8. The beforementioned corporators shall be deemed Trustees. trustees of this incorporation until their successors are elected and qualified; and the board of trustees shall so arrange their number, by lot or otherwise, that three shall go out of office at the end of the first year-three at the end of the the second year, and three at the end of the third year; and they are authorized to appoint all necessary agents and officers, which offices shall expire at such time as the by-laws may prescribe. ments. § 9. All deeds or instruments of writing, for the convey- Deeds and instruance of real estate to the said corporation, shall be made to "The President and Trustees of Bloomingdale Academy," and their successors in office, for the use of said academy; and all deeds and conveyances of land from said corporation shall be made by a majority of the trustees, sealed with the seal of the corporation, if they have a public seal; if no public seal is provided, then signed by the president and his private seal, and by him acknowledged in his official capacity. tees. 10. The time for the election of trustees shall be on Election of trusthe first Monday of October, A D. 1859, and on the first Monday of October each year thereafter; and the trustees elected at such times shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. It shall be the duty of the secretary to give ten days' notice of such election for trustees, or other officers, by posting up notices in at least three public places in the town of Bloomingdale and vicinity, of the time and place of holding the same; and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock he may own; and the above named trustees and their successors, or any three of them, shall preside as judges of said election, and shall certify the same; which certificate shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the board, and, when so filed, shall be sufficient evidence in all courts and places in this state of the election and qualification of said board of trustees. Such election shall be by ballot and by a majority of members or stockholders present; but a failure at any time to elect trustees on the day herein named, shall not work a forfeiture of this corporation, and in case of such failure all qualified trustees shall hold their office until their successors are elected and qualified. property from 11. All property, of whatever kind and description, The exemption of belonging or appertaining to said academy, shall be and taxation. forever remain free and exempt from all taxation for any and all purposes whatever. The amount of property so exempt, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. 12. There shall be attached to said academy a department, in which shall be taught such branches as are usually taught in common schools; and the trustees of said academy shall receive from the school treasurer of the town such amount and proportion of the common school fund as is received by other common schools: Provided, said trustees Election in the town of Bloom ingdale. comply with the laws regulating common schools; in which 13. The legal voters of the town of Bloomingdale may vote at their next annual town meeting "For Academy," or "Against Academy," by indorsement on their ballots. If a majority of those voting on the question vote "For Academy" the moderator and town clerk shall certify the same to the county clerk of Du Page county; and the trustees of schools for township forty (40) north, range ten (10) east of the third principal meridian, shall certify to the county clerk of Du Page county, on or before the first day of July, following such vote, the amount necessary to be assessed upon the taxable property of said town of Bloomingdale, not to exceed seven mills on the dollar for one year, and for not more than two years; and said county clerk shall compute said tax, which shall be collected as county taxes are by law collected, and, when collected, shall be by the collector paid over to the township treasurer of said township, and shall be by him paid out on the order of the president and secretary of the academy, for the purpose of erecting suitable buildings for the use of said academy; and said trustees of Assessment of the schools shall cause such tax upon the property of said town to be assessed, annually, as will be necessary to defray the expenses of teachers' wages, fuel, and other incidental expenses in said academy, by certifying the same to the county clerk, who shall cause the same to be computed and placed upon the tax books of the town, and collected as other school taxes are, and paid to the township treasurer, and by him placed to the credit of said academy fund. The teachers in said academy shall be examined and qualified by the school commissioner of Du Page county; shall keep schedules, and shall return the same as districts are required by law to do; and the trustees of schools shail apportion to said academy, upon said schedules, at each of their regular meetings, according to the grand total number of days taught, their proportion of the town, county and state funds, the same as though said academy were one of taxes the school districts of said township forty north, range ten This act is to be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT to amend "An act to incorporate the Colleges therein named," and In force February the acts amendatory thereto. 20, 1861. quors. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the act Intoxicating 11entitled "An act to incorporate colleges therein named," approved February 9th, 1835, and the several acts amendatory thereto, be and the same are hereby amended, as follows, to wit: That no gambling establishment, liquor or beer saloon, or any place, of any kind, for the sale of malt or spirituous liquors, as a beverage, nor house of ill fame, shall be allowed within the d stance of one mile from the college buildings at Upper Alton, known as Shurtleff College: Provided, that this act shall not be so construed as to extend into the city limits of the city of Alton. ties. 2. Any person who shall open or keep or be in any Fines and penalway connected with such establishments, within the limits hereby provided, shall be liable to action, before a justice's court, upon complaint of any three members of the board of trustees of said college, and, upon conviction, shall be fined twenty-five dollars for the first offense, with costs of suit; and for every subsequent offense fifty dollars and costs, and upon failure to pay such fine, shall be imprisoned in the county jail for any time, not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, at the discretion of the court. Said fines, when collected, to be paid over to the treasurer of the college, to be used for the current expenses of the college. APPROVED February 20, 1861. AN ACT to incorporate the Decatur Seminary. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the rector, wardens and vestry of St. John's Episcopal Church, at Decatur, Macon county, Illinois, and their successors in In force February 22, 1861. office, be and they are hereby created a body politic and Corporate name. corporate, by the name and style of "The Decatur Seminary" and by that name they and their successors shall have perpetual succession, with power to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; to receive, acquire, hold, transfer and convey property, real, personal and mixed, for educational or charitable purposes only; may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. Corporate ers. pow Exemption of pro tion. 2. The object of this corporation shall be to establish, support and maintain a school or schools for teaching any or all of the branches of education. 3. The incorporators and their successors shall have power to make all needful by-laws, rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying into effect and supporting and maintaining the objects of the corporation, and are hereby invested with all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities, with the privilege of exercising the same in the manner therein specified in an act entitled "An act for the incorporation of benevolent, educational, literary, musical, scientific and missionary societies, including societies formed for mutual improvement or for the promotion of the arts," approved February 24th, 1859, or of any amendments which may be made thereto. 84. Any real estate acquired by this corporation within perty from taxa- the city limits of Decatur, not exceeding ten acres, and held for the uses and purposes of the corporation, as well as personal property for the same purposes, shall be exempt from all taxation. 5. This act shall be deemed a public act and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861. In force February 20, 1861. AN ACT to incorporate the El Paso Academy. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinios, represented in the General Assembly, That, for purpose of establishing and maintaining an institution of learning, of a high grade, at the town of El Paso, in the county of Woodford, George L. Gibson, Robert A. McLellan, Samuel L. Kerr, Wilber H. Boies, and John R. Gaston, and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted, Corporate name. a body corporate, by the name of "The El Paso Academy," with perpetual succession and power to sue and be sued, either at law or in equity; to have and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure; to take and hold real estate and personal property, by gift, grant devise or purchase, and to rent, lease, sell, convey or in any way dispose of the same, according to the by-laws of said incorporation. $2. TRUSTEES.-The five persons above named shall Shares of stock. constitute the first board of trustees of said academy, and shall cause books to be opened at the town of El Paso, within three months from the passage of this act, for subscription to the stock of said academy, in shares of fifty dollars each. That so soon as the sum of five hundred dollars shall have been subscribed, the said trustees shall call a meeting of the stockholders herein, who shall proceed to elect a board of trustees, to consist of not less than five nor more than nine stockholders-the number to be determined by a vote of the stockholders present; which said trustees shall continue in office until their successors are elected. §3. MEETINGS.-There shall be an annual meeting of the stockholders in this incorporation on Friday after the fourth day of July, in each year, for the purpose of transacting of business, and to elect trustees for the ensuing year; to which meetings the trustees shall make a report of the general condition of the academy, setting forth, particularly, the character of the instruction imparted, the number of teachers and pupils, and the financial condition of the incorporation. § 4. VOTES.-At all meetings of the stockholders each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock he may hold in said corporation. 5. SPECIAL MEETING.-The trustees, or any ten stockholders, may call stockholders' meeting, by giving five days" notice thereof. § 6. The principal buildings, or the site of the same, shall not be sold by the trustees, without the consent of three-fourths of all the stockholders, counting by shares, in said incorporation. § 7. The trustees shall have power to appoint and forgood cause dismiss all such professors, teachers, officers and servants of the academy, as the by laws may designate; and, also, to confer upon such students as are properly qualified the degrees usually conferred by such institutions in this state. § 8. PROFITS.-The rents and profits arising from the real or personal property, tuition fees or other sources, after paying all expenses and liabilities of the said incorpoation, may be divided among the stockholders, according to the number of shares held by each. 9. SALE OF PROPERTY.-The trustees, with the consent of three-fourths in interest of the stockholders, may, at any time, dispose of site and buildings of the said academy to the directors of the school district in which it is situated or the united boards of directors of the neighboring districts, for the purpose of forming a union school, under the laws. of this state; and in case of a sale, for that or any other |