Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Feb.[February] 7, 1835.

AN ACT relative to the Receiver of the Vermilion Saline Reserve, and the Commissioner of the Gallatin Saline Lands.
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Said receiver to pay over moneys into the hands of state treasurer.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Receiver of the Vermilion Reserve be, and he is hereby authorized and required to pay into the State Treasury, on or before the first Monday in March annually, all moneys then in his hands, and which have come into his hands on account of, or by reason of the sale of the Vermilion Saline Lands.

Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of the Gallatin Saline Lands is hereby authorized and required to pay into the State Treasury, on or before the first Monday in March annually, all moneys then in his hands, on account of, or by reason of the sale of the Gallatin Saline Lands:2 Provided, That no appropriation, authorized to be paid out or

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expended in said county of Gallatin, shall be paid into the State Treasury, but the same may be paid over by the said commissioner to any person authorized to receive the same.

County commissioners of counties to which appropriations have been made, authorized to draw on the auditor for the amount thereof.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the county commissioners’ courts of the several counties to which appropriations have been made by an act providing for the sale of the Vermilion Saline Reserve, and appropriating the avails thereof, approved, January 19, 1829;3 and an act appropriating a portion of the avails arising from the sale of the Saline Lands in Gallatin county to internal improvements, approved, February, 16, 1831,4 be, and they are hereby authorized to draw an order on the Auditor of State for the amount appropriated to their respective counties by the acts above referred to, and it is hereby made the duty of said Auditor, upon the presentation of such order, to issue his warrant upon the Treasurer of State, in favor of the county commissioners’ court, drawing such order for the amount appropriated to said county, by either or both the acts above referred to.5

State treasurer to pay over all appropriations made the different counties, to the commissioners thereof.

Acts repealed.

Sec. 4. That the Treasurer of State is hereby authorized and required to pay over to the county commissioners’ court of such counties as have had appropriations made to them by said acts above referred to, the amounts so appropriated, in the manner prescribed by said acts, for the Receiver and Commissioner to pay over. All acts and parts of acts coming within the purview of this act, are hereby repealed.6

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

Approved, Feb. 7, 1835.

1William Fithian introduced HB 102 in the House of Representatives on January 10, 1835. On January 12, the House referred it to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on January 17, with an amendment, in which the House concurred. On January 19, the House referred the bill to a second select committee. The committee reported back the bill on January 28, without the amendment. Representatives proposed amendments to the second section, and the House referred the bill and proposed amendments to a third select committee. On January 29, the committee reported back the bill with an amendment recommending striking out the proposed amendments. The House approved the committee’s report and passed the bill. On January 30, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Finance. The Committee on Finance reported back the bill on February 3, without amendment, and the Senate passed it. On February 7, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 252, 269, 277, 313, 329-30, 412, 430, 497, 498; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 378, 379, 405, 453, 454, 461; Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 386, 410.

2The General Assembly appointed the commissioner for sales of the Gallatin Saline lands and the receiver of the Vermilion Saline lands. The commissioner for sales was responsible for settling accounts with the state auditor every six months and paying to the designated authorities and the state treasury all income from the sale of Gallatin Saline lands. Similarly, the receiver was responsible for settling accounts with the state auditor and for paying to the designated counties all income from the Vermilion saline lands every six months.
“An Act concerning the Saline Reserves, a Penitentiary, and the improvement of certain Navigable Streams,” 15 February 1827, Revised Code of Laws of Illinois (1827), 353-60; “An Act Providing for the Sale of the Vermilion Saline Reserve, and Appropriating the Avails Thereof,” 19 January 1829, Revised Code of Laws of Illinois (1829), 143-49.

3Sections one through nine of this act established the mechanism for the sale of the Vermilion Saline Lands. Sections ten through thirteen appropriated the proceeds to various counties in the State. Section thirteen also authorized the receiver to make the payments directly to specific individuals and to the county commissioners’ courts of the designated counties.
“An Act Providing for the Sale of the Vermilion Saline Reserve,” 143-49.

4This act appropriated the proceeds from the sale of twenty thousand acres in Gallatin County to the various counties in the State. Section one listed the recipients county by county. Section two authorized the commissioners appointed to sell the Saline Lands to make the payments directly to the county commissioners’ courts of the designated counties.
“An Act Appropriating a Portion of the Avails Arising from the Sale of the Saline Lands, in Gallatin County, to Internal Improvement,” 16 February 1831, Laws of Illinois (1831), 12-16.

5Both acts were early efforts to fund public works as part of the Illinois Internal Improvement System.

6This section repealed part of section thirteen of the 1829 act and section two of the 1831 act.
“An Act Providing for the Sale of the Vermilion Saline Reserve,” (1829), 148; “An Act Appropriating a Portion of the Avails Arising from the Sale of the Saline Lands,” 16.