Sec [Section]1 “Be it enacted by the People of the [state] [of] Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That all that tract of country contained within the following boundaries towit, beginning at the North west corner of Town twenty in North Range two east of the fourth principal meridian, thence east on said Township line ^(^to the range line, between ranges three, and four, thence north on the range line, to the section line between Sections eighteen and nineteen in town twenty six north of “Range four East, thence east on said section line to the line of Stephenson County in “Range five, thence south with the line of Stephenson County, to the south [?] Corner of said County, thence east with the south boundary of Stephenson County^)^ to the middle of range seven, thence south on the section line, to the north boundary of Whitesides County, thence west along the north boundary of Whitesides County to the middle of the Channel of the Mississippi River, thence up the middle of the Channel of the Mississippi river to a point opposite the place of beginning, shall Constitute the County of Carroll

Sec. 2. That for the purpose of fixing the permanent Seat of Justice of the said County it shall be lawful for the legal voters within the above naimed boundaries to meet on the second Monday in April [next?] at the several places of holding [elections?] and vote for the place where the County seat shall be located and

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the place receiving a majority of all the votes given shall be the permanent seat of Justices of the said County.

Sec. 3. The county Seat shall be located on lands belonging to the United States if a site for said County Seat on such lands can be found equally as elligible as upon lands owned by individuals. If such location shall be made upon land claimed by any individual in said County, or any individual having preemption right on title to the same the Claimant or proprietor upon whose lands, claim or preemption right the said Seat of Justice may be located shall make a deed in fee simple to any [number?] of acres of said tract not less than twenty five to the said County or in liew thereof such Claimant[,] owner[,] or owners shall donate to the said County at least three thousand five hundred dollars to be applied to the building of County buildings in six, twelve[,] and eighteen months after the locating said County seat. If the Town of Savanna in said County should receive the majority of all the votes, given the proprietors or owners of said town are hereby required to donate to said new County for the purpose of erecting public buildings a sufficient number of lots in the town of Savanna for the accammadation of the necessary public buildings and three thousand five hundred dollars

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from the time the location of said County seat is established.

Sec 4 An election shall be held on the Second monday in april next at the different election precincts for the purpose of electing County officers who shall hold their offices untill the next general election, and untill their successors are qualified, which said election shall be conducted in all respects agreeable to the provisions of the law regulating elections Returns of said election shall be made by the judges and Clerks to the justices of the peace within said County; said justices of the peace shall meet at the town of Savanna within Ten days after said election, and proceed to open said returns and in all things perform the duties required by law of the clerks of County Commissioners Courts and justices of the peace in like Cases.

Sec 5. That the County Commissioners shall meet at the town of Savanna within ten days after their election and being first duly sworn, shall proceed to lay off the County into justice’s districts, and shall order an election to be held for the purpose of electing additional justices of the peace and constables within said county, shall provide means for raising a County revenue, lay off the county into road districts, appoint supervisors, assess the amount of road labor, and perform such other duties as is required by law, provided that nothing in this section, shall be so construed as to repeal

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out of office any justice of the peace or constable now electing and residing within the limits of Said new county.

Sec. 6. The courts of said County shall be held at the town of Savanna untill a suitable preparation can be made at the County seat said County shall constitute a part of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and the Circuit Court shall be held for said County twice a year at such time as may be fixed by the Judge of said district.

Sec. 7. The qualified voters of the county of Carroll in all elections except County elections shall vote with the district to which they belong, and the clerk of the County Commissioners Court of said County, ^shall compare the elections returns of said County^ with the Clerk of the County of Joe Davis and shall make returns of elections to the secratary of State as is now required by law. The provisions of this section shall be observed untill the next apportionment or untill otherwise provided by law.

Sec 8. The east half of the seventh range lying North of Whitesides County and South of Stephenson County in towns twenty three twenty four and twenty five north, shall be attached to and form a part of Ogle County