AN ACT concerning the Public Revenue. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the several revenue laws of this state, as requires the state treasurer to pay the county commissioners of McDonough county, for the use of said county, any sum or sums of money, in lieu of her resident land tax, be and the same In force July 21, 1837. is hereby repealed; and hereafter the sheriff of said coun- Law repealed ty be required to pay to the county treasurer of the Duty of sheriffs aforesaid county, the amount of tax collected by him, on lands lying in said county, at the same time and in the same manner as sheriffs are in the several counties in this state, other than those on the military tract. SEC. 2. The provisions of the first section of this act Duty of sheriff shall extend to the county of Peoria; and the sheriff of the Peoria county. said county of Peoria is hereby required to pay over the resident land tax of said county, in the manner therein provided, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. This act to be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT relative to the duty of County Treasurers and Sheriffs. In force July 22, 1837. treasurer. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter it shall Duty of county be the duty of the county treasurer, of any county in this state, whenever any county order is presented for payment, to endorse on the hack of any such order, the time when the same was presented for payment; and it shall also be the duty of the said treasurer, to set down in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, the amount and date of all such county orders, to whom made payable, and the time when presented to the said treasurer for payment; and all county orders shall be paid according to their original dates; and it shall be the duty of the county treasurer, whenever any money comes to his hands, to set apart the amount of the order presented as aforesaid, which money shall be kept by the treasurer until called for; and the said treasurer, when he goes out of office, shall deliver said book, containing a list of the county orders so presented, to his successor, who shall in all things act as though the entries of orders were made by himself. SEC. 2. It shall hereafter be the duty of the sheriffofevery Duty of sheriff. county in this state, to make out and deliver to the treasurer of his county, on the first Mondays in January and Failure to comply. Liability. March, June and September, in each year, an account of the amount of revenue collected by him for the past year, stating particularly the amount collected in cash, and the amount collected in county orders, which account shall be kept by the said treasurers, subject to the inspection of any voter of the county; and in case any treasurer or sheriff shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this act, he shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars, to be sued for in the name of the county commissioners' court, by any person or persons, by an action of debt, before any justice of the peace, or the circuit court of the county. APPROVED, July 22, 1837. In force 20th AN ACT to change a State Road leading from Rushville to Carthage. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, Commissioners represented in the General Assembly, That George Briscow, Solomon Pendowis, and David Atkins, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to review and relocate that part of the state road leading from Rushville, in Schuyler county, to Carthage, in Hancock county, which lies between Roll's mill and the Hancock county line. appointed Time & place of meeting SEC. 2. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet on or before the first Monday in October next; and being first duly sworn according to law, by some justice of the peace, faithfully to discharge the duties herein required of them, shall proceed to execute the same, and Shall make re- on or before the first Monday in December next, make a report of their proceedings to the county commissioners' court of Schuyler county; and said court shall cause said road to be opened and kept in repair as other state roads port Compensation are. SEC. 3. Said commissioners shall receive for their services a reasonable compensation, to be paid out of the county treasury by order of said county court. So much of said road as said commissioners shall deem expedient to change is hereby vacated. APPROVED 20th July, 1837. AN ACT concerning Public Roads. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in all cases where commissioners were appointed to locate state roads by acts passed during the last session of the General Assembly, and said commissioners have from any cause whatever failed to perform the duties required of them, they are hereby authorized to perform the said duties at any time previous to the twenty-fifth day of December next. APPROVED 20th July, 1837. AN ACT to change a part of the State Road running from Vandalia to In force 21st Jacksonville. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John Bradshaw, Peleg Sweet, and Joseph Waters, of the county of Morgan, be and they hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, and change a part of the state road leading from Vandalia to Jacksonville. July, 1837 Commissioners SEC. 2. The said commissioners, or any two of them, Time and place of meeting shall meet at the house of Matthew Sparks, on the first Monday in October next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and proceed to locate and change that part of said road, Location of viz: Beginning at the mouth of the lane which divides the road lands of said Sparks and George Kirkmans, thence north twenty-five rods, thence a westerly direction until it intersects the old road near John Thorney's bridge. ing SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the commissioners afore- Time & place said to repair to the house of Samuel Woods, in town- of further meetship fourteen north, range nine west, and there proceed to alter a part of the aforesaid road, beginning and running as follows, to wit; Beginning at the mouth of the lane between said Woods' and Ralph McCormick's, thence south thirty-five rods, thence an eastwardly direction until it strikes the old road. filed SEC. 4. That the commissioners, or a majority of them, after being duly sworn before some justice of the Copy to be peace faithfully to perform the duties assigned them by this act, shall file a copy of their proceedings with the clerk of the county commissioners' court. Said commissioners shall be allowed one dollar and fifty cents day for their services, to be paid out of the county trea per Allowance ta sury of Morgan county; and it shall be the duty of the court to issue their order accordingly. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, 21st July, 1837. In force 20th Preamble AN ACT legalizing the location of the State Road from Knoxville to WHEREAS, By an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, passed on the 13th day of February, 1835, appointing commissioners to locate a state road from Knoxville to New-Boston, required said commissioners to be sworn by some justice of peace; and said commissioners having been sworn by the clerk of the county commissioners' court, thereby making it doubtful whether said commissioners were legally authorized to locate said road: THEREFORE, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the road as now Road declared laid out from Knoxville, in Knox county, to New-Boston, a State road in Mercer county, be and the same is hereby declared a state road; and said road shall be opened and kept in repair as other roads are. SEC. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, 20th July, 1837. In force 20th AN ACT to locate a State Road in Vermilion County. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Alexander McDonald, Andrew Mahemson, and Owen West, be, and they Commissione:s are hereby appointed commissioners to view. mark, and appointed locate a state road from Danville, in Vermilion county, on the nearest route to the county line between the counties of Vermilion and Champaign, where the county road from Danville to Urbanna, in Champaign county, crosses said line. SEC. 2. The commissioners or a majority of them shall Time and place meet at Danville, on the first Monday in September next, or within two months thereafter, and, after being first of meeting duly sworn before some justice of the peace, faithfully to perform the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to survey, mark, and locate said road, as is provided in the first section of this act, having in view the public good as well as the damages to private property, and shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, cause to be made a plat of said road, certified by them, which shall be filed in the clerk's office of the county commissioners' court of Vermilion county; and when said road is thus laid out it shall be considered a state road, and shall be opened and kept in repair as other state roads are. Plat to be made SEC. 3. The county commissioners' court of Vermilion county, shall allow the sum of two dollars per day, each, to Compensation said commissioners, for each day necessarily employed in said view and location, together with a reasonable allow- This act to be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT to re-establish a certain Road therein named. WHEREAS, The record of the survey of that part of the state road leading from Springfield to Decatur (by the way of Dingman's ferry, on the Sangamon river) as lies between Springfield and the east end of Burns' lane (distance about ten miles) has been mislaid or lost; Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That said road, as now travelled, be, and the same is hereby declared a public highway, and shall be worked and kept in repair as other state roads in said county. In force 20th July, 1837 Preamble Road declared highway Commissioners SEC. 2. The county commissioners' court of said county shall, at their next regular term, appoint three disinterested how appointed householders to review so much of said road as lies between This act to be in force from and after its passage. record Compensation |