Officer failing of the peace, probate justice of the peace, constable, school to give new commissioner, or collector of State and county revenue, if he bond to deliv- shall fail to give bond as provided for in this act, to deliver to his securi- over to his sureties forthwith all books, moneys, vouchers, pa er over papers ties Officer failing to comply with this act dictment pers, and every description of property whatever, pertaining to his said office, and the said sureties may at any time, after said failure to file said bond, maintain an action of replevin or other appropriate action to recover such property, money, or effects from their said principal. SEC. 8, If any officer, designated in the foregoing sections of this act, shall fail to deliver any money, property, or effects, subject to in- as aforesaid, to his securities, or shall act or attempt to act in his said office after failing to give a new bond as aforesaid, he shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and upon indictment and conviction therefor shall be fined in any sum not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars. Securities not SEC. 9. The provisions of this act shall not be so construed as to operate as a release of the securities of any of the aforesaid officers for liabilities incurred previous to the filing of a before filing new bond as required in the foregoing sections of this act. ties incurred new bond This bill having been laid before the Council of Revision, and ten days not having intervened before the adjournment of the General Assembly, and the said bill not having been returned with the objections of the Council on the first day of the present session of the General Assembly, the same has become a law. Given under my hand, this fifth day of December, 1842. LYMAN TRUMBULL, Secretary of State. In force, Mar. 3, 1843. Preamble Auditor to AN ACT for the relief of Calvin Gold. WHEREAS, Calvin Gold, on the ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, purchased of the cashier of the branch of the old State Bank of Illinois, at Shawneetown, the south-east quarter of section thirtyfour, in township nine south, of range nine east, at and for the sum of four hundred and twenty dollars, which land was sold by the said cashier as the property of the State; and whereas, at the July term, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, of the Gallatin circuit court, the said Gold was evicted from said land in a certain action of ejectment, brought on the demise of Timothy Guard, under a permanent title; therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois. represented in the General Assembly, That the Auditor of Public Accounts be and he is hereby directed to draw his wardraw a warrant on the treasury, in favor of said Gold, for the sum of four rant in favor hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty-four cents, which shall be in full for the claim of said Gold against the State on account of the premises; Provided, that said Auditor shall of Calvin Gold compute interest on the above sum from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, till issuing said warrants at the rate of six per cent. per annum. APPROVED, March 3d, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of William Manning, the collector of Shelby In force, county. Harris may Mar. 3, 1843. WHEREAS, William Manning, the assessor of Shelby county, Preamble for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, failed to assess all of the taxable property in said county for that year; and whereas, David Harris is the collector of the revenue of Shelby county for said year; therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That David Harris be assess certain and he is hereby authorised and required to assess any pro- property in perty, real or personal, in Shelby county, which was liable to Shelby co. taxation for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, in the same manner as the said property could and should have been assessed by said Manning, and the owners of property shall have the same rights under said assessment as though it had been assessed by said assessor. for 1842 SEC. 2. The county commissioners' court of Shelby county To give bond shall require such additional bond to be given by, and require such oath to be administered to, said David Harris, as may be necessary to require and insure a faithful discharge of the duties provided for in this act, and said Harris shall proceed to collect the taxes so assessed, and pay over the same, as in other cases. This act to be in force from and after its pas AN ACT to authorise the sheriff of Shelby county to sell non-resident lands for taxes due for one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. In force, Mar. 3, 1843. WHEREAS, by the neglect on the part of the collector of Shel- Preamble by county, and a mistake in advertising non-resident lands for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, no revenue has been collected in said county on non-resident lands; therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, Non-resident represented in the General Assembly, That the sheriff of the land may be county of Shelby be and he is hereby authorised to sell the sold where the non-resident lands lying in the county of Shelby, for which taxes are untaxes are due for the year one thousand eight hundred and paid for 1841 forty-one, any law to the contrary notwithstanding; and said sale shall be as valid and good as though they had been sold under the revenue laws of this State. APPROVED, March 3d, 1843. In force, AN ACT making compensation to Elijah Willard, formerly a commissionMar. 4, 1843. er of the board of public works.. Compensa SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Auditor of Pub on to Elijah lic Accounts be and he is hereby required to draw his warrant Willard on the State Treasurer in favor of Elijah Willard, for three hundred and eighty-five dollars and sixty-one cents, in full compensation for money paid by him, in satisfaction of a judgment obtained against him, for damages done a mill and milldam, and all costs, damages, expenses, and charges in said case, whilst said Willard was acting as a public officer of the State. APPROVED, March 4th, 1843. In force, AN ACT for the relief of John G. McHattan, late sheriff for Schuyler counMar. 4, 1843. ty, also late sheriff and collector for Schuyler and Brown counties. lect certain taxes SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, McHattan al- represented in the General Assembly, That John G. McHattan lowed to col- be allowed, and he is hereby authorised to collect all taxes due and remaining unpaid in the counties of Schuyler and Brown, to him as sheriff and collector for the years one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, and in the county of Schuyler for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, agreeably to and according to the different laws then in force in each of said years, and they are hereby revived and made in full force for this express purpose, and no other. SEC. 2. That said sheriff and collector, in order to collect said taxes, may advertise lands and town lots for sale, on the second Monday succeeding the fall terms of the courts of said counties of Schuyler and Brown, and the lands and town lots lying and being in Brown county shall be sold at the county seat thereof; Provided, judgment be had for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine; sale to be advertised six weeks previous to said term of court, time and place of sale made known as required by law, at the above respective dates; this law to be in force from and after its passage, any law to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided, that said sheriff and collector be required to execute to the county commissioners' court, a bond with approved security, for the faithful performance of the duties required by this act, before proceeding to collect said taxes. APPROVED, March 4th, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of William Warnick, late a collector of taxes in In force, Mar. 4, 1843. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William Warnick, Collector of late a collector of taxes in and for the county of Macon, for Macon co. the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, be and he is for 1840 may collect unpaid hereby authorized to proceed to collect the revenue which tax for that remains due and unpaid for the year one thousand eight hun-year dred and forty, in the county of Macon, and that he is hereby vested with the same powers in making said collections as he might have used and exercised while in office as aforesaid, and the said collector shall have the same right to proceed to sell lands, on which the taxes of that year have not been paid, as he had in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, and said lands shall be advertised and sold in the same manner as they would have been had the same been sold in the time prescribed by law. Lands sold under this acc SEC. 2. All lands sold under the provisions of this act shall be subject to redemption in the same time and manner as other lands sold under the provisions of the general revenue subject to relaws; but by redeeming lands sold under the provisions of this act demption the owner or owners shall not hold them as redeemed from other sales but shall be required to redeem from other sales according to law, or the rights of purchasers under such sales shall remain valid and unimpaired. APPROVED, March 4th, 1843. In force, AN ACT to provide for the collection of the revenue due from delinquents in the county of Gallatin, for the year one thousand eigh: hundred and Jan. 28, 1848. forty-one. cl'k of Gallatin county SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty B. Bruce to of Benjamin Bruce, collector of the revenue for the county deliver delinof Gallatin, for the year one thousand eight hundred and for- quent list to ty-one, to deliver to the clerk of the county commissioners' court of said county, the delinquent list of tax payers of said county, for said year, and upon such delivery it shall be the duty of the said clerk to credit the said Benjamin Bruce with the amount of said list, and to execute to him a receipt therefor; Provided, it shall be the further duty of the said clerk to deliver said list to the present collector of said county, who shall proceed to collect the same, if it be prac ticable, as is now provided by law. APPROVED, January 28th, 1843. Collection of same In force, AN ACT in relation to the revenue of one thousand eight hundred and Feb. 20, 1843. 1842 to be delivered to collector lector forty-two. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, Tax list of represented in the General Assembly, That the clerks of the county commissioners' courts of the several counties in this State who may not have delivered to the collectors of their respective counties the lists of taxable property for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, be required to deliyer the same forthwith to such collectors and take duplicate Fees of col receipts there for as already provided by law, and the collec tors of the several counties shall, on or before the twentieth day of March next, charge fifteen cents upon every hundred dollars worth of property embraced in the lists of taxable property for the year one thousaind eight hundred and fortytwo, for State purposes, and shall thereupon proceed to collect the amount thus charged from the owners of such property or the person in whose name the same may have been listed Tax collected or assessed for taxation, in gold and silver coin and Auditor's in gold or sil- warrants, except those warrants issued under a settlement ver or Audit- with the Bank of Illinois, at Shawneetown, by virtue of the provisions of an act entitled "an act to provide for the payment of certain debts due from the State to the Bank," approved February twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and the payment of the amount charged as ment to be a aforesaid by the owners of taxable property shall be in licu discharge &c. of the tax assessed for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, upon such property for State purposes and in full discharge of the same; and the said collectors, in the settlement with the Treasurer of the State, shall account for the amount thus charged and no more. tor's warrants Payment of half assess Tax to be re SEC. 2. All collectors who may have collected the taxes of funded to per- one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, at the rate of thirty sons who have cents on each hundred dollars worth of property in gold or paid full amount &c. silver coin, shall, on the application of the person or persons from whom the same was collected, refund the amount so collected over and above the amount required to be collected by the previous section and take receipts for the same. By what time to be paid into State Treasury Proviso SEC. 3. The collectors of the revenue of the several counties shall pay into the State Treasury, on or before the first Monday of September next, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, all the taxes of the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, collected by them for the use of the State, deducting their commission for collection, and the said collectors are hereby released from all penalties which may have heretofore accrued against them in consequence of neglect in collecting the revenue of one thousand eight hundred and forty-two; Provided, they comply with the provisions of this act, aud they are hereby authorized to advertise and sell delinquent lands and do all other acts at any convenient time to enable them to make the aforesaid collec |