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Sec.[Section] 1st Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly, That an extention of two yearss be and is hereby granted to Samuel Witter of the county of Marion in addition to the time now granted by “An Act, regulating Mills and Millers approved
Februar[y] 9th 1827,2 for the completion of his mill on the South East quarter of the South West quarter
of Section twenty three ^ Town one ^ north 3 of the base Line in Range four East of the third principal meredian on the Skillet fork of the Little Wabash River;4 the same having been condemned by a Jury of Inquest according to Law any thing in
the 7th and 9th Section’s of the act to which this is an amendment to the contrary notwithstanding.5
This act to be in force from and, after its passage.
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1Elijah S. Frazer introduced HB 78 in the House of Representatives on December 26, 1835. On January 1, 1836, the House amended the bill by inserting
the words “Town one north.” The House passed the bill as amended. On January 16,
the Senate tabled the bill.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 113, 156, 193, 201;
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess.,
150, 278.
2Section seven of the act gave individuals wishing to build a dam three years to finish
construction once work commenced.
“An Act Regulating Mills and Millers,” 9 February 1827, The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois (1827), 299.
3On January 1, 1836, the House of Representatives amended the bill by inserting the words “Town one north.”
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 201.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 73, HB 78, GA Session: 9-2,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL)