county where such new trial is to be had, and of such sheriff to take and re-convey such person to the jail of his county, and for such services the sheriff shall be allowed. and paid like fees as in the case of commitments to the penitentiary.

§ 2. In case of the affirmance of any judgment upon Time of service. which a prisoner has been committed to the penitentiary, and upon which a supersedeas has been granted, which has not had the effect to release such prisoner from confinement in the penitentiary, the time of service under such judg ment shall commence to run from the time of the commitment.

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

APPROVED March 31, 1869.

19, 1869.

AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled "An act for the government and In force April discipline of the Illinois penitentiary," and amendments thereto, passed at the present general assembly.

vict may be a

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That when the governor shall pardon any convict, he may, in his dis- Pardoned concretion, issue a certificate restoring him or her to the right to give testimony, as a witness, in all cases in any court in this state; which certificate shall be taken as evidence of the fact in all courts and elsewhere.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its pas

sage.

APPROVED April 19, 1869.

witness.

AN ACT to provide for the employment of county convicts.

in force April 19, 1869.

Court

sentence

may con

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That, hereafter, any prisoner convicted in the circuit court of any county in this state, or in any city court having criminal iets to labor. jurisdiction, of any crime or misdemeanor, the punishment of which is imprisonment in the county jail, such prisener or convict may be sentenced, by the court in which such conviction is had, to labor for the benefit of the county

Work-house.

during the term of such imprisonment, in the county or
other work-house provided for that purpose by the county
authorities.

§2. The county courts, or the board of supervisors in coun-
ties adopting township organization, may erect or cause to
be erected a work-house in their respective counties, or
they may direct that work-house owned or constructed
by any city shall be used in place or in lieu of any coun-
ty work-house; and when they shall so order or direct,
then such convict shall be sentenced to such city work-
house.

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

APPROVED April 19, 1869,

CORONERS.

In force March 30, 1869.

Duties.

Written testimony.

AN ACT to further define the duties of coroners.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That every coroner shall, at the expense of the county, be supplied with proper record books, wherein he shall enter the name, if known, of each and every person upon whose body an inquest shall be held, together with the names of the jurors comprising the jury, the names, residence and occupations of the witnesses who are sworn and examined, and the verdict of the jury, which they may render; and in case the name of the person deceased is not known, it shall be the duty of the coroner to make out a description of said person, and enter the same upon the record book to be so kept by him, together with all such facts and circumstances attending the death which may be known, and which may lead to the identification of the person; and shall carefully take an inventory of said person's personal effects and property of every kind and nature whatever, and state on his records what has been done with the same, and if any of the said personal property be money, where the same is deposited.

§ 2. It shall further be the duty of the coroner to cause the testimony of each and every witness, who may be sworn and examined at any inquest, to be written out and signed by said witness, together with his occupation and place of

residence, which testimony shall be filed with said coroner, in his said office, and carefully preserved.

$ 3.

sage.

This act shall take effect from and after its pas

APPROVED March 30, 1869.

CORPORATIONS.

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AN ACT to authorize the formation of corporations to provide the mem- In force March bers thereof with homesteads, or lots of land suitable for homesteads.

pur

26, 1863.

incorporate.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That any number of persons, not less than three, may associate and Number may form themselves into an incorporated company for the pose of accumulating a fund for the purchase of real estate in large tracts, paying of incumbrances thereon, the improvement thereof, and the subdivision thereof into lots and parcels suitable for homesteads, and the distribution of such lots or parcels among the shareholders, or to aid its shareholders in acquiring real estate, making improvements thereon and removing incumbrances therefrom. § 2. Such persons shall severally subscribe articles of Articles of asassociation, in which shall be set forth the name and objects of the association or corporation, the time, not to exceed ten years, for which the same is limited to exist, the amount of capital stock, and the number of shares into which it is proposed to be divided, the number of directors and other officers, their terms of office and duties, and such other regulations as may be necessary to enable the corporation to carry on its business and accomplish its objects, and how amendments thereto may be made.

sociation.

$3. A certificate, in writing, duly signed and acknow- Certificate. ledged by three or more of the persons proposing to form such corporation, before some officer competent to take acknowledgment of deeds-in which shall be set forth the corporate name of the association, its objects, the amount. of the capital stock and of the fund to be raised, the number of shares, the time of its existence, not to exceed ten years, the number of trustees or directors who shall manage the concerns of the association for the first year of its existence, and their names and the name of the city, town or county in which the office or principal place of business

Subscription and payments.

Borrow

lend money.

is to be located-shall be filed in the office of the coun-
ty clerk of the county in which the office or principal
place of business is intended to be located, and a copy
thereof, duly certified under the hand and seal of such
county clerk, in the office of the secretary of state of the
state of Illinois; and thereupon the persons who have sub-
scribed the said certificate, and such other persons as shall
become members of such association, and their successors,
shall be a body corporate by the name specified in said cer-
tificate, and shall possess the powers and privileges, and be
subject to the provisions of an act concerning corporations,
passed February tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine,
and the various acts amendatory of and supplemental there-
to, so far as the provisions therein contained are consistent
with this act and no further; and they shall, by their cor-
porate name, be capable, in law, of purchasing, holding and
conveying any personal property or estate whatever, which
may be necessary to enable said associates to carry on the
operations named in said certificate.

4. It shall be lawful for the trustees to call in and de-
mand from the shareholders, respectively, all such sums of
money by them subscribed, at such times and in such pay-
ments or installments as the articles of association shall
prescribe, under the penalty of forfeiture of the shares of stock
subscribed for, and all deposits, assessments and previous
payments made thereon towards the principal funds of the
association, and the property acquired therewith and owned
by the association, if payment shall not be made by the
stockholders within ten days after a personal demand and
notice requiring such payment shall have been published,
at least thirty days, in a newspaper of general circulation
in the city, town or county where the office or principal
place of business of such corporation is located, or in the
newspaper published nearest to the place where the busi-
ness of the company shall be carried on as aforesaid; but
articles of incorporation may prescribe other penalties than
such forfeiture upon such failure to meet the payments of
such deposits, assessments and installments; in which case,
such provisions shall govern and may be legally enforced.
No holder of shares shall claim to be legally exempt from
making monthly or other payments provided for in the
articles of association, or installments upon said shares,
upon the ground that amounts have been paid by said
shareholder as fines for the non-payment of dues, or other
violation of the articles of association, or of any premium
for loans to members, or advance price of property bid by
such member.

and § 5. All corporations formed under this act shall have
power to borrow money for temporary purposes, not incon-
sistent with the objects of their organization, and to loan

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to their own members or other persons any moneys belonging to such corporation, and not needed for immediate use; but no loan for such purposes shall have a longer duration than two years, nor shall such indebtedness exceed, at any one time, one-fourth of the aggregate amount of the shares and parts of shares and the income thereof actually paid in and received. Such corporation, however, for the purpose of completing the purchase of land to be subdivided and distributed among the shareholders, may borrow, upon the security of their shares or the land so purchased, or the land owned or held by them at the time of making such loan or loans, any sum or sums of money, which, together with the interest to become due thereon, shall not exceed ninety per cent. of the amount subscribed by the shareholders and still remaining to be paid upon the shares; but no loan shall be taken for a longer period than the time limited in the articles of association for the existence of the corporation, nor shall the interest to be paid upon such loans ever be compounded, or exceed, in the aggregate, ten per cent. per annum.

In relation to minor children married

women.

§ 6. Parents may take and hold shares in such associations in behalf and for the use of minor children: Provi- and ded, the cost of such shares and the amount of deposits and assessments thereon to be paid from the personal earnings of such minor children, or the earnings or money of such parent for this purpose voluntarily bestowed. Married women may take and hold shares in such associations: Provided, the cost of such shares and the amount of deposits and assessments shall be paid from their personal earnings, the personal earnings or money of their children voluntarily bestowed for this purpose, or from property bequeathed or given to them, or given to them by persons other than their husbands.

7. Every such corporation shall terminate, except for Termination. the purpose of settling its affairs, at the expiration of the time stated in the articles of association for its existence, or whenever it is dissolved in the manner provided in the articles of association; but no dividend of the funds belonging to the corporation, or the proceeds of property owned by the corporation, shall be paid to the shareholders upon such dissolution until all the debts of the association shall have been paid or otherwise sufficiently provided for. § 8. No officer, trustee, attorney, agent or servant of Restriction upany association incorporated under the provisions of this act shall use or dispose of any part of the funds of said association, or assign, transfer, cancel or deliver up, or acknowledge satisfaction of any bond, mortgage or other written instrument belonging to such association, unless duly authorized, or be guilty of any fraud in the performance of his duties; and every person guilty of a violation of this

on officers.