be remitted. and which, owing to the peculiar location of said county, are greatly needed, and will require large expenditures of money; and whereas, it is unreasonable that any people should be thus burthened by taxation that does not inure to their benefit any more than to other parts of the state; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the State taxes to state taxes collected and to be collected in Alexander county for the space of two years from the passage of this act, be and the same are hereby appropriated to the said county of Alexander, to be used in defraying the criminal and pauper expenses of said county: Provided, that an amount not exceeding ten per cent. of the taxes so received each year shall be applied by said county to the support of the orphan asylum of the city of Cairo. § 2. The collector of taxes in said county shall collect the state taxes of said county in the same manner as now provided by law, and shall pay them over to the treasurer of Alexander county, and take his receipt therefor, which receipt shall be a voucher to the collector of said county for the amount of state taxes so shown to be collected and paid over to the said county treasurer, and shall be allowed a credit by the auditor for the amount expressed in such receipt or receipts: Provided, nothing herein shall be so construed as to authorize the school tax or the two-mill tax collected in said county to be paid over to said county. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. In force April 16, 1869. This bill having been returned by the governor with objections thereto, and afte reconsideration having passed both houses by a constitutional majority, it has become a law this 16th day of April, A. D. 1869. In force March 10, 1869. County seat, AN ACT for the relief of DuPage county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That until a decree or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction where to remain shall determine that a majority of the votes cast at an election held in DuPage county the third day of June, 1867, were not in favor of the removal of the county seat, the cir cuit and county courts shall be held and the public business of said county done at the town of Wheaton. Duties County of and supervisers $2. Upon notice of the passage of this act, the county clerk clerk shall convene the board of supervisors, and if all the assessors' books shall then be in the possession of said clerk, the said board and clerk shall proceed to perform all such duties as are required of them to be done at the annual meeting of the board of supervisors by the laws of this state; and if said books are not all returned and in the possession of said clerk, the board of supervisors may cause new assessments to be made; and shall have power to appoint suitable persons to assess the property of any town which may not have been assessed and returned to the clerk at Wheaton; and in case of such assessment, twenty days from the appointment of any assessor shall be allowed for the return to be made to the county clerk, otherwise than herein: Provided, it shall be done in accordance with the laws of this state relating thereto. § 3. The taxes in said county shall be collected accord- Taxes. ing to law: Provided, that the time of making returns to the county treasurer is hereby extended until the first day of May, 1869; and the county treasurer shall obtain judg ment of delinquent taxes on the third Monday in June, 1869, or as soon thereafter as practicable in the manner now required by law; and sale shall be made of the delinquent lands and town lots on the fourth Monday in June, 1869, or as soon thereafter as practicable. venue. 4. Changes of venue in all cases affecting or relating Change to the removal of the county seat of said county shall be allowed upon the conditions now provided by law for changes of venue in civil cases, and in cases where the supervisors are or may be a party to any suit or proceedings, on motion supported by the written request of a majority of said board, and an affidavit of one or more of said supervisors, showing that in the opinion of such affiant or affiants, a fair and impartial trial of any such case or proceeding can not be had in said county by reason of prejudice in the minds of the people of said county, or by reason of the prejudice of the judge of the circuit in which said county is or may be situated, then such case or proceeding shall be changed to some other county or circuit as in other cases. § 5. This act shall be deemed a public act, and take 'effect from and after its passage. APPROVED March 10, 1869. of AN ACT for the relief of Edgar county. WHEREAS, the board of supervisors of the county of Edgar neglect or refuse to appoint a person to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Jno. W. Shanks, late treasurer of said county; and, whereas, the financial interests of said county are suffering from such neglect, therefore, In force March 4, 1869. rer. Governor to SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the appoint treasu- governor of the state of Illinois be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a suitable and capable person to fill the vacancy of treasurer of said county occasioned by the death of said John W. Shanks, late treasurer; and that the person so appointed shall fill and hold the office of treasurer of said county for the residue of the term of the late treasurer deceased, and until his successor is elected and qualified; and shall perform all the duties, and be subject to all the laws, penalties and obligations which are imposed upon or apply to county treasurers duly elected under existing laws. It shall be the duty of the person so appointed by the governor, before he shall enter upon the discharge of his duties as treasurer of said county, to execute bond, with securities to be approved by the clerks of the county and circuit courts of said county, and the county judge thereof; which bond shall be subject to the same conditions and in the like penalty of bonds executed by treasurers duly elected. $ 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 4, 1869. In force June 19, 1869. AN ACT for the relief of Henderson county. WHEREAS, the county court of Henderson county, Illinois, did, on the second day of November, A. D. 1855, make an order on the records of said court, directing the county judge of said county to subscribe to the capital stock of the Warsaw and Rockford Railroad Company, for said county, to the amount of one hundred thousand dol-. lars, and to issue one hundred bonds of said county, for one thousand dollars each, with eight per cent. interest, and due twenty years from the date thereof, and deliver the same to said company in payment for such capital stock; which order was made in pursuance to an election or vote previously held in said county by authority of law, and in pursuance of said election and order, the county judge of said Henderson county did make such subscription to the capital stock of said company, for said county, to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, and did issue one hundred bonds of said county for one thousand dollars each, due twenty years from date, with eight per cent. interest coupons, to said company; and, whereas, the county court of said Henderson county have refunded and are about refunding seventy-five of the bonds so issued as aforesaid, by canceling the same and issuing new bonds of said county in lieu thereof, under and by virtue of the act approved February 13, A. D. 1865, said new bonds bearing date. July 1, A. D. 1868, due twenty years from the date thereof, for one thousand dollars each, with six per cent. interest coupons thereto attached, and containing a clause that said county will provide a fund, annually, of five per cent. on said new bonds, for the payment of the principal of said new bonds, until the same shall be fully paid; now, therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the said five per cent. on said new bonds of said Henderson Duty of auditor county, levied and collected and to be levied and collected annually, for the purpose of paying the principal of said new bonds, by virtue of said act of February 13, A. D. 1865, be received and held by the auditor of said state of Illinois, as a fund for the purpose of paying the principal of said new bonds of said Henderson county; and said auditor shail, from time to time, out of said five per cent. fund and such other funds as may be by said Henderson county placed in his hands for that purpose, pay such of said new bonds of said county and at such rate, not exceeding par, as the county judge of said county and the holders of such bonds shall agree upon, and notify said auditor thereof; and said auditor shall thereupon retire and cancel such bonds so by him paid, and forward the same to the treasurer of said Henderson county upon receiving the receipt of said treasurer for the same. And, whereas, said Warsaw and Rockford Railroad Company have long since become insolvent and utterly unable to ce struct their road in said Henderson county, and have entirely failed so to do, and have, in view of such failure and inability, surrendered and delivered to the county court of said Henderson county twenty-one of the bonds issued, as aforesaid, to said company, and have agreed to surrender and deliver to said county court four more of said bonds, all of which surren dered and to be surrendered bonds being unpaid and in full force, therefore, be it further enacted, that the county court County court of said Henderson county be and they are hereby author bonds. ized, in such manner as they may order, to subscribe to the capital stock of any railroad company whose line of road shall be located substantially on or near the general route of the line located by said Warsaw and Rockford Railroad Company in said Henderson county, to an amount not exceeding such bonds so surrendered and to be surrendered as aforesaid, and to issue to such new railroad company the bonds of said Henderson county in lieu of such surrendered bonds, in payment for such subscription to such capital stock of such new railroad company-such new bonds to may issue new run twenty years and to draw not more than six per cent. RELIEF, OFFICERS. In force after AN ACT to extend the time of payment to and settlement with the state stipulaby Joseph H. Cully, collector of taxes for Jackson county. filing tion. Preamble. ment extended. WHEREAS, Joseph H. Cully was sheriff of Jackson county for the years 1867 and 1868, and ex officio collector of taxes in said county; and, whereas, on or about the 23d day of February, 1868, said Joseph H. Cully was robbed of the sum of about four thousand dollars, by having his safe broken open by burglars; and, whereas, about two thousand three hundred and fifty-four dollars of said four thousand dollars was revenue, collected by said Joseph H. Cully, and due the state, for the year 1867; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Time of pay time of payment of the amount due and owing from Joseph H. Cully, late collector of taxes for Jackson county, to wit: $2,351 34, is hereby extended until the first day of September, A. D. 1870; and the auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized and instructed to withhold prosecution upon the bond of the said Joseph H. Cully until the said first day of September, A. D. 1870: Provided, the securities upon the collector's bond of the said Joseph H. Cully shall, within thirty days after the passage of this act, file or cause to be filed, with the auditor of public accounts, a stipulation consenting to the extension of time here given to the said Joseph H. Cully, that such extension shall not work a release of them or in any way affect their liability on the bond of the said Joseph H. Cully as collector of taxes for the county of Jackson. Payment, how made. 2. The payment shall be made in the following manner, to-wit: Eleven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and seventeen cents to be paid on the first day of March, 1870, and eleven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and seven |