Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec[Section] 1^st Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly: That so much of the “act” approved March the 23^rd 1819, as relates to marks and brands, is hereby directed to be reprinted [in the] Laws of the present General Assembly.2

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01/04/1836
Prickett, David (Pricket)

Passed the House of Representatives
January 4^th 1836.
D. Prickett Clk[Clerk] H. Rep.

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H. R.
A Bill Entitled An Act Concerning Marks And Brands

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Engrossed

1William Ross introduced HB 31 in the House of Representatives on December 16, 1835. On December 22, the House referred it to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on January 1, 1836, with a substitute, in which the House concurred. The House passed the substitute on January 4. The Senate took no action.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 41, 72, 128, 199, 220; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 172.

2In 1835, the General Assembly passed a law reviving language from an 1819 law concerning marks and brands on livestock. The 1835 law directed that the language be reprinted in that year’s volume of laws, but it was not done.
Section 15 of “An Act respecting Crimes and Punishments,” 23 March 1819, Laws Passed by the First General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (1819), 212-22.