In force Jan.[January] 7, 1835.
AN ACT for the benefit of Daniel Curtin.
1Right of the State to the estate of E. Butler, confirmed upon.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all the right, title and interest which the State now has or hereafter may acquire by escheat, in the real estate of Edward Butler, late
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of Equality, deceased, be, and the same is hereby released to, and confirmed upon Daniel Curtin of Gallatin county.
How to proceed.
Sec. 2. The said Daniel Curtin shall be entitled to proceed, in his own name, in the same manner as the State’s
Attorney, on behalf of the State, is authorized to proceed, under “An act regulating escheats,” approved, March 1st,
1833;2 and the same process shall be awarded to the said Curtin, and judgment had in his name and for his benefit, as the State would be entitled to under the said act; the court proceeding in all respects by
the same rules as are prescribed in said act, for the regulation of information on
behalf of the State.
Unknown heirs.
Sec. 3. It is hereby intended that the rights of the unknown heirs of the said Edward Butler, deceased, if any there be, shall stand and be in all respects under the provisions
of the escheat laws of this State now in force.
Approved, Jan. 7, 1835.
1William J. Gatewood introduced SB 14 in the Senate on December 15, 1834. The Senate passed the bill on December 18. The House concurred on December 23. On January 7, 1835, 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, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 138, 139, 145, 151, 222, 240, 245; 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), 93, 101, 113, 127, 192, 195, 201.
2The act stated “that if any person shall died seized of any real or personal estate,
without any device thereof, and leaving no heirs or representatives capable of inheriting
the same, or the devisees thereof be incapable of holding the same, and in all cases
where there is no owner of real estate capable of holding the same, such estate shall
escheat to, and vest in the state.”
“An Act regulating Escheats,” 1 March 1833, The Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois (1839), 279-82.
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), 70-71, GA Session: 9-1