Alterations.

Vote to be taken.

petition the said board of trustees to be incorporated in the boundaries of said town, it shall be the duty of said board to make an order, to be entered upon their minutes, that the boundaries of said incorporation be extended so as to embrace such addition, and they shall cause a certified copy of such order to be filed with the recorder of said county of Alexander, who shall transcribe the same upon the records of said county. And the said board may at any time after the expiration of two years from the passage of this act of incorporation, change and modify the boundaries of said town: Provided, that no order of said board making such change or alteration shall take effect until the same shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said town, at an election to be held for that purpose, and be approved by the vote of a majority of the persons voting for or against such alteration: And provided further, that said board shall cause a certified copy of the order making such change or alteration, after being so ratified, to be filed with the recorder of said county, who shall transcribe the same upon the record of his office.

And

§ 22. For the purpose of organizing said town under the provisions of this charter, an election shall be held in said town the second Monday of August next, and the qualified voters thereof may proceed to vote for a president of said town, three trustees, a treasurer and town constable; said election shall be held at the court house in said town. John Dollman and Alexander W. Anderson shall be judges of said election. Said judges of election shall conduct the same agreeably to the provisions of this act, and the laws regulating elections in this state. the said judges shall make return of said election, duly certified, with the poll-books, to the clerk of the county court of Alexander county the next day after such election, and said clerk, together with any two justices of the peace of said county, shall proceed to open said returns and canvass said votes; and the person having the greatest number of votes for the office of president shall be duly elected, and the three persons who shall have the highest number of votes for trustees shall be duly elected trustees for said town, and the person having the highest number of votes for treasurer shall be duly elected, and likewise the person having the highest vote for constable shall be duly elected. If two persons or more in said town shall have an equal number of votes for trustees, the said clerk and justices shall proceed to determine by lot which of said persons shall be trustee or trustees, and in like manner shall determine by lot, in case two or more persons shall receive an equal and highest number of votes for the offices of president, treasurer and constable, which of said such persons

so receiving an equal number of votes shall be entitled to such offices, respectively, to be determined as in the case of trustees. And said clerk and two justices shall make an abstract of the returns of said election, certifying under their hands, and deliver the same to the person who shall be elected president, and the said president shall thereupon notify the persons who are elected trustees and other officers of their election, and shall appoint a time and place for said trustees to meet, for the purpose of organizing said board: Provided, that if from any cause the said election shall not be held on the second Monday of August, as above provided, the same shall in that case be held on the second Monday of September next.

take effect.

§ 23. It is further enacted, that this act shall not take when this act to effect or be in force until after the same shall first have been submitted to a vote of the legal voters residing or owning real estate within the limits of said corporation, as described in section two of this act, and decided in favor of the acceptance of this act of incorporation, by a majority of said voters voting in favor thereof. Said election shall be held at the court house in said town of Thebes on the second Monday of August next. The clerk of the circuit court of said county, together with any two justices of the peace of the Thebes precinct, in said county of Alexander, shall be the judges of said election, who shall appoint their clerk and be sworn in the same manner as is provided for the swearing of other judges and clerks of election, under the provisions of this act. The poll-books shall be opened for the reception of votes at one o'clock in the afternoon of said day and continue open until six o'clock of the same day, and within one day after closing the polls the said judges shall transmit an abstract of the vote taken, together with one of the poll-books, to the clerk of the county court of said county, who shall, together with two justices of the peace of said precinct, proceed to open and canvass said votes within three days after said returns shall be received by him, and after canvassing said votes said canvassers shall file a certificate of the result of said election, showing the number of votes for and number against accepting this act, with the clerk of the said county court, and in case a majority of the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of accepting this act, then this act shall take effect from and after filing the said canvassers' certificate. Notice for the time and place of said election shall be given by the clerk of the county court of said county, by posting printed or written notices in at least three of the most public places in said town, at least ten days previous to the day of election.

§ 24. It shall be the duty of the president, trustees Idlers and loaf and all other officers of said corporation, to arrest all idlers,

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loafers, &c., and have them prosecuted under the 138th section of the criminal jurisprudence of the statutes of Illinois.

APPROVED June 23, 1852.

In force June 23, AN ACT to amend the revenue laws, and provide for the collection of the state taxes in the city of Quincy.

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to assess pro

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereaf County treasurer ter, it shall be the duty of the county treasurer of Adams perty in Quincy. county to assess the property, real and personal, taxable within the limits of the city of Quincy for state purposes, and in the discharge of such duty he shall be governed by and conform to the requirements of the general revenue laws of this state.

Manner of assessment.

Application of sec. 1 and 2.

Collector ex officio.

Proviso.

Act in force.

§ 2. The treasurer aforesaid shall qualify as assessor, make the assessment and the return thereof in like manner as assessors in counties not adopting the act entitled "an act to provide for township organization" are required to do, and shall receive like compensation for his services. as such assessor, to be paid by the county of Adams, in the same manner that the county treasurers of other counties. are paid for such services. The first and second sections of this act shall apply to the assessment for the year A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and subsequent years.

§ 3. The sheriff of Adams county shall be ex officio collector, and as such collector shall collect the taxes for state purposes within the limits of the city of Quincy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and subsequent years. Said collector shall qualify, give bond, and perform the duties required by this act, be subject to the same liabilities and penalties, and receive like compensation as collectors acting under the general revenue laws of this state in counties not adopting the township organization law Provided, that if the city marshal of the said city of Quincy neglects or refuses to give bond and collect the tax for the year 1851, as now required by law, then and in that case it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the said county of Adams, when required so to do by the auditor of public accounts, to qualify as collector, and collect and pay over said taxes.

§ 4. For the purposes of assessing the property and collecting the taxes for state purposes within the limits of the city of Quincy, the several acts relating to the revenue,

except the "act to provide for township organization" now in force, or which may hereafter be passed, shall be and have the same force and effect, for the purposes aforesaid, as they would have had if the "act to provide for township organization" had never been adopted in the county of Adams, anything in said act to the contrary notwithstanding.

5. If the treasurer and sheriff of Adams shall neglect vacancy, how or refuse to qualify and perform the duties required by this created. act, they, or either of them, so neglecting or refusing, shall be removed from office, and the vacancy caused by such removal shall be filled in like manner as in other similar cases under the revenue laws of this state.

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§ 6. The services performed by the city assessor of the Services of city city of Quincy, and the clerk of the county court, under paid for. an act to provide for the assessment of property in the city of Quincy for state taxes, and for the collection of taxes therein, for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and for subsequent years, and for exempting the city of Quincy from the operation of the law authorizing township organization," approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, shall be paid for by the county of Adams, in the same manner as county assessors and county clerks are paid for similar services.

linquent taxes.

tention.

§ 7. The collector of taxes for the year one thousand Judgment for deeighteen [eight] hundred and fifty-one in the city of Quincy may obtain judgment on the non-resident delinquent list at the October term of the county court, and shall pay over to the state treasurer and make final settlement with the auditor for the taxes of said year on or before the first day of November next. Bonds given in pursuance of this act shall be approved by the judge of the county court, any thing in the revenue laws to the contrary notwithstanding. § 8. It is hereby declared that the true intention and Declaration of inmeaning of this act is, that the state taxes on the property taxable within the city of Quincy shall be assessed, collected and paid over in the same manner that state taxes are collected and paid over in counties that have not adopted the act to provide for township organization, and that the revenue laws of this state, except the act aforesaid, shall be and remain in full force and effect for the purpose aforesaid, and that the fees and compensation allowed for services rendered under the general revenue laws of this state shall be allowed and paid in the same manner as such fees and compensation are allowed and paid for in counties acting under the general revenue laws of this state.

sureties to file

§ 9. If the city marshal of the said city of Quincy shall City marshal and have executed bond for the collection of the taxes for the acceptance. year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, at any time

Annual payment

to Adams county.

prior to the passage of this act, he and his securities shall file with the clerk of the county court of Adams county their written acceptance of the provisions of this act, which shall make them, and each of them, as fully bound for the payment of said bond as they would have been had such bond been executed after the passage of this act.

§ 10. The city council of the city of Quincy shall pay on the first Monday of eptember next, and annually thereafter, to the county of Adams, the sum of three hundred dollars, for the purpose of reimbursing said county the moneys advanced by her under the provisions of this act, and on account of court expenses, &c.

§ 11. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED June 23, 1852.

In force June 23, AN ACT to establish a ferry across the Illinois river near its junction

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with the Mississippi river.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That La establish ferry. Fayette McCrillis is hereby authorized to establish a ferry across the Illinois river near its mouth, on the south side of the river, in Calhoun county, on any part of section one Location of ferry or two, from any land belonging to said McCrillis, to the opposite side of the river in the county of Jersey at and opposite said places, and to charge rates of ferriage heretofore allowed on said ferry.

Embankments,

&c.

Roads.

vised Statutes

§ 2. Said McCrillis, his heirs and assigns, shall have the right to make all of the necessary embankments and other improvements that he or they may deem necessary to ensure the safety and convenience of persons and property crossing said ferry, which improvements may be erected in any public road leading to said river, or upon the land of said McCrillis upon which no road may pass, and with the same object the said McCrillis may make new roads, and repair the present roads leading to and from the said ferry, and the said McCrillis shall pay upon such ferry such taxes as may be fixed by the county courts of the counties of Jersey and Calhoun.

Provisions of Re- § 3. Be it further enacted, That section three, four, adopted. five, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, and sixteen of chapter forty-two of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-five, in relation to toll-bridges and ferries, are here referred to and made a part of this act, so far as said sec