amount of its capital stock, and to pledge all of its property, real an personal, and all of its rights, credits and franchises, for the payment thereof.

APPROVED June 19, 1852.

AN ACT to change the name of Myron Lodge, No. 1, of the Old Free Order of Chaldea, of the city of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, to the name of "Myron Grand Lodge."

In force June 19, 1852.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That from and after the passage of this act the name of Myron Lodge, Name changed. No. 1, of the Old Free Order of Chaldea, of the city of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, be changed and known in law and equity, by that of Myron Grand Lodge, No. 1, of the Old Free Order of Chaldea, of the state of Illinois.

§ 2. Nothing shall be so construed in this act as to Rights reserved. prejudice or affect the rights of any person or persons, by the change of the name of said lodge, but all contracts, privileges and immunities which have accrued previous to the passage of this act, shall be carried out as effectually as if this act had not been passed. APPROVED June 21, 1852.

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AN ACT to amend "an act to incorporate a Literary and Theological institu- In force June 21, tion of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Far West, to be located in Hillsboro, Montgomery county, Illinois," approved January 22, 1847.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John T. Stuart, James C. Conkling, Richard V. Dodge, Elijah Iles and Simeon W. Harkey, together with L. P. Esljørn, E. J. Donmyer, C. B. Thummre, J. P. Lilley, N. J. Stroh, Ephraim Miller, A. A. Trimper, Edmund Miller, Absalom Cress, David Gregory, Jacob Cress, jr. and Francis Springer, being the trustees of the Literary and Theological Institute at Hillsboro, Illinois, approved January 22. 1847, be and they are created a body corporate Corporation. and politic, for the purpose of founding and maintaining in or near the city of Springfield, Illinois, an institution of learning, to be known by the name of the Illinois State University.

§ 2. Said corporation shall be known by the name and style of the Board of Trustees of Illinois State Universi.y,

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and by that style and name remain and have perpetual sucGeneral powers. cession, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; to acquire, hold and convey property real personal or mixed, in all lawful ways; to have, use and alter at pleasure a common seal; to fill all and every vacancy or vacancies occurring in their body, by death, resignation or otherwise; to make alter and establish, from time to time, such constitution, rules, by-laws and regulations as they may deem necessary for the good government of said corporation and the proper management of the institution under their control: Provided, such constitution, rules, by laws or regulations be not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States.

Proviso.

Board of trustees.

Quorum.

Departments.

Proviso.

Certificates of scholarship.

Faculty.

§ 3. The number of persons constituting said board of trus ees shall never exceed thirty-one, twelve of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, at any regular or special me ting, duly notified and assembled.

§ 4. Said corporation may establish separate departments of the learned professions, the sciences and arts, including, besides the usual departments of theology, medicine and law, a department of mechanical philosophy, and also of agriculture, and shall assign to each department a competent faculty of instruction: Provided, that the instructor or instructors, professor or professors, constituting the faculty of theology, shall always be appointed by the Lutheran Synods of Illinois, or so many of them now existing, or hereafter organized, as shall render pecuniary aid in support of said university.

5. Said corporation may issue certificates of scholarship, limited or perpetual, upon such terms as the corporation and the party contracting for the scholarship shall agree, and the benefit of such scholarship shall inure to the holder thereof, his or her heirs or assigns, so long as the covenants therein agreed to by the person or persons contracting for or lawfully owning such scholarship, shall continue to be faithfully performed, and no longer, except at the option of the corporation.

§ 6. The professors, or a majority of them, duly appointed in said university, as provided for in section four (4) of this act, shall constitute a faculty, with power to enforce the laws, rules and regulations enacted by the board of trustees for the government and discipline of the students; to suspend or expel such of them as may, in their judgment, deserve it, and to grant and confirm by the consent of the board of trustees, such degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, or such branches thereof, to students or others, whom, by their proficiency in learning, and other meritorious distinctions, they shall regard as entitled to them, as it has been usual to grant in oder universities

and colleges, and to grant to such graduates diplomas or certificates under their common seal, to authenticate and perpetuate such graduation.

§ 7. No misnomer of said corporation shall defeat or Misnomers. annul any gift, grant, bequest or devise, to or for said corporation, for the use and benefit of [the] Illinois State University, or any department thereof: Provided, the intent Proviso." of the party or parties making such grant, gift, devise or bequest be sufficiently manifest.

act repealed.

§ 8. So much of the act to which this is an amend- Parts of former ment as is inconsistent herewith, is hereby repealed, but all rights acquired and responsibilities incurred under said original act are hereby preserved.

This act to be in force from and after it passage.
APPROVED June 21, 1852.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Mississippi and In force June 21, Rock River Junction Railroad company."

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authorized.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the third section of an act to incorporate the Mississippi and Increase of stock Rock River Junction Railroad company, approved on the 15th day of February, A. D. 1851, be and the same is hereby so amended that the capital stock of said corporation may, at any time hereafter, be increased to a sum not exceeding eight hundred thousand dollars, if the same shall be judged necessary, and to be subscribed for and taken in such manner as is in and by said act of incorporation provided.

roads.

§ 2. It shall be lawful for said company to unite with Union with other any other railroad company, which may have been or which may hereafter be incorporated by this state, and to grant to any such company the right to construct and to use any portion of the road (by the act to which this is an amendment,) authorized to be constructed upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the said companies.

APPROVED June 21, 1852.

In force June 21, 1852.

Corporators.

Style.

By-laws.

AN ACT to incorporate the Winnebago County Agricultural Society.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That WilJam Bebb, William Kerlin, George Haskell, Wait Talcott, James S. Norton, Horace Miller, Selden M. Church, Luman Pettibone, Ezra S. Cable, Robert J. Cross, Newton Crawford, Hampton P. Sloan, Sylvester Talcott, Shepherd Leach, and all such other persons as shall from time to time become members of said society, are hereby incorporated, and shall be a body corporate and politic, by the name and

style of the " Winnebago County Agricultural Society," and under that name shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in all courts, both of General powǝrs. law and equity, in this state, and may have and use a common seal, and the same to alter and amend at pleasure, and by their corporate name and style shall be capable in law of contracting and being contracted with, and of acquiring, by purchase or otherwise, and of holding and conveying real and personal estate, either in fee or for a term of years, provided the clear annual value of such real and personal estate shall at no time exceed two thousand dollars per annum; and they and their successors shail at all times have full power and authority to ordain, make and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations as they shall judge proper for the better government and regulation of the officers and members of said society, and for ascertaining an equal annual rate of contribution to be paid by the members thereof, in aid of the funds of said society, and for prescribing the time, place and manner of holding the annual fair of said society, and the rules regulating the same. Such by-laws not to be inconsistent with the laws of this state. § 2. That for the better carrying on the business and affairs of said corporation, there shall be annually elected, on the first Monday of October of each year, a president, two vice presidents, treasurer, secretary, and an executive committee of five persons, who shall hold their office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. That William Bebb shall be the first president, George Haskell and Robert J. Cross the first vice presidents, Selden M. Church the first treasurer, Newton Crawford the first secretary, and Horace Miller, Sylvester Talcott, James S. Norton, Hampton P. Sloan and Shepherd Leach the first executive committee, and shall severally hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified.

Officers.

§ 3. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED June 21, 1852.

AN ACT fixing the time of holding the courts in the thirteenth judicial In fore June 21, circuit.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the circuit courts in the thirteenth judicial circuit shall be held in the respective counties composing said circuit at the following times, viz:

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Terms regulated.

In the county of Kane, on the second Mondays of Feb- Kane. ruary, May, August and November.

In the county of McHenry, on the third Mondays of Jan- Mellenry. uary, March and second Monday in September.

In the county of Boone, on the third Monday in April Boone. and first Monday in October

In the county of De Kalb, on the first Monday in April De Kalb. and third Monday in October.

§ 2. All writs, subpoenas, recognizances, and all other Process, &c. process which may have been or may be issued and made returnable to the terms of court in said counties, as heretofore required to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to said terms of court as in this act is required to be holden; and all notices which may have been given, either by publication or otherwise, with reference to the terms of court as heretofore required to be holden, shall, by force of this act, refer to the terms of the court required to be holden under this act in said counties; and all proceedings pending in said courts shall be taken up and disposed of as if no alterations had been made in the times of holding courts in said counties.

§ 3.

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

APPROVED June 21, 1852.

AN ACT to incorporate the Mercy Hospital and Mercy Orphan Asylum of In force June 21,

Chicago.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Margaret O'Brien, Mary Ann McGirr, Ellen Reilly, Mary Corporators. Monholland, Mary Kilday and Catharine Grogan, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the "Mercy Style. Hospital and Mercy Orphan Asylum of Chicago; henceforth shall be styled and known by that name; and by General powers. that name, and style to remain and have perpetual succession, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to acquire, hold and convey property, real, personal

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