emoluments of said office, the same as if he had been elected according to law, in September last. § 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 10, 1849. AN ACT concerning the counties of Lawrence and Richland. Orders author SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners' ized to be issued courts of the counties of Lawrence and Richland are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to issue county orders, bearing interest at any rate not exceeding six per centum per annum. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 10, 1849. AN ACT to provide for the change of the county seat of Clark county. Whereas the people of Clark county have petitioned for the remo- Preamble. held. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, therefore, by the people of the state of Election to Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That an election shall be held in the county of Clark, on the third Monday of May, A. D. 1849, at the usual places of holding elections in said county, for the removal of the seat of justice of said county; at which election the clerks thereof shall open two columns, one for Marshall, the other for Hillibert's Point, and shall take and record the votes of each qualified voter for one of the aforesaid places as the seat of justice for said county. § 2. The said election shall be conducted, and the returns there- How conducted. of made, in the same manner as is provided in ordinary cases of the election of justices of the peace. The clerk of the county or commissioners' court shall, immediately after the receipt by him of the election returns, in the presence of two justices of the peace, open the election returns, compare them, and certify the same to the county or county commissioners' court; and the place having a majority of the votes of said county, shall be and remain the seat of justice in said county, as hereinafter provided. deposited. be § 3. The proprietor or proprietors of said Hillibert's Point shall obligation to be deposit with the clerk of the county or commissioners' court, previous to said election, his or their obligation to convey to said county the forty acres of land, including said point, (except the house and orchard thereon, containing about one, or not more than one, square, reserved by said proprietor or proprietors,) and all other donations of land for said county shall in like manner be deposited with the clerk of said county previous to said election, and erected. all donations of money shall in like manner be deposited with said clerk, and made safe, by bond and security, to the satisfaction of said county or commissioners' court. Buildings to be § 4. If at such election Hillibert's Point shall receive a majority of the votes of the county, then it shall be the duty of the county or commissioners' court to cause to be erected suitable buildings on said Hillibert's Point, for county purposes, including court house, jail, clerks' offices, &c., and to cause the land donated to said county to be conveyed and sold, and the donations of money to be paid; the said land to be laid off into town lots, or otherwise disposed of as said county or commissioners' court may determine best; and the proceeds of said donations of land and money to be applied to the erection of the public buildings, and the remainder, if any, to go into the county treasury; the said lands to be sold for cash, or on credit, with good security, as said court may determine. May appoint commissioners. Lots to be served. re § 5. Said county or commissioners' court may appoint commissioners to sell and convey said lands, and also to superintend the erection of the public buildings. § 6. The said county or commissioners' court shall select suitable lots, and specifically designate them, of said lands, for the following purposes: One for a male and one for a female academy; one for a jail; four for the purpose of erecting houses of public [worship,] to be conveyed to the society of christians who shall first build thereon ; and one lot or square for the court house; all of which shall be selected prior to any sale thereof of said lands. Proclamation to § 7. If at such election Hillibert's Point shall receive a majority of voters of the county, then it shall be the duty of the county or commissioners' court of said county to cause proclamation to be made and published in some public newspaper of said county, if any, and if none, by advertisements on the court house door, declaring and [making] known, that from and after a day therein named, and not exceeding twelve months from the date thereof, the seat of justice of said county shall be, and permanently remain, located on said Hillibert's Point. be made. § 8. The county officers whose duty it is to keep their respective offices at the seat of justice shall, on the day named in the proclamation hereinbefore specified, remove their offices to Hillibert's Point. § 9. Should said forty acres of land hereinbefore named be laid off into town lots, then said seat of justice may and shall be designated by such name as the town located thereon may be known: Provided, however, that the change of name of said Hillibert's Point shall in nowise affect any contract or conveyance previously made, nor any legal transaction or business whatever. § 10. Such public property at Marshall as shall not be longer required for county purposes, the said county or county commissioners' court shall dispose of at public or private sale, in the manner most likely to produce its full value, and the proceeds to apply to county purposes. § 11. This act shall be in force from and after its passage, and a certified copy thereof shall be transmitted to the clerk of the county court of Clark county. APPROVED February 10, 1849. AN ACT to make a certain addition from the county of Henry to the coun ty of Stark. ferred. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, rep- Territory transresented in the General Assembly, That township fourteen north, range five east, or the south half of said township, (as the case may be,) shall be added to and constitute a part of the county of Stark; said territory being now in the southeast corner of the county of Henry: Provided, that an election shall be held in said Proviso. county of Henry, at the usual places of holding elections, on the first Saturday of April next, to vote for or against the whole, or the south half of said township as aforesaid, being added to the said county of Stark: And provided, also, that an election shall be held in the said county of Stark, on the second Saturday in the month of April next, (if the county of Henry shall vote in favor of either the whole or the south half of the township aforesaid being added to said county,) to vote for or against receiving the same as a part of the county of Stark aforesaid. And if it shall appear that a majority of the votes at the said election in the county of Henry are in favor of the whole of said township, or the south half of the same, being attached to and hereafter forming a part of the county of Stark, and a majority of the votes of the county of Stark given at the election in said county are in favor of receiving the whole or south half of said township, then the township aforesaid, or the south half thereof, (as the case may be,) shall be attached to and form a part of said county of Stark as aforesaid. The elections to be held as above shall be conducted, notices given and returns made in the same manner as now required by the thirtyseventh chapter Revised Statutes, entitled "elections." ters. § 2. The voters at said elections may vote both for or against Privileges of vothe whole, and for or against the south half of said township being attached to and forming a part of the county of Stark; and the judges of said elections shall cause to be ruled separate columns in the poll-books for that purpose. made. § 3. Upon comparing the poll-books of said election should it Certificates to be appear that a majority of the voters of the county of Henry, given at said election, are in favor of the whole or south half of said township being attached to the county of Stark, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the county commissioners' court, or his successors in office, to make out two certificates thereof, under the seal of said court, one of which shall be filed in his office and the other transmitted to the clerk of the county commissioners' court of Stark county; which shall be made a matter of record at the next succeeding terms of the county commissioners' courts of each of said counties respectively. § 4. When it shall be ascertained that a majority of the legal Contests provivoters of said county of Henry have voted for the whole or the ded for. south half of said township, as the case may be, to be stricken off to said county of Stark as aforesaid, and that a majority of the legal voters of said county of Stark have voted for the whole or the south half of said township, as the case may be, to be added to said county of Stark, such territory shall become and be a part of said county of Stark; and the same mode shall be adopted to ascertain the result of said elections, and the same rights of contests shall exist as in case of election of senators and representatives of this state, under the laws now in force. § 5. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 12, 1849. Voters authorized to vote for removal. govern, &c. AN ACT authorizing the removal of the county seat of Hancock county, and a vote to be taken upon such removal. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the legal voters of the county of Hancock be authorized, at the next general election of county officers to be held under the laws of this state, in said county of Hancock, to vote for or against the removal of the county seat of said county of Hancock from the town of Carthage to the town of Warsaw; and two columns shall be opened in the poll-books of the several election precincts of said county for that purpose. Election rules to § 2. The same rules shall be observed in the taking of said vote, and of the returns thereof, and in the counting of said vote, and in all other things, as shall be required by law in elections for senators and representatives of the general assembly of this state, and the same rights of contest shall exist as in case of elections of county officers: Provided, any legal voter of said county may appeal from the decision of such contest to the circuit court of said Hancock county. Clerk to make certificate. Offices to be removed. Propositions be filed. to § 3. Should it be found that a majority of the legal voters of said Hancock county voting at said election have voted for the removal aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the county commissioners' court of said county to make a certificate thereof, showing the number of votes for and against said removal, and enter the same of record in his office; and should a majority of said voters vote for said removal, it shall then be the duty of the county commissioners of said county to cause, as soon as practicable thereafter, all public offices of said county, required to be kept at the county seat, to be removed from the said town of Carthage to said town of Warsaw, and the said town of Warsaw shall thereafter be the county seat of said county of Hancock. § 4. Be it further enacted, That any person or persons may file in the office of the clerk of the county commissioners' court of said county of Hancock, previous to said election, propositions to grant to said county any town lots or ground in said town of Warsaw, or to erect by them any public buildings for the use of said county, or to do and perform any other thing in consideration of said county seat being removed to said town of Warsaw; which propositions shall contain full specifications of the same, and when so filed shall be binding upon the parties executing and filing said propositions, and shall have the force and effect of a contract. The persons filing such propositions shall also file with said clerk a bond, with Security required sufficient security, to be approved by the county commissioners of said county, payable to the county of Hancock, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the propositions so filed; which said bond and propositions shall be valid, and be enforced as other contracts, in case of any breach thereof. APPROVED February 12, 1849. AN ACT fixing the times of holding the supreme court. Times of holding SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in lieu of the times now courts. appointed, the supreme court shall be held as follows: In the first grand division, on the second Monday of November, annually; in the second grand division, on the second Monday in December, annually; and in the third grand division, on the second Monday in June, annually. § 2. All process that has or may be used, before the clerks of the courts receive notice of the passage of this act, shall be considered as returnable to the terms hereby appointed. § 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED January 6, 1849. AN ACT to authorize the purchase of books for the use of the supreme court. chase books. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, Judges to represented in the General Assembly, That there be advanced and paid to the justices of the supreme court, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, to be applied in equal proportions, to the purchase of law libraries for the use of the supreme court in the first and third grand divisions. pur § 2. That upon a requisition, signed by two of the justices of the Auditor to issue supreme court, the auditor shall issue his warrant upon the treasu rer for any sum or sums, not exceeding the said sum of five thousand dollars, in such amounts as the said justices may require APPROVED January 26, 1849. warrants. AN ACT relating to the supreme court rooms. Judges to pro SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the judges of the supreme vide court room. court are hereby authorized to make the necessary alterations in and provisions for the court rooms for the supreme court in the several grand divisions, and to provide the necessary furniture and fuel therefor, and to audit the accounts for the same. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED January 31, 1849. AN AC1 regulating the terms of the courts in the first judicial circuit. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the circuit [courts] in the several counties composing the first judicial circuit, shall be holden |