Deputy marshals.

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trates.

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the revenue laws of this state. All moneys collected, pursuant to this act, shall be, by the officer collecting the same, after deducting his fees, paid into the treasury of Dallas City.

§ 22. It shall be lawful for any marshal of said Dallas City to appoint one or more deputies; which appointment shall be in writing, filed in the office of the city clerk; and any deputy, when so appointed, and having taken the oath of office required to be taken by the marshal, shall be and is hereby authorized to perform any and all duties required of the marshal, by virtue of his office, in the name of the marshal; and the marshal shall be liable for any neglect or omission of the duties of his office, occasioned by such deputy, in the same manner as for his own personal neglect or omission; and any bond or security taken by any marshal from his deputy, to indemnify such marshal, shall be good and available in law. If any deputy, so appointed and qualified, shall reside in that part of Dallas City situated in another county from the residence of said marshal, he is authorized and required to do all acts in such county in which he shall so reside the same as the marshal might do should he reside in such county.

§ 23. The police magistrates and justices of the peace, police magis residing within the incorporate limits of Dallas City, in either county, shall have the same jurisdiction, in all suits and actions whatever, as police magistrates and justices of the peace now have by law in Peoria county.

Dallas City township.

§ 24. All that part of Dallas City situated in Hancock county, together with the east half of section one, (1,) all of sections two, (2,) eleven, (11,) twelve, (12,) thirteen, (13,) fourteen, (14,) twenty-three, (23,) twenty-four, (24,) twentyfive, (25,) twenty-six, (26,) thirty-five, (35,) and thirty-six, (36,) and the east half of section ten, (10,) fifteen, (15,) twenty-two, (22,) twenty-seven, (27,) and thirty-four, (34), of Pontoosuc township, in said Hancock county, shall constitute one election precinct or township of said Hancock county, and state of Illinois, to be named and known as Dallas City, township or precinct; and, as such, shall be entitled to one supervisor, one town clerk, one assessor, one collector, one overseer of the poor, three commissioners of highways, two constables, two justices of the peace, and overseers of highway and pound masters, as the law requires in township organization; and shall have all the rights, privileges and immunities of other townships in Hancock county; and shall be subject, in every respect, to the same laws and regulations: Provided, that if the township organization in Hancock county shall at any time be done away, said district or township shall constitute one election precinct. The first notice for a town meeting and election of officers in said township shall be given by the county clerk of Hancock county.

§ 25. Sections fourteen (14) and fifteen, (15,) in article eight, (S,) of the act entitled "An act to incorporate Dallas City," approved February the eighteenth, (18th,) 1860, 'of which this is an amendment, is hereby repealed.

oaths.

§ 26. The mayor of said city and the city clerk are au- Administering of thorized and empowered to administer oaths and affirmations the same as justices of the peace now do.

27. The place of holding elections in Dallas City precinct, Henderson county, shall be in that part of said Dallas City lying and being in Henderson county.

§ 28. The reservation made and provided for in the act incorporating Dallas City, and applied to the east half of block number eight, (8,) of said city, was intended to be applied and shall be applied to the east half of block seven. (7.)

$29. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 22, 1861.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act incorporating the city of Dixon," In force February

approved February 19th, 1859.

22, 1861.

officers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the first section of the fourth article of an act entitled "An act incorporating the city of Dixon," be and the same is hereby so amended as to read, "On the first Monday of March next an election shall be held, in each ward of said city, for one Election for city mayor, one marshal, one assessor, one collector, and one police justice for the city; also, one alderman for each ward of the city; and forever thereafter, on the first Monday of March, in each year, there shall be an election held in each ward in the city for a mayor, marshal, assessor, and a collector for the city, and alderman for each ward; and on the first Monday of March, of every fourth year, there shall be an election for one police justice for said city."

lection of tax.

§ 2. Also, that the first section of the fifth article of said Levying and co act be and the same is hereby so amended as to read, "The city council shall have power and authority to levy and collect a tax, not exceeding one-half of one per cent., annually, for all revenue purposes. All taxes for revenue shall be levied upon and according to the assessed value of the property, real and personal, included in said corporation, as assessed by the city assessor of the said city of Dixon, for each year, respectively; and the city council shall have power to cause a renumbering of lots, blocks and subdivisions thereof, in said city; and to regulate the numbering

Official bonds.

Vote upon license question.

Vote upon char

of lots and blocks, which may be hereafter laid out therein; and to cause a map or maps of the city to be prepared, showing such renumbering, and to have the same recorded in the recorder's office of the county in which said city is located; and, thereafter, the assessment and tax rolls or books of said city shall be made in accordance with such map or maps."

3. Also, that the first clause or sentence of the fourth section of the fifth article of said act be and the same is hereby so amended as to read, "The city council shall have power to require of all or any officers, elected or appointed in pursuance of this charter, such bonds to the city of Dixon, with penalty and security, to be approved by the mayor and a majority of the aldermen, for the faithful performance of their respective duties, as may be deemed necessary or expedient; and, also, to require all officers, elected or appointed, as aforesaid, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, to take an oath for the faithful performance of their duties."

4. Also, that the nineteenth subdivision of the fourth section of the fifth article of said act be and the same is hereby so amended as to read, "To license, regulate and tax the selling of intoxicating and malt liquors, within the city, for one year; for which license the said council shall fix the sum to be paid-the same to be not less than one hundred dollars for spirituous or malt liquors, nor less than twentyfive dollars for malt liquors: Provided, that the city council may grant permits for the sale of liquor by druggists, for medical, mechanical, sacramental and chemical purposes only, under such restriction as may be provided by ordinance: Provided, always, that no such license shall be granted by said council in any year unless, at the annual meeting for the election of officers for that year, a majority of the legal voters, voting at such election, shall decide to have licenses granted; which decision shall be determined as follows: A ballot-box shall be provided in each ward and labelled "License," or "No License;" and the voters shall express their desire by depositing in such ballot-box their ballots, with the words "License," or "No License,' written or printed thereon; returns of which shall be made by the judges of election to the city council, at the same time as returns of the election of officers of said city; and if a majority of the votes cast on the question shall be for license then the council shall grant licenses, as provided in this section; but if a majority of the votes are against license then the city council shall grant no license, during that year, for the sale of intoxicating or malt liquors, and shall declare all unlicensed vending of said liquors a nuisance, and shall suppress the same."

5. The first, second and third sections of this act shall ter amendments not become a law, unless a majority of the legal voters,

voting at the next annual election for city officers, shall add to their ballots for said officers the words "For the Law." And the judges and officers of said election shall provide a column in the returns of said election, and record said vote, and certify the same with the returns of said election.

§ 6. The fourth section of this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the passage of this act.

§ 7. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and may be read in evidence in all courts of law and equity within this state without proof.

APPROVED February 22, 1851.

AN ACT to legalize an act of the Common Council of the City of Dixon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the act of the common council of the city of Dixon, of issuing orders for free bridge purposes, on the first day of January, A. D. 1861, be and the same is hereby legalized for any and all purposes whatever.

2. This act shall not become a law, unless a majority of the legal voters, voting at the next annual election for city officers, shall add to their ballots for said officers the word "Legalize." And the judges and officers of said election shall provide a column in the returns of said election, and record said vote and certify the same with the returns of said election.

[§ 3.] This act shall be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 22, 1861.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the City of Free- In force February port," approved February 14th, 1855.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the city council of the city of Freeport be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said city of Freeport, drawing ten per cent. interest, per annum, to the amount of four thousand dollars, for the purpose of canceling the present floating indebtedness of said city of Freeport.

2. This act to be in force and take effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 20, 1861.

20, 1861.

In force February AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to reduce the law incorporating 20, 1861. the City of Galena and the several acts amendatory thereof into one act, and to amend the same, and for other purposes," approved January 30,

Creation of school district.

Maintenance schools.

Graded schools.

of

General provis

1857.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the act entitled "An act to reduce the law incorporating the city of Galena and the several acts amendatory thereof into one act, and to amend the same, and for other purposes," approved January 30, 1857, be so amended that the chapter entitled "Schools and School Funds" shall read as follows:

SECTION 1. The city of Galena, with such limits as are now or as may hereafter be established, shall constitute one school district; and the city council of said city shall, by virtue of their offices, be the directors of the public schools in and for said district.

2. The said city council shall have full power and authority, and it shall be their duty, to establish, maintain and regulate, for at least six and not to exceed eleven months, in each year, a sufficient number of free schools, for the children in the district over five and under twenty-one years of age; and may sue for and collect all moneys arising from any fund for the support of schools or for educational purposes, and to which the inhabitants of said district may now or hereafter be entitled; which money, when collected, shall be paid to the treasurer of the city of Galena, to be expended by said council for the support of free schools within the limits of said city, and for no other purpose.

3. The city council shall have power and it shall be their duty:

First: To grade the schools in said district, and make such subdivisions of the district, for school purposes, as may be deemed expedient.

Second: To purchase or lease sites for school houses, fons to be made. with the necessary grounds, and to erect, hire or purchase buildings, for school purposes, and keep the same in repair.

Third: To furnish schools with the necessary fixtures, furniture, libraries and apparatus.

Fourth: To hire teachers and fix the amount of their compensation.

Fifth: To prescribe the studies to be taught in the different schools, to make all needful rules and regulations, concerning the schools, and to determine upon what terms. children residing outside of said district may attend the free schools of said district.

Sixth: To cause to be made enumerations of the children of said district, residing in township twenty-eight, range one east, and twenty-eight, range one west of the fourth principal meridian, at the times and in the manner prescribed in the school law of this state. Said enumeration to be filed with the respective treasurers of said townships.