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An act to prevent the destruction of fish in the state of Illinois, and to secure the

unobstructed passage of fish in all the waters of this state wherein they were once

accustomed to be found...

FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER:

An act in regard to forcible entry and detainer.......

An act for the protection of foundlings :

An act in relation to surplus funds raised in towns and cities for bounty purposes,

during the late war for the suppression of the rebellion

An act to transfer the state debt fund and interest fund to the revenue fund

An act to prevent the keeping of common gaming houses and to prevent gaming....462

An act in regard to garnishment

GENERAL ASSEMBLY:

An act to fix the pay of members of the general assembly, after its first session under

the present constitution...

GUARDIANS AND WARDS:

An act in regard to guardians and wards

GUARDIANS OF DRUNKARDS:

An act to provide for the appointment of guardians of habitual drunkards, and pre-

scribing the duties of such guardians...

HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION:

An act to exempt the homestead from forced sale, and to provide for setting off the

same, and to exempt certain personal property from attachment and sale on execu-

tion, and from distress for rent

HOUSES OF CORRECTION:

An act to establish houses of correction, and authorize the confinement of convicted

persons therein....

An act to prohibit persons from hunting within the enclosures of others, without

An act in relation to the Little Wabash river improvement, and to legalize certain

acts of the canal commissioners therein named...

An act to repeal "An act to amend an act to levy and make certain improvements on

the Wabash river and its tributaries," approved February 16, 1865, aud the same,

approved March 7, 1867...

INCORPORATED COMPANIES:

An act to provide for changing the names, for changing the places of business, for

increasing or decreasing the capital stock, for increasing or decreasing the number

of directors, and for the consolidation of incorporated companies.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS:

An act concerning insolvent debtors....

INSURANCE COMPANIES:

An act relating to deposits to be made by foreign insurance companies.

An act to incorporate and to govern mutual fire insurance companies in townships...497

An act to authorize the state treasurer to surrender securities heretofore deposited by

life insurance companies...

An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to amend an act to incorporate the St. Clair

Savings and Insurance Company," approved March 29, 1869...

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An act to prohibit the use of common jails, by the authorities of cities and towns, as a

calaboose or lock-up....

An act to extend the powers of judges of circuit courts in vacation

JUDGMENTS AND DECREES:

An act in regard to judgments and decrees, and the manner of enforcing the same by

execution, and to provide for the redemption of real estate sold under execution or

An act concerning jurorṣ.....

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE :

An act to provide for the election and qualification of justices of the peace and con-

stables, and to provide for the jurisdiction and practice of justices of the peace in

civil cases, and fix the duties of constables, and to repeal certain acts therein

An act to increase the jurisdiction of justices of the peace and police magistrates..548

An act concerning the increase of the jurisdiction of justices of the peace and police

An act relating to justices of the peace in the city of Chicago.

An act in relation to the mode of proving title to the lands granted to the Illinois

Central Railroad Company....

An act to cede jurisdiction to the United States over certain land, and for the purchase

and condemnation thereof,...

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to cede jurisdiction to the United States over

certain land, and for the purchase and condemnation thereof," approved December

14, A. D. 1871.....

LIQUORS, SALE OF :

An act to provide against the evils resulting from the sale of intoxicating liquors in

the state of Illinois.....

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An act in regard to mills and millers, and dams for mills and other machinery, and

An act to provide for the inspection and sale of mineral oils and fluids the pro-

duct of petroleum used for illuminating purposes

An act providing for the health and safety of persons employed in coal mines...568

NOTARIES PUBLIC:

An act to provide for the appointment, qualification and duties of notaries public,

and certifying their official acts

NOTICE IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS:

An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to regulate the manner of giving notice in

legal proceedings (in Randolph county)," approved March 27, A. D. 1869......577

An act to prevent the sale or bringing into this state of obscene books, pamphlets,

prints or paintings, and to repeal section one hundred and twenty-eight (128),

division eleven (11), of chapter thirty (30), of the Revised Statutes of 1845........577

An act to secure to all persons freedom in the selection of an occupation, profession

An act to define the jurisdiction of the cities and incorporated towns bordering on

the Ohio river....

An act to enable the corporate authorities of two or more towns, for park purposes, 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 contigu-

ous property, for benefits by reason of the location of parks and boulevards, and to

make necessary changes in their location...

An act in regard to the completion of public parks and the management thereof..587

An act to enable corporate authorities of towns to levy a tax to improve public parks

and boulevards and to provide for the extension of boulevards, and regulating the

duties of park commissioners, and limiting the period within which they may be

paid salaries.....

An act to legalize the action of counties which have voted for the support of paupers

An act in relation to the penitentiary at Joliet, to be entitled "An act to provide for

the management of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet"..

PUBLIC LIBRARIES:

An act to authorize cities, incorporated towns and townships to establish and main-

tain free public libraries and reading rooms.....

PUBLIC OFFICERS:

An act to prevent fraudulent and corrupt practices in the making or accepting of

official appointments and contracts by public officers...

PUBLIC PRINTING:

An act to provide for and regulate the execution of the public printing...

RAILROADS AND WAREHOUSES:

An act to establish a board of railroad and warehouse commissioners, and prescribe

their powers and duties...

An act to provide for the incorporation of associations that may be organized for the

purpose of constructing railways, maintaining and operating the same; for prescrib

ing and defining the duties and limiting the powers of such corporations when

so organized.........

An act to prevent injury to persons or property at railroad junctions or crossings....634

An act to prevent unjust discriminations and extortions in the rates to be charged

by the different railroads in this state for the transportation of freight on said roads..635

An act regulating the receiving, transportation and delivery of grain by railroad

corporations, and defining the duties of such corporations with respect thereto...636

An act to establish a reasonable maximum rate of charges for the transportation of

passengers on railroads in this state..

An act authorizing the formation of union depots and stations for railroads in this

An act to authorize towns to sell and convey real estate..

An act to provide for the sale of real property escheated to and vested in the state..644

RECORDERS OF DEEDS:

An act to provide for the election of a recorder of deeds in counties having sixty

thousand and more inhabitants..

An act to provide for the copying of old or damaged public record books. ..

An act to provide for re-recording deeds, mortgages and other instruments in writing,

where the original records thereof have been destroyed, and to fix the fee for such

An act to provide for the restoration of court records which have been lost or des-

An act to remedy the evils consequent upon the destruction of any public records by

fire or otherwise..

An act to provide for referees in common law causes.....

An act to authorize the transfer of the boys in the Chicago Reform School to the

State Reform School at Pontiac, and to provide for defraying the expenses of

such transfer; and to authorize the courts of competent jurisdiction in the city of

Chicago and in the county of Cook to sentence boys to the State Reform School

An act to provide for the collection of revenue, and for the sale of real estate for

non-payment of taxes or special assessments for state, county, municipal, or other

An act providing for the necessary revenue for state purposes..

REVISED STATUTES:

An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to amend chapter thirty, of Revised Statutes,

entitled 'Bigamy,'" approved February 8th, 1853.....

An act to amend chapter thirty, of the Revised Statutes, entitled "Criminal Jurispru-

dence," so as to prevent misfeasance in office, or charging or receiving illegal

fees, and in giving or offering to give, or receiving or offering to receive, a bribe ..671

An act to amend section seven, of chapter fifty-five, of the Revised Statutes of 1845,

entitled "Jails and Jailers".

An act to amend section four of chapter eighty of the Revised Statutes of A. D. 1845,

entitled "Paupers"..

An act to repeal certain acts and parts of acts therein named, relative to practice..674

ROADS AND BRIDGES:

An act in regard to roads and bridges.....

An act to repeal an act, therein named, in relation to scales.....

An act providing for the payment of the school tax fund orders and the school fund

interest orders....
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An act providing for the payment of the school tax fund orders and the school fund

interest orders...

An act to enable the auditor to make a dividend of two-thirds of the school funds

in proportion to the number of persons under twenty-one years of age in each

An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools.....

An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Havana German School

Association," approved March 7, 1867, and an amendment thereto, entitled "An

act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Havana German School

Association,'" approved March 11, 1869....

An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to establish the Niantic Union School

District," approved March 25, 1869...

SECRETARY OF STATE:

An act requiring the secretary of state to make a biennial report of the business of

his office, and providing for the sale of certain property......

An act to authorize the secretary of state to sell or otherwise dispose of surplus books,

printed laws, journals, legislative reports or other books....

An act to secure uniform and reliable statistics concerning the dependent and crimi-

nal classes, and their treatment in state and county institutions...

STATUTES AT LARGE:

An act in relation to statutes at large..

An act to authorize cities having a population not exceeding fifteen thousand in-

habitants to levy and collect taxes for corporate purposes...

An act to restore uniformity in the taxation of real and personal property, for all

purposes, in the several counties and cities of this state

An act in relation to the levy and collection of taxes for sewerage and water works in

the cities of this state that may have established a system of sewerage and water

works for such city......

An act to repeal "An act to vacate the town plat of the town of Cummington, in

Macoupin county, Illinois".

An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to consolidate certain townships for school

purposes in the county of Cook," approved March 29, 1869, and for the equitable

division of the school funds and property of said townships..

TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION:

An act to amend the law concerning township organization....

An act to amend the law concerning township organization..

UNCLAIMED PROPERTY:

An act to provide for the sale of unclaimed property by common carriers, ware-

housemen and innkeepers....

An act to regulate public warehouses, and the warehousing and inspection of grain,

and to give effect to article thirteen of the constitution of this state..

An act to limit the application of section twenty-five (25) of "An act to regulate

public warehouses and the warehousing of grain, and to give effect to article

thirteen of the constitution of this state," approved April 25, 1871...

An act in regard to wills.....

JOINT RESOLUTIONS:

Adjournment-Sine die..........

Adjournment-Temporary.

Adjourned session.

Adjutant General's Report.

Books for Courts in Cook county.

Books stored in State House...

Canvass of votes for State officers.

Carbondale City Bonds..

Chicago Sufferers-Aid for.

Chicago-Building Material

Chicago Conflagration.

Dam in Calumet River..

Dykes in Mississippi River..

Illinois and Michigan Canal-Lease.

Illinois and Michigan Canal-Tolls...

Improvement of the Ohio River.

Insuring State Property...

Irvington College....

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