In force, Jan.[January] 16. 1836.
AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Copeland.
1Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the sum of one
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hundred dollars be paid to Samuel Copland for his services and expenses incurred in bringing Jacob Solmon, who was accused of kidnapping a negro boy in the county of Johnson, from Tipton county in Tennessee, and delivering him over to the proper authorities of said Johnson county in this state. The auditor of public accounts is hereby required to issue his warrant on the treasurer
for the above mentioned sum in favor of the said Samuel Copeland.
Approved, Jan. 16, 1836.
1Responding to a petition from Samuel Copeland, Milton Carpenter from the Committee on Propositions and Grievances introduced HB 82 in the House of Representatives on December 26, 1835. The House referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary,
which reported back the bill with amendments on December 30. The House concurred in
the amendments, and they passed the bill as amended on December 31. The Senate passed the bill on January 14. On January 16, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 84, 158, 176, 192, 334, 345, 358; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 141, 244-245, 268, 280.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their Second Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1836), 250-51, GA Session: 9-2,