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by the president and attested by the secretary of said board, showing the amount so assessed upon each member of said association; and the tax so assessed, levied and certified, upon each member of said association, shall, from the date of said certificate, be a lien upon any property belonging to the person upon whom the same shall be levied and assessed; and the tax levied and assessed as aforesaid, if not paid within ten days after demand thereof, may be collected by suit, in the name of the board of directors, against the delinquent member, in any court having jurisdiction of the amount. § 11. The said board of directors shall cause to be kept and preserved, in a book or books provided by them for that purpose, a full and complete record of all their meetings, proceedings, orders, purchases and sales of property, with the names of the parties thereto; also a complete register of the burials made in said cemetery, after the organization of said board, together with the names and ages of the deceased; which book or books of record, as well as all other books kept by the board of directors or their secretary, shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the members of said association.

12. In case any member of said association shall sell and convey any lot or lots or fraction of a lot or lots in said cemetery it shall be his or her duty, immediately upon making such conveyance, to file with the secretary of said board of directors a written abstract of such conveyance, showing the names of the parties thereto, the number or description of the lot or lots conveyed, and the date of the conveyance; which abstract shall be signed by the grantor and recorded by the secretary of said board in a book to be kept by him for that purpose.

13. All the property and effects of said association shall be exempt from taxation, excepting as is herein provided; and the lots owned by individuals in said cemetery shall not be subject to sale under execution or other legal process, for debt.

§ 14. At any time, after the organization of said board of directors, it shall be lawful for said board to receive and accept from John Hutchinson, the former proprietor of said cemetery and addition thereto, and his wife, a deed, conveying to said association all their right, title and interest in and to said centery grounds, excepting their right to lots or fractions of lots yet unsold by them; and upon such conveyance being made the said board of directors shall release and discharge the said Hutchinson from all obligation or duty to take care of or superintend said cemetery; and, thereafter, the said association shall have the exclusive control and jurisdiction over said cemetery grounds, and the same shall be dedicated to and used for burial purposes only. § 15. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 18, 1861.

AN ACT to legalize the further use of Harrison's Cemetery.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinios, represented in the General Assembly, That the burial place known as "Harrison's Cemetery," adjoining the city of Belleville, in the county of St. Clair, be and the same is hereby exempted from all and every ordinance made or to be made by the city of Belleville, which shall, in any way, hinder or prevent the further use of said ground as a burial place for the dead, and that the lot owners in the same be and they are hereby authorized to continue to use the same as a burial place for the dead: Provided, that the city authorities, by ordinance, may require that any interment or interments, hereafter made in said ground, shall be made at a depth below the surface, not exceeding six feet, to be fixed by city ordinance. But the said city authorities nor the county of St. Clair shall not, at any time, have the right or power to convert any part of the said ground for any street, road, alley or passway, nor for any public use or purpose.

§2. This act shall be a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1861.

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AN ACT to enable the Trustees of the First Baptist Society of Bloomingdale, In force February DuPage county, to convey real estate.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Geo. Wallis, Capt. E. Kinne and Daniel F. Deibert, trustees of the First Baptist Society of Bloomingdale, DuPage county, are hereby authorized to convey, by warrantee deed, to the Bloomingdale Academy Association, or to the individuals who own the stock in said academy, lot twenty-six, (26,) in block three, (3,) in the town of Bloomingdale; which said deed, when so executed and recorded, shall invest all the title of said society in said lot in the persons to whom the same is deeded.

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the real estate.

§ 2. The said Geo. Wallis, Capt. E. Kinne and Daniel Conveyance F. Deibert, trustees, as aforesaid, are hereby authorized to convey, by warrantee deed, all the real estate, consisting of the parsonage and meeting house lots, owned by said First Baptist Society, in Bloomingdale, to the persons who sub-. scribed to pay for and build the buildings on said property, the deed to be made to each subscriber of such portion of said property as his subscription bears to the total original cost of said property; which deeds, when so executed and

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recorded, shall invest in said subscribers as perfect a title as is now held by said trustees.

§ 3. Said property shall not be subject to taxation, for any purpose, so long as it shall be used for the purposes of said Baptist society.

APPROVED February 13, 1861.

In force February AN ACT to amend an act entitled, "An act authorizing certain persons hold20, 1861. ing property in trust for the use of the Catholic church and societies thereof, in the state of Illinois, to convey the same," approved February 24th, 1845; also, to incorporate the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, and to confirm conveyances, made since the 24th February, 1845, heretofore, by the Catholic Bishop of Chicago.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the present Catholic Bishop of Chicago, and his successors in office, be and are hereby created a body politic, and a corporation sole, under the name and style of "The Catholic Corporate name Bishop of Chicago;" and by that name said bishop, and his

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successors in office, shall be known, and shall, hereafter, have succession; and shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts and places whatsoever. "The Catholic Bishop of Chicago" shall have a seal of office and may change and alter the same at pleasure; and may acquire, hold and convey property, real, personal and mixed, of any kind and nature whatsoever; and shall have power to borrow money, and mortgage and incumber said property, so to be held, as aforesaid, or any portion thereof, as security for the money borrowed under the authority of this act.

§ 2. The Catholic Bishop of Chicago, for the time being, and any lawfully appointed administrator, filling the office of the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, shall, within six months after his appointment to the said office of Catholic Bishop of Chicago, or administrator, as aforesaid, file for record in the recorder's office of the county of Cook, in the state of Illinois, a statement of the fact, manner and time of such appointment, under his hand and said corporate seal, and verified by his affidavit subscribed thereto; which affidavit shall be sworn before any judge of any court of record in said county of Cook. And the present Catholic Bishop of Chicago shall comply with the last mentioned enactment within three months after this act becomes law.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That the title to all the property, real, personal or mixed, intended to be vested in the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, and his successors, by said act to which this act is in part an amendment, is hereby

vested in and confirmed to the "Catholic Bishop of Chicago," and his successors, absolutely, subject however to the gifts, grants, conveyances, deeds of trust, mortgages or other lawful assurance, heretofore made by the said Right Reverend William Quarter, or his said successors.

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§ 4. And be it further enacted, That all gifts, grants, heretofore made deeds and conveyances, and also all devises and bequests, heretofore made to any individual holding the office of Catholic Bishop of Chicago, or administrator of the diocese of Chicago, in which the addition of "Bishop of Chicago," or "Catholic Bishop of Chicago," or "Roman Catholic Bishop of Chicago," or "Administrator of the Diocese of Chicago, may have been made to the name of the grantee, shall be construed as conveying, giving, granting, devising or bequeathing the property in such instruments mentioned to such individual, as "Catholic Bishop of Chicago," and that the titles thereby passing, respectively, shall be and the same are hereby vested in the corporation created by this act; and that all gifts, grants, deeds, conveyances, and contracts, deeds of trust, mortgages, and other incumbrances, heretofore made by any individual holding the office of Catholic Bishop of Chicago, or administrator of the diocese of Chicago, to which the name of such individual or the christian name of such individual, shall be signed, with the addition of "Bishop of Chicago," or "Catholic Bishop of Chicago," or "Roman Catholic Bishop of Chicago," or "Administrator of the Diocese of Chicago," shall be held and construed as having been made and granted by such individual, as "Catholic Bishop of Chicago," and are hereby confirmed; and all rights, claims and liabilities inuring to and chargeable against such individual, as aforesaid, under any of the assurances aforesaid, shall inure to and be chargeable against the corporation created by this act.

5. This act shall be a public act, and shall be in force from and after the passage of it; and all laws and parts of laws, in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed; and the legislature hereby reserves the right to amend or repeal this act without divesting any right to property acquired under it at the time of such amendment or repeal.

6. The general assembly of this state shall have full power and authority to provide, by law, any limitation as to amount of property, real or personal, capable of being held by the corporation hereby created.

APPROVED February 20, 1861.

In force February 18, 1861.

AN ACT to incorporate the Illinois Eldership of the Church of God.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That I. M. Klein, Charles Cain, Jacob Bear, Ephraim Bear, and J. II. Hurley, and their successors in office, elected by the said eldership, at its regular annual session, to fill the office of speaker, treasurer and clerk. The above named board shall be and they are hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate, in law and in fact, to have perpetual succession, by and under the name, style and title of "The Board Corporate name of Trustees of the Illinois Eldership of the Churches of God;" and, by the name, style and title aforesaid, shall be capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court or before any judge or justice of the peace, in any and all manner of suits, complaints, pleas and demands, of whatsoever name or nature, and all and every matter and thing to do in as full and effectual a manner as any other person or persons, body politic or corporate, within this commonwealth, may or can do.

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§ 2. That the said corporation, and their successors, shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to make, ordain and establish such by-laws and ordinances as shall be necessary and proper for the regulation of the temporal and financial concerns of the said eldership and for the promotion of religion: Provided, that nothing shall be done, in pursuance of the powers and privileges herein granted, repugnant to this act, to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, or to the usages, principles and doctrines of the Church of God.

§ 3. That the business of the said corporation shall be managed and conducted by the said corporation, at the time and during the annual session of the said eldership, or at any extra session thereof, or at any special meeting of the board of trustees, when called together by the president; and any two members of the board, three-fifths of the mem-bers of the board present, shall constitute a quorum.

84. That the said corporation and their successors shall have full power and authority to make, have and to use one common seal, with such devices and inscription as they may think proper, and to break, renew and alter the same.

§ 5. That the said corporation, or their successors, by the name, style and title aforesaid, shall be able and capable, in law and equity, to take and to hold to themselves and their successors, for the use and objects set forth as aforesaid, lands, tenements, goods and chattels, of whatever kind, nature and quality, real, personal and mixed, which now is or may or shall hereafter become the property of said eldership: Provided, that the yearly value or income of said estate shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars at any one time, and shall not be appropriated to any other than finan

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