Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State [of] Illinois represented in the General Assembly, [That] the amount appropriated to improve the [navigation] of the Embarras River in Lawrence County [out of] the proceeds of the Vermillion Saline Lands received, shall be expended on the [road] from Vincennes to S^t Louis, or so much [therein as lies] between Vincennes and Lawrenceville any [Law to the] contrary notwithstanding.2 This act to take effect from its passage

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Passed H. R. Jan. 1^st 1[836]
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H. R.
A Bill Entitled An Act changing an appropriation heretofore made to Lawrence County

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Engrossed

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to be Enrolled
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1Jesse K. Dubois introduced HB 86 in the House of Representatives on December 28, 1835. The House passed the bill on January 1, 1836. The Senate concurred on January 15. David Prickett, clerk of the House, ordered the bill enrolled, but the Senate did not enroll it, and the bill never became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 153, 162, 193, 201, 347; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 151, 262.

2In 1829, the General Assembly appropriated Lawrence County $1,600 out of the revenue realized from the sale of the Vermilion Saline Reserve for use on public works. Of this amount, $300 was earmarked for improvement of the Embarras River. Selling portions of the Saline Reserve Lands and appropriating the proceeds for public works was a forerunner of the Illinois Internal Improvement System.
“An Act Providing for the Sale of the Vermilion Saline Reserve, and Appropriating the Avails Thereof,” 19 January 1829, The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois (1829), 148.