Board of trustees Annual meeting. Church of Quincy, Illinois," or such as may hereafter become members thereof, in pursuance of the constitution. and by-laws of the same, shall be and are hereby created members of this incorporation. 84. The said Frank Kellenbrink, Frederick Weneker, Martin Erdman, Jacob Lock, William Winkelman and Herman Merten, and their successors in office, shall be and are hereby created a board of trustees of said incorporation. The said Frank Kellenbrink and Frederick Weneker to hold their said office until the first day of January, A.D. 1862; the said Martin Erdman and Jacob Lock to hold their said offices until the first day of January, A.D. 1863; and the said William Winkelman and Herman Merten to hold their said office until the first day of January, A.D. 1864, and until their respective successors are duly elected, or their term of office be sooner terminated under the provisions of this act. § 5. The members of this incorporation shall, on the first day of January, A.D. 1862, and also on the first day of January in each and every year thereafter, unless the same shall come on Sunday-in which case such meeting shall be held on the following Monday-shall hold a general meeting, for the purpose of electing trustees to fill the place of those whose term of office shall on such day expire, and to fill such vacancies as may be occasioned by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, as hereinafter mentioned, and for the transaction of such other business as may be deemed necessary. Such meeting to be held in the church edifice of said incorporation-at which time the voting members of said incorporation shall elect two of their number trustees, to fill the place of those whose term of office shall expire at the time of holding such election; and shall, also, at such meeting, fill all such vacancies as may then exist in such board of trustees. And in case any trustee, aforesaid, shall cease to be a member of said incorporation, or shall remove from the county of Adams, and state of Illinois, he shall, upon the happening of such contingency, thereby be deemed to have vacated his said office, and thereupon the remaining trustees shall have full power to act, in all cases whatsoever, the same as if no vacancy had occurred. Constitution and § 6. The constitution and by-laws of "The German Evangelical Salem's Church of Quincy, Illinois," shall be and are hereby created and declared to be the constitution and by-laws of this incorporation, and the same may be altered, amended and changed in such manner as may hereafter be deemed necessary by a majority of the voting members of the same; and the rights, duties and prerogatives of the several members of said incorporation, as also their qualifications, whether ministers or pastors, elders or deacons, superintendents or teachers, council trustees or other officers or members, shall be and remain as the same by-laws. now are or hereafter may be prescribed by their said constitution and by-laws; and a majority of the voting members of the said corporation shall have the right to expel, suspend or excommunicate any member or members thereof, for such cause and in such manner as may be prescribed by the constitution and by-laws of the same. corporation. § 7. That lot number eleven, (11,) and a strip of land Property of the thirty-five (35) feet in width, off of the west side of lot numbered twelve, (12,) in block number sixty-six, (66,) in John Wood's addition to the city of Quincy, situate in the county of Adams, and state of Illinois, and also all the other property, whether reak, personal or mixed, owned by "the German Evangelical Salem's Church of Quincy, Illinois," or the trustees thereof, for the use of said church, as well as all property, real, personal or mixed, which may hereafter be acquired by said corporation, shall be and the same hereby is vested in said board of trustees, and their successors in office, to be held by them in trust, and for the use of said incorporation; and the trustees thereof, for the time being, shall have the right and power to sell and convey any and all property so held by them, in such manner and for such purposes as may be prescribed by a majority of the voting members of the same, at any meeting, to be called and held by them for such purpose; and no misnomer of said incorporation shall defeat or annul any gift, grant, bequest or devise to or for the same. 8. That this act shall be and the same is hereby declared to be a public act, and to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861. AN ACT to incorporate the Hebrew Congregation K. K. Bnai Avrohum" of In force February the City of Quincy, county of Adams, in the State of Illinois. 20, 1861. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Edward Jonas, president; Solomon J. Lesem, treasurer; Isaac Schwemmer, warden; Moses Jacobs, secretary; Moses Bachrach, Manheim Jackson, Martin Joseph, their associates and successors, be and they are hereby declared and constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of "The Hebrew Congregation K. K. Bnai Avrohum, Corporate name of Quincy, Illinois," and by that name and style shall have and powers. perpetual succession, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; to acquire, hold and convey property, real, personal and mixed, in all lawful ways; to have and to use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure; to make, Officers annually elected. alter and amend such constitution and by-laws, not inconsist- § 2. The officers of said congregation shall consist of the president, treasurer, warden, secretary and three trustees, who shall be elected, annually, at such time and place and manner as shall be designated by the constitution or by-laws of said congregation; and when elected shall constitute a board of trustees, and shall act as such until their successors are elected and installed; and the officers and trustees now in office shall continue to act as such until their successors are duly elected and installed. And all property, real, personal and mixed, now owned and possessed by said congregation, shall be vested in said trustees and their successors in office, for the use and benefit of said congregation, forever. And the trustees, for the time being, shall have power, under the direction of said congregation, to execute deeds and conveyances of and concerning the estate and property herein authorized to be held by such congregation; and such deeds or conveyances shall have the same effect as like deeds or conveyances made by natural persons: Provided, that no deed or conveyance shall be made of any estate, held as aforesaid, so as to defeat or destroy the interest or effect of any grant, donation or bequest, which may Gifts and grants, be made to such congregation; but all grants, donations and bequests shall be appropriated and used as directed by the APPROVED February 20, 1861. AN ACT to authorize Schuyler Presbytery to convey certain lands in Mc- In force February Donough County. 21, 1861. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Presbytery of Schuyler of the Old School Presbyterian Church of the state are hereby authorized and empowered. to transfer and convey the property of McDonough College, or any portion thereof, to McComb Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. Masons of McComb, in this state or to any person, in trust for said lodge, who may be designated by said lodge; and for that purpose the said presbytery may designate and appoint some person to make, execute and deliver, for and on behalf of said presbytery, all the necessary deeds of conveyance, releases, acquittances or other writings. And all deeds of conveyance, releases, acquittances or other writings, which shall hereafter be made by any person, so appointed for the purpose aforesaid, shall be valid and binding in law and equity. APPROVED February 21, 1861. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the City of Aurora, In force February and to establish an Inferior Court therein," approved February 11, 1857. CHAPTER 1st. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the 11, 1861. marshal of said city shall have such powers and perform Powers and duties such duties as shall be prescribed by the common council of the marshal. for the preservation of the public peace, the collection of license money and fines, or otherwise. He shall possess the power and authority of a constable, at common law and under the statutes of this state, and receive like fees; but shall not serve civil process without first entering into bonds as such constable, to be approved by the common council as in other cases. § 2. The common council shall have power to authorize Licenses. the mayor or other proper officer of the city to grant and issue license and determine the fees to be paid therefor. No license shall be granted for more than one year; and not more than five hundred dollars shall be required to be paid under the act to which this is an amendment. A bond may be required to be taken, on the granting of licenses, for the observance of the ordinances or regulations of the common council, in the discretion of the mayor or common council. Commitments to the bridewell. Larceny. Appeals. Firemen's privileges. Cleaning of sidewalks. Flections. Publication ordinances. 3. The common council shall have power to provide and require all persons committed to the bridewell or house of correction, on any final judgment, to work out such judgment and the costs of suit in the bridewell, or anywhere in the city, at the rate of fifty cents per day, in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. § 4. The common council shall have power to prohibit larceny, where the same is not punishable in the penitentiary. § 5. That all judgments rendered in favor of the city, for the violation or violations of any ordinance thereof, may be appealed from to the court of common pleas of the city of Aurora, and not elsewhere; and no change of venue shall be allowed from said court, on such appeals, unless the presiding judge shall believe that public and private justice shall require it. § 6. Every fireman, who shall have faithfully served as such in said city for the term of seven years, shall be exempt from serving on juries in all courts in this state or in the militia, except in case of war, invasions or insurrection; and the evidence to entitle such person to such exemption shall be a diploma, under the corporate seal, signed by the mayor and clerk. 7. The common council shall have power to compel all persons to keep the snow, ice, dirt, and all other obstructions from the sidewalks in front of the premises owned or occupied by them. § 8. The common council shall have power, whenever an election is to be held in said city for an officer or officers, to be voted for by the whole city, and when no ward officers are to be elected, to appoint the same to be held at one place in said city, and to appoint three inspectors of such election. § 9. It shall be lawful to draw as many orders upon the city treasury, for an amount found due at one time, to any person or persons, as the common council may direct; also, in cases where the same is payable out of different funds, to draw separate orders for the amount due against such fund. of § 10. Proof of the publication of the ordinances, by-laws, notices and other matters of said city, by the affidavit of a printer or publisher of the corporation newspaper, taken before any person authorized to administer oaths, and filed with the city clerk, or any other competent proof of such publication shall be conclusive evidence of the legal publication and promulgation of such ordinances and other matters published by authority of said city, in all courts and places; and such ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations, when printed and published by authority of the common council, in book or pamphlet form, shall be received in all courts and places, without further proof. |