demand to pay every such assessment or tax, and in default Sale of Lands for thereof it shall be lawful for the marshal of such village to Taxes. Notice of Sale. Certificate. Redemption. levy upon and sell personal estate, and for want thereof the real estate so assessed, rendering the surplus, if any, after deducting the costs and charges of such sale, to the person against whom the tax is levied: Provided, That whenever any real estate shall be sold by said marshal, notice thereof shall be published in a newspaper printed in such village, if there be one, or by posting written notices thereof in at least three public places in said village, at least four weeks immediately preceding the time of such sale; and the marshal, on such sale, shall give to the purchaser or purchasers of any such lands a certificate in writing, describing the lands so purchased, the amount of the bid, and the time when the purchaser thereof will be entitled to a deed for said land; and if the said lands are not, within one year from the date of such sale, redeemed by the payment to the Treasurer of such village, for the use of the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the sum mentioned in such certificate, with interest thereon at the rate of twenty per cent. per annum from the date of such certificate, the said marshal, or his successor in office, shall, at the expiration of said year, execute to the purchaser or purchasers, his or their heirs or assigns, a conveyance of the lands so sold, and the said conveyance shall be prima facie evidence that the sale and all the proceedings therein prior to such sale Effect of Convey were regular; and every such conveyance executed by the said marshal under his hand and seal, acknowledged and recorded, may be given in evidence in the same manner as a deed regularly executed and acknowledged by the owner, and duly recorded; and all personal estate sold for the payment of taxes, shall be sold in such manner as the by-laws and ordinances of such village shall direct. Conveyance. ance as evidence. Notice of comple tion of Assessment Roll. (2131.) SEC. 34. Whenever the Assessors of such village shall have completed their assessment roll and valuation of the property, real and personal, in such village, they shall give notice thereof by publishing in a newspaper printed in said village, by at least two insertions, or posting up the same in at least three public places in said village, stating the place where said roll is left for inspection, and the time when and place where they will meet to hear the objections of any Meeting of As person interested, to the valuation so made by them; and at the time so appointed the Assessors shall meet, and on the application of any person considering himself aggrieved, may sessors to review Roll. review and reduce the said valuation, on sufficient cause shown to the satisfaction of said Assessors; and if any person or persons shall conceive himself or themselves aggrieved by the final decision of the said Assessors, they shall have the right Appeal from Asof appealing from such decision, at any time within five days, President and to the President and Trustees, who are in like manner authorized to review said roll, and upon sufficient cause shown, to reduce such valuation. sessment to Roll. (2132.) SEC. 35. It shall be the duty of the President and Duplicate Tax Trustees to make out a duplicate of the tax roll, charging each individual therein an amount of tax in proportion to the amount of real and personal estate of such individual within such village, and annex thereto their warrant, signed by the Warrant. President and Clerk, and deliver the same to the marshal, whose duty it shall be to collect the said taxes, within such time and in such manner as the by-laws shall direct. to Treasurer. (2133.) SEC. 36. All moneys received by the marshal shall Moneys to be paid be paid over to the Treasurer of said village. Duties of Street (2134.) SEC. 37. The Street Commissioners shall superintend Commissioners. and direct the working, planking, repairing, paving, grading, and opening all streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, cross walks, highways and bridges within such village, in such manner as may, from time to time, be directed by the President and Trustees. (2135.) SEC. 38. The President and Trustees may establish Line of buildings the line parallel to and bounding upon the street or highway Trustees. upon which buildings may be erected, and beyond which such buildings shall not extend. to be established by President and (2136.) SEC. 39. The President and Trustees shall have Fire Companies authority to establish and organize fire companies, and hook eay be establishand ladder companies, and provide them with engines and other implements as shall be necessary to extinguish fires, and preserve the property of such village from conflagrations; to appoint from among the inhabitants of such village such number as may be necessary to serve as firemen. ties of Fire Com (2137.) SEC. 40. Each fire, hose, and hook and ladder Powers and ducompany shall have power to elect their own officers, and panies. establish rules for the government of said companies, subject to the approval of the President and Trustees, and they may impose such fines for the non-attendance or neglect of duty of any of its members as they may deem necessary and proper; and every member of such company may obtain a certificate to that effect from the clerk of such village, which shall be Duties of Marshal at Fires. Term of office of Clerk to powers. evidence thereof; and the members of such company, during their continuance as such, shall be exempt from serving on juries, and from the payment of a poll tax in said village; and it shall be the duty of every fire company to keep in good repair and condition the fire engines, hose, ladders and other implements of such company, and they shall assemble at least once in each month, and as often as directed by the President and Trustees, for the purpose of using and working, or examining such engine and other implements, with a view to their perfect order and repair. (2138.) SEC. 41. Upon the breaking out of any fire in such village, the marshal shall immediately repair to the place of such fire, and aid and assist in extinguishing such fire, and in preventing any goods from being stolen, and in removing and protecting the same, and shall obey the orders of the President and Trustees, or either of them, who may be present at such fire. (2139.) SEC. 42. The Clerk of such village shall hold his be office for the term of two years, and shall be a Police Justice of the Peace, and shall have cognizance of all matters arising under and by virtue of this act, and the by-laws and ordinances of the President and Trustees, and may issue all Jurisdiction and process necessary to enforce the same, with full power to try, hear and determine all suits, actions and proceedings instituted under and by virtue of this act, in like manner, and with like effect as may be done by any other Justice of the Peace by the laws of this State, and with like fees; and all process shall be tested and made returnable, and the proceedings shall be conducted in like manner as prescribed for Justices of the Peace by the laws of this State, and appeals may be taken from judgments rendered by such Police Justices in the same time, and in the same manner, as provided in other cases. Marshal to be (2140.) SEC. 43. The marshal shall be a Police Constable for said village, and may serve any process issued by the Police Justice or any other officer by virtue of this act, and shall perform all such services as may be required by the President and Trustees, and shall be entitled to the same fees as constables for similar services, and shall be entitled to the same privileges, and subject to the same liabilities, as constables, in the performance of similar duties; said marshal shall have the general supervision of the streets, commons, lanes, public grounds, burial places, and alleys, in said village, under the direction of the President and Trustees, and shall see that the by-laws and ordinances are properly observed. Justice to be pub (2141.) SEC. 44. The docket of the Clerk, kept by him as Docket of Police such Police Justice, shall be and remain a public record in his lic Record. office, and shall be delivered over, together with all other books and papers belonging to his office as clerk, to his successor in office; and his successor in office shall be authorized to continue and complete all proceedings commenced by his predecessor in office as such Police Justice. Villages may (2142.) SEC. 45. Any incorporated village may organize Incorporated under the provisions of this act, by a vote of the electors of organize under such village at the annual election of village officers for such village. This act shall take effect immediately. this Act. sue and be sued, ele ct Officers, Laws. Chapter Fifty-Five of Revised Statutes of 1846. Corporations may (2143.) SECTION 1. All Corporations shall, when no other and make By: provision is specially made, be capable, in their corporate name, to sue and be sued, appear, prosecute and defend all actions and causes to final judgment and execution, in any Courts or elsewhere; to have a common seal, which they may alter at pleasure; to elect, in such manner as they shall determine to be proper, all necessary officers, and to fix their com pensation, and define their duties and obligations; and to make by-laws and regulations consistent with the laws of the State, for their own government, and for the due and orderly conducting of their affairs, and the management of their property. Nature of By- Notice of Meet ings. Ibid. (2144.) SEC. 2. All Corporations may, by their by-laws, where no other provision is specially made, determine the manner of calling and conducting their meetings, the number of members that shall constitute a quorum, the number of shares that shall entitle the members respectively to one or more votes; the mode of voting by proxy, the mode of selling shares for the non-payment of assessments, and the tenure of office of the several officers; and they may prescribe suitable penalties for the violation of their by-laws, not exceeding in any case twenty dollars, for any one offence; but no such by-laws shall be made by any Corporation, repugnant to the provisions of its charter. (2145.) SEC. 3. The first meetings of all Corporations, unless otherwise provided for in their acts of incorporation, shall be called by a notice signed by one or more of the persons named in the act of incorporation, setting forth the time, place and purposes of the meeting; and such notice shall, at least twenty days before the meeting, be delivered to each member, or published in some newspaper of the county where the Corporation shall be established, or if no newspaper be published in the county, then in some newspaper published in an adjoining county. (2146.) SEC. 4. Whenever, by reason of the death, absence, or other legal impediment of the officers of any Corporation, there shall be no person duly authorized to call or preside at a legal meeting thereof, any Justice of the Peace of the county where such Corporation is established may, on a written application of three or more of the members thereof, issue a warrant to either of the said members, directing him to call a meeting of the Corporation, by giving such notice as shall have been previously required by law; and the Justice may, in the same warrant, direct such person to preside at such |