means for the assessment and collection of taxes as they shall from time to time deem expedient, and prescribe the manner of selling property when the tax levied upon it shall not be paid: Provided, no sale of any real estate shall be made until public notice of the time and place of sale shall be given, by advertisement in some newspaper or at four of the most public places in said town, by putting up written notices, containing a list of said delinquent real estate, at least thirty (30) days previous to the day of sale. § 10. When any lots or real estate shall have been sold Redemption. for taxes, as aforesaid, the same shall be subject to redemption in the time and on the terms now provided, or hereafter to be provided, by the revenue laws of this state, for the redemption of real estate. But should the real estate so sold for taxes not be redeemed in time and manner provided by law, and if the purchaser, or other person for him, shall have paid all taxes with which such real estate or lots shall have been charged up to the time when the right of redemption shall expire, then and in that case it shall be the duty of the president of the board of trustees to execute to the purchaser or purchasers, a deed therefor, signed by the president, and countersigned by the clerk of the board of trustees. § 11. The trustees shall have power to regulate, grade, Street labor. plank, pave and improve the streets, public squares and alleys in said town, for which purpose they shall have power to levy, annually, a road labor tax of not more than five days nor less than two days, against every able bodied male inhabitant of said town over the age of twenty-one years and under fifty years, to be collected and expended in such manner as they shall determine and direct. § 12. The trustees shall have power to grant licenses for Tippling houses. the sale of liquors and for other purposes, and to tax, restrain, prohibit and suppress tippling houses, dram shops, gaming houses, bawdy houses and other disorderly houses and ten pin alleys. Said trustees shall also have power to make and enforce such by-laws and ordinances for the regulation or suppression of the sale of wine, rum, brandy, gin, whisky, malt liquors, strong beer, ale, porter, mixed liquors, or any intoxicating liquors, within the limits of said town, as they may deem proper, and which shall not conflict with the laws of this state. § 13. Said trustees, or a majority of them, shall have sale of liquor. power to preserve good order and harmony in said town and to punish open indecency, breaches of the peace, horse racing, disorderly houses, riotous meetings or assemblages, and to punish persons for making loud or unusual noises, or for disturbing persons assembled at religious or other meetings in said town; for which purpose said trustees may make such by-laws and ordinances, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, as they may deem necessary or expedient to Justice of the peace. Appeals Fines. Records. Sidewalks. Nuisances. carry the provisions of this act into effect, and to impose fines, which shall be recovered before any justice of the peace in said town. § 14. It shall be duty of any justice of the peace in said town, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, on view or upon complaint being made to him upon oath, of the violation of any law or ordinance of said town, to issue his warrant, directed to the town constable or to any authorized persons, to apprehend the offender or offenders and bring him or them before him forthwith; and after hearing the evidence, if it shall appear that the accused has been guilty of any violation of any law or any ordinance of the corporation, to impose such fine or imprisonment as is provided by the laws of the state for the punishment of similar of fenses. § 15. In all cases arising under the provisions of this act, appeals may be taken and writs of certiorari allowed, as is now or may hereafter be provided by law. § 16. All fines or money's collected for violation of ordinances, licenses granted under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the town treasury, for the use of the inhabitants of said town. 17. The trustees shall keep a well bound book, in which shall be recorded, in a fair and legible hand, all by-laws and ordinances of said corporation; and no by-law or ordinance shall be in force until the same shall have been advertised, by posting up copies of the same in at least three of the most public places in said town, ten days previous to the time the same is to go into effect, or by publication in some newspaper in said town; which record or book shall be evidence of authority of said by-laws or ordinance that they have been legally enacted. 18. The said trustees shall have power to make pavements or sidewalks in said town, as to them may seem needful: Provided, always, that the lot in front of which any sidewalk is made shall be taxed to pay at least one-half of the expenses of making such sidewalk. $ 19. The said trustees shall have power to declare what shall be considered a nuisance within the limits of the corporation, and to provide for the abatement or removal thereof. This act to take effect from and after its passage. AN ACT to vacate a certain street and alley in the Town of Tamaroa. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of Eaton street, in the Illinois Central Railroad addition to the town of Tamaroa, in the county of Perry, as lies on the west side of block seventeen, in said addition to said town, and also the alley running north and south through said block, be annulled and vacated. § 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 14, 1861. AN ACT to legalize the survey of the town of Teutopolis, in the county of In force February Effingham. WHEREAS, on or about the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, John Ferdinand Washford laid out the town of Teutopolis, in the county of Effingham, state of Illinois, upon the following described tracts of land, to-wit: The west half of the southeast quarter, and the southwest quarter of section thirteen, and the north half and the west half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-four, all in township eight north, range five east, in said county, by having said town surveyed and platted by the then county surveyor of said county, and recorded in the county recorder's office of said county, and there being no official certificate to the plat of the town of Teutopolis, by said surveyor, appearing on the plat, as recorded; therefore, SECTION [1]. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the survey and plat of the town of Teutopolis, is hereby declared to be legal and binding, to all intents and purposes, in law, as fully as if the certificate of the surveyor had been attached and recorded with said plat of the town of Teutopolis. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861. 22, 1861. AN ACT to confirm to George Cattell and Calvin Stevens the leases of In force February certain lands in Tiskilwa. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the leases of the president and trustees of the town of Tiskilwa, 20, 1861. bearing date the twenty-first day of July, in the year one § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. In force February AN ACT entitled an act to vacate Liberty Square in the town of Tiskilwa, in 22, 1861. the county of Bureau, state of Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the square known as "Liberty Square," in the town of Tiskilwa, in the county of Bureau, in the state of Illinois, be and the same is hereby declared vacated. APPROVED February 22, 1861. In force February AN ACT the better to provide for the incorporation of the Town of Tuscola, 22, 1861. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Michael Noel, James Harrison, William Chandler, William Russell, and Simon G. Bassett, of the town of Tuscola, in Douglas county, are hereby recognized and constituted a body politic Name and style. and corporate, by the name and style of "The President and Trustees of the Town of Tuscola ;" and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and may have and use a common seal, which they may change and alter at pleasure. Corporate leges. pow § 2. The aforesaid corporators and their successors, by ers and privi- the name and style aforesaid, viz: "The President and Trustees of the Town of Tuscola," shall have power to sue and be sued, to implead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity, and in all actions whatever; to purchase, receive and hold property, both real and personal, in said town; to purchase, receive and hold property, both real and personal, beyond the said town, for burial grounds, and for other public purposes, for the use of the inhabitants of said town; to sell, lease, convey or dispose of property, real or personal, for the benefit of said town, and to improve and protect said such property, and to do all other things in relation thereto as natural persons. 3. The boundaries of said town shall be one mile Town limits. square. The center of the public square in said town being the center of the said mile square. And all the lands with in said limits shall be considered as the town of Tuscola. § 4. The aforesaid corporators shall continue in office un- Annual election. til the first Monday in April next, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and on the first Monday in April next, and annually, thereafter, on the same day, an election shall be held for five trustees, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. The board of trustees whose term of of fice is about to expire shall always give notice of such election, by having written or printed notices thereof, posted up in four public places of said town, at least one week previous to said election; and one of the members of the said board, together with the clerk of the corporation, shall hold the said election and give certificates of election to the five persons receiving the greatest number of votes; and whenever there shall be a tie in such election, they shall certify the same to the said board, who shall determine the same by lot, in such manner as shall be provided by ordinance. trustees. § 5. Every trustee of said town shall, at the time of his Qualification election, be at least twenty-one years of age, a citizen of the United States and the state of Illinois, and shall have resided at least six months within the limits of the corporation. Every bona fide resident of said town, possessing the requisite qualifications to vote for state officers shall be entitled to vote for trustees. § 6. The trustees, before entering upon the duties of Oficial oaths. their office, shall severally take and subscribe an oath that they will support the constitution of the United States and of this state, and that they will well and truly perform the duties of their office to the best of their skill and abilities. 7. A majority of said trustees shall constitute a quo- Quorum. rum to do business. The said trustees shall elect one of their own body president of the board, who shall hold his office for one year or until his successor shall be elected and qualified. The president of the board shall be chief execu tive officer of the corporation, and shall be vested with such powers and authority as may be conferred upon him by ordinance. 8. If any trustee shall, during the time for which he Vacancies. shall have been elected, remove from the said town, his of fice shall be vacated. The board of trustees shall have power to fill vacancies in their own body, occasioned by the death, resignation or removal from town of any member. real estate. § 9. The board of trustees shall have power and autho- Redemption rity to assess and collect taxes, uniform in respect to person or property for corporate purposes, upon all the real and of of |