§ 4. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees, to Treasurer. appoint a treasurer to the board from the stockholders, who shall be required to give bond with sufficient security as the board may prescribe, conditioned for the performance of such duties as the by-laws may require of him, and to hold his office for such time as the by-laws may prescribe. § 5. The said institution shall be open to all denomina- Partienlar retions of christians, and the profession of any particular required." religious faith shall not be required of those who become. teachers or students of said seminary. All persons, teachers or stulents whose habits are idle or vicious, or whose moral character is bad, may however be suspended or expelled from said seminary by the trustees thereof. gious faith not property. § 6. The land, tenements and hereditaments to be held Limitation of in perpetuity, by virtue of this act, by said corporations, shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres. § 7. The stock of said company shall consist of shares stook. of five dollars each, and shall be deemed personal property, and shall be transferable by assignment of certificate on the books of said corporation, in such manner as the board of trustees shall prescribe. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars, and its funds, rents and privileges shall only be used for the purposes of education, as herein declared. trustees. § 8. The beforementioned persons shall be deemed Corporators to be trustees of this incorporation, until their successors are elected and qualified, and they are authorized to appoint all necessary agents and officers, which offices shall expire with their own. § 9. All deeds or instruments of writing, for the con- Conveyances. veyance of real estate to the said incorporation, shall be made to the president and trustees of the Mount Carroll Seminary, and their successors in office, for the use of said seminary, and all deeds and conveyances of land from said corporation shall be made by a majority of the trustees, sealed with the seal of the corporation, if they have a public seal. If no public seal is provided, then signed by the president and his private seal, and by him acknowledged in his official capacity. § 10. The time of election for the election of trustees, Time of election. shall be on the first Monday of Janu ry, A. D. 1853, and on the first Monday of January each year thereafter, and the trustees elected at such times shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. It shall be the duty of the president to give ten days' notice of each election stees, or other officers, by posting up notices in at fer free public places in the town of Mt. Carroll and or th of the time and place of holding the same, and htockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each ᏓᎥᎥᏌ Ꮒ share of stock he may own, and if it should happen that an election of the trustees should not be made on the day herein provided, it shall, in that case, be lawful to hold the election on any other day that may be designated, by a call of five stockholders by notice, as before designated. § 11. The lands, lots, building or buildings, library, philosophical or chemical or other apparatus, belonging to said corporation, is and the same shall be forever exempt from taxation, for state, county or corporation purposes, and also be exempt from execution for other than debts or demands against said incorporation, in its corporate capacity and liabilities. § 12. Stockholders shall at any election under this act be permitted to cast more than one hundred votes or ballots, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. APPROVED June 18, 1852. In force June 18, AN ACT to provide for the establishment and incorporation of hospitals for sick and disabled boatmen. 1852. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That any Power to incorpo- number of persons who may desire to establish and sustain rate. Mode of incorpo ration. General powers. at any of the cities, towns or villages situated on any of the navigable waters within this state, hospitals, and of erecting houses of worship, or either, for the benefit of persons employed on steamboats and other vessels navigating the raid waters, may associate together and become incorporated under the provisions of this act. § 2. Such persons shall sign an agreement, expressing their desire to become incorporated as aforesaid, in which they shall agree-first, upon a corporate name; second, upon a place of location; third, upon the number of directors, and, fourth, the object intended, whether the establishment of a hospital, or the building of a church, or both; which agreement, when so signed, shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, and recorded by the recorder of the county in which the establishment is located. § 3. Upon the recording of said agreement, the persons so associated, their successors and assigns, shall be and remain a body corporate and politic, by the name agreed on as aforesaid, and by such name shall have the right to ሕ sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all cots or places wherein judicial proceedings are or way bh, also, to contract and be contracted with, to receive a by any lawful mode of conveyance in the corporate name, § 4. The objects of said corporations shall be-first, to objects. 5. The business of each corporation shall be transact- Board of directors ed by, and all the powers hereby conferred shall be vested in a board of directors, not less than five nor more than ten in number, to be elected or appointed in such manner as may be provided for in the original agreements or the bylaws of the corporated: Provided, that the first board shall Proviso. be appointed by the persons associating as aforesaid: And provided further, that until otherwise agreed on, the members of the board shall fill all vacancies as they occur, so as to perpetuate its existence. Further proviso. Buildings. 6. The board of directors shall appoint a secretary Secretary and and a treasurer and all agents required in the transaction treasurer. of the business of the corporation. Said directors shall also obtain and cause to be conveyed in fee to the corporation, Real estate. one or more lots of land, not exceeding in quantity, at any one place, ten acres, for the purpose of erecting thereon hospital buildings and houses of worship, or either, as may have been agreed on as aforesaid, together with such other buildings as may be required for the uses of the incorporation, and also for making ornamental, vegetable and fruit gardens; which said lands, buildings and improvements, whilst used for the purpose or purposes expressed in this act, shall be exempt from taxation for all purposes whatever. § 7. The funis and property of the corporation shall Property. consist of all such money, property, goods, chattels and effects as may be contributed or paid by the classes of persons to be provided for, and the benevolent of all classes, for establishing and sustaining the institution, and the directors are authorized to obtain and receive funds, property, good chatels and effects, by any lawful way or means, and the same to the use of the corporation. Reception of sick persons. Use of property. fndividual inter 8. The trustees shall make provision for receiving into the hospital buildings all persons engaged on boats or other vessels as aforesaid, so far as the funds or means in their hands will justify; also provide for their care, nursing, medical treatment and support, and fix the terms of such reception, care and support. They shall also in the by-laws provide for the employment of stewards, physicians, nurses, attendants and servants, and prescribe their several duties. § 9. All money, property, goods and effects, paid or contributed, when accepted, shall be used according to the expressed direction of the person from whom the same is obtained, and no part thereof shall be diverted to any other purpose or object whatever. 10. There shall be no private or individual property ests prohibited. or rights vested in or held by the said corporation, but all money, property, goods and effects, paid or contributed, shall be held and used for the purposes stated in this act. This shall be a public act, be in force on its passage, and its provisons apply severally to each corporation which may be organized in conformity with the same. APPROVED June 18, 1852. I force June 18, 1852. Lean authorized. Application. 10 per cent. interest allowed. Fax. AN ACT to authorize Edwards county to make a loan of money. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county court of Edwards county is hereby empowered and authorized to borrow, on behalf of said county, a sum of money not exceeding three thousand dollars, in such manner and on such terms as they shall deem proper. § 2. The said money, or so much thereof as said court shall deem necessary, shall be applied to the building of a court house for said county. § 3. In case the said court shall determine to effect the loan, as provided for in the first section of this act, they are hereby authorized to contract to give interest upon said loan at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, if it cannot be had at a less rate. § 4. Said court is hereby authorized to cause to be levied any sum not exceeding ten cents on the hundred dollars, in addition to the present amount now allowed by law to be levied for county purposes; which amount, when thus levied, shall be set apart for the express purpose of reimbursing the said sum, which may be borroweds aforesaid, and shall in no wise be subject to the payment of any other debt or debts due or to become due against said county; but the said rate of levy shall continue from year to year until the said loan shall be fully paid. § 5. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED June 18, 1852. AN ACT to incorporate Temple Lodge, Number Forty-six, of Free and Ac. In force June 18, cepted Masons. 1852. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all such persons as are or may hereafter become members of Temple Corporation. Lodge, Number Forty-six, of Free and Accepted Masons, from and after the passage of this act, shall be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of Temple Lodge, Number Forty-six, of Free and Accepted Style. Masons, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall in law be capable of suing and General powers. being sued, plead and be impleaded in all courts and places whatsoever, and by that name and style be capable in law of purchasing or receiving by gift, or otherwise holding and conveying real estate for the benefit of said corporation: Provided, that said corporation shall not at any one time hold property to an amount exceeding thirty thousand dol lars. § 2. For the purpose of carrying into effect this object, Trustees. the members of the above incorporation shall have power and are hereby authorized to appoint out of their number three trustees, to hold their office for the term of two years and until their successors in office are appointed. § 3. They shall have power to make such laws and reg- By-laws. ulations as they shall think necessary for the government of their concerns: Provided, such by-laws are not inconsis- Proviso. tent with the constitution of the United States or of this state. § 4. The capital stock of said incorporation shall not Capital stock. exceed fifteen thousand dollars. APPROVED June 18, 1852. |