In force, Jan[January] 18, 1836.
AN ACT supplemental to an act making appropriations for the years 1835 and 1836, approved 13th February, 1835.
1Appropriation to members and officers.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the same sums allowed to the members and officers of the General Assembly, by the act to which this is a supplement, be, and the same is hereby allowed to the several
members and officers of the General Assembly, as their per diem pay and travelling fees, for the present session of the General Assembly. Said compensation, when due the said members and officers, shall be certified and
paid, agreeably to said act. The clerk of the House of Representatives, and the secretary of the Senate, shall receive the sum of one hundred and fifty2 dollars each, for furnishing the printer with a copy of the journals of the present
session of the General Assembly.
Auditor to issue warrants to:—
Sec. 2. The auditor of public accounts shall issue his warrant on the treasury, in favor of
the different persons hereinafter named, for the several sums annexed to their respective
names, viz:
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Stout & Johnson
To Stout and Johnson, the sum of seventy dollars, for covering, pressing, and cutting fifty-five hundred
copies of School Laws.3
Treasurer.
To the treasurer of Illinois, eighty-three dollars, seventy-five cents, to enable him to pay the claims of the
cashier of the Phoenix Bank of New York, for the charges of the bank for services, in paying the interest on the Wiggins loan, for the years 1831-2-3-4 and 5.
J. M. Street
To Joseph M. Street, the sum of forty-five dollars and five cents, the amount of eight fee bills, against
the commissioners for the sale of Vandalia lots, in suits brought by them against Samuel McClintock; same vs. James Kelly; Kelly and Forrester; same vs. John Forrester and McClintock; same vs. same.
That William T. Page be allowed four dollars per day, for services in assisting the clerk of the House of Representatives, to be certified by the clerk.
That R. K. McLaughlin be allowed the sum of two hundred dollars, for a room for the use of the treasury
department, whilst the said McLaughlin was treasurer of state, to be accepted in full of all claims against the state.
That the sum of three dollars per day, be allowed to William Hodge, for services rendered to the engrossing and enrolling clerks of the House of Representatives, the number of days to be certified by said clerk.
H. Hatch.
To H. Hatch, the sum of four hundred and ninety dollars, so soon as he shall deliver to the auditor
of public accounts ninety-eight maps, executed agreeably to the joint resolution of
the General Assembly, passed December 23, 1835,
J. Forehand.
To James Forehand, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day, for services rendered
to the Council of Revision, during the present session of the General Assembly.
To the secretary of state, for the extra clerk hire, to enable him to copy the laws
of the present session of the legislature, and making a tabular statement of the census, within the time limited by law, the
sum of two hundred dollars.
To S. H. Anderson, warden of the penitentiary, the sum of seventy-two dollars, for conveying two prisoners, by virtue of writs
of habeas corpus, to Vandalia and New Nashville, and returning the same to prison.
T. C. Kirkman
To Thomas C. Kirkman, the sum of five dollars, for administering oaths to the new members of the House of Representatives, during the present session.
W E Starr
To William E. Starr, the sum of five dollars and forty-five cents, for copying records in two cases,
for the supreme court; people vs. Royal.
To Thomas Hunt, the sum of forty-one dollars and sixteen and one-fourth cents, to pay the expences attending the fune-
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ral of the late Hon. Benjamin A. Clark, of the House of Representatives.
J M Whitney
To James M. Whitney, fifty-four dollars, for eighteen days’ service, assisting the enrolling clerk of
the Senate.
Mr Davis
To Mr. Davis, of Pekin, ten dollars, for assisting the enrolling clerks three days.
S Munday
To Samuel Munday, five dollars, for assisting the engrossing clerk of the House of Representatives.
H Moore
To Henry Moore, of Chicago, five dollars, for assisting the engrossing clerks in enrolling bills.
S T Sawyer
To Seth T. Sawyer, four dollars per day, for each day employed by him in assisting the engrossing and
enrolling clerks, to be paid on the certificate of the secretary of the Senate.
E Roberts
To Ewing Roberts, the sum of eight dollars, for furnishing
the room of the engrossing clerks of both houses with fire, during this session.
To the Hon. R. B. Servant, the sum of forty dollars, to pay the funeral expenses of the late Hon. John Thompson, of the House of Representatives.
C J Gibson & J Fleming
To Coleman J. Gibson and John Fleming, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, each, for one day’s attendance,
as witnesses before the committee of finance of the Senate.
R M Gordon
To R. M. Gordon, two dollars and fifty cents, for putting up a stove and pipe, in the Senate chamber, the last session of the legislature.
J Charter
To John Charter, for room-rent for Council of Revision, thirty-two dollars.
W Thomas
To William Thomas, the sum of two dollars and twenty-five cents, for postage on School
Laws forwarded to the printer.
W McConnell
To William McConnell, nine dollars, for administering oaths of office to members of the Senate, and for administering oaths to witnesses before the committee of finance of the
Senate.
B Chapman
To Brook Chapman, ten dollars, for services rendered as assistant sergeant at arms, in going to Hillsboro’ to summons John Tilson, jr., to appear before a select committee, appointed by order of the Senate, to investigate certain charges.
Approved, Jan. 18, 1836.
1On January 2, 1836 John D. Hughes from the Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures, of which Abraham Lincoln was also a member, introduced HB 116 in the House of Representatives. On January 5, the House referred the bill to the Committee on Finance. On January
14, the Committee on Finance reported back the bill with amendments. The House then
referred the bill and the proposed amendments to the Committee of the Whole, which
considered the bill on January 15 and reported back the bill with amendments, in which
the House concurred. On January 16, the House voted to amend the bill by adding “and
fifty” after “hundred” in the first section, by a vote of 25 yeas to 13 nays, Lincoln
voting nay. The House then voted against an amendment changing “two” to “one” in the
apportionment to the Secretary of State, by a vote of 18 yeas to 25 nays, Lincoln
voting yea. The House then passed the bill as amended. On January 16, the Senate referred the bill to a Committee of the Whole, which reported back the bill with
amendments on the same day. The Senate amended the proposed amendment by adding a
proviso, then approved the amendment and passed the bill as amended. Later on January
16, the House considered the amendments from the Senate. The House rejected a Senate
amendment striking out “two” and inserting “four” in the allowance to A. P. Field.
The House approved the Senate’s addition of allowances to Whitney, Davis, Mundy, Sawyer,
Roberts, Servant, Gibson, Fleming, Gordon, Charter, Thomas McConnell, and Chapman.
The House rejected an amendment providing an allowance to Jackson and Franklin counties,
by a vote of 11 yeas to 35 nays, Abraham Lincoln voting yea. Later in the day on January
16, the Senate receded from their amendments that were not approved by the House.
On January 18, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 207, 229-30, 323, 330, 336-37, 351-53, 362, 365-66,
370, 371; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 269, 276-277, 285, 287, 288.
3On January 23, 1835, the General Assembly had passed a resolution ordering the compilation
and printing of a digest of all state laws up to 1835 that related to school lands
in Illinois.
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 355, 486-87; William Thomas, ed., Digest of the Laws of Illinois relating to Common Schools and School Lands (Vandalia, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835).
Printed Document, 3 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their Second Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1836), 241-43, GA Session: 9-2,