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Town clerk to give notice.

Manner of voting.

When proposition is ratified.

May levy tax or issue bonds.

portion of such expense to be assigned to each town, and to deliver a copy thereof, sigred by all of such supervisors, to each of such supervisors so concurring therein, and each supervisor to whom such copy is delivered shall deposit the same with the town clerk of his town.

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the town clerk to include in the notice of the next annual town meeting, a statement that the question will be submitted, at such town meeting, whether such town will contribute the proportion of the expense so assigned such town towards the erection of such bridge.

§ 4. At the regular town meeting in each of such towns, the qualified voters therein may each cast a ballot in the following form: "For appropriation to build bridge," or "Against appropriation to build bridge." If a majority of the votes cast on the question in each of said towns shall be for such appropriation, then the agreement as to the proportion of such expense which each of such towns should so sustain for such purpose, shall be deemed to be ratified by and obligatory upon such towns respectively: Provided, that if the proposition so submitted fails to receive a majority of the votes cast on the question, in any of such towns, the same shall not be obligatory upon any or either of such towns: Provided, further, that if the supervisor or supervisors of any such town or towns shall, at any time thereafter, deem it proper or expedient to submit the question again to a vote of such town or towns, as provided in and by this act, it shall and may be lawful so to do.

5. In case such proposition is ratified in all of the towns to which the same thall be so submitted, the supervisors (and assistant supervisors, if any) of such towns shall collectively constitute a board, which shall be authorized to erect such bridge and to make all necessary contracts therefor, in behalf of such towns, as shall so unite for that purpose, and the expense of erecting such bridge shall be borne by such towns respectively, in proportion to the amount of such expense so assigned to and ratified by such towns as aforesaid; but such board may make joint contracts in behalf of all such towns, in writing, for the erection of such bridge: Provided, that no such contract shall be binding unless concurred in by a majority of the board.

§ 6. Any town so voting to bear a portion of the expense of building such bridge, may levy a tax to raise the whole amount so assigned to such town, or any part thereof, in any one year; or, when so directed, by a vote of the town, at any annual or special town meeting, the supervisor thereof may issue bonds of such town for the whole or any portion of the amount of such appropriation, which bonds shall be payable at such times and bear such interest as may be determined by a vote of the town meeting authorizing the same to be issued: Provided, that no such

bonds shall run for a greater period than five years: And, provided, further, that such supervisor shall not negotiate, sell, or in any way dispose of any one or more of said bonds for less than ninety cents on the dollar, of each and every dollar for which they are issued, nor shall such bonds draw a greater rate of interest than ten per cent. per

annum.

§ 7. Whenever any such bonds shall be so issued, the Bonds so issued. same shall be signed by the supervisor and town clerk of the town, in their official capacity, and shall contain on their face a reference to the vote of the town authorizing the same to be issued.

Proceeds bonds.

8. The supervisor of each town shall have the authority to negotiate such bonds in behalf of the town, as provided in section six, and to use the proceeds thereof, and any money that may be raised by tax for that purpose, in paying the proportion of the expense of building such bridge assigned to his town in the manner aforesaid. S. Before receiving any such funds or bonds the super- Supervisor to visor shall give a bond to the town, in a sufficient penalty to cover the amount of all such bonds and funds, with sureties, to be approved by the commissioners of highways, conditioned for the faithful appropriation of such bonds or funds to the purpose for which the same was voted by the

town.

give bond.

Supervisors to

10. After any such bridge shall be so built, the same shall remain in the control of the supervisors of, and be control bridge. maintained and kept in repair by, the towns so contributing towards the erection thereof, and each of such towns shall contribute towards such maintenance in the same proportion as it voted toward such erection of the bridge: Provided, that if any town, other than the town or towns in which the bridge is located, shall vote, at any annual town meeting, that it will no longer contribute towards the maintenance of such bridge, it shall thereafter be relieved from such obligation, and shall no longer participate in the control of such bridge.

APPROVED March 22, 1872.

1872.

AN ACT giving the assent of the state of Illinois to the construction of In force July 1, bridges across navigable rivers in this state, and upon the boundaries thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the assent of the state of Illinois is hereby given to any corporation or association organized under the laws of this state

and subject thereto, to construct bridges across navigable rivers in this state, and upon the boundaries thereof, whenever authorized by the congress of the United States, under such conditions and restrictions as the congress may impose. APPROVED April 4, 1872.

CANADA THISTLES.

In force March 15, 1872.

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tles.

AN ACT concerning Canada thistles.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there Commissioner may be appointed by the board of town auditors in counties Canada this- under township organization, and by the county commissioners in counties not under township organization, for each township or election precinct, and by the city council of any city, or by the president and trustees of any town or village, as the case may be, some competent person, to be styled "Commissioner of Canada Thistles," who shall take the oath required of township or precinct officers, and shall hold his office for the term of three years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified; and he shall receive for his compensation the sum of two dollars a day, for each full day necessarily spent in the performance of his Compensation. duty, to be verified by affidavit. The board of appointment may, at any time, for good cause, remove the commissioner from office, and appoint his successor, to serve the remaining portion of his time.

Duty of the commissioner.

Commissioner to advise with

2. The Commissioner of Canada Thistles shall diligently inquire concerning the introduction and existence of Canada thistles in his township or precinct, and if any are found growing therein he shall take charge of all such growing in the highway and on uninclosed lands, and take care that they do not go to seed, or otherwise spread; and he shall carefully seek and learn, so far as practicable, the best methods for their destruction, and he shall persistently apply, in proper time, such remedy or treatment as he shall deem best calculated to prevent their spread and to eradidate the same.

§3. In case said thistles are found growing on inclosed owner of land. lands, the commissioner shall advise with the owner, agent or occupant on their treatment, and if the said commissioner shall deem it necessary and expedient for him to fully control the same, he shall agree with the owne, agent or occupant on the boundaries of the tract so infected, which it is

expedient for him to control, and he shall mark the same by stakes, or by fence, if thought best; and thereafter such infected tract, or so much as from time to time remains infected, shall be managed and controlled by the said commissioner, for the purpose of destroying the said thistles, and so long as it may be necessary to complete the work. In case the commissioner and the owner, agent or occupant of the land cannot agree, as regards the propriety of the commissioner controlling such tract, or of the boundaries of the same, then the commissioner shall proceed to stake out or mark such boundaries as he deems proper, and file a copy of his decision with the town clerk, or in counties not under township organization with the county clerk. The owner, Appeal. agent or occupant of the land may, if he feels aggrieved, appeal from such decision of the commissioner, without bonds, within twenty days, to the commissioners of highways of the town, or to the county commissioners, as the case may be, who shall proceed to view the saine, and to hear the reasons for and against the decision of the commissioner; and a majority of such board of appeal shall decide as to the propriety of taking possession of the tract alleged to be infected, and if they decide to take such possession, , what shall constitute the boundaries of the same, and shall direct said commissioner to exterminate said thistles (which are hereby declared a public nuisance), without unnecessarily depriving the owner of the land of any legitimate use and enjoyment of the same.

to

eradicate

§ 4. The commissioner shall apply the best known Commissioner means, and nse the utmost diligence, in eradicating the thistles. thistles; but he shall not have power to expend in work or materials more than one hundred dollars on any one infected tract, without the advice and consent, in writing, of the supervisor of the town, or of the county commissioners, as the case may be.

§ 5. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to prosecute or complain to the proper authorities of any person or corporation who may violate any law now existing, or which may hereafter be passed, on the subject of Canada thistles.

Commissioner

to prosecute.

commissioner.

§ 6. The commissioner shall, annually, before the first Report of the day of November, make a written report to the supervisor of the town, or to the county commissioners, as the case may be which report shall be filed with the town clerk, or, in counties not under township organization, with the county clerk. The report made to the supervisor shall be publicly read at the annual town meeting. Said report shall stateFirst-Whether there are or not any Canada thistles growing in the town or precinct.

Second-If any are growing, where and how many, and when and how introduced.

commissioner,

Third-A detailed statement of his treatment of each infected tract, with cost and result.

Fourth-He shall report such other matters as may be required of him by the board of town auditors, or by the county commissioners.

Fifth-He shall state his views on their further treatment, and make such suggestions and recommendations as he may deem proper and useful.

And he shall also forward a copy of said report to the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, who shall collate and report the same to the governor by the first day of December of each year.

Accounts of §7. The board of town auditors, and the county commissioners in counties not under township organization, shall audit the accounts of the commissioner, both for his services and for the money expended or labor employed by him; and they shall provide for their payment as they now do for other town or county expenses.

Appropriations by counties.

Emergency.

§ 8. The boards of supervisors and county commission. ers may make appropriations from the county treasury to aid in destroying the Canada thistle in any one or more towns or precincts of the county; and in case they deem it expedient, they may assume control over any one tract or of all the Canada thistles in the county, and make such provision as they may deem necessary, and impose penalties, not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense, for a violation of any provisions, by-laws or regulations made by them on this subject, to be sued for by the commissioner, in the name and for the use of the proper county, before any justice of the peace having jurisdiction. Whenever the board of supervisors or county commissioners shall decide to assume control, and so long as they exercise it, their ju risdiction shall be superior to that of the commissioner.

9. Whereas, Canada thistles are now growing in va rious parts of the state, requiring attention before the first day of July therefore this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 15, 1872.

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