In force March 1, 1835.
AN ACT to change the County Line between Perry and Franklin Counties.
1Part of law repealed.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of an act creating Perry county, approved, January 29th, 1827, as
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establishes the north east corner of said county, at the north east corner of township number five south, of range number one west,
and so much as establishes the south east corner of said county at the west corner of township six south, of range one west, is hereby repealed.2Boundaries of said county established.
Sec. 2. That the north east corner of Perry county shall be established in the middle of Little Muddy river where the line crosses said river, dividing townships three and four; thence due west on the line between townships
three and four to the north west corner of township four south, of range four west;
thence due south on the line between ranges four and five eighteen miles, to the south
west corner of township six south, of range four west; thence due east on the line
between townships six and seven to the middle of Muddy river; thence north with its meanders to the place of beginning.
County of Perry.
Sec. 3. That all that tract of country lying west of Little Muddy river, as before described, shall compose the county of Perry, and all that tract of country lying east of said river, heretofore belonging to the county of Perry, shall compose a part of the county of Franklin; any former law to the contrary notwithstanding.
This act to take effect the first day of March next.
Approved, Feb.[February] 6, 1835.
1On January 6, 1835, Richard G. Murphy in the House of Representatives presented the petition of sundry citizens of Perry and Franklin Counties, requesting a change in the county line between those counties. The House
referred the petition to a select committee. In response to this petition, Murphy
of the aforementioned select committee introduced HB 99 in the House on January 10. The House passed the bill on January 13. On January
17, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the
bill on January 19 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed
the bill as amended on January 23. On January 26, the House referred the bill and
Senate amendment to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill
on January 27 with an amendment to the Senate amendment. The House tabled the bill
and proposed amendments. On January 31, the House took up the bill and concurred
with the Senate amendment. On February 6, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 222, 265, 276, 287, 370, 382, 404, 456;
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 253, 258, 272, 280, 317, 395, 436, 441, 454; Illinois
House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 381, 398, 411.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their First Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 36-37, GA Session: 9-1