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one hundred and thirty dollars; to Allen Bainbridge, for the sum of thirty-nine dollars thirty-five cents; to T. J. & D. Moonaghan, twenty-seven dollars; to G. H. Paget, three dollars and thirtyseven cents; to S. J. Chapman, one hundred and nine dollars thirty-seven cents; to A. B. Brown, two hundred and forty dollars fifty cents; as a compensation for their services in the Massac difficulties; and the said treasurer is hereby required to pay the said warrants out of any funds he may have in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 8, 1849.

AN ACT for the relief of William Welch.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William Welch, of the county of Macoupin, and state of Illinois, be and he is hereby released from the recognizance entered into by him, as the security of George W. Scott, in the case of the people of the state of Illinois against said Scott, and upon which said recognizance scire facias has been issued against said Welch, and is now pending and undetermined in the circuit court of the said county of Macoupin, and said Welch is hereby authorized to plead this act in bar of any further proceedings on said recognizance: Provided, that said Welch shall pay all costs that have accrued in proceedings heretofore had upon said recognizance.

§ 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 10, 1849.

AN ACT for the relief of Archibald Job.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the sum of seven hundred and fifty-six dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to Archibald Job, in full of the amount due him, as one of the state house commissioners.

§ 2. The auditor of public accounts of the state of Illinois is hereby authorized and directed to issue his warrant for the above sum to the said Archibald Job.

APPROVED February 10, 1849.

AN ACT for the relief of certain persons therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts be and he is hereby directed to issue his warrant upon the treasurer in favor of Thomas H. Owen, for the sum of fifty-one dollars and thirty-four cents, in full for provisions furnished the troops employed by the government in the Mormon war. Also, to

Thomas Wells, five dollars, in full, for provisions furnished by him

to the troops aforesaid.

APPROVED February 10, 1849.

AN ACT for the relief of certain officers herein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in all cases hereafter, or which have heretofore happened, when persons are committed to any common jail, by virtue of any warrant of commitment of any justice of the peace, or other judicial authority within this state, and such person is unable to pay for board and jail fees, or shall be discharged from such imprisonment by order of any competent authority; and, also, in all cases where the law makes no provision for such payment, the county where the cause of such imprisonment accrued shall pay the sheriff of such county his proper fees and charges, including board, accruing by virtue of such imprisonment; which shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 10, 1849.

AN ACT for the relief of A. J. Douglass.

Whereas Arenton J. Douglass lost, by theft or otherwise, on or about the eighth of July, 1847, the sum of seven thousand dollars in registered Illinois and Michigan canal scrip and indebtedness, as hereinafter described, to wit:

Numbers 593, 589, 588, for the sum of one thousand dollars each, dated February 22, 1844, payable to Ballentine and Douglass, or bearer, and signed Thomas Ford;

Number 599, for the sum of five hundred dollars, and in all respects corresponding with the above described; number 770, for the sum of one hundred dollars, dated June 11, 1844, payable to Sears, Blount and Payne, and signed Thomas Ford;

Numbers 1829, 1810, 1809, 1808, 1834, 1819, 1818, 1817, 1816, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806, for the sum of one hundred dollars each, payable to bearer, when funds are provided for that purpose, dated June 1, 1843, and signed Jacob Fry, acting commissioner, and Joel Manning, secretary. Making in amount, the sum of five thousand dollars, and marked across the face, in red ink, "Registered February the 9th, 1846, Jacob Fry ;"

Also, number 589, for the sum of five hundred dollars, dated February 22d, 1844, payable to Ballentine and Douglass, and signed Thomas Ford;

Numbers 1766, 1662, 1664, for the sum of one hundred dollars each, letter A, dated April 1, 1843; numbers 1825, 1824, 1823, 1835, 1837, 1836, 1838, for one hundred dollars each, letter A, and dated June 1, 1843. Also, numbers 1765, 1662, 1661, 1716, 1656,

Preamble.

Macate.

for the sum of one hundred dollars each, dated April 1, 1843, all payable to bearer, when funds are provided for that purpose, and all signed Jacob Fry, acting commissioner, and Joel Manning, secretary, and all marked across the face, in red ink, " Registered May 25th, 1846, Jacob Fry;" making in amount, the sum of two thousand dollars. The above scrip and indebtedness was registered by the state trustee, in conformity with a law for completing the Illinois and Michigan canal, and for other purposes, approved February 21, 1843.

Whereas all Illinois and Michigan canal scrip and indebtedness, before the same is funded, undergoes a minute examination by a state agent, appointed by his excellency the governor, and upon the certificate of said agent, setting forth the amount of the principal and the amount of interest on said scrip and indebtedness so examined, and upon such certificate the governor grants Illinois and Michigan canal bonds for the principal, and interest scrip for the interest; and whereas such examination would detect the above described scrip and indebtedness, and guard the state against the redemption of the same; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, To procure cer- represented in the General Assembly, That, when Arenton J. Douglass, his heirs or legal representatives, shall procure from the state trustee of the Illinois and Michigan canal his certificate that the above described Illinois and Michigan canal scrip and indebtedness is legally registered in his office as a portion of the canal debt, in conformity with a law for the completion of the Illinois and Michigan canal, and for other purposes, approved February 21, 1843, and sh Il procure the certificate of the examining agent of his excellency the governor of this state that the said scrip and indebtedness, described in the foregoing preamble, has not been cancelled and redeemed, and that he has not granted a certificate to any person for the purpose of funding the same, under the instruction of his excellency the governor of this state, and shall procure his certificate of the amount of principal and interest on said scrip and Governor to pay, indebtedness, thereupon, the governor of this state is hereby authorized and required to issue Illinois and Michigan canal state bonds as registered, for the principal, and issue interest scrip for the interest due on said scrip and indebtedness, and cause the same to be cancelled on the proper books, as though the same had been surrendered.

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Bond and securi

§2. And upon the executing and delivery of the aforesaid bonds ty to be given. and interest scrip, the governor of this state shall require that the said Arenton J. Douglass execute a bond, with security, to the state, in the penal sum of fourteen thousand dollars, conditioned that the said Douglass shall indemnify the state against any person or persons as holding said scrip and indebtedness by purchase or legal transfer by him, or by John T. Roberts.

APPROVED February 12, 1849.

AN ACT for the relief of certain persons therein named. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the auditor of public ac

counts be and he is hereby required to issue a duplicate warrant, in lieu of warrant No. 9136, dated April 3d, 1837, in favor of Tweed and Freeman, for the sum of one hundred dollars; said warrant having been lost or stolen: Provided, the said Tweed and Freeman, or either of them, file with the auditor a bond, with good and sufficient security, in the penal sum of two hundred dollars, conditioned as is now required by law in such cases.

§ 2. That the auditor of public accounts be and he is hereby required to issue a duplicate warrant for fifteen dollars, in favor of Mathew Stokes, in lieu of a ten dollar warrant and a five dollar warrant, the property of said Stokes, destroyed by fire. APPROVED February 12, 1849.

AN ACT for the relief of certain persons therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Joshua Woosley, Z. M. Blackaby and William McCormack, late county commissioners of Pike county, be and they are hereby jointly and severally released and discharged from a certain fine or fines heretofore imposed upon them by the circuit court of the county of Pike, for an alleged contempt of said court.

§ 2. This act shall not be so construed as in any manner reflecting upon said circuit court, on account of the said fine or fines. §3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 12, 1849.

AN ACT to amend the several acts concerning the public revenue.

1848 valid

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all assessments of pro- Assessment perty for taxation made in the year 1848 and prior yeers, and which were not completed within the time required by law, be and the same are hereby declared to be as good, valid and effectual as if they had been made and returned in strict conformity to law, and the auditor shall have power to remit the interest, when it shall appear that the collector did not receive the books within the time required by law.

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§2. Assessors for the current year (1849) and hereafter, shall Duty of assessora complete the assessment of the property and make returns thereof for 1849. as is now required by law, on or before the first Monday in September; and for a failure to do so, they shall forfeit the amount allowed them for said service. The clerks shall perform the duties required of them, and deliver the books to the collectors on or before the first Monday in November thereafter. Every clerk failing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit the amount allowed him for said service, unless he shall

Duty of collectors

County courts.

On failure to pay taxes.

Property to sold.

Proviso.

have been prevented from performing the same by the failure of the assessor.

§ 3. The collector, as now provided for by law, shall present his bond to the county court, at the September term thereof, and when approved by said court, it shall be recorded; and the clerk shall indorse thereon his certificate of the facts, under the seal of the court, and shall transmit it by mail to the auditor, within three days after the adjournment of the said court. If any collector's bond shall not be received within thirty days after the commencement of said court, it shall be his duty to advise the county treasurer, by letter of the fact, and said treasurer shall demand the bond and forward it without delay.

§ 4. The county courts of the several counties of this state shall have the same jurisdiction of suits brought by collectors, for the taxes on delinquent lands and town lots, as the circuit courts of this state now have or may hereafter have by the laws of this state.

§ 5. When any person owning lands or town lots in any county in this state, shall fail to pay the taxes assessed thereon, and the collector shall be unable to find any personal property of such person in his county whereon to levy, of value sufficient to pay said taxes and cost, or shall be unable to sell personal property, as is required by law, it shall be the duty of the collector to publish an advertisement in some newspaper published in his county having the greatest circulation in said county, if any such there be, and if there be no such paper printed in his county, then in the nearest newspaper in this state; which advertisement shall be once published at least four weeks previous to the June term of the county court; and the said advertisement shall contain a list of the delinbe quent lands and town lots upon which the taxes remain due and unpaid, the names of owners if known, the amount of tax, interest and cost due thereon, and the year or years for which the same are due; shall give notice that he will apply to the county court at the June term thereof for judgment against said lands and town lots for said taxes, interest and costs, and for an order to sell said lands and town lots for the satisfaction thereof, and shall also give notice that on the third Mouday next succeeding the day fixed by law for the commencement of the said term of the said county court, all the lands and town lots for the sale of which an order shall be made, will be exposed to public sale at the place of holding court in said county, for the amount of said taxes, interest and cost due thereon; and the advertisement published according to the provisions of this section shall be deemed and taken to be sufficient and legal notice, both of the intended application of the collector to the county court for judgment, and also of the sale of lands and lots under the order of said court: Provided, that if the publisher of such paper shall be unable or unwilling to publish said list and notice accurately and properly, the collector shall select some other newspaper, having due regard to the circulation of such paper: And provided further, that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the collector from applying at any succeeding term of said court for judgment against delinquent lands and lots, and selling the same, if from any cause he shall be unable to obtain judgment at the June term thereof.

Purchaser at tax sales.

§ 6. Hereafter no purchaser of any land or town lot, at any sale of lands or town lots for taxes due either to this state or any county,

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