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§ 2. That so much of said act as is inconsistent with this act be and the same is hereby repealed.

3. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 18, 1861.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Vir- In force February ginia, in the county of Cass, and state of Illinois."

22, 1861.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That if a majority of the legal voters shall so decide, the trustees of Town prison. the town of Virginia shall have power to erect a town prison house, within the corporate limits of said town, and and to make all needful regulations for the safe-keeping of all persons confined therein.

§2. The trustees of the said town of Virginia shall have power to provide, by ordinance, for the punishment for offences against the ordinances of said town, by imprisonment in the town prison: Provided, imprisonment for any one offense shall not continue more than thirty days.

$3. It shall be the duty of the town trustee to give five Notice of election. days' notice of the election hereinbefore provided for, and to act as judges and clerks of election: Provided, that if said trustees shall fail or refuse to act in the premises notice of the election may be given by any five legal voters of the town of Virginia; and the judges and clerks of said election may be selected as provided by the general election law of the state of Illinois.

§ 4. All persons shall be entitled to vote or hold office Qualification, under this act who have resided within the said corporation ninety days next preceding any election they may offer to vote at and have the qualification of voter for a mem ber of the general assembly.

§ 5. Section twenty-three of the charter is hereby repealed, and the school district of said town of Virginia is hereby remanded back to the original form, as it existed before said town of Virginia was incorporated; also the words "and a school district," in section thirty-three, of said charter, are hereby stricken out.

§ 6. All farming lands, in tracts of five acres or more, Taxes. actually cultivated, within the said corporation limits, shall be taxed for town purposes, according to the assessed valuation of the county assessor.

sage.

7. This law shall be in force from and after its pas

APPROVED February 22, 1861.

In force February AN ACT to legalize the incorporation of the town of Versailles, in Brown 21, 1861. county, in the state of Illinois.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the incorporation of the town of Versailles, in the county of Brown, be and the same is hereby declared legal.

§2. The acts and doings of the said incorporation, heretofore ordained by the corporate authorities, not in conflict with the constitution of the state, are hereby declared legal. $3. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 21, 1861.

In force February AN ACT to vacate certain streets and alleys in the town of Vandalia, there21, 1861. in named, and other purposes, and to vacate public square in Huntsville, Schuyler county.

Block eight.

St. Clair street.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of Eighth street, as lies between the south side of St. Clair street and the northwest corner of block eight and the northeast corner of out lot number 39, of six acres, in the town of Vandalia, be and the same is hereby vacated, and the ground occupied by said street be attached to lot No. one, in said block eight, and become a part of said lot.

§ 2. Be it further enacted, That the alley running through block No. eight, in said town, be and the same is hereby vacated, and the ground occupied by the same be and the same is hereby attached to and becomes a part of lot No. eight, in said block eight, in the town of Vandalia.

§3. Be it further enacted, That St. Clair street, from the east side of Seventh street, to the west side of Eighth street, in said town, be and the same is hereby vacated, and the ground occupied by said street be and the same is hereby attached to and made part of lots one and eight, of block eight, in said town.

4. Be it further enacted, That the alley running through block No. 25, and the alley running through block No. 38, in the town of Vandalia, and Madison street, from the west side of Seventh street to the west end of out-lots No. 40 and No. 41, and Eighth street, from the north side of Main street, to the south side of Madison street, be and the same are hereby vacated.

$5. That this act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

$6. Nothing in this act contained shall, in anywise, impair or interfere with the rights of individuals in and to the lands above named and described.

That the public square in the village of Huntsville, in Huntsville. Schuyler county, Illinois, is hereby vacated, and the title thereto shall hereafter be vested in George P. Sidner, Nathan J. Everson, and Nicholas Bermood, school directors of school district No. one, in township two north, range four west of the fourth principal meridian, in Schuyler county, Illinois, and to their successors in office, for the use and benefit of said district.

APPROVED February 21, 1861.

AN ACT to incorporate the Town of Virden.

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 Virden, in the county of Macoupin, are hereby declared a body corporate and politic, with all the rights, privileges and powers conferred upon the town of Carlinville, by an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Carlinville," approved February 9th, 1853; and all the provisions of the act aforesaid and, also, an act amendatory thereto, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Carlinville," approved February 15tli, 1855, together with all the provisions of said last mentioned act, are hereby declared applicable to the said town of Virden.

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22, 1861.

§ 2. Before this act shall take effect it shall be submit- Vote upon charted to a vote of the residents of said town of Virden, at an election to be held in some public place in said town on the first Monday of May next; at which election all persons entitled to vote by the laws of this state for state and county officers, who are actual residents of said town, as at present laid off, shall be entitled to vote upon the question of the adoption of this act. Said election shall be held and conducted by three judges and two clerks, to be chosen by the electors on the morning of the election, in the same manner as now provided by law, where the judges of election do not attend, who shall be qualified as now required by law; and every person entitled to vote on this question shall vote by ballot, written or printed thereon, "For Incorporation," or "Against Incorporation." And if a majority of all the votes cast shall be for incorporation then this act shall take effect and be in force, and not otherwise. And, if adopted, an election shall be held in said town on the third Monday of May next, for all the officers whose election is provided for by the act which will be in force by the adoption of this"

act.

3. The votes cast at said election shall be canvassed Canvass of votes by the judges and clerks of said election, as now provided

for by law, and the result thereof shall be certified, under the hand and seal of said judges and clerks, and shall be recorded by the clerk of the county court of the county of Macoupin, on the record of said court; and which record shall be evidence, in all courts and places, of the facts therein stated.

4. If this act shall take effect, as above provided. the officers elected under the provisions of this act shall hold their office until the next regular election, as provided for by the act which will be in force by the adoption of this

act.

§ 5. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861.

In force February

20, 1861.

AN ACT for the relief of the Town of White Hall.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, All moneys arising from the licensing of the sale of intoxicating drinks within the corporate limits of the town of White Hall, shall be paid into the treasury of the said town of White Hall. § 2. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with this act are hereby repealed.

3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 20, 1861.

In force February AN ACT to legalize the second survey of the Town of Wapella, in DeWitt 22, 1861.

county, Illinois.

WHEREAS errors were made in the first location and survey of the town of Wapella, in said county and state; there fore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the survey and plat of the town of Wapella, as made by Oliver Lakin, present county surveyor of De Witt county, except as hereinafter excepted, be deemed and taken to be the correct map and plat of said town.

§ 2. That all that portion of said town plat of Wapella which has been, before the date of this act, vacated by Daniel A. Neal, the owner of the property of said town, as the same is now recorded in the records of said De Witt county, be vacated.

APPROVED February 22, 1861.

AN ACT to amend "An act to incorporate the Town of Warren."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the president and trustees of the town of Warren shall hereafter, in addition to the powers already conferred upon them by an act of incorporation, approved February 24th, 1859, have power to open, abolish, alter, widen, extend and establish streets, alleys and public grounds in said town.

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$ 2. Whenever the president and board of trustees shall Opening of streets deem it necessary to take private property for opening, altering, widening or extending any public street or alley, in said town, the corporation shall make just compensation to the owner or owners for such property taken; and in case the amount of such compensation shall not be agreed upon, the president and board of trustees shall cause the amount to be ascertained by a jury of six disinterested freeholders of some adjoining town.

§3. The collector appointed by the president and board Collector. of trustees, under section 7 of the act of incorporation of said town, shall be required to file a bond, before assuming the duties of his office, with good and sufficient securities, in a sum designated by the board of trustees; and all officers, by appointment, under said act, shall continue in office for one year, unless removed by a majority vote of the board of trustees.

$ 4. Section 8 of said act of incorporation is hereby amended, so as to read, in the 3d line, "except in cases where they are enjoined in prosecuting, defending, attending to or settling any suit or suits in behalf of said corpora

tion."

$ 5. Section 11 of said act of incorporation is hereby amended, so as to read, in the 3d and 11th lines of said section 11, "real and personal property, in said town;" also, to read, in the 12th line of said section 11, "and if a majority of the votes are in favor of said taxation then an assessment shall be made, in accordance with the provisions of the act of incorporation and the several amendinents thereto."

§ 6. The president and trustees of said town shall have Penalties. power to establish, by ordinance, a penalty, in conformity to the statute, in such cases made and provided, for all cases of assault, assault and battery and affrays, that may occur in said town; and all penalties so recovered shall be paid into the treasury of said town, for the use of said corporation; and they shall also have power to provide, by ordinance, for the punishment of offenders against any ordinance of said town, by imprisonment in the county jail or town calaboose, not exceeding thirty days for any one offense, in all cases when the offender or offenders shall fail or refuse to pay the fines and forfeitures which may be recovered against him or them.

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