Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 12th Jan.,[January] 1836.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled “an act to incorporate the Colleges therein named.”
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Alton College changed to Shurtleff College.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the “act to incorporate the Colleges therein named,” approved February 9th, 1835, to which this is an amendment, as designates the college at Alton, by the name of “The trustees of the Alton College of Illinois,” be, and the same is hereby repealed; and that hereafter, the said institution shall be styled and known by the name of “The Trustees of Shurtleff College of Alton, Illinois.”

Approved, Jan. 12, 1836.

1On December 11, 1835, Cyrus Edwards in the Senate introduced the petition of the trustees of the Alton College of Illinois, requesting alteration of the name of the institution. The Senate referred the petition to a select committee. Responding to this petition, Edwards of the select committee introduced SB 7 in the Senate on December 14. The Senate passed the bill on December 19. The House of Representatives passed the bill on December 31. On January 12, 1836, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 109, 139, 183, 192, 285, 303, 307; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 22, 30-31, 51, 60, 142, 217, 231.