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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That the board of Trustees of any town Incorporated, or to be incorporated under
the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment; Shall have power within the
limits of said Towns, to open, widen and extend the streets of the same, making the
person or persons injured thereby, adequate compensation; to ascertain which the board
Shall cause to be summoned twelve good and lawful men, freeholders and inhabitants
of said Town, not directly interested, who, (being first duly sworn for that purpose)
shall enquire into, and take into consideration, as well the profit as the injury
which may accrue, and estimate and assess the damages which would be sustained by
means of the opening, extension, and widening of any streets, and Shall moreover estimate
the amount which other persons will be benefitted thereby, and shall contribute towards
compensating the person injured, all of which Shall be returned to the board of Trustees
under their hands and seals: and the person or persons who shall be benefitted and
so assessed shall pay the same in such manner as Shall be provided; and the residue
if any shall be paid out of the Town Treasury.
Sec 2 If any persons shall be dissatisfied with the verdict of the jury, he shall be
permitted to remove the said cause into the Circuit Court of the proper County, and
upon application the
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board of Trustees shall give him a Statement of the proceedings from which he wishes
to appeal; and such party shall produce the same to the Clerk of the Circuit Court;
and shall within twenty days from the date of the return of the verdict of said freeholders;
enter into bond in the office of said Clerk, in a penal sum sufficient to cover all
costs, with security to be approved of by said Clerk, which bond, shall be conditioned
to pay the costs in case the judgment of said freeholders shall be affirmed on the
trial of said appeal. The same proceedings shall be had as is provided in case of
appeal from the judgment of Justices of the peace.
Sec 3 Appeals shall be allowed in the Same manner as is provided in this act, from the
decision in like cases, of the freeholders of any Town incorporated under any special
act of the General Assembly.
Sec 4 This act to take effect from and after its passage.2
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an act to amend^an act entitled^ An act to incorporate the inhabitants of such Towns as may wish to be incorporated
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1Ninian W. Edwards from the Committee on Corporations introduced HB 199 in the House of Representatives on January 27, 1837. The House passed the bill on February 20. On February 28,
the Senate tabled the bill.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 407, 525-26, 578-79, 651, 773; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 471, 533, 559.
2Section 7 of the act to which this bill was a proposed amendment made it a duty of
Boards of Trustees of incorporated towns to keep public roads in good repair. Had
it passed, this bill would have added to their duties in relation to roads.
“An Act to Incorporate the Inhabitants of Such Towns as May Wish to be Incorporated,”
1 March 1831, Laws of Illinois (1831), 82-87
Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 186, HB 199, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,