An act to amend an act entitled an act to change the corporate powers of the Town of Chicago.

Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General assembly:

That so much of the sixth section of the act to which this is an amendment relating to the power of the Trustees of said Town to lease the wharfing privileges, shall not be so construed as to empower said Trustees to create or make any lease of said privilege for any one term longer than five years, nor shall any lease as aforesaid be so construed as to give any lessee power to erect any dwelling, store-house or other building, than a wharf for loading or unloading goods, wares, merchandise or other articles on said wharfing privelege, and all houses, buildings, stores and outhouses hereafter erected upon any ground or land situate, lying and being between the south line of South water street and the north line of north water street, in said Town as laid out by the Commissioners of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, shall be deemed nuisances, and may and shall be abated, provided in no case shall said Trustees have, use or exercise the right of leasing or disposing of any wharfing privilege which may be in front of any lot or lots owned by any individual or individuals or in front of any lot or lots belonging to the state or to the Canal.

Sec 2. That so much of the ^6^th section of the^ act to which this is an amendment as empowers the [...?] Trustees to levy and collect taxes upon all real estate within the town not exceeding the one half of one per centum upon the

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assessed value thereof be and the same is hereby repealed, and the said Trustees shall have power to levy and collect taxes upon all real estate within the town not exceeding the one half fourth of one per centum upon the assessed value thereof.