Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Jan.[January] 24, 1835.

AN ACT, entitled “An act for the relief of Lewis J. Clawson.[”]
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Preamble.

Whereas, it appears by the Report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary 2, that after expending all the money appropriated for Penitentiary purposes, a balance of two hundred and twenty-three dollars remains due and unpaid to Lewis J. Clawson for work done by said Clawson upon the Penitentiary wall, under a contract made by said Inspectors with said Clawson; and whereas it appears by the Report of the Auditor of public accounts, that the whole

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amount of money arising from the proceeds of the sales of Saline lands and paid into the State Treasury for Penitentiary purposes, has been drawn by the Inspectors of the Penitentiary: Therefore—

Auditor to issue warrant in favor of L. J. Clawson for $223.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Auditor of public accounts be, and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of Lewis J. Clawson for the sum of two hundred and twenty-three dollars, which the said Treasurer shall pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Said sum to be appropriated out of the penitentiary fund, to State purposes.

Sec. 2. The aforesaid sum of two hundred and twenty-three dollars, shall be appropriated, by the State Treasurer, to State purposes, out of the next money arising from the sale of Saline lands, and paid into the Treasury for Penitentiary purposes.

This act to be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, Jan. 24, 1835.

1Jesse B. Thomas, Jr. from the Committee on the Penitentiary, to which the House of Representatives referred the report of the commissioners of the Penitentiary, introduced HB 81 in the House on January 7, 1835. The House passed the bill on January 9. The Senate concurred on January 17. On January 24, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 1, 1834 (Vandalia, Ill.: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 241, 253, 257, 324, 360, 374, 375; Journal of the Senate, of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 1, 1834 (Vandalia, Ill.: J. W. Sawyer, 1835), 211, 221, 259, 273, 322, 323.

2According to the act establishing the penitentiary, the inspectors supervised the spending of all money “appropriated for the building, enlarging, or improving” of the institution. “An Act to Amend an Act, Entitled “An Act Relative to Criminal Jurisprudence,” Approved, January 6, 1827, and to provide for the Regulation and Government of the Penitentiary,” 19 February 1833, Revised Laws (1833), 475.