In force Feb.[February] 13, 1835.
AN ACT to amend an act to Incorporate the Town of Alton.
1Boundaries of the corporation defined.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That from and after the passage of this act, the middle of the main channel of the
Mississippi river shall be the southern boundary line of the corporation of the town of Alton from the western to the eastern extremity of said town. The said town shall and may be laid off into as many wards, and in such manner, as the trustees
of said town shall, from time to time, by ordinance direct.2
Trustees to have the right of taxation when relinquished by county court.
Proviso.
Sec. 2. Whenever the county commissioners’ court of Madison county shall, by an order to be entered on their records, agree to relinquish the revenue
arising from licenses to ferries, taverns, auctioneers, merchants and grocers, theatrical
and other shows within the corporation of said town, then the trustees shall have the exclusive right,
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under the regulations now established by law, and the money arising from licenses
shall be paid into the town treasury as other taxes now are: Provided, That if such order of said court shall be made, the trustees of said town of Alton, shall take charge of all the paupers of said town so as to free the county from any charge on account of any paupers of said town.
Shall have power to receive donations, &c[etc].
Deeds of trust.
Sec. 3. The trustees of said town of Alton shall have full power to receive donations of lots or lands for any public buildings
or other public works, and to receive in the name of the corporation, from individuals or companies, deeds of trust for lots or lands situate in the bounds of said corporation, or within one mile thereof, whenever the said trustees shall deem it for the interest
of the said town to accept such deeds of trust, and when so received or accepted, they, and their
successors, shall perform the terms of all such deeds in perpetuity.
When this act to take effect.
Sec. 4. This act to take effect and be in force as soon as the provisions thereof shall have
been accepted by the inhabitants of said town, in the manner provided by the act to which this is an amendment, for the acceptance
of said act, and not before: Provided, That the election for that purpose shall be held on the first Monday in April next.
Approved, Feb. 13, 1835.
1The House of Representatives passed HB 170 on February 5, 1835. The Senate concurred on February 9. The Senate amended the title by inserting the word “Lower”
before “Alton.” On February 11, the House rejected the amended title. The Senate
receded from their amendment to the title on February 12. On February 13, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law. Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 385, 514, 533, 544, 558, 560, 566; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 443, 463, 471, 501, 505, 521, 528.
2The original act incorporating Alton began and ended its boundaries in the middle
of the main channel of the river, but did not specify that the section of the main
channel formed one boundary of the town.
“An Act to Incorproate the Town of Alton,” 6 February 1833, Laws of a Private Nature (1833), 206-10.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their First Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 172-73, GA Session: 9-1