spective lots, in such manner, of such materials, and within side walks. department. § 5. The board of trustees shall have power to order Power to change any side walk within the corporation to be so altered that the same shall be on the level of the grade established by the city surveyor. If any owner of real estate, in front of which such alteration has been or shall be ordered, shall fail to comply with such order, the said board shall have power to sell such real estate for the costs of such alteration and sale, in the manner provided in the foregoing section. § 6. To enable the board of trustees to carry out effect- Tax to sustain fire ually the provisions enumerated in section 12, in relation to a fire department, the said board shall have power to levy and collect a special tax annually, if necessary, upon all real and personal estate within the corporation, not to exceed fifty cents on the one hundred dollars valuation for the first and second years, to wit, 1852 and 1853, and for subsequent years not more than twenty-five cents on said. valuation; which said tax shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as other corporation taxes are authorized to be assessed and collected. § 7. All lots or parcels of land adjoining and not em- Additions. braced within the present limits of the corporation, which have been or that shall hereafter be laid out into town lots or building lots, or parcels of the size of town lots or building lots, or offered for sale as such, shall, by an order of the board of trustecs, to be entered upon their minutes, be deemed and taken to be a part of said incorporated town, and subject to the laws of this state and the rules and orders regulating the proceedings of said board, as fully, in all respects and to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been included within the original boundaries of said town, and shall be annexed to and form part of the ward or wards to which said lots are contiguous; and the said board shall cause a copy of such order, certified by the clerk of the board, to be filed in the office of the recorder of the county of Lake, who shall transcribe the same upon the records of § 8. To pay off the debt now existing upon the "WauPower to borrow kegan Cemetery," the board of trustees of said town shall have power to borrow any sum necessary for that purpose, not exceeding eight hundred dollars. money. This act to be in force from and after its passage. 1852. In force June 15, AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Kankakee and Iroquois Navigation and Manufacturing company." approved February fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven; also, additional to an act entitled "An act authorizing the towns of Wilmington and Reed, and other towns, to raise a tax for the improvement of the Kankakee river, and for building a bridge across said river," approved February fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. Preamble. tax. Whereas, by force of the act last above named, the town SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it Power to levy shall be lawful for the proper officers, and it shall be their duty, to levy and collect for each of the years eighteen. hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, with such lawful interest as shall have accrued thereon, to be levied as is provided in and by the act to which this is additional. Duty of collector to pay over. § 2. And it shall be the duty of the collector of the said town of Wilmington to pay over to the treasurer of the Kankakee and Iroquois Navigation and Manufacturing company the moneys authorized to be levied and collected by this act, to be by said company laid out and expended as is provided in and by the act to which this is additional. § 3. The Kankakee and Iroquois Navigation and Maners of company. ufacturing company, on receiving the moneys collected as aforesaid, shall be subject to all the duties and possess all the powers prescribed in the act to which this is supplementary and additional. Duties and pow APPROVED June 15, 1852. M AN ACT in aid of the Canton and Liverpool Plank Road company, organiz- In force June 15, ed under the general law. 1852. Power to increase SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Canton and Liverpool Plank Road company, for the pur- capital stock. pose of completing and extending their said road, be and they are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock to any amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, and to extend their said road, under the same rights and privileges, restraints and liabilities, as is now provided by the laws of this state, across the Illinois Bottom, opposite Liverpool, from the river to the bluff, in Mason county, and from Canton westwardly in such direction as they may deem proper, and to any distance not exceeding forty miles. And it shall be lawful for said company to take and own stock in any To own stock in other company organized under any general law for the construction of a plank road, which may connect with or form a branch of their said road, or such as in their opinion will advance the interests of said company. other companies of articles of asso § 2. It shall be lawful for said company, by their sec- Amendment retary, to amend their articles of association filed by said ciation. company in the office of the secretary of state, so as to obtain the benefit of this act. This act is hereby declared a public act, and shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED June 15, 1852. AN ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Cook county to borrow In force June 15, further sums of money for the use of said county. 1852. money. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the board of supervisors of the county of Cook, and their succes- Power to borrow sors in office, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow, upon the faith and pledge of said county, in addition to the sum or sums which they have been heretofore by law authorized and empowered to borrow, such further necessary sum or sums of money, for such term of time, and at such rate of interest, and payable at such place or places as they may deem expedient, not exceeding sixty thousand dollars, and to issue bonds or scrip therefor, under the seal of the county court of said county, signed by the chairman of said board of supervisors, or by his successor in office, and countersigned by the clerk of said board or his successor in office: Provided, that whenever any money Proviso. shall be borrowed under the authority of this act, the time money. for the repayment of the same shall be so fixed that not more than five thousand dollars of such principal money shall fall due in any one year. All sum or sums of money borrowed Application of under the authority of this act shall be applied by the board of supervisors, or their successors in office, for the use and benefit of said county, either in the erection, purchase or improvement of public buildings in and for said county, or for such other county purposes as said board of supervisors Pledge of reve- may from time to time think expedient. The said board of supervisors, or their successors in office, are hereby authorized to pledge the revenue accruing to said county to secure the repayment of any sum or sums of money so borrowed as aforesaid, and the interest thereof. nue. Assessment of est. Mode of assessment. § 2. The board of supervisors of said county, or their tax to pay inter- successors in office, are hereby authorized and required to levy and collect a special tax upon all the taxable property in the county of Cook, sufficient to pay the accruing interest, annually or semi-annually, on any sum or sums they may have borrowed under the authority of this act, and to repay the principal when and as it may become due, at such rate, not exceeding five thousand dollars in any one year, as they may think proper. Said taxes shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner that other county taxes are levied and collected; and when collected shall be applied by said board of supervisors, or their successors in office, to the payment of the interest and the repayment of the principal of the money borrowed under the authority of this act, and to no other use or purpose whatsoever, until the whole of the money so borrowed is paid up in full. And the persons loaning money to said county as aforesaid are to be in no way responsible for the faithful application or use of the money thus borrowed. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED June 15, 1852. In force June 15, AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Chicago City Hydraulic company." 1852. ditional money. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the commissioners Power to loan ad- named in "An act to incorporate the Chicago City Hydraulic company," approved February 15, 1851, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to loan, from time to time, as they shall deem expedient, in addition to the sum named in the said act, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in the same manner and upon the same terms, conditions, guarantees and securities named in the said act; and this act to be an amendment to and form a part of the said act to incorporate the Chicago City Hydraulic company herein mentioned: Provided, that no higher rate of interest than seven per centum per annum shall be paid for any such loan made by authority of this act. APPROVED June 15, 1852. Proviso. 22, 1852. AN ACT to establish nine congressional districts, and to provide for the In force August election of representatives to the congress of the United States, under the census of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty. Districts estab SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That for the purpose of electing nine representatives to the house of representatives of the congress of the United States, to lished. which number the state of Illinois is entitled under the census taken by the authority of the government of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, the following districts shall be and are hereby established, to be styled and known as districts numbered first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth. § 2. The first district shall be composed of the counties First district. of Lake, McHenry, Boone, Winnebago, Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Carroll and Ogle. § 3. The second district, of the counties of Cook, Du Second district. Page, Kane, De Kalb, Lee, Whiteside and Rock Island 4. The third district, of the counties of Will, Kendall, Third district. Grundy, La Salle, Putnam, Bureau,_Livingston, Iroquois, Vermilion, Champaign, McLean and De Witt. § 5. The fourth district, of the counties of Fulton, Pe- Fourth district. oria, Knox, Henry, Stark, Warren, Mercer, Marshall, Woodford, Mason and Tazewell. § 6. The fifth district, of the counties of Adams, Pike, Fifth district. Calhoun, Brown, Schuyler, McDonough, Hancock and Henderson. § 7. The sixth district, of the counties of Morgan, Scott, Sixth district. Sangamon, Macoupin, Greene, Montgomery, Christian, Shelby, Cass, Menard and Jersey. § 8. The seventh district, of the counties of Logan, Seventh district. Macon, Piatt, Moultrie, Coles, Edgar, Clark, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Clay, Crawford, Lawrence, Richland and layette. § 9. The eighth district, of the counties of Randolph, Eighth district. Monrce, St. Clair, Madison, Bond, Clinton, Washington, Jefferson and Marion. |