made from any and all of the substances, or a combination thereof, from which inflammable gas can be obtained, and to be used for the purpose of lighting the cities of Peru and La Salle or the streets, alleys, levees, embankments, buildings, stations, depots, manufacturing establishments and public houses, or other places therein contained, and to erect all necessary works and apparatus, and to lay pipes, for the purpose of conducting the gas, in any of the streets, alleys, levees, embankments and avenues of said cities: Provided, that no permanent injury or damage shall be done to any such streets, alleys, embankments or avenues of said cities: And, provided, also, that the real estate which this corporation is entitled to hold shall not exceed in value ten thousand dollars, exclusive of the improvements erected thereon.

3. The corporation hereby created, when organized, shall be under the direction of five directors, all stockholders in said company, one of whom shall be elected president. The directors shall have power to make by-laws, rules and regulations for conducting the works, the election of directors, and the affairs of the company, as to them may seem necessary, not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States; and may appoint such officers, agents and employees, and prescribe the duties of the same, as they may deem necessary.

4. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each; to be subscribed and paid for as may be prescribed by the corporators above named or their successors or assigns. And the said company shall have the exclusive privilege of supplying the cities of Peru and La Salle and their inhabitants with gas, for the purpose of affording light, for the term of twenty years.

5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 18, 1861.

In force February 18, 1861.

AN ACT to incorporate the Pekin Gas Light Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That David Mark, Peter Weyhrich, Joshua Wagenseller, Thomas N. Gill, Benjamin S. Prettyman, James Haynes, Sabin D. Peterbaugh, John Lucas, James Harriott, Ties Smith, Henry P. Westerman, and William A. Tinny, their successors, associates, heirs and assigns, be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, by the

and powers.

name and style of "The Pekin Gas Light Company;" and Corporate name by that name they and their successors shall be capable, in law, of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, defending and being defended, in all courts and places, and in all matters whatsoever, with full powers to acquire, hold, occupy and enjoy all such real and personal estate as may be necessary and proper for the construction, extension and usefulness of the works of said company, and for the management and good government of the same; and they may have a common seal, and the same may alter, break and renew at pleasure.

sale of gas.

2. The corporation hereby created shall have full pow- Manufacture and er and authority to manufacture and sell gas, coke and tar, made from any or all the substances from which inflammable gas, coke and tar are usually obtained, and to be used for the purpose of lighting the city of Pekin or the streets thereof and public places or houses therein contained and other places in that vicinity; and to erect all necessary works and apparatus, and to lay pipes, for the purpose of conducting the gas, in any of the streets, avenues, public grounds or other places in the said city or elsewhere: Provided, that no permanent injury or damage shall be done to any street, lane or highway of said city. The real estate which this Real estate. corporation is entitled to hold shall not exceed in value one hundred thousand dollars; and it shall be lawful for the said company to sell and convey any real estate it may possess, when not required for its own use.

tal stock.

§ 3. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed Amount of capithree hundred thousand dollars; to be divided into shares of twenty dollars each; to be subscribed and paid for in such proportions as shall be prescribed by the by-laws and rules for regulating the concerns and affairs of said company; which by-laws, rules and regulations the said company, by its directors, are hereby empowered to make, and to change, alter and revise, at pleasure; and provide for the management and disposition of the stock, property and real estate of said company, and the duties of the officers, artificers and agents to be employed, the number and selection of directors, and all such other matters as pertain to the concerns, affairs or necessities of the company. Said company shall have the exclusive right and privilege of supplying the city of Pekin, in Tazewell county, state of Illinois, for twenty years.

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4. As soon as one hundred shares shall be subscribed, or sooner, if said corporators deem it expedient, the said cor- ing. porators, or a majority of them, may give notice, by three weeks' advertisement in a newspaper published in said city of Pekin, of the time and place for the subscribers or stockholders to meet and elect any number of directors that said corporators may designate, and to take such other steps towards the organization of such company as may be deemed

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expedient. Any stockholder shall be entitled, at such and all other elections, to one vote for each share. The directors, when chosen, shall appoint one of their number president; and the said president and directors shall have power to establish all such rules and by-laws as shall be necessary and not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state; and shall have the entire direction of the affairs of said company.

85 It shall be lawful for the directors of said company, at any time they may require, to borrow or obtain on loan, such sums of money, and on such terms as they may deem expedient, and to issue the bonds of the company for the same; not, however, to exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars at any one time.

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

APPROVED February 18, 1861.

In force February 22, 1861.

AN ACT to incorporate the Rockford Gas Light and Coke Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Samuel S. Ashcraft, Thomas Butterworth, Robert P. Lane, Goodyear A. Sanford and Worcester A. Dickerman, the purchasers and assignees of the purchasers of the property, works and franchises heretofore belonging to the Rockford Gas light and coke company, incorporated by an act of the legis lature of the state of Illinois, approved February 15th, 1855, and which were sold on or about the 8th day of March, 1858, under the trust deed or mortgage executed by said Rockford gas light and coke company, to Henry P. B. Jewett and Azariah Everett, dated August 4th, 1856 and also the assignees of the purchasers of said property and works, under certain judgments or orders of the Winnebago county circuit court, establishing mechanics' liens against the same, and hereby are created a body politic and corporate, by the Name and style. name and style of "The Rockford Gas Light and Coke Company:" and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall have, possess and enjoy all the rights, privileges, franchises and immunities granted and conferred by the aforesaid act of incorporation of said Rockford gas light and coke company; and for the purpose of securing such rights, privileges, franchises and immunities, the aforesaid act of incorporation shall be deemed and taken as a part of the charter of the corporation hereby created.

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§ 2. That the making, execution and delivery of the ings legalize, above mentioned trust deed or mortgage, by said Rockford

gas light and coke company, to said Henry P. B. Jewett and Azariah Everett, dated August 4th, 1856, and the issuing the bonds thereby secured, and the sale of the property and works of said company, under the same, are hereby legalized and confirmed.

§ 3. That the corporation hereby created shall have Capital stock. power, from time to time, to issue certificates of shares in the capital stock thereof, to an amount not exceeding the actual costs of its property and works, and may acquire and hold such real estate as may be necessary for the convenient prosecution of its business, not exceeding in value seventyfive thousand dollars. The acceptance of this charter shall, in no manner, be construed to charge the corporation hereby created, or the said corporators, their successors or assigns, with any liability of said original corporation of the same name, for which said corporators are not now and never have been liable or the said property by them acquired chargeable with.

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

APPROVED February 22, 1861.

AN ACT to incorporate the Warsaw Gas Light and Coke Company.

In force February 20, 1561.

and powers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Henry R. Chittenden, William K. Davison, Benjamin F. Marsh, jr., William F. Burnes, William II. Roosevelt and Michael Miller, their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby created a body politic, for the period of twentyfive years, from and after the passage of this act, by the name and style of "The Warsaw Gas Light and Coke Com- Corporate nam pany;" and by that name they and their successors shall be capable, in law, of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, defending and being defended, in all courts and places, and in all matters whatsoever, with full powers to acquire, hold, occupy and enjoy all such real and personal estate as may be necessary and proper for the construction, extension and usefulness of the works of said company, and for the management and good government of the same. And they may have a common seal, and the same may alter, break and renewa t pleasure.

2. The corporation hereby created shall have full pow- Manufacture er and authority to manufacture and sell gas, to be made gas. from any or all the substances, or a combination thereof, from which inflammable gas is usually obtained, and to be used for the purposes of lighting the city of Warsaw or the

of

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streets thereof and any buildings, manufactories and public places or houses therein contained, and to erect all necessary works and apparatus, and to lay pipes, for the purpose of conducting the gas, in any of the streets or avenues of said city: Provided, that no permanent injury or damage shall be done to any street, lane or highway of said city. The real estate which this corporation is entitled to hold shall not exceed in value seventy-five thousand dollars.

3. The capital stock of said company, shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars, to be subscribed and paid for in such proportions as shall be prescribed by the by-laws and rules for regulating the concerns of said company, as they shall think necessary and proper, respecting the management and disposition of the stock, property and estate of said company, the duties of the officers, artificers and agents to be employed, the number and selection of directors, and all such matters as appertain to the concerns of said company. Said company shall have the exclusive privilege of supplying the city of Warsaw and its inhabitants with gas, for the purpose of affording light, for twenty-five years.

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

APPROVED February 20, 1861.

In force February AN ACT to authorize the extension of Horse Railways in the City of Chi21, 1561.

Name.

cago.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Ed ward P. Ward, William K. McAllister, Samuel B. Walker, James L. Wilson, Charles B. Brown, Nathaniel P. Wilder, and their successors, be and they are hereby created and constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of "The Chicago West Division Railway Company," for the term of twenty-five years, with all the powers and authority pertaining to corporations for like purposes.

2. The said corporation shall possess all the powers conferred by and be subject to all the provisions contained in the second, third, fifth and sixth sections of an act entitled "An act to promote the construction of horse railways in the city of Chicago," approved February 14th, 1859: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to in any manner invalidate or injuriously affect any of the rights of either of the corporations created by said act, or to authorize the corporation hereby created to construct or use any railway track in the North Division of