Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Jan[January] 2, 1835.

AN ACT for the benefit of the infant heirs of James Evans Sen’r., deceased.
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Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William M. Evans of Morgan county, be, and he is hereby authorised to sell the north west quarter of the south east quarter of section number seventeen, in township number sixteen, north of range number eleven west of the third principal meridian, which was lately the property of James Evans, Sen’r, deceased, on such terms as the said Wm. M. Evans, may think the most profitable and advantageous to the heirs of the said James Evans Sen’r. deceased.2

Sec. 2. That previous to the sale of said land, the said Wm. W. Evans, shall give notice in some newspaper printed in this state, of the time and place said land shall be offered for sale, at least four weeks before the day of said sale.

Sec. 3. That whenever the said William M. Evans, shall obtain the money by the sale of said land as aforesaid, it shall be his duty to purchase other land in the names of the several heirs of the said James Evans Sen’r., deceased.

This act to be in force from and after its passage.

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01/02/1836
Field, Alexander P.

This bill having laid before the Council of Revision, ten days, (Sundays excepted,) and the General Assembly being in session, it has become a law this second day of January 1836.A. P. FIELD, Secretary of State.

1William Weatherford introduced SB 2 in the Senate on December 10, 1835. The Senate passed the bill unamended on December 12. On December 15, the House of Representatives passed the bill unamended. The Council of Revision received the bill on December 19, but failed to act within ten working days, and the act automatically became law on January 2, 1836.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 39, 41, 66-67, 83; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 20, 23, 28, 46, 57, 78.

2The land described here is located in northern Morgan County.
“Counties, Townships, and Ranges in Illinois,” Maps, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Reference.aspx?ref=Reference html files/LandMeasurement.html.