Liabilities of members. Dissolution, entitled to vote; and the majority of all votes cast shall make an election. § 6. The members of the society shall be liable to pay to the society such sums of money, at such time and place as may be fixed by the constitution or by-laws of the society; and for failure to pay the same, they may be proceeded against by suit, in the name of the society, or their membership may be declared forfeited, at the discretion of the society. § 7. The society shall not be dissolved and put in liquidation as long as ten members thereof desire and wish a continuance of the society. § 8. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 9, 1867. In force Feb. 14, 1867. Corporators. AN ACT to incorporate the Society of the Free Benevolent Sons of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John Gladney, John Tyler, George W. Ellis, William Flonney, George W. Williams, and their successors and associates, Name and style. are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of "The Free Benevolent Sons of America, of the City of Cairo, Illinois ;" and by that name shall have perpetual succession; and shall have power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, and to do and perform all such acts and things as are or may become necessary for the furtherance and advancement of the purpose of said corporation as fully and completely as natural persons might or could do. Powers. Objects. § 2. The object and purpose of said corporation shall be to extend relief and aid to its members in case of sickness or infirmity; to bury deceased members, protect and May hold real care for the widows of such and educate their orphans. estate. Proviso. Officers § 3. The said corporation may receive, take and hold, either by gift, purchase, devise, bequest or otherwise, any real or personal estate, for the use of and for the advancement of the purposes of said corporation, and may rent, lease, sell, convey, or in anywise dispose of the same, according to the by-laws of said corporation hereafter to be adopted: Provided, such real and personal estate shall not exceed in value the sum of fifty thousand dollars. 84. The officers of said corporation shall be a president, vice president, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer, and a board of managers, not less than five in number-the number to be determined, from time to time, by the corporation. The officers of said corporation shall be elected annually, on the second Monday in January, in each year, and shall hold their respective offices one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and in case a vacancy occurs in any of said offices, in any manner, Vacancy. the board of managers shall have the power to fill such va cancy until the next annual election. The president, vice president, secretaries and treasurer shall be, ex officio, members of the board of managers; and the president and recording secretary shall be, respectively, president and secretary of said board of managers-five of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. officers. 5. The said corporation may, at any time, appoint Subordinate such subordinate officers, agents and committees as they may deem necessary to carry out and effect the objects of said corporation, and make and enforce all needful by-laws, rules and regulations: Provided, the same are not in con- Proviso. flict herewith or with the laws of this state. § 6. It shall be lawful for said corporation to have a Seal. common seal, and to change the same at will; and said corporation shall, in general, have and exercise all such rights, privileges and immunities as by law are incident or necessary to the corporation herein constituted. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 14, 1867. AN ACT to incorporate the Washingtonian Home of Chicago. In force Feb. 1867. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the "Washingtonian Home Association, of Chicago," is hereby created and declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name of "The Washingtonian Home of Chica- Name. go;" with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, Powers. contract and be contracted with; to take, by gift, grant, devise or otherwise, property, real personal and mixed, and the same to hold, use, lease, convey, mortgage and otherwise dispose of, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned; to adopt and use a corporate seal, and alter the same at pleasure; also to erect and maintain such buildings and other fixtures and conveniences as may be deemed requisite or necessary for the purposes of this corporation. Object. By-laws. Directors-ten cessors. § 2. The object of this incorporation shall be the founding and maintenance of an institution for the care, cure and reclamation of inebriates. §3. Said corporation may, from time to time, adopt such by-laws and at pleasure abolish, alter or amend the same, for the management of its business, the conduct and government of said institution and the inmates thereof, not inconsistent with the constitution and general laws of this state, as to them shall seem meet and proper. $ 4. Fifteen of the directors of said home, to be selected ure of office. by lot, shall hold their office until the third Monday of January, A. D. 1869, and the remaining fifteen until the third Monday of January, A. D. 1871; and on the second Monday of January, A. D. 1869, and biennially thereafter, Election of suc- said corporation shall elect successors in place of those whose term of office shall expire the Monday thereafter, who shall, respectively hold their offices for two years and until their successors shall have been elected; and in case of removal, death or resignation of any one or more of said directors or their successors before the expiration of their term of office, their place may be filled by said remaining directors; and such person or persons shall hold their office until the next biennial election. Seven of said directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Vacancies. Commitment and transfer of persons. Employments and labor. Duties of treasurers. 5. Any person sentenced by the authorities of the city of Chicago to the bridewell or house of correction for intemperance, drunkeness or for any misdemeanor caused thereby, may, with the consent of the proper officers of said 66 Home," be received and detained as an inmate of said home in lieu of the bridewell or house of correction, until the expiration of such sentence; and when any such person has been committed to the city bridewell or house of correction for any such misdemeanor caused by intoxication or for drunkeness, either justice of the police court may, with the consent aforesaid, upon application, cause him to be transferred to the said Washingtonian Home, for the unexpired term of his sentence. § 6. Said "Home" may cause such mechanical or other employments to be carried on under the control of the same and may require its inmates to perform such labor as, in the opinion of the officers of said home, may be useful or necessary to facilitate the recovery of its inmates or promote their welfare; and every authority necessary or convenient to carry into effect the provisions of this act is hereby conferred on said corporation. § 7. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the county of Cook and the treasurer of the city of Chicago, or of the officers of either into whose hands the same may come or be paid, to pay over to said corporation, in quarterly installments, for the support aud maintenance of said institution, ten per cent. of all moneys received for all licenses granted by authority of said county or city, for the right or privilege to vend or sell spirituous, vinous or fermented liquors within the said county of Cook and city of Chicago. S. All the property at any time owned by said corpo. Property exration shall be exempt from taxation. empt from taxation. § 9. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the pro- Inconsistent visions of this act, are hereby repealed. $10. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect from the date of its passage and approval by the governor. APPROVED February 16, 1867. acts repealed. AN ACT to incorporate the Firemens' Benevolent Association of Spring- In force April 28 field, Illinois, and for other SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all such persons as now are or hereafter may become members of the "Firemens' Benevolent Association of the city of Springfield," in accordance with the constitution of said association and the by-laws of the board of directors of said association, shall be and they are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name and style of the " Firemens' Name and style Benevolent Association of the City of Springfield ;" and by that name they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession; and by their corporate name shall be Powers. persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever; of having and using a common seal, and changing and altering the same at pleasure; and of contracting and being contracted with; and of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate or property, real, personal or mixed, for the use and benefit of said corporation, and for no other use and benefit whatsoever: Provided, Proviso. that said corporation shall at no time hold property to an amount exceeding the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. 2. The said corporation shall have full power to make, Business and establish and prescribe for its own government and regula- operations. tion of its own business and affairs and concerning the management and disposition of its own funds, such constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations as shall, from time to time, appear proper and needful for the proper carrying out and conducting of the business and purpose for which the Objects. Funds. Suits at law. Rates of insurance, etc. said corporation is by this act instituted, and for no other purpose whatsoever, which it may alter or amend at pleasure, provided the same be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state and of the United States. 3. The object of this association shall be to create a fund and provide means for the relief of the distressed, sick, injured or disabled members thereof and their immediate families; and all property and money acquired by said association shall be held and used solely for that purpose; and the business, property, funds and estate of the said association managed, conducted and controlled according to the constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations above authorized. 4. For the purpose of enabling the said association more speedily to raise a fund sufficiently large for its purposes, it shall be lawful for said association to contract for, take, receive and collect interest upon the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or things in action at the rate of ten dollars upon the hundred, and after that rate for a greater or less sum or for a longer or shorter time. 5. In any action, suit or other proceeding, which is now or may hereafter be instituted, commenced or prosecuted for the recovery or collection of any fine, penalty or forfeiture imposed by any existing or future laws of this state or of any existing or future laws or ordinances of the common council of the city of Springfield or of any of the fire companies in the said city and appropriated to the use of such association, it shall be no objection to the competency of any witness in any such action, suit or other proceeding for the recovery or collection of any such fine, penalty or forfeiture so imposed and appropriated to the use of said association or of any of the fire companies in said city, that he, the said witness, is or has been a member of said association or of said fire company or is or may become entitled to the benefits of the association fund. 6. There shall be paid to the treasurer of said association, for the use and benefit of such association, by every person who shall act in the city of Springfield as agent for or on behalf of any individual or association of individuals, not incorporated by the laws of this state, to effect insurance against loss or injury by fire in the city of Springfield, although such individuals or association may be incorporated for that purpose by another state or county, the sum of two dollars upon the one hundred dollars, and at that rate upon all premiums which during the year or part of year ending on the next preceding first day of, shall have been received by such agent or person or received by any other person for him or shall have been agreed to be paid for any insurance effected or agreed to be effected or promised by him as such agent or otherwise against loss or injury by fire in the city of Springfield. |