Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly. That the Corporate limits of the Town of Fayette in the County of Green shall be one square half mile, the Center of which bounds, being the North East Corner of the West half of the North East quarter of Section thirteen, Town ten, North of Range Ten West
Sec. 2. The inhabitants of the said Town of Fayette, are hereby authorized and empowered to become incorporated in the manner and upon the terms prescribed in the act entitled “an act to incorporate the inhabitants of such Towns as may wish to become incorporated” approved February 12th 1831 notwithstanding there may not be one hundred and fifty inhabitants in said Town, and Complying with the provisions of the aforesaid act, the inhabitants of saidTown and the president and trustees thereof, when elected, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, previliges, and powers granted and Confered by the act above recited
Sec. 3. The County Commissioners Court of the County of Green, is hereby authorized and required to Cause an Election to be held in the said Town ofFayette, on the first Monday in August next, and on the first Monday in august every four years thereafter, for One justice of the peace and One Constable; for which purpose there
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shall be included the inhabitants residing on Sections twelve and thirteen in the said Township and range, and the County Commissioners shall from time to time, when they may deem proper, enlarge the said district so as to include a greater number of voters; and the persons when so elected shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, hold their offices by the same tenure and be under the same regulations in all respects as other Justices of the peace and Constables in this State
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Passed the H R 18 Jany 1839
D Prickett Clk[Clerk] H R

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No 90
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H. R.
A Bill for an act to incorporate the Town of Fayette, in Greene county
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To be Enrolled
Clk H R
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Engrossed
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 109, HB 139, GA Session 11-1, Illinois State Archives [Springfield, IL] ,