A Bill for an act to establish the county of Marshall

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the general assembly That all that tract of country lying within the follow boundaries to wit; beginning at a point in the centre of the main channel of the Illinois River where the line between Township twenty and twenty one North of the base line of the third principal maridian, intersects the said Illinois River, thence running East on said line to the centre of Range five west of the third principal maridian, thence South, on the said line in the centre of Range five aforesaid, to the corner of sections twenty seven, twenty eight, thirty three, and thirty four in Township Eighteen North of Range five west; thence west on the sectional line between sections twenty eight and thirty four ^three (33)^ to the corners of sections twenty six, twenty seven, thirty four, and thirty five in Township Eighteen North of Range six West; thence South on the line between Sections thirty four and thirty five to the corners of Sections twenty two, twenty three, twenty six, twenty seven ^in township seventeen North of Range six west^; thence west on the line between sections twenty three and twenty six to the centre of Range Eight in Township Eighteen ^(17) Seventeen^ North; thence North on the line in the centre

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of Range Eight aforesaid to the centre of the main channel of the Sangamon River; thence down the main channel of said River to the centre of the main channel of the Illinoi[s] River; thence up the centre of the main channel of the Illinois River to the place of beginning, shall form and constitute a new county to be called and denominated the county of Marshall.2

Sec[Section] 2^nd

An election shall be held on the first mo[n]day in September next in the said county of Marshall for one Sheriff, one Coroner, one Recorder, one County surveyor, three county commissioners one clerk of the county commissioners court, one Probate Justice of the Peace, and3 one County Treasurer, and for that purpose ^notices shall be given and,^ Polls shall be opened by the Judges of elections, heretofore appointed to conduct the Elections, at the several precincts or places of holding Elections within the limits of said county of Marshall and The Election herein provided for shall be conducted in all respects according to the general laws of the State regulating Elections; Except as to making of the returnes, which shall be made to and opened by two Justices of the Peace residing within the limits of the said county, and a cer-

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tificate of election shall be made by the said Justices in the same manner, and for the same purposes, and which shall have the same effect and authority as certificates in other cases made by the clerks of the commissioners courts according to Law. The officers to be Elected under the provisions of this act, shall possess the same qualifications, and be qualified and inducted into office in the same manner as the laws of the State prescribe for the same officers in other cases, and shall Each hold his office until the time shall arrive for the election of his successor ^his successor shall have been elected and qualified at the time and in the mode fixed^ for the next regular election for each of the respective offices herein named by the general laws of the State.

Sec 3^rd An election shall be held by the legal voters of said county on the first Monday in October next for the selection of a suitable place for the permanent location of the county seat. Said Election shall be held at the [precinct?] Legal notices shall be given and Polls opened by the Judges of Election heretofore appointed at the various precincts in said county and returns made in the mode pointed out ^in^ the preceding sec section. If any one point shall receive a majority

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of all the votes given, that fact shall be certified by the Justices of the Peace, by whom the Polls shall be opened and examined, and entered of record on the Records of the County Commissioners Court of said county, and the place so selected shall be and remain the permanent seat of Justice of the said county of marshall; Provided the cond[i]tions hereinafter imposed shall be complied with. If at the election on the first day of October no one place shall receive a majority over all the others for the seat of Justice, then and in that case, another election shall be held on the first day of November by the voters aforesaid to chose the seat of Justice from place for the county seat from between the two points receiving the highest number of votes at the preceeding election, and the point so elected shall be the permanent seat of Justice as above stated. If the place to ^which shall^ be selected as aforesaid for the county seat shall [...?]proprietors and owners ^[...?] not have been laid^ out into Town lots, the owners and proprietors of the land shall donate and convey to the county commissioners of said county for the purpose of aiding in the erection of public buildings a quantity of land not less than twenty acres upon which the public buildings shall be situated, and which ^land^ shall be situated ^[...?]^ in such shape as the County Commissioners shall determine and accept. But if the place which shall be selected for the County seat shall already have been laid out into Towns, the proprietors thereof and the owners of Lots therein shall donate and pay to the county commissioners to be applied to the erection of the public buildings

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a sum not less than three thousand dolla[rs] to be paid by the said proprietors and owners in sums proportionate to the value of the property of each in said Town, and for the purpose of ascertaining definately the amount each should pay the county commissioners, to be elected as aforesaid, are hereby authorized and required to make an assessment a just and equitable assessment upon the Lots and real estate in [...?]^such ^ Town according to the value thereof without the improvements, which assessment shall not ^in all^ exceed the three thousand dollars aforesaid, and shall be paid at such times and in such instalments as the said commissioners shall direct and the said proprietors and owners of Lots [shall?] be required to donate

Sec 4^th The said county shall continue to form a part of the county of sangamon until it shall have been organised by the election and qua[l]ifications of officers under this act, and shall form a part of the first Judicial circuit, the Judge whereof shall hold court therein [...?] twice a year at such time as he shall appoint.

Sec 5^th Until the next aportionment the said cou county of Marshall shall be entitled to one representative in the General assembly, and sangamon shall hereafter have six repr[e]-

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sentatives, and the counties of Marshall and Sangamon shall vote together for Senators as heretofore.

Sec 6^th The Justices of the Peace and constables now residing within the limits of the county hereby created, shall hold their offices continue and remain in office after the organization of the county of Marshall, and their duties and jurisdiction shall thereafter be confined to the limits of such county ^until the next general election for Justices & constables^

Sec 7^th Until the county seat shall have been located and established as aforesaid, the commissioners courts shall be held and the county business transacted at the House of Alexander Trent ^or at such other place as the county commissioners may select.^

Sec 8^th
This act to be and remain in force from and after its passage