la force Feb. 10, AN ACT to amend the 60th chapter of the Revised Statutes, entitled "Landlord and Tenant." 1857. six months. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in all Lien to exist for cases of the demise of lands or tenements, whether the rent reserved be payable in money, in specific articles of property, or in any part of the products of the demised premises, that the landlord shall have the right to distrain the personal goods of the tenant for the period of six months after the expiration of the term for which the premises were demised; such distress to be made in the manner now provided by law, and nothing herein contained shall be held or construed to impair or lessen any of the rights of distress now given by the chapter to which this is an amendment. APPROVED Feb. 10, 1857. In force Feb. 28, AN ACT authorizing the purchase of law books for the libraries of the supreme court. 1857. books. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the stale of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there Appropriation for be appropriated one thousand dollars annually for each of the grand divisions of the supreme court, to be applied in the purchase of law books, &c., for the libraries of said how court. The money shall be drawn and expended under the direction of the justices of said court. Money, drawn. § 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 28, 1857. 1857. La force Feb. 12, AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to dispose of the swamp and overflowed lands, and to pay the expenses of selecting and surveying the same," approved June 22d, 1852. Part of act re- of said act as provides for the drainage of the pealed. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much swamp and overflowed lands in the county of Massac, be and the same Funds how dls- is hereby repealed; and that the funds ari ing from the sale of said swamp and overflowed lands sold or to be sold in said county, be paid by the drainage commissioner of posed of. said county, under an order of the county court of said county, to such person and for such uses and purposes as the said court may direct. § 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after passage. APPROVED Feb. 12, 1857. AN ACT to authorize changes of venue from the county courts of La In force Jan. 28. Salle, Livingston and Grundy counties. 1857. allow i. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That a change of venue shall hereafter be allowed in any suit de- Change of venue pending in either of the county courts of La Salle, Livingston or Grundy counties; the manner of obtaining such change of venue shall be the same as is now provided by law for obtaining changes of venue in the circuit courts of this state, and changes of venue shall be allowed in said county courts for the same causes for which changes of venue are allowed by law in said circuit courts. to circuit court of adjoining county. § 2. When exception shall be taken to the judge of said venue to be taken county court in the petition for change of venue, the venue in said cause shall be changed to the circuit court of the same county, and when exception shall be taken to the inhabitants of said county the cause shall be changed to the next adjoining county where the causes complained of do not exist. § 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Jan. 28, 1857. AN ACT to legalize ten per cent. interest when it is agreed upon between In force Jan. 21, parties. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That from and after the passage of this act, the rate of interest upon all contracts and agreements, written or verbal, express or implied, for the payment of money, shall be six per cent. per annum upon every one hundred dollars, unless otherwise expressly stipulated by the parties, or unless otherwise provided by law. 1857. Rate of interest. Ten per cent. legal on contract. Penalty for violation. Laws repealed. § 2. That in all contracts hereafter to be made, whether written or verbal, it shall be lawful for the parties to stipulate or agree that ten per cent. per annum, or any less sum, of interest, shall be taken and paid upon every one hundred dollars of money loaned or in any manner due and owing from any person or corporation to any other person or corporation in this state. § 3. If any person or corporation in this state shall contract to receive a greater rate of interest than ten per cent. upon any contract, verbal or written, such person or corporation shall forfeit the whole of said interest so contracted to be received, and shall be entitled only to recover the principal sum due to such person or corpora tion. § 4. All laws in conflict with this law, and all laws providing for penalties for taking or contracting for more than the legal rate of interest are hereby repealed. § 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Jan. 31, 1857. In force Feb. 14, AN ACT to amend "An act to provide for township organization," approved February 17, 1851. 1857. en. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That no Notice to be giv- new town shall hereafter be made, or the boundaries of towns changed by the board of supervisors of their respective counties, without at least sixty days' notice has been given before the presentation of petition, by posting up not less than five notices in the most public places of the towns so interested. § 2. la force Jan. 28, 1857. Preamble. AN ACT in relation to the transcribed records of Brown county. Whereas James Brockman, late clerk of the circuit court of the county of Brown, was appointed by the county court of said county as a commissioner to transcribe all deeds and title papers for lands lying in said county of Brown, which were recorded in other counties, where by law they were authorized or permitted to be recorded; and whereas said Brockman died without having com pleted said transcribing; and whereas some of the deeds transcribed by persons employed by said Brockman to assist him with the work were so imperfectly and erroneously copied as to be scarcely legible or intelligible ; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the clerk of the circuit court of said county of Brown be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed to complete the transcribing of said records, and to compare and certify to them the same as though he had been originally appointed a commissioner for that purpose. § 2. It shall be the duty of said clerk to proceed in due time to all recording offices in this state, where deeds or title papers for lands lying in said county of Brown have been by law required or permitted to be recorded, or where such records may be deposited or kept, and he shall carefully compare all of said deeds or title papers transcribed by said Brockman, or by his assistants, which are legibly written, with the original records of said deeds and title papers, and shall correct all errors that may have been made in transcribing the saine. Circuit clerk to complete work. Duty of clerk. fect records. § 3. He shall also copy into a book, to be prepared for To copy and perthat purpose, all deeds and title papers for lands in said. county of Brown which were omitted to be transcribed by said Brockman or his assistants, and all deeds and title papers that were imperfectly copied by them; and when he shall have completed the copying thereof, he shall carefully compare them with the original records of such deeds and title papers, and shall correct all errors therein. § 4. Said clerk shall note at the end of each deed or other instrument copied or compared by him, the time when and the place where the same was recorded, and the volume and page of the original records from which the same is copied. Time and place to be noted. § 5. It shall be the duty of all recorders and other per- Free nccess to be sons having the charge or control of any of the books in which allowed. deeds and other title papers to lands lying in said county of Brown have been recorded, to permit said clerk to have access to said records for the purpose of transcribing and comparing them as provided for by the provisions of this act. § 6. The clerk of said circuit court, upon the comple tion of the transcribing and comparing of said deeds and title papers, shall affix at the end of each volume of said transcribed records, a certificate, under his official seal, certifying that he has faithfully and carefully compared all deeds and other evidences of titles copied therein with the original records of the same, and that they are correctly copied from the said original records. Certificate to be affixed. To be evidence. Compensation.' 7. Said transcribed records, when fully completed and certified to by said clerk, shall have the same force and effect in law that the original records have in the counties from whence they are transcribed, and copies thereof, when duly certified, shall be evidence of the facts therein contained in all respects whatever, as if certified from the original records. § 8. Said clerk shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for services performed by him under the provisions of this act, to be determined by the board of supervisors of said county of Brown, and to be paid out of the county treasury. § 9. This act shall be deemed and held to be a public act, and shall take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED Jan. 28, 1857. in force Feb. 4, AN ACT to locate a state road from Carlinville, in Macoupin county, via Fayette and Greenfield, to Carrollton, in Greene county. 1857. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John Commissioners to Robertson, M. Vanmeter and Thomas Davis be and they Jooste road. Time of meetin". To make and file plat. are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and estab lish a state road, which shall commence at the town of Carlinville, in Macoupin county, thence to run west to William Watson's, in said county, thence north one half mile to a section line, thence west on said section line to Bear creek timber, thence west to where said line crosses the old original road,thence west with said old road to Aaron Comer's, thence westwardly to or near P. L. Redde's, thence northwest one-fourth of a mile, thence due west to Culver's mill shoals on Hodges creek, and thence west on the most eligible route, via Fayette and Greenfield, to Carrollton, in Greene county. § 2. Said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at Carlinville, in Macoupin county, on or before the first day of June next, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, and take an oath before some person authorized to administer oaths, faithfully to perform the duties required of them by this act; shall proceed to lay out said road as provided in the preceding section, and shall designate the route of said road by placing stakes in the ground or plowing furrows in the prairie and blazes on the trees in the timber. § 3. Said commissioners shall, as soon as the said road is located, make and file a report and plat of said road, |