§ 10. The ninth district, of the counties of Alexander, Ninth district. Pulaski, Massac, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Gallatin, Saline, Williamson, Jackson, Perry, Franklin, Hamilton, White, Wayne, Edwards and Wabash. held. § 11. One representative to the congress of the United Election, when States shall be elected in each of the districts before enuinerated, on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and one in each of said districts every two years thereafter. Such elections shall be held and returns thereof made and canvassed as is now provided by law in such cases. APPROVED June 16, 1852. In force June 16, AN ACT to authorize the construction and use of the Northern Indiana and Chicago Railroad. 1852. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Authority to con- Northern Indiana and Chicago Railroad company be and struct road. they are hereby authorized to maintain and use or construct and build a railroad at and from the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, in a southerly and southeasterly direction, through the southerly portion of said county of Cook, to a point where the state line shall be intersected by the road of the western division of the Buffalo and Mississippi RailPower to con- road company, on the most direct and eligible route; and demn property. the road above mentioned is hereby declared to be of sufficient public utility to justify the taking of private property for constructing and maintaining the same; and the acts done by said company are hereby legalized, and the said Northern Indiana and Chicago Railroad company is authorized to make such contracts and agreements for the transportation of freight and passengers, and the construction and maintenance or use of its said road, with any road of which it may be an extension, as to the board of directors may see proper. Power to contract APPROVED June 16, 1852. act 1852. Special tax au AN ACT to authorize the county court of Scott county to levy a special tax. In force June 18, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county court of Scott county, Illinois, be and the same is thorized. hereby authorized to levy and collect in the year A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and in each succeeding year thereafter, until the objects of this act shall have been effected, a special tax upon all the property in said county liable to taxation for state and county purposes, at any rate per cent. which will not produce in each year an aggregate sum of more than three thousand dollars. be 2. The collection of taxes under the provisions of this Mode of collecact shall be enforced in the same manner as is or may tion. provided by the laws of this state for the collection of the state revenue; and when collected the same shall be a separate fund in the treasury of said county, and shall be appropriated under the orders of the county court-first, to the Application. construction of a jail in said county, and, second, to the payment of debts now owed by said county. §3. That said county court be further hereby authoriz- Power to borrow. ed to borrow the amount of money contemplated in the foregoing sections, and to levy and collect such taxes for the pay ment of the same. This act to be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT to incorporate the Alton and Jerseyville Plank Road company. In force June 18, 1852. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represente in the General Assembly, That the present stockholders of the Alton and Jerseyville Plank Incorporation, Road company, which was organized May, 1851, under the general law for the construction of plank roads, with their consent, be and they, their assigns and successors, hereby are made and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the "Alton and Jerseyville Style. Plank Road company," for the space of thirty years, and shall have power to sue and be sued, to contract and be Powers. contracted with, complain and defend, in any court of law or equity; to make and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure; to make by-laws, rules and regulations for the management of its property, the regulation of its affairs, the appointment and number of its officers and agents, the negotiation and execution of its contracts and the transfers stock, not inconsistent with the laws of this state or th States, and to take and hold sufficient real ing road. estate for the enjoyment of all privileges herein granted, and to grant and convey the same at pleasure. § 2. The said Alton and Jerseyville Plank Road compaTransfer of exist- ny, by its directors, nay convey, transfer and set over to the corporation hereby created the road at present constructed, and the land over wh ch the same passes, and all lands, premises, rights, benefits, privileges and contracts belonging to said company, or held for its use and benefit, whereupon the said incorporation shall have, hold and possess the same, for the sole use of said incorporation, and shall have the benefit of all the provisions herein contained for the maintenance and protection thereof; and the proceedings of said company and its directors, to the present time, are hereby ratified and made valid, notwithstanding any informality or irregularity therein. § 3. The said incorporation shall have the right to comRight to complete plete the plank road already commenced by said company, and to continue the same, so as to make it extend from the city of Alton to the town of Jerseyville, in Jersey county. Said plank road to be constructed upon the usual plan, and of such width as the directors of said incorporation shall deem advisable. Stockholders. § 4. The present stockholders of the Alton and Jersey Plank Road company shall be stockholders in the corporation hereby created, to the amount of their respective shares, and the capital stock may be increased from the Increase of stock. amount by them owned to any amount they or the directors of said company shall determine, not exceeding seventyfive thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Election of directors. Tolls. Limitation. An election for directors of said incorporation shall be held on the first Monday of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and the present directors of said company shall be directors of said incorporation till their successors are elected. Afterwards elections for directors shall take place annually, at such time and place as the by-laws shall prescribe, due notice thereof being given. All elections shall be by ballot, and each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as he shall own shares of stock, and the person having the greatest number of votes shall be the direc tors. § 5. The affairs of said corporation shall be managed by the board of directors, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum to do business, who shall have power to erect and maintain such toll-houses, toll-gates, and other buildings, for the accommodation and management of said road, and the travel and transport thereon, as they may deem suitable to its interests; and may demand, collect and receive of and from any and every person using or so much thereof as may be completed, regulated by the directors, but not to exceed the rates prescribed by "An act to provide for the construction of plank roads by a general law," approved February 12, 1849, and the first, third, fourth and sixth sections of an act approved February 1, 1851, amendatory of said act of February 12, 1849, and the act approved February 17, 1851, further to amend the act of February 12, 1849, are made part of the charter hereby granted, so far as applicable thereto. § 6. The corporation hereby created is authorized to Right of way. acquire by voluntary cession or purchase from the owner the right to construct said road over any lands belonging to individuals, companies or corporations on said route; and in case said corporation cannot obtain the right to construct said road over the lands owned by any individual, company or corporation, by voluntary cession or by purchase, it shall be lawful for said corporation to appropriate and use so much of said land as shall be necessary for the proper construction of said road, on complying with sections, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen of the act entitled "An act to construct a plank road from Oswego, in Kendall county, to the Indiana line, by the way of Joliet, Will courty," approved February 12, 1849, which four sections, making provision for obtaining the right of way, are made part of this act. § 7. Said corporation is hereby vested with all the Power to contract powers conferred on plank road companies organized under the general laws for the construction of plank roads, to make contracts with county and cit authorities for the use of any part of a public highway or street for the construction of their said road. money. § 8. Said corporation in and about the construction of Power to borrow said road, and to aid it therein, may borrow money not exceeding in amount the sum actually paid in by the stockholders, and contract to pay therefor a rate of interest not to exceed ten per cent. § 9. Said plank road and its appurtenances shall, for Kind of estate. revenue purposes, be deemed real estate, and be liable as such to taxation. The stock of said corporation, for other purposes, shall be deemed personal property, shall be transferable only on the books of the corporation, and in the manner prescribed by the by-laws thereof. This act to be a pulplic act, and to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED June 18,, 1852. ᏓᎥᎥᏌ Ꭷ fer or th In force June 18, 1852. Corporators. Style. Location. jees, Power, AN ACT to incorporate the Mount Carroll Seminary. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinoi, represented in the General Assembly, That David Emmet, Nathaniel Halderman, Reuben W. Brush, John Wilson, Benjamin P. Miller, Leonard Goss, Calvin Gray, James Hallett, James Ferguson and John Irvine, sr., and their successors in office, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the president and trustees of the Mount Carroll Seminary, and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be and remain in or within one half mile of the town of Mt. Carroll, in the county of Carroll, and state of Illinois. The number of Number of trus- trustees shall not exceed nine, one of whom shall be president of the board, to be chosen by the trustees, and under the above name and style shall have power to make contracts, 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 before mentioned; to have a common seal, and 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 rhonorary degrees as are usually conferred by similar institutions. Powers, Vacancies. § 2. The trustees of said corporation shall have authority, from time to time, to prescribe and regulate the course of studies to be pursued in said semin ary; to fix the rate of tuition, and other seminary expenses, to appoint instructors and such other officers and agents, as may be necessary in managing the concerns of the instit ution; to define their 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 ma ke rules for the general regulation of the conduct of he students, and to make and pass such ordinances, rules and by-laws as they may deem necessary and expedient. na § 3. The trustees, for the time being, in order to have perpetual succession, shall have power to fill all vacancies which may occur in the said board, from death, resign or from any other cause. A majority of the trusteet constitute a quorum to do business," |