Sect. 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 the said ; 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 to the south-east corner of said section twelve; thence north on the range line between township six north and range 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 .”

Sec. 3. The inhabitants of said , by the name and style aforesaid, shall have power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity, and in all actions whatsoever; to purchase, receive, and hold property, real and personal, in said , to purchase, receive, and hold real property beyond the for burying grounds, or for other public purposes, for the use of the inhabitants of said ; to sell, lease, convey, or dispose of property, real and personal, for the [p. [3]]