Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Jan.[January] 9, 1836.

AN ACT making compensation to the person therein named.
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Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the peopole of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Auditor be, and he is hereby directed to issue his warrant in favor of B. W. Brooks, for the sum of seventy-five dollars in full for surveying the road leading from Vandalia to the town of America.

Approved, Jan. 9, 1836.

1On December 10, 1835, John S. Hacker presented to the Senate a petition from B. W. Brooks, requesting compensation for surveying a road in Union, Alexander, and Jackson Counties. The Senate referred the petition to a select committee. On December 15, Hacker introduced SB 13 from the Committee to the Senate. On December 18, the Senate passed the bill unamended. On December 30, the House of Representatives referred the bill to the Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures, of which Abraham Lincoln was a member. That committee reported back the bill without amendment on January 2, 1836. The House passed the bill on January 4, by a vote of 27 yeas to 20nays, with Abraham Lincoln voting yea. On January 9, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 139, 143, 179, 180, 207, 223, 253, 258, 282; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 19-20, 42, 51, 60, 172, 191, 195, 221.