In force, Aug. 7, 1843. Certain act repealed Pekin prec'ct tice & constable AN ACT to repeal the twenty-first section of an act entitled "an act to amend the incorporate powers of the town of Pekin, and to provide for the election of an additional justice of the peace and constable in the Pekin precinct, [Tazewell county.] SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the twenty-first section of an act entitled "an act to amend the incorporate powers of the town of Pekin," be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. On the first Monday of August, one thousand eight may elect ad- hundred and forty three, one justice of the peace and one conditional jus- stable, in addition to those now allowed by law, shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Pekin precinct, who shall have the same jurisdiction and be governed by the same regulations as other justices of the peace, and shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. This act to take effect and be in force from and after the first Monday in August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. APPROVED, March 1st, 1843. In force, AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act for the re-survey of the lower Mar. 2, 1843. town of Carlyle, in Clinton county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, Re-survey of represented in the General Assembly, That Zophar Case be aplower town of pointed in place of William C. White, one of the commissionCarlyle ers named in said act. Expenses how paid Part of act repealed SEC. 2. To defray the expenses incurred in the re-survey of said town, the county commissioners' court of Clinton county, shall levy a tax on all the lots within the limits of said town to the amount necessary to pay the same, which shall be collected in the same manner that is provided for the collection of State and county taxes. SEC. 3. Section six of the act to which this is an amendment, and all other parts thereof which comes within the purview of this act, is hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This act to take effect from and after its passage. In force, AN ACT in relation to the streets running through out-lots in the town of Mar. 2, 1843. Vandalia. Duty of co. com'rs in re lation to streets SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the county commissioners' court of Fayette county, to designate and enter upon their records such streets, heretofore laid out through the out-lots of the town of Vandalia, which were declared to be abolished by the fifth section of an act entitled "an act to locate a State road therein named," approved February twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, which they shall deem necessary to be reserved and kept open for the use of common passage; and such streets, so designated, shall not be sold or disposed of but shallbe kept open as other streets are. SEC. 2. That it shall and may be lawful for the county Parts of cercommissioners' court to contract with, sell, and convey, to the tain streets owner or owners of any out-lot or lots of the town of Van- may be sold dalia, the one half of each of the streets running through the out-lots of said town, lying immediately in front and adjoining to the lot or lots which such person or persons shall own, except such streets as shall be designated and reserved according to the first section of this act; and the money arising from such sale and conveyance shall be paid into the county treasury, and to be appropriated to defray the expenses in keeping in repair the former State House, in the town of Vandalia. APPROVED, March 2d, 1843. AN ACT to change the name of a town, and for other purposes. In force, Mar. 3, 1843. tain town changed SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the name of the Name of certown of Van Buren, situated in Lawrence county, be changed to that of Jackman's addition to the town of St. Francisville, and that Main street leading through the town of Van Buren, from north to south, be so changed as to intersect St. Peters' street, in the town of St. Francisville. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, March 3d, 1843. AN ACT to change the name of Bowling Green, in the county of Warren, In force, to that of Berwick. Mar. 3, 1843. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the name of Bowling Name of Green, in the county of Warren, be and the same is hereby town changed changed to that of Berwick. APPROVED, March 3d, 1843. In force, AN ACT to authorise the owners of real estate in the corporation of Mar. 3, 1843. Lynnville to vote for the purposes therein named. estate may vote for cer tain purposes SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, Owners of real represented in the General Assembly, That all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, which authorise and empower the president and trustees of the town of Lynnville, in Morgan county, to levy a tax on the real es tate within the corporate limits of said town, so far as they relate and apply to said town, conferring the power to levy a tax as a foresaid, be and the same are hereby repealed; Provided, that a majority of the legal voters, who own real estate within the limits of the corporation of said town, shall, at the next regular election for trustees for said town, vote for the repeal as aforesaid. SEC. 2. There shall be two columns opened on the poll books of the election aforesaid, one for and the other against the repeal of the acts as aforesaid, and the votes polled for and against the repeal of the acts as aforesaid shall be kept and preserved in the same manner that the votes polled for the election of the trustees aforesaid are kept and preserved. APPROVED, March 3d, 1843. In force, Mar. 3, 1843. Macedonia AN ACT to incorporate the town of Macedonia, in Hancock county, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the inhabitants and incorporated residents of the town of Macedonia, in Hancock county, are hereby made a body corporate and politic in law, by the name and style of the "Trustees of the town of Macedonia," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity; and in all matters and actions whatsoever may grant, purchase and receive, and hold property, real and personal, within said town, and may lease, sell and dispose of the same for the benefit of the town, and may do all other acts as natural persons; may have a common seal, and break and alter the same at pleasure. Powers Seven trustees Qualification of trustees Boundaries SEC. 2. The corporate powers and duties of said town shall be vested in seven trustees, (to be chosen and appointed as hereinafter directed) who shall forin a board to do business. SEC. 3. The members composing the board of trustees shall be elected by the persons residing within said town, qualified to vote for representatives to the Legislature, to serve for one year; they shall be at least twenty-one years of age and inhabitants of said town. SEC. 4. That the boundary of said incorporated limits be and the same is hereby declared to extend to the prescribed limits of the town plat as recorded in Hancock county, and that the jurisdiction of said corporation shall be co-extensive with the limits of said town. and other SEC. 5. The boardshall, at their first meeting, elect one of Board to elect their number president, and shall have power to fill all vacan- a president cies in the board which may be caused by death, resignation, officers or six months absence from town; to appoint a clerk, an assessor, a treasurer, and town constable, who shall give bonds in any amount as the trustees may require. The constable shall take the oath of office before some justice of the peace, Duty of town and it shall be his duty to collect all fines, and serve all pro- constable cess, at the suit of the corporation, and do such other business pertaining to the office as may be required of him by the bylaws and ordinances of the corporation. The board shall be Powers of judges of the qualifications, elections, and returns of their own board of members; a majority shall constitute a board to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as the board may provide. They may determine the rules of proceeding, and by the concurrence of two-thirds of the whole number elected, expel a member; and make such other rules and regulations for their government as to them may seem proper and expedient. SEC. 6. That the board of trustees shall have power, by ordinance, to levy and collect taxes on all real estate within the limits of the corporation, not exceeding one per cent. upon the assessed value thereof, except as hereinafter excepted; to make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants; to prevent and remove nuisances, to provide for licensing, taxing, and regulating merchants, auctions, taverns, groceries, and pedlars, theatricals and all other shows and amusements, to restrain gaming and other disorderly houses; to estab lish and repair bridges, establish and regulate markets, to open and keep in repair streets, drains, &c., to regulate the police of the town, to regulate the election of town officers, to fix their compensation, and from time to time pass such ordinances as to carry into effect the objects of this act, and the power hereby granted, as the good of the inhabitants may require, and to impose and appropriate fines and forfeitures for the breach of any ordinance, and provide for the collection thereof; and that in all cases arising under this act, or growing out of the by-laws and ordinances made in pursuance of this act of incorporation, any justice of the peace within said corporation shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the same, and an appeal may be taken, and writs of certiorari allowed from any such decision, as is now, or may be hereainfter provided by law for appealing from judgments of justices of the peace. trustees SEC. 7. That upon the application of the owners of two- May levy spethirds of the lots on any street or part of street, it shall be cial tax for certain purlawful for the board of trustees to levy and collect a special poses Corporate powers vested in five trus teea SEC. 3. The corporate powers and duties of said town shall be vested in five trustees, who shall form a board for the transaction of business, and the persons who may be in office as trustees in said town, under the general incorporation act of this State, shall, after the passage of this act, be deemed to hold their offices by virtue of this act till the first day of April, 1844, and to discharge their duties in conformity to the provisions of this act. To be elected SEC. 4. The trustees shall be elected annually on the first annually Monday in April, to serve for one year, and until their sucQualiùcations cessors are elected and qualified; they shall be at least twentyone years of age. Persons qualified to vote for State officers, and who shall have resided within the limits of the corporation six months preceding the election, shall be eligible to vote at all elections and town meetings. Officers Notice of elections Other powers of trustees SEC. 5. The board of trustees shall appoint their president from their own body, shall appoint all other officers of the board, except town constable, and shall be judges of the qualifications, elections and returns of their own members, and shall give five days notice, posted in three of the most public places in the town, or published in some newspaper in said town, of the time and place of holding elections to fill all vacancies in said board occasioned by death, resignation, or six months absence of any member thereof; which six months absence shall be deemed to create a vacancy. A majority shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as the board may provide; they may determine the rules of proceedings, and make such other rules and regulations for their own government as to them may seem right and expedient. SEC. 6. The board of trustees shall have power to levy and collect taxes on all real estate in the town, not exceeding one-half per cent. upon the assessed value thereof, except as hereinafter provided; to make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants, to prevent, abate and remove nuisances, to erect and keep in repair bridges, to license and regulate groceries, to license and tax auctions, pedlars, theatrical and other shows of amusements where money is charged for admittance, to restrain and suppress billiard tables and tippling houses, to prohibit gaming and gaming houses, bawdy houses and other disorderly houses, to prohibit the shooting of fire arms within the recorded limits of said town, to prohibit the indecent exhibition of stallions and other animals, to establish, erect and regulate markets, to open and keep in repair the streets, avenues, lanes and alleys, drains and sewers, and to keep the same free from incumbrance; to establish and regulate a fire department for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, the members of which shall be exempt from military duty, and from serving on juries during |