Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly.

That all that part of the now Counties of Pope and Johnson lying within the following boundaries to wit:

Beginning at the Ohio River on the south side of Pope County in township sixteen south where the range line dividing between ranges six and seven east, terminates

Thence north on said line to the south east corner of Section 25 township 15 range Six east thence west one mile thence north one mile thence west 2 miles thence north 2 miles thence west 2 miles thence north 2 miles thence west 2 miles thence north 2 miles

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thence west 2 miles thence north 2 miles thence west 3 miles to the Johnson & Pope County line thence west into Johnson County 3 miles thence south one mile thence west with the section line dividing township 14 though the centre to the west side of Johnson county thence south on the county line to the Ohio River thence up the Ohio River to the place of begining

Shall be created into a new County to be called the County of “Radiation”2

Provided That a majority of the legal voters of the present Counties of Johnson & Pope shall first vote seperately and distinct from each other at the election to be held in said counties on the first Monday in August next And to afford an opportunity for such expession of opinion it shall be the duty of the propper officers of the now Counties of Johnson & Pope in preparing Poll-Books for Said August election to rule 2 Colums one for and the other against such division in which the votes shall be recorded as given

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for or against as the case may be3

And if it shall appear from the returns of Said election that a majority of the qualified Voters of said Counties of Johnson & Pope as now organised shall be in favour of the establishment of the new County of Radiation as above defined the fact shall be so certified by the Clerks of the County Commissioners Courts under the seal of their Offices in each of the aforesaid Counties which shall be forwarded to the secretary of State at the seat of Goverment. and the said County of Radiation therefore be Considered and taken to be permanently and legally established with the aforesaid boundaries

Provided also

That the proprietors and owners of Metropolis City in the aforesaid district proposed to be stricken of shall within twenty ^days^ after the next August election in the event of a majority being in favour of creating said new County Enter into a bond with good security to pay over to the County Commissioners of Johnson County within two years from and after the Confirmation of this act 1000 Dollars

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in order to aid in erecting a new Court House at Vienna the present County seat of Johnson County. The said sum of 1000 Dollars is hereby required in Lieu of the territory stricken of from the South Side of Johnson County and which sum shall be deemed the full and true proportion that ^would^ nessecarily have been paid by the Citizens of the said district: If said division had not taken place

Sec. 2nd

The seat of Justice for the said New County of Radiation shall be located and permanently Established at Metropolis City on the most elevated Central and Elligable Situation:

Immediately back of and adjoining said Citty

Sec 3^rd

The legal voters of the Said County of Radiation Shall meet at the respective places of holding e elections the third Monday in August next and proceed to elect all County officers except Justices of the peace and constables (who shall hold their offices until their time of election shall expire) and returns of said election shall be made by the Judges and clerks to the Justices of the within said County Said Justices or any 3 of them Shall meet at Metropolis City within 10 days after Said Election and proceed to open the returns and in all things perform the duties required by law of the clerks of Commissioners Courts, and Justices of the Peace in like Cases

Sec 4 That the County Commissioners Elected under this act shall meet at Metropolis City within twenty days after their election and being first duly qualified shall proceed to appoint a clerk and lay of the County into Justices districts and all officers elected under the provisions of this act shall be commissioned and qualified as required by law & shall hold there offices unitil the next general Election and until their successors are qualified

Sec. 5

The Courts of Said County shall be held at such place as the County Commissioners shall designate until a suitable preparation can be made at the County Seat.

Said County shall Constitute a part of the third Judicial Circuit and the Circuit Court shall be held for said County twice in each year at such time as the Judge of the said Circuit may designate

Sec. 6.

The qualified voters of the County of Radiation in all election except County elections shall vote with the Counties of Pope & Johnson and make returns to the Clerks of the County Commissioners Courts of the said Counties in the same manner as if no division had taken place until otherwise provided for by law

Sec. 7 The inhabitants residing within so much of the territory set off and forming a portion of Radiation County as are now within the bounds of Pope and Johnson Counties shall continue to be and constitute a part of the taxable inhabitants of Pope and Johnson Counties until the 1^st of January 1842

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Sec. 8 The commissioners appointed by this act shall Proceed to lay of the Land donated to the said County of Radiation into Lots & streets Corresponding with those already laid out [in?] in Metropolis City after having first laid of a square for the Public buildings. and shall proceed to sell said lots by giving at least 2 months notice previous to making such sale and for each and every day they may be employed in makeing the said Survey Survey & Location they shall be paid the sum of two Dollars per day out of out of the County Treasury

Sec. 9

The County and Township school funds of the Counties of Johnson & Pope together with the interest ariseing out of said moneys that have not heretofore been expended for schools embraced within the limits now proposed to be set of into the County of Radiation and all notes and mortgages appertaining to the same. whether County or township funds shall be paid and delivered over to the school Commissioners of said County of Radiation by the School Commissioner of the Counties of Johnson and Pope as soon as said County shall be organised. which funds shall be disposed of agreeably to the Laws regulating the same by the school commissioner who shall be appointed and qualified according to law

Sec. 10

In Case any of the County officers of Johnson or Pope counties shall be included in the County of Radiation now proposed to be set of An4 ellection shall be held in either of the said Counties to fill the vacancy thereby created. And all officers within the district set of shall continue to hold the same untill the successors shall be appointed and qualified

Sec.^11^ 81

The County of Radiation shall be entitled to its distributive share of the funds received by the Counties of Johnson & Pope according to the provisions of the Internal Improvement Law of this State5 and it is hereby made the duty of the County Commissioners Courts of the Said Counties of Pope & Johnson to pay over to the County Commissioners of the County of Radiation. Within 12 months after the passage of this act such distributive share as the Said new County may be entitled to receive acording to the provisions of this section which distributive share shall be received in notes[,] Mortgages[,] or actual cash as the case may be

Sec. 12

The Citizens of the County hereby Created are entitled in all respects to the same rights and privilages as are allowed in general to all other counties of this state