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Sec.[Section] 1st Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly,2 That for the purpose of causing a good Road to be made across the bottom opposite
the citty of St Louis, the company incorporated by an act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois on the fifteenth February 1833, Called the St Clair Turnpike Road Company shall be and they are hereby authorized to erect toll gates as provided by said act
of Incorporation and charge one fourth of the tolls allowed by said act as soon as
one mile of said road shall be completed east from the Cohokia creek as contemplated by said act, and whenever the said road shall be completed on one
mile thereof as aforesaid, then the said company shall be permitted to take such measures as they may think best to prevent those
who travel on said road from evading the payment of tolls.3
Sec. 2. That in the election of Directors of the said company each share of stock shall be entitled to one vote, and the stock holders shall be
permited to vote either in person or by proxy.4
Sec. 3. It shall be Lawful for the stockholders of said company to pay their subscription to the capital stock of said company in Land or town Lots situated in this state and when the same shall be conveyed to said company by deed in fee simple the said Company are hereby authorized to sell and convey the same in such manner and on such terms
as they may think proper for the use and benefit of said company.
Sec. 4. That it shall be Lawful for the county commissioners courts of St Clair[,] Monroe[,] and Maison
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for and on behalf of said Counties respectively to subscribe for stock in said Company in the same manner as individuals are authorized to subscribe.
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“An Act to Amend an Act entitled “An act to provide for ^incorporate^ the establishment of ^St Clair turn pike road Company^ Ferries toll bridges and turnpike Roads approved Feby.[February] 15th 18335.”
6“An Act to Amend an Act entitled “An act to provide for ^incorporate^ the establishment of ^St Clair turn pike road Company^ Ferries toll bridges and turnpike Roads approved Feby.[February] 15th 18335.”
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1John D. Hughes introduced HB 81, originally titled “A Bill to Amend an Act, Entitled ‘An Act, to
Provide for the Establishment of Ferries, Toll-Bridges, and Turnpike Roads,’ Approved
February 12, 1827,” in the House of Representatives on December 26, 1835. On December 31, the House referred the bill to the Committee
on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary reported back the bill on January
14, 1836, with a substitute, in which the House concurred. The House passed the
bill as substituted on January 15. The House amended the title of the bill so as
to read “A Bill to Amend an Act to Incorporate the St. Clair Turnpike Road Company, Approved February 15, 1833.” The Senate passed the bill on January 15. Neither the House nor the Senate sent the bill to
the Council of Revision for approval.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 114, 157, 193, 319, 335, 347;
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 251, 263.
2On January 14, 1836, the House of Representatives substituted the original bill text--which is not extant--with a bill concerning the
St. Clair Turnpike Company.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 319.
3Section seven of the incorporation act authorized the company to collect and receive tolls on the prospective road from the banks of the Mississippi River opposite St. Louis to St. Clair County.
“An Act to Incorporate the St. Clair Turnpike Road Company,” 15 February 1833, Laws, of a Private Nature, of the State of Illinois (1833), 57.
4Section three of the incorporation act governed the election of directors.
“An Act to Incorporate the St. Clair Turnpike Road Company,” 55.
6On January 15, 1836, the House of Representatives amended the title so as to read “A Bill to Amend an Act to Incorporate the St. Clair Turnpike Road Company, Approved February 15, 1833.”
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 335.
Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 76, HB 81, GA Session: 9-2,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL),