to the city of Chicago, by way of Joliet, in Will county, § 2. The name of said company is hereby changed and Name changed. declared henceforth to be "The Chicago and Mississippi Railroad company," and by and under that name said corporation shall be henceforth known and have its corporate existence, and hold and be possessed of all the rights, powers and privileges granted to the Alton and Sangamon railroad company, in the original charter of said company, as also under the amendments made to said charter, and shall be and become vested with all the property and estate of every kind whatsoever vested in the name of said Alton and Sangamon Railroad company, and become liable to all the restrictions, contracts and obligations made or incurred in their original name; and all suits now pending or liabilities accrued, or agreements made in said original name, shall proceed or continue to be enforced without any delay on account of said alteration, upon the suggestion of the change of name being entered of record, in any court where any such agreements, liability or right may be now pending or hereafter sought to be enforced. The capital stock of said company may be increased to such sum of Increase of stock. money as may be deemed necessary to construct, finish and maintain said extension: Provided, however, that the en- Proviso. tire capital stock of said company shall not exceed three millions five hundred thousand dollars; and said company shall have authority to increase the number of their directors, not exceeding four, in addition to those already provided for. roads. § 3. It shall be lawful for the said company to unite Union with other with any other railroad company which may have been, or may hereafter be incorporated by this state, and to grant to any such company the right to construct and use any portion of the road authorized to be constructed by any of the amendments of the original charter of the Alton and Sangamon Railroad company thereto made or to be made, upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the said companies, and the said Chicago and Mississippi Railroad company shall have power to take, use and make arrangements for the transportation of freight and passenConstruction of gers, carried or to be carried upon said railroad or otherwise, from Alton to St. Louis, Missouri, and for this purpose to construct, own and use such boat or boats as may be necessary. boats. Notice of pro demu land. § 4. That previous to any application being made to ceedings to con- the governor for the appointment of commissioners, as provided in the eleventh section of the original charter to which this is an amendment, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to give notice to those interested in the land over which the said railroad company desires to obtain the right of way; which notice shall be in writing, specifying the time when such application is to be made to the governor, and shall be served upon the owners and those interested in said land, by the commissioners of said company, or by any sheriff or constable of the county in which said persons reside, in the same way as service of process in chancery: Provided, said owners, or those interested, are residents of the state of Illinois, or in case said owners, or those interested, shall be non-residents of the state of Illinois, then such notice may be given by publication in a newspaper published in the county where said lands lie, or in case there is no newspaper published in the county, then the nearest newspaper published in this state. Said publication shall contain the names of the parties interested in said lands, the description of the lands, and the time when application is to be made to the governor for the appointment of commissioners as aforesaid, and shall be made for four successive weeks, the first of which shall be made at least thirty days before said application is to be made. Proviso. Publication. Certified copies. Loans. § 5. That copies of all papers, books or proceedings whatsoever, or parts there of, appertaining to the transactions of said railroad company, or to the proceedings heretofore had in connection with the organization of the original company by the commissioners, or since had by said railroad company, certified to be true copies by the clerk or keeper of the same, under the seal of said corporation, the said clerk or keeper also certifying that he is entrusted with the safe keeping of the originals of which he gives certified copies, shall be received as prima facie evidence of the facts so certified, in all the courts of this state, in any suit or proceedings pending before them, without any proof of the identity of said clerk or keeper of the original papers, books or proceedings as aforesaid. § 6. For the purpose of facilitating the construction of the railroad authorized by this act, the said corporation is and shall be permitted to negotiate a loan or loans of money, to the 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. 1852. 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. Additional tiustees. 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. Esjorn, 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, De 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, Style. General powers. Proviso. Board of trustees. Quorum. Departments. Proviso. Certificates of scholarship. Faculty. and by that style and name remain and have perpetual succession, 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. § 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. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Mississippi and In force June 21, Rock River Junction Railroad company." 1852. 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. |