Abstract of number of children.

Fire companies.

Levy and collection of taxes.

§ 17. The trustees of schools of said townships fortythree and forty-four north, range twelve east, shall, upon such partition being made, pay over and deliver to the city of Lake Forest, the funds and deeds to which said Lake Forest school district may be entitled, according to the division and distribution aforesaid, and shall take from the clerk of the city of Lake Forest a receipt for the same. All district school houses in said city of Lake Forest, which have been built by taxation or voluntary contribution, shall be and remain the property of the city, for school purposes, and not subject to partition, as provided in the preceding section; but the same shall be, by said commissioners, conveyed to the said city, in the same manner as the property which may be by them partitioned and set off to said city, as heretofore provided.

§ 18. It shall be the duty of the city council of the city of Lake Forest to cause to be furnished to the school commissioner of Lake county, an abstract of the whole number of white children under the age of twenty-one years, residing in said Lake Forest school district, within ten days after the same shall be ascertained; and the said school commissioners shall, annually, pay to the clerk of the city of Lake Forest the proportion of the school, college and seminary fund to which the said Lake Forest school district may be entitled, according to the number of children under the aforesaid, residing in said district, taking his receipt for the same: Provided, that no abstract of the number of children, as aforesaid, residing in said Lake Forest school district, shall be returned to said school commissioner oftener than once in two years as required in other school districts.

§ 19. All members of any fire company of the city of Lake Forest, residing in said city, during the time he shall remain a member of such fire company and comply with the rules and perform the duties thereof, shall be exempt from all road and street labor, and from serving as jurors in every case whatever: Provided, that this section shall not be so construed as to exempt any person from any tax upon property.

§ 20. That all general laws or parts of laws, heretofore passed, or which may be hereafter passed, for the purpose of adding to or enlarging the powers of towns and cities, which have been or hereafter may be incorporated by any special act, or by virtue of any general law of this state, shall be deemed and held to apply as well for the benefit of said city of Lake Forest as of any other; and it shall, at all times, be lawful for the city council of said city of Lake Forest to claim and exercise any and all powers which may be granted by general laws for the purpose of adding to or extending the powers of towns and cities, as aforesaid.

§ 21. The city council shall have power to provide, by ordinance, that all taxes levied, assessed and collected, un

der and by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall be assessed and collected by the officers whose duty it shall be, by general law, to assess and collect the state and county tax for townships forty-three and forty-four north, range twelve east, in said Lake county. If the said city council shall wish to have said city taxes so assessed and collected, it shall be their duty to inform the clerk of the county court, as soon as covenient after the assessment is made in each year, for state and county purposes, of the rate per cent. of taxation levied by them for city purposes for said year; and it shall, thereupon, be the duty of said county clerk to carry out each and extend said tax upon the books of the assessor and collector in the same manner that he is now required by law to carry out and extend the district school tax, against the name of each tax payer, whether resident or nonresident, owning property in said city; and said city tax shall be collected, in every respect, and the collection thereof enforced in like manner and with like remedies as the state and county tax; and shall be paid over by said collector to the treasurer of said city, at the same time that the county revenue is required to be paid over to the county. Any' court which shall render judgment in said Lake county, against lands and lots in said city, for nonpayment of taxes due the state and county, shall, at the same time, include in the same judgment for any and all taxes which may be due said city. For his services in carrying out, adding and extending said tax in the books of the assessor and collector, said clerk of the county court shall receive one per cent.

on the amount of tax collected. The collector shall receive Collector's comthe same compensation which may be allowed by law for pensation. the collection of state and county taxes, and shall be liable,

on his official bond, for the payment of all such city tax by him collected. The fees of the clerk and collector to be paid out of the taxes thus collected.

22. That so much of the act entitled "An act to establish and maintain common schools," and all other acts and parts of acts coming in conflict with the provisions of this act, so far as relates to said Lake Forest school district, is hereby repealed.

§ 23. This act to take effect from and after its passage: Provided, that an election shall be held in said city of Lake Forest, upon the question of adopting or rejecting this charter; and if a majority of the voters at such election shall be for rejecting this charter, then the same shall be null and void.

APPROVED February 21, 1861.

In force February AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the City of La 22, 1961. Harpe," approved February 24th, 1859.

daries.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much Change of boun- of section number two, of article number one, of said act, to which this is an amendment, as specifies the boundaries of said city of La Harpe, be and the same is hereby amended as follows, to wit: Beginning at the southwest corner of section sixteen, in township seven north, of range No. five west of the fourth principal meridian, in Hancock county, and state of Illinois, thence, south, along the west line of section twenty-one and the west line of the northwest quarter of section twenty-eight, to the southwest corner of said quarter; thence, east, to the center of section twenty-seven; thence, north, to the center of the south line of section fifteen; thence, west, to the place of beginning, containing and including all of section twenty-one, and the north half of section twenty-eight, and the northwest quarter of section twenty-seven, and the west half of section twenty-two. Anything in the said act to which this is an amendment, which conflicts with this act, is hereby repealed.

2.

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

APPROVED February 22, 1861.

CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MORRIS.

In force February AN ACT to incorporate the City of Morris, in the county of Grundy, and 18, 1861.

City limits.

State of Illinois.

CHAPTER I.

BOUNDARIES AND TITLE.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the district of land, in the county of Grundy, and state of Illinois, known and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the northeast corner of section number three, (3,) in township number thirty-three north, of range number seven (7) east of the third principal meridian, running thence, west, two (2) miles, to the northwest corner of section number four, (4;) thence, south, along the west line of sections number four (4) and nine, (9,) to a point ten (10) rods south of the south line of low water mark of the Illinois river; thence, in an easterly direction, following the course of said river, ten (10) rods south of the south line of low water mark of the same, to the east line of section number ten, (10;) thence,

north, along the east line of sections number ten (10) and three, (3,) to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby incorporated and enacted into a city, by the name of "Morris."

§ 2. Whenever any territory or tract of land, adjoining Additions. the said city of Morris, shall hereafter be subdivided or laid off into city or town lots, and duly recorded, as is required by law, the same shall be annexed to and form a part of said city; and the provisions of this act shall be and they are hereby declared to be applicable to the same.

and powers.

3. That the resident inhabitants of said city shall be Corporate name and they are hereby constituted, and shall hereafter continue, forever, to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "Morris ;" and by that name shall be known, in law, and have perpetual succession; and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity, and in all actions and matters whatsoever; may purchase, receive, hold and enjoy real and personal property, and choses in action, within and without the limits of said city, for the use of the inhabitants thereof, and may sell, lease, convey, and dispose of the same, for the benefit of said city or the inhabitants thereof, and may improve and protect such property; may have and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure; and may do all other acts, as natural persons, which may be necessary to carry out the powers hereby granted.

§ 4. The city of Morris shall be and is hereby divided Wards of the city. into four wards, as follows, to wit:

FIRST WARD.-All that portion of said city, which lies south of Washington street and Tremont avenue, shall be and is hereby established as and denominated the First Ward.

SECOND WARD.-All that portion of said city, which lies north of Washington street and Tremont avenue, west of Liberty street and south of the Chicago and Rock Island rairoad, shall be and is hereby established as and denominated the Second Ward.

THIRD WARD.-All that portion of said city, which lies north of Washington street, east of Liberty street, and south of the Chicago and Rock Island railroad, shall be and is hereby established and denominated the Third Ward.

FOURTH WARD.-All that portion of said city, which lies north of the Chicago and Rock Island railroad, shall be and is hereby established as and denominated the Fourth Ward: Provided, always, that the city council shall have and they are hereby vested with the power and authority to alter the boundaries of the wards of said city, and to create additional wards, and fix the boundaries thereof.

City officers.

Term of office.

Aldermen,

Salaries.

Custody of offi

records.

CHAPTER 2.

OFFICERS.

§ 1. The corporate powers of said city shall be vested in a city council, to be composed of the mayor of said city and two aldermen from each of the wards thereof. The other officers of said city shall be as follows, to wit: A clerk, a treasurer, an assessor, a surveyor, an attorney, a chief and a first and a second assistant engineers of the fire department, a collector, a street commissioner, and a marshal, who shall be, ex officio, collector and street commissioner until such. time as the city council shall, by ordinance, otherwise provide: Provided, that the city council may elect or appoint such other officers of said city as they may deem advisable, and, by ordinance, prescribe their powers and duties.

§ 2. All officers elected or appointed under this act, except aldermen, shall hold their offices for one year and until their respective successors are duly qualified; and all officers elected or appointed to fill vacancies shall hold the offices to which they may be so elected or appointed only for the unexpired term thereof and until the qualification of their successors.

§ 3. The several wards of said city shall be represented in the city council by two aldermen from each ward, who shall be bona fide residents thereof, and shall hold their offices for two years from the time of their election and until the qualification of their successors, one of which said aldermen shall be elected in each ward, as hereinafter provided for, at each annual election.

4. The emoluments, salaries and fees of all city officers. shall be fixed and regulated by the city council, by ordinance; and the same shall not be changed or altered, so as to affect any officer, during his term of office.

5. Any person qualified to vote at any election held under this act shall be eligible to any office in said city.

§ 6. If any person, having been an officer in said city, clal books and shall not, within ten days after notification and request, deliver to his successor in office all money, property, papers, and effects, of every description, in his possession, belonging to said city or appertaining to the office held by him, he shall forfeit and pay, for the use of the city, the sum of one hundred dollars, besides all damages caused by his neglect or refusal so to deliver; and such successor shall and may recover possession of the books, papers, property, &c., appertaining to his office, in the manner prescribed by the laws of this state for the recovery of the possession of personal property.

$7. The mayor and aldermen of said city are hereby created conservators of the peace within and for said city, and shall and they are hereby declared to be exempt from