AN ACT to protect the wire suspension bridge over the Kaskaskia river, at In force February or near the town of Carlyle, in Clinton county. 18, 1861. penalties there SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That, for the Fast driving, and protection of said bridge, no horse, buggy, carriage, cart, Pr dray, wagon or other vehicle of any description, shall be allowed to travel over said bridge at a faster rate than a walk; nor shall any stock drover of horses, mules or cattle, be allowed to let more than ten of any of the above named loose stock on said bridge at any one time; and any person or persons violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined, not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, recoverable before any justice of the peace in said county; and after judgment has been had against him or them, in default of payment, he, she or them shall be committed to jail, and there to remain until said debt or fine is paid. Any person seeing this act violated, who is competent, shall be a competent witness. § 2. And it shall be the duty of the county court of said The erection of county, and they are hereby required, to have painted and put on a board, at each end of said bridge, the penalties imposed by this act; and if any person or persons shall cut, mark or deface said sign board, so put up, he or they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to all the penalties imposed by the first section of this act. And all fines collected under this act shall be paid into the county treasury. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 18, 1861. sign boards. AN ACT to prevent injury to the Oregon Bridge. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That if any person or persons shall, hereafter, in crossing the bridge over Rock river, at Oregon, in Ogle county, Illinois, lead, ride or drive any beast, carriage or other vehicle, in a faster gait than a walk, shall be fined, for every such offense, the sum of ten dollars. § 2. That if any person or persons shall lead, ride or drive any wagon or other vehicle over said bridge, with more than four horses or other animals attached to the same, shall be fined in the like sum of then dollars. § 3. That in crossing cattle and horses over said bridge, not more than then head shall be permitted to pass over or be on one span at a time; and any person or persons who shall violate this section shall be fined in the sum of twenty-five dollars. In force February 21, 1861. Fast driving. Collection of fines. § 4. That if any person or persons shall move or place upon said bridge any building, engine boiler or other cumbersome article, the weight of which will exceed eighty hundred pounds, shall be fined in the sum of fifty dollars. § 5. That any such fine may be recovered by an action of debt, in the name of the people of the state of Illinois, before a justice of the peace; and that any person may be a witness in any such prosecution, notwithstanding his being a resident of said town of Oregon; and that all such fines shall be paid over to the highway commissioners of said town of Oregon, and shall be used by said commissioners in repairing and maintaining said bridge. That this act shall not in anywise affect or prevent said town maintaining and prosecuting any action for any injury said bridge may have sustained and for which a penalty is herein provided. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 21, 1861. In force February AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Brighton Hotel 22, 1861. and Stock Yard Company," and to change the name thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the corporation created under and by virtue of "An act to incorporate the Brighton Hotel and Stock Yard Company," approved February 14th, 1857, is hereby authorized to change its name to that of the "Brighton Company;" and by that name the said company shall succeed to and hold all the rights, privileges, powers, franchises and property conferred or acquired under the original act of incorporation; and sections four (4) and six (6) of said act of incorporation are hereby so amended as to authorize the stockholders of said Brighton Company, at any annual election of directors of said company, to reduce the number of said directors to three (3.) 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861. AN ACT to change the name of the Bloomingdale Cemetery Association, in In force February in Du Page couuty. 13, 1861. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the name of the Bloomingdale Cemetery Association, in Du Page county, is hereby changed to "The Greenwood Cemetery Association." APPROVED February 13, 1861. AN ACT to incorporate the Belleville Oakwoods Cemetery Association. In force February 22, 1861. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Henry Goedeking, Samuel Stookey, George Trumbull, C. T. Elles, T. J. Kraefft, Sharon Tyndale, Theophilus Harrison, David Swyer, William S. Thomas, William Homeier and Louis Rauschkolb, or any five of them, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The Belleville Oakwoods Cemetery Association;" Corporate name and by that name to have perpetual succession, and shall and powers. have and possess and be invested with all the powers, rights, privileges and immunities incident to a corporate body. rial ground. § 2. The objects of the said association shall be to lay Inclosure of buout, inclose, improve and ornament a piece of ground, as a burial place for the dead; and for these objects the persons above named, or any five of them, and any other or others whom they may elect as associates, may acquire, by purchase or donation, any lands adjacent to the city of Belleville, in the county of St. Clair, not exceeding one hundred acres, and may sell and convey the same, in parcels or lots, one or more, of such dimensions as they may determine upon. of the association. §3. The officers of the said association shall be such as omcers the members of the association, or a majority of them, may, from time to time, determine upon and elect; and the duties and privileges of such officers shall be determined by a majority of the members of the association; and any or all of the business or affairs of the association may be conducted by one or more officers, at the election of a majority of the members. 4. The members of this association, or three-fourths of them, may, from time to time, increase their numbers; and a majority of them may make by-laws, rules and regu- Rules and regula lations for their government, in all matters concerning the association and its business and affairs; they shall procure a Laying out grounds. Conveyance lets. of Lots to be kept in good order. corporate seal, with such device or devices as they may choose, wherewith all deeds, certificates and other writings, made and issued by said association, shall be sealed; and they shall keep a legible, clear and true record of all proceedings, orders, purchases, sales, payments, receipts and burials, with name, birth-place and age, when obtainable, of the deceased; which record shall be open to the inspection of any or all of the members of said association: Provided, that the officer whose duty it shall be to make such record shall not be compelled to record burials, with name, etc., without a fee, not exceeding sixty cents, to be paid by the party requiring the record. § 5. The association shall cause the ground which they may acquire, or any part thereof, to be laid out into lots, avenues, walks and alleys, suited to the objects herein before named; and whenever the same is so laid out and recorded in the office of the recorder for St. Clair county, the part so laid out, and dedicated, and kept for the objects hereinbefore named, shall forever thereafter be exempt from all assessments and taxation, and from seizure and sale on execution, or by any order or decree of any court, and from any appropriation for public uses or purposes, unless, for such uses or purposes, the majority of the members of the association and owners of lots shall consent thereto. But the association may lease or rent out any portion of the ground which they may have acquired and not laid out, as above described, and use the income from the same for the objects hereinbefore mentioned. of $6. The conveyance of lots from the association to individuals may be by certificate, signed by two officers, thereto authorized by the association, and sealed with the corporate seal of the association; and every such certificate, so signed and sealed, or the record of the same, made by the proper officer of the association, or a certified and sealed copy of such record of the same, shall, either of them, be evidence of ownership, in any court in this state. 87. Lot owners may hold one or more lots, as tenants in common; but no lot shall be so alienated that different persons may hold the same, or. parts thereof, in severalty; nor shall the conveyance of any lot or lots, from any owner or owners to any other person or persons, be valid or complete, until the same shall have been entered upon the record of the association, and until a sealed certificate of purchase or conveyance shall be issued by the proper officer of the association-for which sealed certificate said officer shall be entitled to a fee, not exceeding sixty cents. § 8. The association may require any lot owner or owners to keep in good order and repair any lot or lots owned by him, her or them; and, to the effect thereof, should such owner refuse or delay, beyond thirty days, after written notice, to repair or put in order his, her or their lot or lots, then such owner or owners shall be debarred from all rights, privileges, immunities and proceedings, in all and any matter or matters concerning the association or owners of lots, and reinain so debarred until such repair or order be completed: Provided, that the association shall not require, at any one time, any repairing or putting in order which shall exceed in cost the original purchase price of the lot or lots needing such repairs. § 9. Lot owners shall, at all times, have a right of way, Right of wayin his or her own person, over any avenue, walk or alley, laid out for the objects of the association, and also to pass and repass, in conformity with the rules and regulations of the association, over any of the avenues, walks or alleys, so laid out. graves. of § 10. Any person who shall destroy, injure, disturb, or in Molesting any way molest any tomb, vault or grave, within the inclosure of the said association, with the intention or purpose of removing any body, or clothing, or ornament, or jewel, therefrom, or any person in any way aiding or abetting in the same, without written permission to [from] the proper officer of the association, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum sufficient to pay all the costs of replacement and repair, and all the costs of arrest, and suit, and prosecution, and shall be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a term not less than one year. And any person who, withnot consent of the owner or Injury of destrucowners of the lot or lots whereon the same may stand, shall tion of property. destroy, injure, disturb, or any way inolest any monument, slab, stone, tree, shrub, plant, or other thing, within the inclosure of the said association, shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum sufficient to pay all the costs of replacement and repair, and all the costs of arrest and prosecution, and shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not less than three months. § 11. This act shall be a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861. AN ACT for the vacation of the Cemetery in the town of Cambridge, in the In force February county of Henry. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the cemetery or burying ground, platted and formerly used by the citizens of Cambridge, and situated adjoining said town of Cambridge, in the county of Henry, and state of Illinois, 20, 1861. |