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CHAP. XXI.]

1. That so much land as is contained in the south-east quarter of section number twenty-three, and the east half of the south-west quarter of section twenty-three, and the fractional part of the north-east quarter of section number twenty-six, and the north-east quarter of the north-west quarter of section number twenty-six, in township number ninety-three north, of range number sixty west, be, and the same is hereby, created a town corporate, by the name of Springfield, and shall have and enjoy all the powers, privileges, and responsibilities usually enjoyed by municipal corporations.

. 2. That, for the good order and government of said town, it shall be lawful, and there shall be established a president, recorder, and three trustees, who shall constitute the town council of said town, and shall be known as “The Town Council of Springfield,” and any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

. 3. Charles M. Cooper as president, Richard M. Johnson as recorder, and Samuel Hardy, Jacob Teele, and Jonathan Gates, shall be known and are hereby constituted the town council of said town, who shall hold their respective offices for one year, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and who shall have full power and authority to make and establish all needful rules and regulations for the government of said town.

. 4. It shall be the duty of the president, with the consent of the town council of said town corporate, to enter so much land, within the corporate limits of said town, as can be entered under the provisions of an act of congress, entitled “An Act for the relief of citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States, under certain circumstances," approved May 23, 1854.

. 5. It shall be the duty of the town council, as soon as the title to said lands shall be obtained, pursuant to the