Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Feb.[February] 12, 1835.

AN ACT for the relief of John G. McDonald and others.
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Auditor to issue his warrant in favor of J. G. McDonald for $150.

To D. W. Beckwith for $50.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Auditor of public accounts be, and he is hereby required to issue his warrant on the Treasurer for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars2 in favor of John G. McDonald, for one hun-

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dred and ten days services as surveyor of the Vincennes and Chicago road; and to Daniel W. Beckwith the sum of fifty dollars for making a plat of said road,3 payable out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, Feb. 12, 1835.

1William L. D. Ewing introduced SB 88 in the Senate on January 29, 1835. The Senate referred it to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on February 2 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate further amended the bill by filling the blank in said bill with the words, “one hundred and fifty,” and by adding the words “And to Daniel W. Beckwith the sum of fifty dollars for making a plat of said road.” The Senate tabled the bill and proposed amendments. On February 3, the Senate took up the bill and concurred in the proposed amendments. The Senate passed the bill as amended on February 9. On February 11, the House of Representatives voted 27 to 15 to read the bill a second time, Abraham Lincoln voting in the affirmative. The House referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on February 12 without amendment, recommending its passage. The House passed the bill 22 to 18, Lincoln voting in the affirmative. 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), 514, 535, 541, 548, 555; 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), 365, 396, 413, 469, 506, 509, 515.

2On February 2, the Senate amended the bill by filling in the bill with the words “one hundred and fifty.” 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), 396, 413.

3On February 2, the Senate amended the bill by adding the clause related to Beckwith. 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), 396, 413.