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PLANK ROADS.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the construction of plank roads by a general law," approved February 12, 1849, and the several acts amendatory thereof.

In force March 5. 1867.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the provisions of the said acts shall apply to and embrace Mac- MacAdamized adamized and turnpike roads, and the organization and and turnpikes incorporation of companies for the purpose of making such roads, the same as if such roads were expressly named in the said acts. And the said companies shall have the same rights and franchises, and be subject to the same liabilities and restrictions as provided in the said acts in relation to plank roads.

2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 5, 1867.

PUBLIC LAWS.

AN ACT authorizing Messrs. Callaghan and Cutler, of Chicago, to publish In force Feb. the public laws, as passed at each session of the general assembly of this

state.

WHEREAS, the number of copies of the public acts of the general assembly of this state are insufficient to supply the wants of those outside of the public offices of the state and counties of Illinois; and, whereas, a cheap edition of the session laws of the state is desirable for the legal profession, and others desiring a copy of the public laws; therefore,

25, 1867.

Preambles,

Callaghan and

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Messrs. Cutler. Callaghan and Cutler, law-book publishers of Chicago, be, and they are hereby authorized to publish such an edition of the public laws of the state of Illinois, passed at each session of the general assembly, as they may deem proper, and sell the same upon their own private account: Provi ded, that they shall procure a true copy of each and every public law passed by the said general assembly at each and every session thereof, after the enrollment and deposit of the same in the office of the secretary of state, from the

Secretary of state to furnish copies.

Prima facie evidence.

said secretary, and shall procure his certificate that the same are true copies of the public laws as enrolled.

§ 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be, and is hereby made the duty of the secretary of state to furnish, on demand, to the said Callaghan and Cutler, copies of all the session laws of each session of the general assembly, duly certified to be correct, for which services he shall be paid by the said Callaghan and Cutler a reasonable compensation.

§ 3. Be it further enacted, That all public laws published by the said Callaghan and Cutler, in pursuance of this act, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be prima facie evidence of the existence of such laws, in and before all courts of law and equity in this state.

§ 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 25, 1867.

In force Feb AN ACT in relation to publishing the public laws of the state of Illinois. 25, 1867.

Secretary of

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all the state to certify public laws of the state of Illinois, to be published hereafter, shall be duly certified to by the secretary of state as correct copies of said laws as enrolled in the office of said secretary of state, which certificate shall be published with the same, and without such certificate no publication shall be received as evidence of the existence of such laws in any court of law or equity in this state.

§ 2. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

3. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 25, 1867.

1867

PUBLIC DEBT- -PRINTING AND BINDING.

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PUBLIC DEBT.

AN ACT providing for a reduction in the rate of state taxation for pay. In force March ment of interest accruing on the public debt.

7, 1867.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall Auditor's duty. be the duty of the auditor of public accounts, annually, to compute and estimate a rate of taxation sufficient to provide for and pay the accruing interest on the public debt of this state; and whenever such rate, so computed and estimated, shall fall below the rate now required by law, such rate, so computed, shall be taken as the rate of taxation for that year; and the auditor shall certify the same to the several county clerks, and the said clerks shall extend such rate of taxation, so certified, in lieu of the rate now provided by law.

§ 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 6, 1867.

PRINTING AND BINDING.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to reduce the several acts in In force March relation to printing and binding, into one act, and to amend the same."

7, 1867.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section Provision one (1) of the act entitled "An act to reduce the several struck out. acts in relation to printing and binding, into one act, and to amend the same," approved February 16, 1865, be, and the same is hereby amended, so as to strike out the following proviso, viz: “Provided, that no contract for printing or binding shall be let to any person not a resident of this state, nor to any person who is not doing business as a printer or binder, as the case may be, in this state."

§ 2. That section two of the aforesaid act be, and the Any printer. same is hereby amended, so that instead of reading "to contract with some responsible printer or printers," it shall read "to contract with some responsible bidder or bidders."

Bidder

§ 3. That section seventeen (17) of the aforesaid act be, and the same is hereby amended, so that instead of reading "to contract with some responsible book binder or binders, who reside in and carry on the business of book binding in the state," to read "to contract with some responsible bidder or bidders."

§ 4. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 7, 1867.

RAILWAYS.

In force March 5, 1867.

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AN ACT concerning branch railways in this state.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That whenMay select ex- ever the lines of any railroads in this state shall cross or intersect, it shall be the duty of the companies or persons controlling or managing such railroads to make just and equitable contracts for the interchange of business and for the accommodation of such business as it may be desirable to transact over all or a portion of each of said intersecting lines, to both lines; and in case the officers of said companies can not agree as to the manner and terms upon which such joint business shall be interchanged, the said companies shall each choose an impartial person, familiar with the management of railroads, and the two thus chosen shall select a third person to act with them; and the award of the persons thus selected, or a majority of them, as to the terms, and manner for transacting said joint business, shall be conclusive and binding upon both parties. In case either of said roads shall refuse to select such referee, then the county court may select such referee, upon application of either party.

§ 2. This act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 5, 1867.

REDEMPTION OF LANDS.

AN ACT in relation to the redemption of certain lands bid off for and sold In force March to the state, under an execution in its favor, against Abram Highlands 6, 1867. and others.

WHEREAS, on the 30th day of May, 1863, Thomas A. Preamble Marshall, as grantee of Abram Highland, redeemed the west half of the south-east quarter of section number twenty-three (23), in township number twelve (12) north, of range number nine (9) east of third principal meridian, by paying to Isaiah H. Johnson, then acting as deputy sheriff of Coles county, the sum of five hundred and seventy-seven dollars and seventy-one cents, being the amount for which said tract of land had been sold, with interest at the rate of ten per cent. from the day of the sale, which was within twelve months previous, taking his certificate of redemption therefor, which he caused to be recorded in the proper office; and, whereas, the said Isaiah H. Johnson, deputy sheriff, as aforesaid, did, on the same day, send that sum of money to the state treasurer at Springfield by the hands of Jacob J. Brown, who was robbed of the same somewhere on the road between Coles county and Springfield; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the May redeem. said Abram Highland, or his grantees, shall be entitled to redeem any of the lands sold under the said execution, which have not been heretofore redeemed or sold by the state, by paying into the state treasury, at any time within one year from the passage of this act, the amount for which such lands, or any tract of them sold, with interest at six per cent. per annum, from the time of the sale to the time of redemption.

§ 2. This act shall be a public act and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 6, 1867.

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