Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Dec[December]. 28, 1835.

AN ACT supplementary to “an act to incorporate the Springfield and Alton Turnpike Road Company.”
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Additional commissioners appointed.

Sec[Section]. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Thomas G. Hawley, Joseph Burrough and Ninian W. Edwards, are hereby appointed commissioners, to act with those heretofore named in said incorporation, for the purpose of opening books for subscription to the capital stock of said company.2

Approved, Dec. 28, 1835.

1Nathaniel Buckmaster introduced HB 21 in the House of Representatives on December 15, 1835. On December 18, the House referred the bill to a select committee, which reported back the bill with an amendment the same day. The House approved the amendment and then passed the bill as amended. The bill is largely omitted from the Senate Journal, so its progress through that chamber is unclear. On December 28, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 64, 87, 95, 115, 142, 156, 162; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 63, 115, 117, 131.

2The General Assembly incorporated the Springfield and Alton Turnpike Road Company in 1833, and amended the charter several times during Abraham Lincoln’s tenure in the legislature.
“An Act to Incorporate the Springfield and Alton Tunpike Road Company,” 1 March 1833, Laws of a Private Nature (1833), 77-82; An Act to Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Springfield and Alton Turnpike Road Company," Approved March 1, 1833; An Act to Amend the Act Incorporating the Springfield and Alton Turnpike Road Company; An Act Extending the Time to the Springfield and Alton Turnpike Road Company to Complete Said Road; An Act Supplemental to the Charter of the Springfield and Alton Turnpike Road Company.