shares shall be entitled to a certificate, signed by the president and secretary, for each share, so subscribed and paid for, in manner and form as aforesaid. The holder, being a bona fide owner of such certificate, shall be entitled to one vote for each share or certificate so held, at all elections for president and directors of said society. And the shares of said society shall be deemed personal property and shall be assignable and transferable, according to such rules and regulations as the board of directors may adopt. 3. Said society shall have power to loan or borrow Loaning of money money, at such rates of interest as are allowable by law, and take or give promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness, in their corporate name, for the same; which may be collected in any court in this state. And in their corporate name shall have power to sue for and collect all subscriptions that have been or may hereafter be made to said society. 4. The members of said society shall hold an annual Annual meeting meeting on the first Saturday in November, in each year, at such place as may be fixed by the directors of said society; and shall elect, as officers of said society, one president, four vice presidents and seven directors, who shall, respectively, hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected. The president shall be, ex officio, chairman of said board of directors, and, in case of a tie, shall cast the deciding vote. board. 5. The board of directors, (a majority of whom shall The officers of the constitute a quorum,) shall have full power and authority to appoint a secretary, treasurer and such other officers as may be designated by the directors, and do all other acts necessary to promote the interests of the society and to carry into effect the provisions and objects of this act; and, until an election, be held under the provisions of this act, the present officers elect, to wit: Anthony N. Dills, as president; Joseph Bell, Isom S. Atchison, George N. Bryson, Ezra T. Kenyon, as vice presidents; and Asa C. Barnes, John E. Hoblit, Alexander Downey, Philip R. Marquart, Joseph A. Pitts, Anthony J. Ludlam and Ellis Dillon, as directors, shall perform all the duties to be performed by such directors, under this act; and all the acts of said directors, heretofore done or to be done till an election be held according to the provisions of this act, are hereby legalized and made of full force and virtue, the same as if done under the provisions of this act. his assistants. 6. The directors of said society may make such rules The marshal and and regulations as may be necessary for the regulation and government of the said society, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this state or the United States; and may appoint, to serve during the session of any fair of the society, one chief marshal and as many assistant marshals as the directors may deem necessary, who shall perform all Sale of liquors, etc. duties usually devolving on such officers, and who shall, also, be a police force, with authority to make arrests for the breach of the peace or the rules or regulations of this society: Provided, the authority of said marshal and his assistants, as such police, shall not extend more than one mile from the place when and where said fair is held. § 7. That no person shall keep any shop, booth, tent, wagon or other carriage, for the sale of spirituous or other liquors or any provisions or any articles of traffic whatever, or sell or expose to sale, give, barter or otherwise dispose of, in or near any such shop, booth, tent, wagon or other carriage, or in any other way or place, any spirituous or other liquors, or any provisions, or any article of traffic whatever, at or within the distance of one mile from the ground where the society are holding their fair; nor shall any person, within the distance aforesaid, exhibit any shows or plays, unless the same shall have been duly authorized by the proper authority, previous to the commencement of such exhibition; nor shall any person, within the distance aforesaid, promote, aid or be engaged in any racing of animals, or in any gaming of any description whatever; nor shall any person obstruct the free passage of any highway, or traveled road, within the distance aforesaid: Provided, that nothing in this act [shall] affect tavern keepers, distillers, or others, exercising their calling at their usual legitimate places of doing business; nor any person who shall have a Written permis- written permit from the president of the society to sell bread or other provisions, for the supply of persons attending the fair, their horses or cattle, such persons conforming to all rules and regulations of said society and the laws of the sion. Collection of the fines and penalties. state. § 8. That any person who shall be guilty of a breach of this act, and shall be notified by any one of the directors, or by any one of the officers hereby authorized to make an arrest or seizure, or by any person that he, she or they are violating the laws; and if after such notice any person shall continue in such violation he, she or they shall forfeit and pay, for every such offense, any sum, not less than five nor more than fifty dollars to the society, to be recovered before any justice of the peace or court having jurisdiction of the prosecution; and any judge of the circuit or county court, sheriff, coroner, justice of the peace or constable of the county shall, upon view or information, and without warrant, apprehend any person so offending, and seize such booth, tent, wagon or other carriage, spirituous or other liquors and other articles of traffic, and convey the same to a place of safe keeping, and take the said person or persons before any convenient justice of the peace, having jurisdiction, together with an inventory of the things so seized, and the justice of the peace, upon complaint, on oath or affirmation, of any competent witness, shall issue his warrant, which the said officer or constable shall have authority to serve, and cause the said offender to be arrested, and proceed forthwith to inquire into the truth of the accusation, and, if found true, shall enforce the penalty of this act. $9. If the accused shall fail to pay such fine as said Issue of execution justice of the peace shall inflict, together with all costs of proceedings, including the necessary expense of such seizure, the said justice of the peace shall forthwith issue an execution, commanding any constable of the county in which such injury shall be had, to make the said fine and costs, necessary expenses and costs of execution, by sale of so much of the things so seized and of so much of the other property of the accused as shall be necessary therefor, and to make return thereof, in ten days thereafter; and the overplus of the things, so seized, as aforesaid, after the satisfaction of said execution, shall be delivered to the defendant, on demand. § 10. In case the officer to whom said execution shall be delivered shall be unable to find sufficient property of such defendant to satisfy such execution, said society, upon affidavit of any of its officers, shall be entitled to a ca. sa. against the body of the defendant, as in other cases. The defendant in any suit under this act shall have the right of trial by jury, as in other cases, under the laws of this state. an institution of of the § 11. In addition to the other powers conferred the said Establishment of society may, at any time, when a majority of the stockhold- learning. ers shall desire it, establish an institution of learning, in connection with said society hereby corporated. The object of said institution shall be to introduce a more thorough course of instruction in those branches of science that more directly concern an agricultural community, as well as the other arts and sciences. The directors of the said society, and officers their successors in office, shall be, ex officio, trustees of said institution of learning; and shall have power to erect the necessary buildings; to appoint a president, professors and teachers, also, other agents and officers; to confer degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, and to do any and all other things, for the encouragement of learning, which are lawfully done by the most approved seminaries and colleges in the United States. § 12. To more fully carry out the provisions and intentions of the above section, there may be connected with said school a farm, for experimental purposes, and which shall be managed as the directors of said society may see proper. 13. This act shall give this society no claim whatever to any part of the general appropriation made by the state to the different county agricultural societies; and it is hereby expressly provided that this society shall be entitled to no part of such appropriation. institution. §14. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 15, 1861. In force February AN ACT to incorporate the Edgar County Agricultural and Mechanical Asso20, 1861. ciation. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William Kile, Alanson Baldwin, Jera J. Blackman, William B. Webster, Samuel Graham, jr., Allen McClain, and their associates, heirs and assigns, and such other persons as shall hereafter become stockholders, by virtue of the provisions of this act, are hereby constituted and declared a body politic and Corporate name. corporate, by the name and style of "The Edgar County Agricultural and Mechanical Association," and by that name shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in all courts of law and equity in this Capital stock. state. § 2. That said association shall have power to make and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, for the government of said association, and for the transaction of their business, as shall be deemed necessary and proper by said association, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this state or of the United States. §3. That the capital stock of said association shall consist of two thousand dollars, with power to increase the same to five thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twentyfive dollars each.. 4. That sail association may purchase real estate, for the purposes of said association. § 5. That the objects of said association shall be to advance the interest and encourage the improvement of agriculture and mechanics. 6. That said association shall have succession and existence, as a body corporate, for the term of fifty years. APPROVED February 20, 1861. In force February AN ACT to incorporate the Union Agricultural Society of Jo Daviess, Ste16, 1861. phenson, La Fayette and Green Counties. WHEREAS certain persons, residing in the counties of Jo- ed an agricultural society, under the name and style of "The Union Agricultural Society of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, La Fayette and Green Counties," and have adopted a constitution and by-laws for the government of said society; and whereas said society cannot be incorporated under the general incorporation law of this state, applicable to agricultural societies; therefore, [SECTION 1.] Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the said society and such other persons as shall hereafter become members thereof, in conformity with the constitution and bylaws said of society, by the name and style of "The Union Corporate name. Agricultural Society of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, La Fayette and Green Counties," is hereby made a body corporate and politic; and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession; and may have and use a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure; and by that name and style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, appear, prosecute and defend, in all courts of law or equity, in this state; and in said courts shall have power to sue for and collect all gra- Corporate tuitous subscriptions, which are or may be made to said soci- ers. ety; and may, in their corporate name, acquire and hold personal estate, not exceeding in value the sum of ten thousand dollars; and,may acquire, by purchase or otherwise, and hold real estate, not exceeding in value, at any one time, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars; and may alter or amend the constitution and by-laws of said society, in conformity with the provisions thereof or as the same may provide, from time to time; and may make all needful rules and regulations, concerning fairs and other exhibitions of said society, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state. pow 2. Said society shall be entitled to and receive all the Holding of fairs. privileges conferred upon any agricultural society in this state, by virtue of the provisions of an act entitled "An act to aid and encourage agricultural societies," approved February 18th, 1857. And the county clerk of Jo Daviess county, upon the filing in his office, by the president and recording secretary of said society, a statement of the name and present officers of said society, shall be required to issue the certificate provided for in the first section of said act. And said society shall, annually, or as by their constitution and by-laws shall be prescribed, hold a fair or exhibition of agricultural, mechanical and other products, at, or near the town of Warren, in said Jo Daviess county; and, during the time of holding such fair or exhibition, said society shall have the sole and exclusive right to license, upon such terms and conditions as they may prescribe, the sale of all and every article of provisions, trade, traffic or merchandise whatever, (except spirituous and intoxicating liquors,) at or within one-half mile of the place of holding such fair. |