In force Feb.[February] 12, 1835.
AN ACT in addition to an act, supplemental to an act, entitled “An act to provide
for raising a Revenue.”
1Treasurer to administer oath to persons wishing to list lands for taxation lying out
of his county.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That whenever any person shall wish to list lands for taxation which are situated
in any other county than the one in which he resides with the Treasurer of said county,
it shall be the duty of said Treasurer to administer an oath to every such person,
that the bona fide owner of said land resides in this State, and upon his refusing to take such oath, the Treasurer shall not permit such lands
to be listed in the county.2
Approved, Feb. 12, 1835.
1Thomas Mather introduced SB 83 in the Senate on January 29, 1835. The Senate passed the bill on February 2. On February 3, the
House of Representatives referred the bill to the Committee on Finance. The Committee on Finance reported
back the bill on February 10 with amendments, in which the House concurred. The House
passed the bill as amended. The Senate concurred in the House amendments on February
11. On February 12, 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, Ill.: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 473, 514, 532, 538, 549; 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), 364, 388, 402, 487, 493, 503, 508;Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at their Second Session, Begun and Held in Pursuance of the Proclamation
of the Governor, in the Town of Vandalia, December 7, 1835 (Vandalia, Ill.: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 376.
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), 51, GA Session: 9-1