Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John M. Webster, Thomas B. Afflick and William E. White, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to make a survey of the lower town of Carlyle, as near as may be, according to the

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original plats of said town, and for this purpose they are authorized to employ such surveyors, chainmen, and other assistants, as they may deem necessary.

Sec. 2. The said commissioners shall be sworn before some judge or justice of the peace, faithfully and honestly to make said survey and to adhere as closely as possible to the original plats of said town, not altering the width or dimension of the streets or alleys, or the size of the lots.

Sec. 3. The said commissioners shall cause a stone to be planted at each corner of a block or square, to be at least six inches above the ground and of sufficient size for said purpose.

Sec. 4. The surveyor and chainmen shall be sworn, in like manner, to the correct and honest performance of their duties.

Sec. 5. The said survey shall be completed within one year after the passage of this act, and a well executed plat thereof shall be made by the said commissioners, on which they shall sign, and certify under oath that the same is correct, and which shall be recorded in the recorder’s office of Clinton county, and a certified copy of which, under the hand and seal of the recorder, shall be competent evidence, without other proof, of the facts manifested by it, in all the courts of this State.

Sec. 6. To defray the expense of said survey the board of trustees of said town shall have power to lay a tax upon the owners of lots in said town, and if the same is not promptly paid, the said trustees may proceed against the lot by its number and description, or against the owner if known, before any justice of the peace of the county, to recover said tax, and a judgment being rendered therefor, either against the lot when the owner is unknown, or against the owner if known, execution may issue as in other cases; and if the same is not redeemed within one year by the payment of the amount of the judgment and one hundred per cent. thereon, the lot shall vest absolutely in the purchaser, his heirs or assigns.

Sec. 7. Upon such sales being made, the officer making them, shall in each case grant the usual certificate to the purchaser as in other judicial sales.

Sec. 8. In case of death, resignation, removal or refusal to act of any of the above named commissioners, the county commissioners’ court of the county of Clinton, shall have power and are hereby required to fill all such vacancies.

Approved, February 20, 1841.