<Originated in the Senate

M[erritt] L Covell Secty>

Sec. 1— Be it enacted by the people of the State of represented in the General Assembly

That all that district of Country embraced [within] the <​following boundaries to wit beginning at the​> North East corner of section Thirty one in Township seven North of range Eight west of the fourth principal meridian in the county of and running thence west to the North west corner of said section, thence north to the , thence west to the middle of the main channel of said river thence down the middle of said channel to a point due west of the South East corner of fractional section [number] twelve in township six North of Range nine west [of the] fourth principal meridian, thence East of <​to​> the south <​east​> corner of said section twelve, thence North on the range line between townships six north and ranges eight and nine west to the south west corner of section six, in township six north of range eight west, thence east to the south east corner of said section, thence north to the place of beginning, including the Town plats of and , shall hereafter be called and Known by the name of the “City of ,” And the inhabitants thereof are hereby constituted a body Corporate and Politic by the name aforesaid, and shall have perpetual succession and may have and use a common seal which they may change and alter at pleasure.

Sec. 2— Whenever any tract of land adjoining the City of shall have been laid out into town lots and duly recorded according to law, the same shall form a part of the City of . [p. [15]]