Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-08-21

TO the Receiver Of Land Office
at Eawardsviile, Illinois.
FOR THE SPECTATOR.
The 4tf section fthe act Incorporating the
State Bank says branch shall be located cat
Edwardsville in Madison county," for the dis
trict to be composed of the counties of Pike,
Sangamo, Greene, Madison, St. Clair, and Mem
roe. 1t does not say the county seas Of Madison,
but the town of Edwardsvile" 1t is not a
county, but state institution, and might as well
have been located at Alton Gibraltar, or Troy,
as at any county seat. And who could have
complained of it, Surely not more the citizens
of Edwardsville thanlnay the citizens of Belle
vile, HaPrisonyille, Carrollton, &c. at its pre-
sent location sat Edwarslsvillep The town
ofEdwardsyille has heeniegally enlarged since
its neutrality-suspicious., and a suitabehouse,
free of expense, has been obtained in the ad-
dition. constituting that enlargement, for the
use of said bank; the mousse, too, in which the
cashier resides, and therefore house of great.
er safety than any other that could have been
procured. Is
To the location of the bankinghous within
the addition to the town, much objection has
been made by those citizens residing inmedi-
ately about the courthouse and they affirm,
l. That the addition is not within the incor-
poration Of Edwardsvillc and
2. That the bank should be located at the
courthouse.
To the first objection the only reply that
is necessary will be found in the subioined Cpl.
Mon OF Samuel D. Lockwood, Esq. attorney
general OF the state. This opinion, which was
written under great haste, at the special re !.
quest Oft the proprietors to have his opinion on
that point, is 80 satisfactory, and so completely
cvincrve Of the legal attanments of the attor-
.ney general, that we deem it unnecessary to
say any thing in his apology for the shape in
which it appears, or any thing more in illustra.
ton Of corectnesslof his conclusion.
And on the second point, the remarks AREA
dy made shew that the county seat of Madison,
even admitting the addition not to be the coun.
ty seat, has no claim from the language Of the
act, beyond that which any other point within
the town Of Edwardsville has. These remarks
are made to shew, SIS
l. That the safety of the bank and the con-,
venience Of its experimenting officer, the
cashier, has been promoted by its present loca-
ton. ''~
2. That the directors have not violated any
principle either Of justice or law, as relates to
the people about the courthouse; and
3. That the attempt to injure the rights of
persons owning lots within the Incorporated ad.
dition to the town, by saying it is wthoa the
incorporation, has either resulted from want
of candor, or information on the subject.
An opinion is requested on the follow
ing case:
The proprietors Of the tract of land
adjoining to EdwardsvilIc, as incorpo-
rated by the act ofthe oath March, 1919,
made the following application to the
board of trustees Of the town, on the 9th
May, 1919:
9. The Undersigned, being owners, in
conjunction y nh others, Of the tract Of
two hundred acres of land, map of
which is herewith enclosed, adjoining the
present town of Edwardsville, as ORDER
ed by law; and had the same laid off in
to lots, are DESTROYS i, may be annexed
to and made part thereof, agreeable to
the powers vested in the trustees, as con-
tanned in the law Incorporating the town.
(Signed) BEN. STEPHENSON,
NINIAN EDWARDS,
THEJPHII.US W. SMITH. |
JOHN TODD,
+. w. SMITH, Attorneys
j for the other proprietors."
On the 10Th May following, an order
as follows was adopted, with only one
dissenting voice:
" Ordered, that we attach the plat and
ground as petitioned for, agreeably tol
the boundaries herewith annexed, and that
it be made part Of the town of Edwards
vile, agreeable to law, and that COM
minee Of three be appointed TO receive