Street tax. Fires. Crossings. § 7. The said board of trustees shall have power to levy a tax, annually, on all the personal and real property of said town, for street, alley and bridge purposes, in a sum not to exceed twenty cents on every one hundred dollars taxable property, to be ascertained from the assessment for state and county purposes; which tax may be paid, in money, to the street commissioner, or in labor, under the direction of the street commissioner, at the rate of seventyfive cents per day; and all sums returned, under affidavit, by the street commissioner, as unpaid, shall be reported to the clerk of the county court, who shall annex the same to the tax list for county and state purposes, to be collected as in all cases of delinquent taxes; and, when collected, shall be paid into the treasury of said town, for the use of said incorporation. Section 13, of said act of incorporation, except so much as relates to the two day labor tax, is hereby repealed. § 8. The president and board of trustees shall have power to provide, by ordinance, for the prevention and extinguishment of fire and to organize, establish and regulate fire and hook and ladder companies; to prescribe the manner of building chimneys, arranging flues and pipe connected with stoves; and, for this purpose, may appoint an inspector and prescribe his duties; and they shall have power to provide for the inspection and weighing of hay and coal and the measurement of wood and other fuel to be used in said town. § 9. The said board of trustees shall have power to establish crossings on railroads, within the corporate limits, and make the necessary rules and regulations for keeping the same unobstructed. § 10. All former acts of the president and board of trustees, in their official capacity, which are not contrary to the constitution and laws of the state or the constitution of the United States, and only defective in form, as trustees of said town of Warren, are hereby legalized. § 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861. In force February AN ACT to repeal the fourth section of article twelve of "An act to reduce 22, 1861. the act incorporating the city of Warsaw and the several acts amendatory thereof in one act, and to amend the same." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the fourth section of article twelve of "An act to reduce the act incorporating the city of Warsaw and the several acts amendatory thereof into one act, and to amend the same," be and the same is hereby repealed. § 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861. AN ACT relating to elections in the town of Waterloo, in Monroe county. In force February SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That at all elections, hereafter held, under the charter and by-laws of the incorporation of the town of Waterloo, in Monroe county, all persons, resident of said incorporation, shall be entitled to vote who are by the constitution and laws of this state entitled to vote, anything in the charter and by-laws of said town to the contrary notwithstanding. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861. 22, 1861. AN ACT authorizing the town of Wilmington and other towns to raise a tax In force February for the improvement of the Kankakee river. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall 22, 1861. be lawful for the legal voters of the towns of Wilmington, Vote upon levyReed, Wesley and Florence, in the county of Will, and the ng tax. towns of Essex, Norton, Salina and Rockville, in the county of Kankakee, and the towns of Greenfield, Bracerville and Felix, in the county of Grundy, at their next or any subsequent annual town meeting, or at any special meeting legally notified for that purpose, to vote for or against a tax for the improvement of the Kankakee river, from the state dam, up said river, to the head of the island at the village of Wilmington. Notice of said vote shall be given by the respective town clerks of said towns, by posting up written or printed notices thereof in three of the most public places in each of said towns, at least ten days prior to said town meetings. $2. 2. Said vote shall be taken by ballot, upon which shall be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, "For the Tax," or "Against the Tax." If it Collectors' duties. Towns to take stock. Application of funds. Second election. shall be found that a majority of the voters of said towns, respectively, and a majority of said towns, respectively, voting upon the question, have voted in favor of the tax, then there shall be assessed, for and during the term of three years, an annual tax of one-half of one per cent. upon every dollar's worth of property, both real and personal, in said town, or of whichever of said towns shall have voted in favor of said tax; which tax shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected, except that it shall be paid in money only. Said votes shall be canvassed, as nearly as may be, as votes at general elections are canvassed, and shall be certified to by the moderators and clerks of said town meetings, and filed in the office of the town clerks of said towns, respectively. § 3. The collectors of each of said towns shall, annually, pay over to the treasurer of the Kankakee Company the amount of taxes collected under the provisions of this act, after deducting his fees, which shall be the same as in other collections, and shall receive his receipt therefor. And the proper officer of said company shall make out and deliver to the supervisor or town clerk of said towns, respectively, a certificate of stock in said company, for so many shares at their par or full value as there seems so paid over, from year to year; shall call for, in even shares; and all fractional sums, less than a full share, shall be receipted for, to be adjusted on the final payment of said tax: Provided, that in no case shall either of said towns be held to pay over to said company, upon such stock, a greater sum than the taxes above provided for. § 4. Said towns shall, respectively, be considered stockholders in said company, and shall each be entitled to as many votes, in all meetings of stockholders of said company, as their respective shares will entitle them to; which votes may be given by the supervisors, for the time being, of each of said towns, unless said towns shall, at a regular town meeting, otherwise direct. $5. The money so raised and paid over shall be faithfully applied by the said Kankakee Company to the improvement of the navigation of the Kankakee river, from the state dam or Kankakee feeder to the head of the island at the village of Wilmington. § 6. In case less than a majority of the towns aforesaid shali vote in favor of said tax, at any annual town meeting it shall be the duty of the town clerk and supervisor of each of the towns voting against said tax to call a special town meeting, giving like notices as above, within thirty days after said first vote; at which time said voters may again vote for or against said tax. And in case a majority of those voting on the question shall vote in favor of a tax the same shall be levied and collected, as above set forth. And in case a majority shall vote against said tax, then no tax shall be collected for that year; but in case any of said towns shall not raise said tax the present year it shall be lawful for any of said towns to take a like vote at the annual town meeting for the year 1862, or call a special town meeting for that purpose; and the provisions herein before provided shall be applied to that and all subsequent taxes, as nearly as may be; and the same shall be levied for like period from and after the said vote is taken. § 7. This act shall not be construed to interfere with or any way alter or change the right of or be binding upon the said Kankakee Company or their lessees or assigns, unless the board of directors of said company shall, at a meeting of said board, accept this act, and enter their acceptance upon their records, or unless their lessees or assigns shall in like manner accept the same. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861. AN ACT to extend the corporate limits of the town of Winchester. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the corporate limits of the town of Winchester, in Scott county, Illinois, be so extended that the same shall be one mile square-the present court house in said town being the center of said square: Provided, that the boundary of said town, on the southeast corner thereof, shall be the right bank of the Big Sandy creek. § 2. All farming lands, included within the foregoing limits, of ten or more acres, lying in one body, shall be exempt from corporation taxes. In force February 22, 1861. sion of limits. 3. After the passage of this act the president and Vote upon extentrustees of said town shall, on giving ten days' public notice, order an election to be held, at which election all legal voters, residing within the proposed limits, shall have the privilege of voting; and the question submitted to be voted upon shall be, whether said corporate limits shall be extended, as above provided; and if a majority of the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of said extension, then the foregoing sections shall be in full force thereafter; but if a majority of said votes shall be against said extension then the foregoing sections shall be nuli and void. APPROVED February 22, 1861. In force February 22, 1861. Vote upon repeal. AN ACT to repeal an act therein named, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That at the next charter election, in the town of Woodstock, in the county of McHenry, to be held on the first Monday in April, A.D. 1861, the legal voters of said town, who shall have been assessed previous to the passage of this act, to pay a property tax, under and by virtue of the act of incorporation or any amendment thereto, and who shall, prior to said election, have paid all taxes which shall so have been assessed against their property, shall vote for or against the repeal of the said act of incorporation. § 2. Said voting shall be by ballot, written or printed "For Repeal" or "Against Repeal;" and there shall, at such election, be kept a separate poll list, upon which shall be entered only the names of such persons as are entitled to vote under the provisions of this act; and the said ballots shall be deposited in a separate box and canvassed in the same manner as votes for president of said town are required to be canvassed, under the provisions of the said act of incorporation; and the penalties for fraudulent voting or false swearing shall be the same as for fraudulent voting or false swearing at any general election. § 3. If, on the canvassing of said votes, it shall appear that a majority of the said votes have been given "For Repeal" the act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Woodstock, McHenry county, Illinois," approved June 22, 1852, and the several acts amendatory thereto, shall be repealed, and of no further force whatever; otherwise it shall remain in full force and effect. § 4. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861. In force February 18, 1861. AN ACT to incorporate the Tribune Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That John L. Scripps, Charles H. Ray, Wm. Bross, Joseph Medill, and Alfred Cowles, and their associates and successors and assigns, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, under and by the name, style and title of "The Tribune Company," with perpetual succession; and by that name shall be and are hereby made capable, in law and equity, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law or equity in this state or elsewhere; to make, |