In force Feb.[February] 9, 1835.
AN ACT concerning Public Records.
1State recorder’s books to be removed to Rushville.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Governor of this State is hereby authorized to cause the books in the office of the Secretary of State,
and in the Recorder’s office at Edwardsville in Madison county, containing the records of deeds for lands lying in the Military Tract in this State, to be removed to the Recorder’s office in Rushville in Schuyler county.
Recorder of Madison county.
Sec. 2. The Recorder of Madison county is hereby required, as soon as practicable, to transcribe into a book to be provided
by him for that purpose, any deeds which may be recorded in the books in his office,
containing the records of deeds for land lying in the Military Tract before said books shall be taken from his office, noting at the end of each deed
and acknowledgment, the book and page in which said deed is recorded.
Duty of recorder of Schuyler county.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Recorder of Schuyler county to give his receipt for said record books when the same shall come to his office,
describing each book by its letter and number of pages, which receipt shall be filed
in the office of the Secretary of State.
Compensation to the recorder of Madison.
Sec. 4. That the Recorder of Madison county shall be entitled to the sum of twenty-five cents for each deed and acknowledgment
which he may transcribe in pursuance of the provisions of the second section of this
act, to be paid out of the State Treasury, on the warrant of the Auditor of Public
Accounts, together with the cost of the record book contemplated in the second section
of this act. The Auditor to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the amount of said
expenses, when he shall be satisfied of the number of said deeds and acknowledgments,
and the cost of said record book shall be certified to him under the seal of the county commissioners’ court of Madison county.
Sec. 5. That whenever the Governor shall inform the Auditor of Public Accounts of the
amount of the expenses of removing said records, it shall be the duty of the Auditor
to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the person or persons entitled to
the same, which shall be paid out of the State Treasury.
This act to be in force from and after its passage.
1George W. P. Maxwell introduced SB 69 in the Senate on January 23, 1835. The Senate referred it to the Committee on Finance. The Committee
on Finance reported back the bill on January 30 without amendment. The Senate passed
the bill on January 31. The House of Representatives concurred on February 6. On February 9, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 465, 507, 513;
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 314, 373, 374, 392, 452, 467, 472, 474; Illinois House
Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 385.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their First Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 157, GA Session: 9-1