Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec[Section] 1^st Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, Represented in the General Assembly That Benjamin Howland and Henry L Brush be and they are hereby authorized, to erect a mill dam across Fox River in Lasalle County and on the south east fractional quarter of section Nô one in Township Nô Thirty three North, of Range Nô Three east of the third principal Meridian

Sec. 2^d Before the said Howland and Brush shall commence said Dam, they shall make an application in writing to the County Commissioners Court of Lasalle County for that purpose signifying their intention to commence said work. Where upon said Court shall issue a warrant to the sheriff of said County commanding him to summon Twelve disinterested house holders of said County to assemble on a day to be therein named on the Tract of land above described, who after being duly sworn by said sheriff shall procede to examine the site of said Dam, and after full and fair investigation of the premises, shall report to said court in writing under their hands, and seals Whether in their opinion said dam can be erected with out injury to private or public property” and the said Howland and Brush shall pay the same fees therefor as is required under Writs of Adquod Damnum

Sec 3^d If their report be favorable to the erection of of said Dam they shall report as afore said which said report shall be filed and preserved among the records of said Court. The report being filed as aforesaid the said Howland and Brush shall be permitted to build a Dam as aforesaid and shall erect a lock or Slope in said dam so as not to obstruct the navigation of said stream

This act to be in force from and after its passage
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Prickett, David (Pricket)

Passed H. R. Jan. 20^th 1835
D. Prickett Clk.[Clerk] H. R.

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A Bill for An act to authorize Benjamin Howland and Henry L. Brush to build a mill Dam across Fox River

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Engrossed

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Com. on Internal Im.[Committee on Internal Improvements]
recommend its rejection

1John T. Stuart from the Committee on Petitions, to which the House of Representatives referred the petitions of Benjamin Howland and Henry L. Brush, introduced HB 124 in the House on January 17, 1835. The House passed the bill on January 20. On January 21, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Internal Improvements. The Committee on Internal Improvements reported back the bill on January 23 without amendment, recommending its rejection. The Senate refused to read the bill a third time.
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, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 312, 330, 337, 371; 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, IL: J. W. Sawyer, 1835), 288, 302, 313.

2On January 23, 1835, the Senate Committee on Internal Improvements reported that, in its opinion, the proposed dam would obstruct the navigation of the Fox River and negatively effect the prosperity of the region. The Committee recommended that the Senate reject the bill. 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), 313.