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 Greene, shall be one square half mile, the centre of which bounds being the northeast corner of the west half of the northeast quarter of section thirteen, township 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 town as may wish to become incorporated,” approved February 12, 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 said town, and the president and trustees, thereof, when elected, shall have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and powers granted and conferred by the act above recited.

Sec. 3. The county commissioners’ court of the county of Greene is hereby authorized and required to cause an election to be held in the said town of Fayette, 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 shall be included the inhabitants residing on section 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.

Approved, February 19, 1839.