effects owned by the corporation, shall vest in the people of the state of Illinois, subject to be disposed of under orders of the court to be made in said cause. tion, &c. § 21. In every case of conviction and judgment under Effect of convicthe foregoing section, the court shall appoint one or more trustees to take charge of the property, rights, credits and effects of the corporation, and vest such trustee or trustees with power to convert the same into money, upon such terms as may be deemed reasonable, and to appropriate the same first, in paying the expense of and allowances to trustees; second, in paying the cost of the prosecution against the corporation; third, in paying the debts and claims against the corporation; and the balance to be divided among the stock or shareholders, in proportion to the amount paid on the shares; but in case the costs, expenses, debts and claims against the corporation exceed the amount of the trust funds aforesaid, then such debts and claims shall be paid, after deducting the costs and expenses, pro rata, or in proportion to the amount due to each. 22. No such association shall issue or make any pro- Issue of bills, &c. missory note, due bill, certificate of deposit, bill of ex- prohibited. change, order or draft, or any other instrument to pass or circulate in lieu of money, or bank notes, or bills, or as a substitute for money, bank bills or notes. This act shall take effect on its passage. APPROVED June 23, 1852. 1852. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to reduce the laws incorporating In force June 23, the city of Chicago, and the several acts amendatory thereof, into one act, and to amend the same," and to amend an act to charter the city of Peru. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Ilhnois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much Chicago. of the thirteenth division of the fourth section of the fourth chapter of the act entitled "an act to amend an act to reduce the law incorporating the city of Chicago, and the several acts amendatory thereof, into one act, and to amend the same," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, as authorizes the issuing or granting of licenses for the sale of wines or other liquors, ardent, vinous or fermented, at retail, and all and every other section or part of said herein named and recited act as authorizes the issuing or granting of licenses for the sale of wines or other liquors, ardent, vinous or fermented, at retail, in less quantities than one quart, be and the same is and are hereby repealed. § 2. That so much of section one, article fifth, of an act Peru. entitled "an act to charter the city of Peru," approved Feb ruary thirteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, as author- In force June 23, AN ACT granting ferry privileges and right of way to the Burlington and Warren Plank Road company. 1852. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Ferry privilege Burlington and Warren Plank Road company, organized in granted. Act of county Henderson county, Illinois, April 19th, 1852, be allowed and they are hereby authorized to establish and keep a ferry across the Mississippi river, from the western terminus of their plank road, to the city of Burlington, Iowa, with the exclusive privilege of conveying across said river all persons, their teams, horses, cattle and other animals, merchandise, &c., &c., that may have occasion to use their said road, and that they be allowed to demand and receive toll therefor according to the regulations of the county court of said Henderson county. § 2. Be it further enacted, the act of the county court court legalized. in granting the right of way to said company be hereby legalized and confirmed. APPROVED June 23, 1852. In force June 23, 1852. Corporators. AN ACT to incorporate the Rockford Cemetery Association. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That George Haskel, Anson S. Miller, Charles J. Horsman, Harry N. Spalding and John Fisher, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of "The Rockford Cemetery Association," located in Rockford, west of Rock river; and General powers. by that name and style to have perpetual succession, and all the powers, rights, liabilities and immunities incident to a corporate body. Style. Officers. § 2. The officers of said association shall be five directors, and such other officers as by this act may be authorized tions. or created, each of whom shall be the owner of one or more Their qualificalots in the cemetery of said association. Said directors, or a majority of them, in all cases, shall constitute a board for Board, &c. the transaction of all business and the management of all the property of said association, and shall be elected, by Term. ballot, on the first Monday in April, biennially, and shall hold their office until their successors are elected. ton, &c. § 3. Said board of directors shall choose from their own President and number a president and treasurer, and shall appoint from treasurer. the members of said association a secretary, sexton, and Secretary, sexsuch other officers as the interests of said association may require. A bond, with security, shall be taken by said Bond. board from said treasurer for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. tion. § 4. At all elections of said association two of said di- Judges of elecrectors shall act as judges, and the secretary of the board as chief clerk thereof; and said clerk shall, within ten days after each election, give to the persons chosen a certificate of their election. Said board may, on giving ten days' public notice thereof, hold a special election for filling the va- Vacancies. cancy or vacancies occasioned by the death, resignation or removal of any of said directors. § 5. Every person having title to one or more lots in Voters. said cemetery shall be a member of said association, and entitled to one vote only. Absent members shall have power to vote by proxy, authorized by writing, first filed with the secretary of said board. § 6. Said board of directors shall have power to pur- Real estate. chase, receive by grant or otherwise, and hold lands, not exceeding fifty acres, for a cemetery, and to survey and lay out the same into lots, suitable for the burial of the dead; also, to sell and convey the same by certificate of purchase, signed and acknowledged by the president and attested by the secretary, as hereinafter provided; and the purchasers thereof, their heirs and assigns, shall use their said lots for burial purposes only. proceeds. tors. § 7. The proceeds arising from the sale of said lots Application of shall be applied by said directors in enclosing, protecting and ornamenting said cemetery, and in making such improvements thereon as said directors shall deem necessary or appropriate; and said board of directors shall have power to Power of direcestablish and change by-laws, prescribe rules and regulations for the appointment, term of office, duties and fees of their officers, the government of the association, and the general supervision and control of its property. Said board may, for cause, remove any of the officers of its appoint§ 8. Said board of directors shall have power to sell and Sale of old cemeconvey or otherwise dispose of the cemetery grounds heretofore occupied by the Rockford Cemetery Association, sit ment. tery. Seal. Records. Right of property. Plat. year. uated on the town plat of Rockford west; and the proceeds of the sale or other disposition of said grounds shall be expended by the said directors in the purchase of others, for cemetery purposes, and for improving the same. grounds, so purchased, shall be exempt from taxation, attachment and execution. Said § 9. Said association shall have a corporate seal, with such device and inscription thereon as may be determined by said board of directors. All deeds and other writings made or issued by said association shall be signed by the president, attested by the secretary, and sealed with said corporate sale. § 10. 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, orders, purchases and sales of property, with the names of parties thereto; also, a complete register of the burials in said cemetery, with names and ages of the dead; which book of record shall at all times be open for the inspection of the members of the association, and under the control of said board of directors. § 11. The right of property to any lot or lots in said cemetery shall be vested in the purchaser by certificate of purchase, signed by the president, and attested by the secretary, and sealed as hereinbefore provided; which certificate shall be recorded by the secretary; and every transfer of such certificate shall be made by surrendering the same to the secretary, who shall thereupon issue a new certificate to the assignee and cancel the former. No person. shall hold title to more than two lots. § 12. A plat of said cemetery shall be made by the county surveyor of Winnebago county, under the direction. of said board, and attested by said surveyor, and subscribed and acknowledged by the president of said board before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, and when so attested and acknowledged shall be recorded in the recorder's office of said county, and such recording shall give to the record all the force, effect and virtue that is by law given to records of town plats. Directors for first $ 13. The said George Haskell, Anson S. Miller, Charles O. Horsman, Harry N. Spaulding and John Fisher are hereby constituted said board of directors for the first year, and to hold their offices until the first Monday of April next, and until their successors are elected; and at their first meeting after the passage of this act they shall appoint a secretary, to hold for the like time. § 14. This shall be considered a public act, and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED June 23, 1852. AN ACT in aid of the Spoon River Navigation company. In force June 23, 1852. money. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Spoon River Navigation company, by their president and Power to borrow directors, in addition to the rights and privileges conferred and possessed by their present existing charter, be and they are hereby authorized to borrow money for the purpose of aiding them in the prosecution of their contemplated work, and to secure the payment thereof by the bonds of the company, note, mortgage or otherwise: Provided, the said company shall not issue the bonds of the company for a larger amount, at any one time, than the amount of their capital stock actually paid in, and shall not pay an interest upon any such loan of over ten per cent. per annum. § 2. The stock, property and effects of said company Lien on property. shall be liable for the debts of said company, and any payment, assignment or transfer of said property by said company, to any one or more of its creditors, for the purpose of preferring one or more to the whole of their creditors, shall be null and void as against the other creditors of said company. This act to be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT to incorporate the Joliet and Terre Haute Railroad company. In force June 23, 1852. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Henry Troup, Nathaniel Wilson, Peter Stewart, Franklin Mitchell, Corporators. John W. Chapman, William Smith, George Woodruff, Josiah McRoberts, G. D. A. Parks, W. C. Wood, John Curry, George W. Cassedy, Hamilton D. Risley and George Dillman, and their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of “The Joliet and Terre Haute Railroad com- Style. pany," and by that name be and they are hereby made capable in law and in equity to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in any court of law and equity in this state, or in any other place; to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to renew and alter at pleasure, and shall be and are hereby vested with all the powers, privileges and immunities which are or may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes and objects. of this act as hereinafter set forth. And the said company are hereby authorized and empowered to locate, construct General powers: |