Sec^t[Section] 1^st Be it enacted by the people of State of Illinois represented in the General assembly

That the individuals and residents of the Town of Galesburg in Knox County, in the State aforesaid are hereby made a body corporate and politic in law, and in fact, by the name and style of the President and trustees of the Town of Galesburg, and by that name shall ^have^ perpetual succession and may have and use a common seal, which they may alter or revoke at pleasure, and in whom the government of said corporation shall be vested, and by whom its affairs shall be managed.

Sec 2^nd That all that Section of Country contained in the south half of Section Ten, the North half of section fifteen ^the North East quarter of Section sixteen^ the South East quarter of Section nine, the south west quarter of section Eleven, and the North west quarter of Section Fourteen, in Township Number Eleven North, of the base line of Range Number one East of the fourth principal Meredian, is hereby declared to be within the boundaries of the town of Galesburg.

Sec^t 3 That an election shall be held in said town on the 1^st Monday of April next, for the purpose of electing five trustees to hold their offices one year and until their successors are elected and qualified, and forever there after, an election shall be holden on the first Monday of April, annually, for not less than five trustees nor more than nine, as the trustees or inhabitants of said town may desire, after the first election, and public notice of the time and place of holding said election shall be given by the President and trustees by an advertisement published

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in a newspaper in said town, or by posting up in four of the most public places in said town at least ten days, before the election. no person shall be a trustee of said town ^who has not arrived at the age of twenty one years,^ who has not resided in said town six months, next preceeding his election,; all free white male inhabitants, over twenty one years of age who have resided in said town six months next preceeding an election, shall be entitled to vote for trustees. and the said trustees shall at their first meeting, proceed to elect one of their body President, and shall have power to fill all vacancies in said board which may be occasioned by death, resignation, removal or six months absence from the town.

Sec 4 At the time of electing trustees as aforesaid, there shall[...?] also be elected one clerk, one assessor, one Treasurer, and one supervisor, and such other officers as the board of trustees may deem necessary, who shall respectively enter into bond in such penalty and under such restrictions, as the board of trustees, may direct, and after the first election for trustees, and other officers the board of trustees, shall be judges of the qualifications elections, and returns, of their own members, and such other inferior officers as may be elected. A majority shall constitute a board to do business, but a smaller number, may adjourn from day to day may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as the board may provide. they may determine the rules of proceeding, and make such other rules and regulations for their own government and that of the inferior officers as to them may seem proper and expedient

Sec 5 That the board of trustees, shall have power to levy and collect taxes, upon all real estate within the town and limits of the corporation, not exceeding one per centum upon the assessed value thereof. to make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants, to prevent and remove nuisances to provide for licensing, and taxing taverns, stores, groceries, auctioneers, theatrical, and other shows, within the corporation. to prohibit and restrain gambling houses, ^bawdy houses, and other disorderly houses;^ to build market houses, to regulate the same, to open and keep in repair streets, lanes, alleys, drains, and sewers and to keep ^the same^ clear, and from time to time, to pass such ordinances, to carry into effect, the provisions of this act, and the p[?] hereby granted, as the good of the inhabitants, may require; and to impose and appropriate fines, and forfeitures for the breach of any ordinance, and provide, for the collection, thereof and that in all cases arising under this act, or growing out of the by laws and ordinances made in pursuance of this act of incorporation, any justice of the peace within said corporation, shall have jurisdiction, to hear and determine the same and an appeal may be taken and writs of cert^I^orari, allowed from any such decision in the same manner as is now, or hereafter may be, provided by law, for appealing from judgements of justices of the peace. Provided however, that the said trustees shall in no case, levy and collect a tax upon any lands, until the same shall have been laid off into town lots and recorded.

Sec 6 That upon the application of the ow^n^ers, of two thirds of the front lots, on any Street, or parts of a street, it shall be lawful for the board of trustees, to buy and collect a special tax, on the owners of the lots on such street or parts of a street, according to their respective fronts, not to exceed one per cent, for the purpose of grading, and, paving, the side walks on said street.

Sec 7 The board of trustees, shall have power to regulate, grade, pave, and improve, the streets—avenues, lanes, and alleys within the limits of said town corporation and to extend, open, and widen the same, making the persons or persons, injured, thereby, adequate compensation, to ascertain which, the said board shall couse to be summoned, six good and lawful men freeholders and citizens of said town, not directly interested, who being first duly sw sworn for that purpose shall inquire into and take into consideration, as well the benefits, as the injury which may accrue, and estimate and assess the damages, which would be sustained by reason of the opening extending, or widening, of any street, avenue, lane or alley; and shall moreover estimate, the amount which other persons, will be benefited thereby, and shall contribute towards compensating the person injured: all of which shall be returned, to the board of trustees under their hands and seals; and the person which shall be benefited, and so assessed, shall pay the same in such manner as shall be provided by the board of trustees, and the residue if any, shall be paid out of the town treasury,

The b^o^ard of trustees shall have power, to pass such by-laws or