. History of the Chicago police from the settlement of the community to the present time, under authority of the mayor and superintendent of the force . limits of the village, and the slow butsteady progress of the settlement was practically uninter-rupted. The name Chicago first appeared in a schoolatlas about this time. The fur trade had groAvn to veryconsiderable proportions. AVool was cultivated to some ex-tent, but commanded very low prices. In 1829, Chicagowas surveyed and platted into village lots. The legislature,sitting at Vandalia, had taken preliminary steps looking tothe constructi
. History of the Chicago police from the settlement of the community to the present time, under authority of the mayor and superintendent of the force . limits of the village, and the slow butsteady progress of the settlement was practically uninter-rupted. The name Chicago first appeared in a schoolatlas about this time. The fur trade had groAvn to veryconsiderable proportions. AVool was cultivated to some ex-tent, but commanded very low prices. In 1829, Chicagowas surveyed and platted into village lots. The legislature,sitting at Vandalia, had taken preliminary steps looking tothe construction of the Illinois and Michigan canal, but cir-cumstances arose which prevented the completion of the?work for many years afterward. In 1830, there were thirtyvotes cast in the village, Reynolds, the Jackson candidatefor governor, receiving twenty-two of them, and three-fourths of all the voters were French or half-breeds. Thejudges at the election were Russell E. Heacock, Chicagosfirst lawyer, Gen. John Baptiste Beaubien and James Kin-zie. The clerks were Medard B. Beaubien and Jesse comity was organized in March, 1831. Col. R. JOHN BYRNE,Lieut. Comdg. Harrison St. District. UNDER THE CONSTABULAKY. 41 Hamilton, accordiii<; t^) William Bross history, became inthe course of a siuyle your, probate judge, recorder, countyclerk, treasurer and commissioner of scihools, some of whichduties lie fulfilled without gratuity. The county of Cook,in 1831, embraced all the territory now included in the coun-ties of Lake, McHenrj^, DuPage, Will and Iroi^uois, saysMr, Bross. No mention is made of a police force in thosedays, but, judging from the number of taverns in the place,we might suppose that a few constables could have beenkept moderately well occupied. There were two companiesof infantry in the fort, conjiuanded by Major FoAvle, and theprominent citizens were Elijah Wentworth, James Kinzie,AYilliam Lee, Robert A. Kinzie, Samuel Miller, John Miller,Mark Beaubien, J. B
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