A Bill For an act to vacate Alleys in the Town of Winnebago

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; that the owners of any entire block of lots in the town of Winnebago in the County of Winnebago be and they are hereby authorised to enclose the said block with the alleys passing through the same

Sec 2. When two thirds of the owners or lawfull possessors of any block so enclosed shall wish the alleys thereof reopened they shall give Sixty days written notice of such desire to the other parties concerned, personally, or by leaving a Copy of said notice, with some white person over the age of ten Years at his or ^her^ last place of residence if such party or parties shall reside in said county but if not then by posting said notice on the Court House door

Sec. 3. If the said parties shall fail for the said sixty days to open so much of said alleys or alleys as shall pass through his or her possession the person or persons desiring the opening of such alley or alleys may go before any Justice of the Peace of said county whose duty it shall be, upon proof being made of such notice having been given, as is provided in the second section of this act and of the failure of the adverse party to open said alley or alleys, to give to the said person applying an order authorising him or her to open or cause to be opened said alley or alleys, and the person reviewing such order shall have power to cause the same to be opened by building

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a good and secure fence on the line of the lots of the adverse party, so as to render his cross field or lots as safely enclosed as they were before the opening of said alley or alleys

Sec. 4. When the said alley or alleys shall be so opened the person having the order may go before the Justice who issued said order and file his account for the expense of opening said alley or alleys, and the Justice shall issue a summons to the adverse party or parties to appear as in cases of summons for debt, to show cause why judgment should not be entered for the whole amount of the account so filed, and at the return day of said summons, the justice shall proceed to hear the evidence and enter judgment against the adverse party or parties for so much of the said account as shall appear reasonable reasonable and just and for all the costs that have accrued in issuing said order and the trial of said cause