Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Jan.[January] 15, 1836.

AN ACT concerning the Public Revenue.
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Parts of revenue law repealed.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the several revenue laws of this state as require the state treasurer to pay the county commissioners of each of the counties of Pike, Adams, and Schuyler, for the use of said counties, any sum or sums of money, be repealed;2 and hereafter the sheriffs of those counties shall pay into their respective county treasuries the whole amount of the tax collected by them on lands lying within the said counties, at the same time, and in the same manner as is provided by law for all the counties in this state except the counties on the Military Bounty Tract.

Approved, Jan. 15, 1836.

1Archibald Williams introduced SB 5 in the Senate on December 12, 1835. The Senate passed the bill on January 4, 1836. On January 11, the House of Representatives passed the bill. On January 15, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 227, 232, 268-69, 272, 302, 309, 349; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 27, 34, 143, 165, 213, 231, 270.

2Being repealed were those sections of the revenue laws related to counties formed out of the Illinois Military Tract. In 1826, the General Assembly passed a law authorizing the annual payment of $225 for the counties of Calhoun, Pike, Adams, Schuyler, Fulton, and Peoria, to be paid in lieu of any tax arising on the lands in these counties. In 1827, the General Assembly raised the annual amount to $275. In 1829, the General Assembly further supplemented the 1827 law by appropriating $75 annually in addition to the $275 awarded the previous two years. It also stipulated that any county formed upon the Military Tract in the future would be entitled to the same sum.
“An Act relating to the Revenue of Calhoun, Pike, Adams, Schuyler, Fulton, and Peoria Counties, 27 January 1826, Laws of the State of Illinois (1826), 89-90; “An Act to Provide for Raising a Revenue,” 1 March 1827, The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois (1827), 333; “An Act Supplemental to an Act, Entitled ‘An Act to Provide for Raising a Revenue,’” 19 January 1829, The Revised Cold of Laws, of Illinois (1829), 120.