or otherwise improved, and assess the expense thereof, by an order, to be entered in their proceedings, upon the lots and land, respectively, and collect the same, by warrant and by sale of the premises, as provided in section 5th of this act. A suit may also be maintained against the owner or occupant of such premises for the recovery of such expense, as for money paid, laid out and expended to his, her or their use, at his, her or their request. walks. for § 5. In all cases where assessments shall hereafter be Assessments made by the common council on any lot or real estate in the improving sidecity, for the purpose of improving any crosswalk, sidewalk, private drain or sewer, or for any other purpose whatever, either by order, resolution, ordinance or otherwise, and such assessment is not paid within the time fixed by the order, resolution or ordinance making such assessment, the corporate authorities of the city may apply to the county court of Winnebago county for judgment against such lot or real estate for the amount of said assessment and costs; and the. said county court, on such application being made, shall render judgment against such lot or real estate, in favor of the city, for the amount of said assessment and costs, and shall issue its precept to the sheriff of said Winnebago county, commanding him to sell said lot or real estate, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay said judgment and costs, in the same manner and with like effect as if sold upon execution at law; and the common council shall have full power to provide, by order, resolution or ordinance, for the making or levying any such assessment; and they shall have power to fix the time of payment, and the time and kind of notice of such assessment, and of the said application to the county court; and the common council shall have full, perfect and complete authority to adopt any rule, regulations or proceeding which they may deem necessary to carry the provisions of this section and of the next preceding section of this act into full and complete effect. sances. § 6. In all cases where expenses may be incurred in the Assessments removal of any nuisance the common council may cause the removing same to be assessed against the real estate chargeable therewith, and collected in the same manner prescribed in sections 4 and 5 of this act. Such expense may, likewise, be collected of the owner or occupant of such premises, in a suit, as for money paid, laid out and expended to his, her or their use, at his, her or their request; and in case the same should not be chargeable to any real estate suit may, in like manner, be brought for such expense against the author of such nuisance, if known, or any person whose duty it may be to remove or abate the same. leys. 7. The common council shall have power to compel Cleaning of the owner or occupants of lots or land fronting or adjoining any private or public alley to keep said alley clean, and, if necessary, to direct the same to be paved, macadamized, for nui al |