Marshall v. Silliman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. Arthur A. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lawrence
On the 5th of March, 1867, the legislature passed an act incorporating the Dixon, Peoria & Hannibal Railroad Company. The sixth section authorized townships through which the road might pass to take stock therein, not exceeding $35,-000 for each township. The question of subscription was to be submitted to" a vote of the people, which was to be taken upon a petition, signed by twenty-five legal voters, being presented to the town clerk, who was thereupon to give twenty days notice of the time and place of holding the election.
Under this law, a petition was presented to the supervisor of…
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