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OCCUPATION.

In force July 1, AN ACT to secure to all persons freedom in the selection of an occupation,

1872.

Not debarred.

Acts repealed.

profession or employment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That no person shall be precluded or debarred from any occupation, profession or employment (except military) on account of sex: Provided, that this act shall not be construed to affect the eligibility of any person to an elective office.

§ 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring any female to work on streets or roads, or serve on juries. 3. All laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

APPROVED March 22, 1872.

OHIO RIVER.

In force July 1, AN ACT to define the jurisdiction of the cities and incorporated towns bor

1878.

dering on the Ohio river.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That each of the several cities and incorporated towns of this state, lying on the Ohio river, and bounded thereby, are hereby invested with jurisdiction over their river fronts, and shall have jurisdiction over the waters of said river, in all cases occurring on said river, and opposite to each of said cities or incorporated towns, co-extensive with the jurisdiction of the several counties in this state in which said cities or incorporated towns may lie: Provided, nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to extend the jurisdiction of said cities or incorporated towns over any islands in said river included within the corporate limits of any county in the state of Kentucky.

APPROVED March 26, 1872.

PARKS.

1871.

AN ACT to enable the corporate authorities of two or more towns, for park pur. In force July 1, poses, to issue bonds in renewal of bonds heretofore issued by them, and to provide for the payment of the same; to make, revise and collect a special assessment on contiguous property, for benefits by reason of the location of parks and boulevards, and to make necessary changes in their location.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That per sons who have been appointed or otherwise selected commissioners or officers, under and in pursuance of any act or acts of the general assembly of this state, which has or have been submitted to the legal voters of one or more towns, and by them respectively adopted, for the purpose of locating, establishing, inclosing, improving or maintaining any public park, boulevard, drive-way, highway or other public work or improvement, are declared to be corporate authorities of such towns for the purposes named in such act or acts, whether such persons are authorized to discharge the duties imposed upon them as a corporation or otherwise.

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§ 2. Corporate authorities of towns who have been Corporate anauthorized by law to issue bonds for the purpose of estab- issue and purlishing, inclosing, improving or maintaining any public chase bonds. park, boulevard, drive-way, highway or other public work or improvement in such towns, may issue new bonds, payable not more than twenty years from the date thereof, and the same exchange for bonds issued by such corporate authorities for the same purpose. The said corporate authorities may purchase any bonds issued by them, at any rate not exceeding the par value thereof, and issue in lieu of the same, bonds payable as aforesaid. Such new bonds shall be issued under the seal of said corporate authorities, if they have one, and shall be signed by them and countersigned by their secretary, if they have one, and bear interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and the principal and interest may be made payable at any place or places within or without this state. The said bonds shall also contain a provision securing to said corporate authorities the right, if the said bonds or a sufficient number of them cannot be purchased at not exceeding one per cent. above the par value thereof, for the yearly sinking fund hereinafter provided, to pay and retire, at the end of each year after the date of said bonds, or so soon thereafter as due notice shall have been given, such number of the same as may be necessary for that purpose, to be selected by lot by said corporate authorities, in the manner hereinafter provided. It shall be the duty of said

corporate authorities to keep an accurate register of all bonds issued by them, showing the number, date, and amount of each bond, and said register shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public. The public park, boulevard, drive-way, highway or other public work or im provement, on account of which said bonds may be issued, shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the prin cipal and interest thereof, and the towns in which such public park, boulevard, drive-way, highway or other public work or improvement, are in whole or in part situated, shall also be irrevocably bound for the payment of the same. Bonds issued under this act may be exchanged as aforesaid or sold by said corporate authorities for such prices as they may deem expedient. But the proceeds of, bonds sold shall only be used for the payment or purchase of outstanding bonds which cannot be exchanged. The bonds received in exchange or purchased as aforesaid shall be canceled, whereof an entry shall be made upon the bond register of said corporate anthorities showing the date, number and amount of each bond canceled, and no bonds shall be issued under this act exceeding the amount already issued, nor contrary to the provisions of section twelve, article nine of the constitution of this state, nor until provision is made by law for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof on or before the time Annual tax to when the same shall become due. And whenever any provision has been made by any act or acts of the general assembly of this state, for the assessment and collection of an annual tax, in order to pay the interest on bonds issued by said corporate authorities, the provisions of said act or acts are hereby continued and extended so as to require the assessment and collection of said annual tax, not only for the purposes of said act or acts named, but for the payment of the interest on any bonds which may be issued under this act, and to provide for the annual payment of a part of the principal thereof. Officers collecting said annual tax are required, at the end of each month, to pay to said corporate authorities so much of said tax as has been collected; and for collecting and paying over of said annual tax no compensation shall be allowed, except the salary allowed by law to the collector thereof. And if, for any cause, any portion of said annual tax required to be assessed and collected as aforesaid shall, for any one or more years, fail to be collected, the said corporate authorities are required to add such deficiency or deficiencies to the amount required to be assessed in the succeeding year or years; and the amount of such deficiency or deficiencies shall be by the proper officers assessed and collected, in the same manner as said annual tax, and as a part thereof. The said corporate authorities are required to cause said tax, and any deficiencies occurring as

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aforesaid, to be assessed and collected as required by law, and to apply sufficient thereof, from time to time, to pay the interest upon said bonds issued, and which may be isened as the said interest shall fall due. And at the end of the year after the date of any bonds issued under this act, and of every year thereafter, the said corporate authorities shall, from the proceeds of said annual tax, set apart not less than three and one-fourth per cent. of the whole amount of bonds issued under this act, and a sum equal to the annual interest on said sum, at the rate of interest borne by said bonds, which sums shall be applied by said corporate authorities in the purchase of bonds issued by them, if the same can be obtained at not exceeding one per cent. above the par value thereof; and if the said corporate authorities cannot obtain said bonds, or sufficient of them, to absorb said fund at that price, then from the outstanding bonds issued under this act, and not theretofore selected, shall be selected by lot so many thereof as may be required to absorb the funds so set apart for a sinking fund. The said selection shall be made by said corporate authorities at the bonds for canend of each successive year after the date of said bonds, or within one month thereafter, in the presence of one of the judges of the circuit court of said county, who, with said corporate authorities, shall make and sign duplicate certificates of the result thereof, one of which shall be filed in the office of said corporate authorities and the other in the office of the county clerk of said county. Notice of said selection, and of the numbers of the bonds so selected, shall be forthwith given by said corporate authorities in one or more newspapers published in said county and in the city of New York, and if the owners of said bonds shall be registered, notice to such owners shall also be given by letter mailed to the address of such owner at his place of residence, if known or shown upon said register. The interest on bonds selected by lot, as aforesaid, shall cease from and after the time when the semi-annual interest on the same shall fall due, next after the said selection is made; and from the sums so set apart for a sinking fund shall be paid the bonds so selected by lot, as aforesaid, with interest until payment or until the same shall cease as aforesaid. The funds so set apart for a sinking fund shall not be used for any purpose other than purchasing bonds to be canceled, and paying bonds selected as aforesaid for the same purpose. The bonds so selected, when paid, and the bonds purchased, shall be canceled, a certificate whereof, stating the numbers, date and amount of said canceled bonds, shall, from time to time, be made by said corporate authorities, and filed in the office of the county clerk of said county.

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§ 3. Corporate authorities of one or more towns, who Corporate auhave been authorized to make, establish or maintain any local improvement, in whole or in part, by special assess

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ment or special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise, may estimate, as near as may be, the probable cost of the lands taken, or to be taken or purchased, for such imimprovement, or revise, enlarge and correct any estimate theretofore made and make a new one of the same, and of the expenses of obtaining said lands, together with the cost of making and collecting a special assessment to pay the cost of said lands and expenses, and shall apportion the estimated cost of said lands, expenses, and the cost of assessment as aforesaid, upon the lands situated in said towns, by said corporate authorities deemed benefited by reason of said local improvement, as near as may be, in proportion to the benefits resulting thereto. And if said corporate

authorities shall not deem the lands in said towns benefited to the full extent of the estimated cost of the lands taken, or to be taken or purchased as aforesaid, and the costs and expenses aforesaid, then the said corporate authorities shall in like manner apportion so much thereof as they shall deem the lands in said towns benefited. The said corporate authorities shall give at least ten days' notice, in one or more newspapers published in the county in which such towns are situated, of the time and place of their meeting for the purpose of making said assessment, and may adjourn such meeting from time to time until the same shall be completed. In making the said assessment, the lots, blocks and parcels of land deemed benefited as aforesaid, shall be assessed according to the descriptions and divisions thereof appearing of record in said county, on the day of the said first meeting, for the purpose of making the said assessment, but no error in the description or division of any lot, block or parcel of land, in making said assessment, shall vitiate the same, provided the premises are described with substantial accuracy. The said corporate authorities shall estimate the value of the several lots, blocks or parcels of land deemed by them benefited as aforesaid, and shall include the same, together with the amount a-sessed for benefits, in an assessment book or roll. All parties interested may appear before said corporate authorities, and may be heard touching any matter connected with the assessment. When the same shall be completed, it shall be signed by the said corporate authorities, or by a majority thereof, and returned to the circuit court of the county in which such towns are situated, and filed with the clerk of said court; whereupon, the said corporate authorities shall give at least ten days' notice of the tiling of said assessment roll, and that they will, on a day named, apply to the said circuit court for confirmation of the same. Said notice shall be signed by said corporate authorities, or by a majority of them, and shall state the general nature of the improvement for which said assessment was made, and the towns, township, range and section in which the same is

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