exceed $100. § 16. That all fines, forfeitures and penalties authorized Fines, not to to be assessed by this act, may be in an action of debt in the name of "The President and Trustees of the Town of Dubois," before any justice of the peace of said county: Provided, that no such fine, forfeiture or penalty shall exceed one hundred ($100) dollars; and all sums received for license granted to groceries, taverns, auctions, theatrical or other shows and exhibitions, and all fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed for a violation of any ordinance of said town, shall, when collected, be paid into the town treasury for the use and benefit of said town. § 17. That said board of trustees shall have power to Other officers. appoint such other officers, not named in this act, as they may deem necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions. of this act and the ordinances passed by said board in pursuance hereof. § 18. This act shall be a public act, and take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED April 1, 1869. AN ACT to change the name of Concord, McLean county, to Danvers, In force March McLean county, Illinois, and to incorporate the same. 30, 1869. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the name of the town of Concord, in the county of McLean, Name changed. be and is hereby changed to that of Danvers, and shall hereafter be known by the name of Danvers: Provided, that the change of name shall in no wise affect contracts or conveyances heretofore made. tion § 2. The inhabitants of the town of Danvers, in the Re-incorporacounty of McLean, are hereby made a body politic and corporate, in law and in fact, and in the name and style of "The President and Trustees of the town of Danvers," and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, which seal they may alter at pleasure. 3. That the corporation shall include and embrace all Limits. the land contained as follows: The south-west quarter of section thirteen (13) and south-east quarter of section fourteen (14), the north-east quarter of section twenty-three (23) and the north-west quarter of section twenty-four (24), in town twenty-four (24), range one (1) west of the third principal meridian, McLean county, and state of Illinois. That there shall be, on the first Monday of May next, an election of five trustees, and on every first Monday of May thereafter, who shall hold their offices for tc. Shall one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and public notice of time and place of holding said election shall be given by the president and trustees of said town by an advertisement published in a newspaper in said town, or posting it up in at least three of the most public places in said town; the first notice of election to be given by W. F. Hodge, or by any of the qualified voters in the town. Wm. S. Hall, M. S. Hodge, H. Parkhurst, C. C. Rowell, W. Estes, S. Baker, G. Bunn, H. G. Bumgardner, W. C. Hoagg, W. Wyatt, or any three of them, shall prescribed the manner in which the election or elections of the organization under which this charter shall be conducted; and the board of trustees shall prescribe the manner in which all subsequent elections shall be conducted. have 8 [4] 5. The corporation shall have all the rights, privirights, powers, leges and powers conferred upon the village of Eureka, Woodford county, by an act passed February 22d, 1859. [5] 6. This act shall take effect from and after its pas sage. APPROVED March 30, 1869. In force March AN ACT to change the name of Coulterville, Randolph county, Illinois, to 80, 1869. Grand Cote. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the name of the town of Coulterville, in Randolph county, Illinois, be and is hereby changed to Grand Cote, and hereafter shall be known and recognized as Grand Cote. 2. This act shall be deemed a public act, and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 30, 1869. In force April AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of 1, 1869. Dement, in Ogle county, Illinois, to change the name thereof to Creston, and to enlarge the police powers of said town." Change name. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That from of and after the passage of this act the name of the town of Dement, in Ogle county, in the state of Illinois, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Creston, and that said corporate town shall hereafter be known and called by the name of Creston. sons or titles of 82. That the change of the name of the corporate Not to affect town of Dement to that of Creston shall in no way annul rights of peror interfere with the rights of persons heretofore acquired, property. nor to, in any manner, affect the title to real or other property or thing, or the action or the right of action, in law or in equity, nor to, in any manner, affect or annul any ordinance heretofore passed by said corporate town of Dement, and now in force, but that the same shall continue to be in force and operation until repealed by the trustees of the said corporate town of Creston; and all suits now pending, in which said town are interested, directly or indirectly, shall be, by said town, duly prosecuted to a final result, or are otherwise legally disposed of. Annual elec § 3. At the next annual election of trustees for said corporate town of Creston, and quadrennially thereafter, the ton of trustees, legal voters thereof shall also elect one police magistrate, who shall duly qualify and be commissioned, and possess the same powers and term of office as is now provided by the general laws of this state for the qualifications, powers and duties of justices of the peace: Provided, that the corporate authorities of said town may order a special election for the election of said police magistrate within six months after the passage of this act. Jurisdiction trates. § 4. The police magistrate and all justices of the peace residing within the corporate town of Creston shall have of police magisjurisdiction of all causes of actions and prosecutions for the violation of any ordinance of said town, but shall not render a judgment, in any one suit, for a greater sum than one hundred dollars and the costs of suit; and shall have and recover the same fees for like services as are now provided by law for justices of the peace elected by virtue of the general laws of this state; and change of venue may be Change taken from one justice to another in said corporation; and venue. in case of the absence of the other justice or justices from said town, or of their disability, then the justice before whom the change of venue is taken and granted, shall send his transcript and papers to the next nearest justice in the county, who shall have jurisdiction of the parties and subject matter the same as any justice of said corporation. of make appoint 5. The board of trustees of said corporate town of Trustees may Creston shall be and are hereby vested with full power to ments. appoint a town constable by a majority vote of said board, who shall duly qualify in all respects as is now provided by the general laws applicable to constables elected and qualifying for said office; and said constable, so appointed and qualified, shall have the same jurisdiction and powers to execute or serve processes anywhere in the county of Ogle as other constables, and shall be subject to the same liabili of constables. Jurisdiction ties; and all constables in the township of Dement shall also have jurisdiction and power to serve any and all processes delivered to him, issued by the police magistrate of said town of Creston, or any other magistrate of said town. Said board shall also have the power to create such subordinate offices as they deem necessary, and appoint officers to fill the same and to discharge the duties connected therewith, and remove and appoint such officers at pleasure, which officers shall qualify and discharge such duties as may be prescribed by said board. Said board shall also make arrests. have power to appoint one or more police officers, as they may deem necessary for carrying into effect the powers conferred upon said corporation by this act and the act to which this is an amendment, or ordinances passed and operative by virtue hereof. All officers to 6. The trustees and all police officers, all constables and magistrates residing within said corporation, are hereby declared to be conservators of the peace, and they are hereby vested with full power and authority to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, on view, any and all persons who shall violate any ordinance or ordinances in force in said town, and detain such person or persons in custody, in the lock up of said town, or other safe place, or in the county jail, over night or longer if necessary, or during the sabbath day and until a trial can be had, or while any such persons may be intoxicated; and shall have such other powers as the said board may prePower to pro- scribe by ordinance. hibit sale liquor. of 87. The board of trustees of said town of Creston shall have the exclusive power to regulate, prohibit or license the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt, fermented or intoxicating or mixed liquors in said corporate town, and upon such terms and conditions as they may deem proper, and shall likewise have the power to regulate, prohibit or license billiard saloons and bowling alleys in said town, upon such terms and conditions as they may deem proper: Provided, that no license granted by said board and their successors shall continue and be in force beyond the term for which said board of trustees shall have been elected, but all such licenses shall expire and become void on the day of the to annual election of said board of trustees. Trustees hold monthly meetings. § 8. Each newly elected board of trustees shall, as soon as practicable after their said election, meet and duly qualify and organize ready for the transaction of business, and their subsequent meetings shall be on the first Monday of each month and at such other times as they may deem May levy and proper during their term of office. collect taxes. § 9. The board of trustees of said town shall have the power and authority to levy and collect taxes, for corporate purposes, annually, upon all the taxable property within said corporation, not to exceed two per cent, per annum upon the assessed value thereof, and enforce the collection of the same as is now provided by law for the collection of state and county taxes-said taxes to be collected by the township collector of the township of Dement; and when so collected the same shall by him be paid to the treasurer of the said town of Creston, after deducting the fees allowed by law for the collection of state and county taxes. Upon the return of said collector of the non-payment of any such tax, the revenue laws of the state in force shall apply and be in force the same as to all other taxes or lands returned to the county treasurer as delinquent for the non-payment of taxes. 10. The said board of trustees of said town of Creston shall have the full power to make, enforce and repeal all and such ordinances that may be necessary and proper for the carrying into effect all the powers specified in this act and the act to which this is an amendment, or as the good of the inhabitants of said corporate town may, from time to time, require. Power and duty of trustees for 11. All prosecutions for the violation of this act and Penalty violating ordithe act to which this is an amendment, for which fines, nances. forfeitures and penalties are provided, and all prosecutions for the violations of all town ordinances now in force or hereafter to be in force in said town, shall be commenced and prosecuted in the same manner as cases of assault and battery now are provided for by law. Either the party prosecuting or the defendant may have a jury if demanded by them; and all fines, forfeitures and penalties prosecuted for and collected for any violation of this act or the act to which this is an amendment, or for the violation of any ordinance in force in said town, or for affrays, assaults, assaults and batteries, quarrelling, breaches of the peace or other disturbance or disorderly conduct, shall be paid into the treasury of said town, and be vested in and belong to said town. § 12. The board of trustees of said town of Creston shall have power and authority to open, alter, widen, establish, vacate, grade, pave or otherwise improve and keep in repair streets, avenues, lanes, alleys and public roads in said town. Authority to improve streets to construct cross ings. § 13. The board of trustees shall have power to require Railroads railroad companies to construct and keep in repair suitable crossings at the intersection of streets and alleys in said town where the said board may deem necessary for the convenience of said town or the public; also, to regulate the speed of locomotive engines or trains of cars running through said town. 8 14. All acts or parts of acts coming within the provisions of this act, contrary to or inconsistent with its provisions, are hereby repealed. Conflicting acts repealed. |