Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John B. Hundley, Benjamin F. Edwards, Justis Rider, Charles Howard and William H. Rider, shall be directors of the Beet Sugar, Silk and Vegetable Oil Manufacturing Company, until the first Monday in February, 1840, at which time, and annually thereafter, five directors shall be chosen by the stockholders of said company; and if such election shall be made on the said first Monday in February, 1840, or within three months thereafter, the charter of said company shall not be deemed to have been forfeited by reason of any neglect to choose directors heretofore.2

Sec. 2. That Jacob Fry of Greene county, Lewis Roberts of Calhoun county, Ira Davenport, Alexander Brothers and Austin Brokenbrough, of Morgan county, are hereby appointed commissioners, a majority of whom are hereby authorized to open books for the subscription to the capital stock of the Mississippi and Illinois Canal Company; and in all other respects, to carry into effect the act incorporating said company, according to its provisions; and that a failure, on the part of the commissioners originally appointed in said act, to perform the duties required of them, shall not be considered as a forfeiture of said charter.3

Approved, January 29, 1840.