all § 4. There shall be no letting under this act, unless sixty days' public notice of the same be first given by publication in any newspaper of the county, and by posting up written notices in three of the most public places in said township, or if there should be no public newspaper printed in said county, by posting notices in six of the most public places in said township. This act to be in force from and after its passage, AN ACT to legalize the election of school trustees in Livingston county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the election of Philip Nigh, Moses Allen, and Amos Edwards, as school trustees for Rooks creek township, in A. D. 1846, is hereby legalized and their official acts are declared to be in full force and effect. APPROVED February 10, 1849. AN ACT to amend an act in relation to the duties and fees of the secretary of state, and to diminish the public expenditures. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to pay for the printing of all blank commissions used in his office (military commissions excepted) without charge to the state; and he shall receive for each commission, (military commissions excepted, for which no charge shall be made,) and for each patent for canal lands issued from his office, and in each case where he shall be required to register his signature and to affix the great seal of state, the sum of twenty-five cents, to be paid by the person receiving the same: Provided, that no expense shall accrue to the state of Illinois, for the performance of any services rendered by the secretary of state, in pursuance to the provisions of this act. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. AN ACT for the improvement of sheep, and to promote their increase. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be unlawful for Bucks not to ru the owner or owners of any buck or bucks, or male sheep over the at large. Duty of persons to take up. Proviso. age of six months, to permit such buck or bucks or male sheep to run at large in any highway or unenclosed grounds or commons in this state, or without the enclosure of said owner or owners, between the fifteenth day of June and the fifteenth day of November in each year hereafter. § 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of any person or persons finding any such sheep running at large as aforesaid, to take up and confine the same, and notify the owner or owners, if known, and in case such owner or owners are not known, then such person so taking up shall give notice thereof in writing, by posting up notices in three public places within the precinct or neighborhood where said sheep are so taken up, within four days after such taking up, describing all plain marks that may be on said sheep, and the owner or owners of such sheep shall be entitled to the same by proving property and paying, or agreeing to pay, all reasonable charges, and such damages as the sheep may have done: Provided, such charges and damages shall not exceed the value of the sheep, and if the owner or owners shall not comply with the above requisitions within the term of six months from the date of such notice, then in that case the said sheep shall be forfeited, and become the property of the person so taking up the same: Provided, that if the inhabitants of any county in this state shall think themselves aggrieved by the provisions of this act, the county commissioners or county court of said county shall have power to suspend the operation of this law in such county or counties for a convenient time, by an order of said court, posted on the court house door of said county, and in some public place in each of the several precincts of such county. APPROVED February 10, 1849. AN ACT to complete the state house. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the sum of seven thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury, one-half of said sum payable in the year 1849, and the balance in the year 1850, to be expended under the direction of the governor, auditor and treasurer, in pursuance of the provisions of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the completion of the state house," approved February 16, 1847. § 2. It shall be the duty of the governor, auditor and treasurer, before advertising or letting said work, to employ a competent mechanic to make specifications of the said work, the manner and how said work shall be done, and said specifications shall be advertised together with the advertisement for letting said work. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 12, 1849. AN ACT to prevent swine from running at large in certain counties. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That from and after the first day of April next, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, being the owner or owners of any swine, to allow them to run at large within the counties of Bureau, Cook, Ogle, Du Page, Kane, and De Kalb. If any person or persons, residing within said county of Bureau and others, being the owner or owners of any hog or hogs, shoat or shoats, pig or pigs, shall permit them to run at large within said county or counties, as aforesaid, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar per head, to any person or persons making complaint before any justice of the peace in and for said counties, to be collected as in action for debt, before such justice of the peace, together with the costs of suit. APPROVED January 10, 1849. AN ACT to levy a tax in Iroquois county, to improve the Kankakee and Iroquois rivers. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county court of Iroquois county may levy and cause to be collected a tax on all taxable property of said county, a sum not to exceed one dollar upon each one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property in said county, for the purpose of improving the Kankakee and Iroquois rivers: Provided, first, that the clerk of the said court shall, at least thirty days previous to the general election for county officers, cause to be posted up at least three notices in each precinct, setting forth that votes will be received on such election day for or against the levy of said tax; and on counting the votes of said county, should it appear that a majority of all the votes given are in favor of said tax being levied, then the said court may cause the same to be levied and collected. § 2. It shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to make separate columns, setting forth the amount of each person's tax so levied. § 3. The collector shall not receive for said tax other funds than gold or silver, and when collected the county court may subscribe such amount of the capital stock of the Kankakee and Iroquois Navigation and Manufacturing company. § 4. The said county shall have all the rights and privileges, after having made such subscription, that a natural person might or could have in reference to said stock and company. § 5. The said tax may, in the discretion of the said court, be continued from year to year, until said improvement shall be fully completed, with the approbation of the people of said county, as before mentioned. § 6. The collector shall be liable upon his bond for the amount thus collected, in all res peets the same as he now is for county revenue, and receive the same compensation for collecting the said tax. APPROVED February 12, 1849. AN ACT to legalize the tax of Lake county for 1848. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the levy and tax list for the year 1848, now in the hands of the collector of Lake county, be and the same is hereby legalized and declared binding and valid for the whole tax levied, except two mills of the amount levied for state purposes, under the article fifteen of the constitution; and said collector is hereby directed to collect the amount levied, except the said two mills. § 2. The sheriff and ex officio collector of said county shall, upon the application of any person who may have paid any part of said two mills, refund the same to said person, and in order that such person may have notice of the refunding, the collector shall give notice by advertisement, for the space of thirty days, in some public newspaper printed in said county, and all of said tax that may not be refunded on or before the first day of January, 1850, shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of said county of Lake. such § 3. The said collector, in returning any lands of the court for judgment in pursuance of the provisions of the revenue law, shall set down in said return only the amount that may be due upon lands, after deducting said two mills, and judgment shall be rendered accordingly. APPROVED February 12, 1849. AN ACT to legalize the assessment of taxes in St. Clair county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the assessment of taxes for and in thecounty of St. Clair, in this state, for the years A. D. 1847 and 1848, be and the same are hereby legalized, any mistake in the amount of said assessments, or any failure on the part of the assessor of said county to return the assessment within the time prescribed by law, to the contrary notwithstanding. § 2. That the collector of the revenue in and for the county of St. Clair, for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, shall pay into the county treasury of the county of St. Clair the sum of one thousand and ninety-four dollars and sixteen cents, out of the state revenue collected for said year. The said sum of one thousand and ninety-four dollars and sixteen cents being the excess paid by said county for state purposes for the year A. D. 1847. A certificate from the county court of St. Clair county that said sum has been so paid into the county treasury by the said collector, shall be a sufficient voucher and evidence of the same to enable said collector to settle with the auditor for the taxes of said year. APPROVED February 12, 1849. AN ACT legalizing the assessment of property in Madison county, Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the assessment of property for taxation in the county of Madison, state of Illinois, for the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and one thousand eight hundred and fortyseven, be and the same are hereby legalized, any neglect or inability on the part of the assessor or assessors of said county to make and return the assessment for either or all of said years within the time required by law to the contrary notwithstanding. § 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 5, 1849, AN ACT to authorize Madison county to levy a special tax or make a loan of money. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners' court of Madison county, Illinois, are hereby empowered and authorized to levy a special tax upon the inhabitants of said county to an amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, in such manner and at such times as the said county commissioners may think proper. § 2. The said county commissioners' court shall be required, in case they decide to levy the said tax, to proceed to levy and collect said tax in such manner as is now provided by law in regard to the collection of the revenue of this state. § 3. The said county commissioners' court are hereby authorized, in case they do not deem it advisable to levy a tax as above stated, to borrow on behalf of said county a sum of money, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, in such manner and at such times as they shall deem proper. § 4. The said money, or so much thereof as said court shall deem necessary, shall be applied to the payment of existing debts, or to the construction of roads, bridges and other necessary improvements in said county, according to law. § 5. In case the said court should determine to effect the loan as provided for under the third section of this act, they are hereby authorized to contract to give interest upon said loan at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, if it cannot be procured at a less rate. § 6. Said court is hereby authorized to make any contracts or agreements necessary in the premises, but are precluded from subjecting to taxation any species of property not subject to taxation under the general laws of this state. § 7. This act to take effect from and after its passage, APPROVED January 16, 1849. |