An act to incorporate the Commercial Insurance Company of Chicago, Illinois... An act to incorporate the Columbian Insurance Company.... An act to incorporate the Home Mutual Insurance company of Illinois. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Henry County Mutu 1 Fire Insurance Com- An act to incorporate the Illinois Central Mutual Insurance Company. An act to incorporate the Illinois Life Insurance Company An act to incorporate the Inland Insurance Company of Chicago An act to incorporate th Jersey County Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company.. An act to incorporate the Merchants' Insurance Company An act to charter the People's Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Aurora An act to amend "An act to incorporate the German House Association of Chicago," as passed February 466 An act to incorporate the Elmwood Mining and Manufacturing Company. An act to incorporate the Eagle Works Manufacturing Company of Chicago.. An act to incorporate the Illinois Starch Company.. An act to incorporate the Macomb Stone Company An ac to incorpora e he Nor hwestern Agri ul ural Manufacturing Company. An act to incorporate the Tyler and Greenleaf Sewing Machine Company An act to incorporate the Masonic Hall Stock Company of the city of Decatur. An act to authorize the county court of Monroe county to borrow money and levy a tax to pay the same 747 An act to incorporate the shley and Mount Vernon Railroad Company. Alton, in Madison county," approved February 15, 1851, and other acts amendatory thereto... An act to extend the time for completing the Indiana and Illinois Central Railway. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Kenosha and Rock Island Railroad Compa- An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Mississippi and Wabash Railroad Company," approved February 10, 1853, and an act amendatory thereof, approved February 24, 1859.. An act to incorporate the Mattoon and Deca ur Railroad Company. An to incorporate the Monticello Railroad Company... In act to incorporate the McLean County Central Branch Railroad Company. An act to incorporate the Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company, and for other purposes.. An act enti led an act to amend "An act to amend an act incorporating the Pike County Railroad Com- pany," approved February 14, 1857. An act to incorporate the Paris and Decatur Railroad Company. enable them to form a corporation, and defining the powers and duties of such corporation.. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Peoria and Oquawka Railroad Company," An act to incorporate the Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur Railroad Company An act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Marshal county to levy a special tax, to purchase certain An at to provide for paying amount due Andrus B. Stone, for building bridge across the Kankakee river, at Wilmington, under "An act to authorize the towns and townships therein named to levy and collect moneys, and expend the same in building a bridge across the Kankakee river, at Wilmington," An act for the relief of the Litchfield School District, in the county of Montgomery. An act for the relief of William M. Dustin.... An act to extend a road therein described, in the county of Adams.. An act to locate a state road from Jeffersonville. in Wayne county, to Albion, in Edwards county. An act to relocate a part of a certain state road threin mentioned... 748 749 An act to incorporate the town of Ashley, in Washington county. An act to incorporate the town of Cambridge, in the county of Henry and state of Illinois. An act to change the name of the town of Aamden, in Logan county, and to incorporate the same... 569 An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the drainage of lands in the townships therein men- tioned, and to construct roads therein," approved June 23rd, A. D. 1852.. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Danville," approved February 15, 588 A. D. 1855, applicable to the town of Granville.. An act to establish the town of Hydepark, in Cook county. An act to incorporate the town of Harrisburg, Saline county, Illinois. An act granting a new charter to the town of Illinoistown.. An act to amend the charter of the town of Jerseyville An act to amend an act entitled "An act to change the name of Kankakee Depot and Bourbonnais, as applied to the county seat of Kankakee county, to Kankakee City, and to incorporate said town," ap- proved February 15, A. D. 1855 An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Keithsburg," approved February 16, 675 An act to incorporate the town of Lane.. An act o amend the charter of Marengo, in McHenry county. An act for levying a tax in township two south, range eleven west, in Monroe county An act to incorporate the town of Manchester, in the county of Scott... An act to vaca e the town pla' of Old Caledonia, in Pulaski county. An ac further to amend an act entitled "An act to extend he corporate powers of the town of Prince- ton," approved February 18, a. d. 1857. An act to incorporate the town of Pinckneyville, in Perry county, and s ate of Illinois. An act to extend the limits of Shelbyville, and o au horize said own to use he county jail An act to vacate certain s reets and alleys in the town of Shelbyville, Shelby county. An act to vacate a cer ain alley in the town of West Salem An ac to vaca'e the town plat of the town of Sumner, in McHenry county.... An act to incorpora e the town of Sheffield, in Bureau county and state of Illinois.. An act to vaca e a certain street and alley in the town of Tamaroa An act to legalize the survey of the own of Teutopolis, in the county of Effingham. An act to confirm to George Cattell and Calvin Stevens he leases of cer ain lands in Tiskilwa An act the better to provide for he incorpora ion of the town of Tuscola... An act to incorporate the town of Virden.. An act for the relief of the town of Whi e Hall.. An act to legalize the second survey of the town of Wapella, in DeWitt county, Illinois. An act to amend "An act to incorporate the town of Warren.”. Warsaw and the several acts amendatory thereof in one act, and to amend the same." An act relating to elections in the town of Waterloo, in Monroe county. PRIVATE LAWS. ACADEMIES AND COLLEGES. AN ACT to incorporate the Bloomingdale Academy. In force February 22, 1861. academy. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Erasmus O. Hills, Cyrus H. Meacham, Rowland Rathbun, Hiliman Location of the S. Hills, B. F. Meacham, Lewis E. Landon, Stephen Ellis, Captain E. Kinney and S. P. Sedgwick, and their successors in office, be and are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of "The President and Trustees of the Bloomingdale Academy," and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said academy shall be and remain in or within one-half mile of the town of Bloomingdale, in the county of Du Page, and state of Illinois. The number of trustees shall not exceed nine, one of whom shall be president and another secretary of the board, to be chosen by the trustees; and under the above name and style shall have power to make contracts; Corporate powers to sue and be sued; to plead and be impleaded; to answer and be answered unto in all courts and places; to grant and receive, by its corporate name; and to do all other acts as natural persons may or could do; to accept, acquire, purchase or sell property, real, personal or mixed, in all lawful ways; to use, employ, manage and dispose of all such property and all moneys belonging to said corporation in such manner as shall seem to the trustees best adapted to promote the objects of education; to have a common seal, and to change and alter the same at pleasure; to make such by-laws for its regulation as are not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States and of this state; to confer on such persons as may be considered worthy such academical or honorary degrees as are usually conferred by similar institutions. Course of study. Vacancies. Treasurer. pupils. § 2. The trustees of said incorporation shall have authority, from time to time, to prescribe and regulate the course of studies to be pursued in said academy; to fix the rate of tuition and other academical expenses; to appoint instructors, and such other officers and agents as may be necessary in managing the concerns of the institution, to define their duties, to fix their compensation, to displace and remove them; to erect necessary buildings, to purchase books, chemical and philosophical apparatus, and other suitable means of instruction; to make rules for the general regulation of the conduct of the students, and to make and pass such ordinances, rules and by-laws as they may deem necessary and expedient. 3. The trustees, in order to have perpetual succession, shall have power to fill all vacancies which may occur in said board, from death resignation, or from any other cause. A majority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business. § 4. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to appoint a treasurer to the board from their own number or from the stockholders, who shall be required to give bond, with sufficient security, as the board may prescribe, conditioned for the performance of such duties as the by-laws may require of him, and to hold his office for such time as the by-laws may prescribe. Obedience of the § 5. The sole object of said institution shall be the promotion of male and female education, and shall be open to all denominations of christians; and the profession of any particular religious faith shall not be required of those who become teachers or students of said academy. All persons, teachers or students, whose habits are idle or vicious, or whose moral character is bad, or who refuse to obey the rules of the institution may, however, be suspended or expelled from said academy by the trustees thereof. Shares of stock. $6. The lands, tenements and hereditaments, to be held in perpetuity by virtue of this act by said corporation, shall not exceed ten acres. § 7. The stock of said company shall consist of shares of ten dollars each, and shall be deemed personal property, and shall be transferable by assignment of certificate on the books of said corporation in such manner as the board of trustees shall prescribe. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, and its funds, rents and privileges shall only be used for the purposes of education, as herein declared: Provided, that two-thirds of the stock, by vote of the holders of the same, may at any time direct the dissolution of said corporation and the selling of its property; in which case the proceeds of such sale shall be equally divided among the shareholders, according to their shares. |