Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That the Canal commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to sell, upon such terms as they may think ^5^ proper “to” the Superintendent of the Harbour of Chicago from any of the Canal lands of this State any quantity of stone which may be necessary to aid in the construction of said Harbor.

Sec 2: That it shall not be necessary in any indictment under the act to which this is an amendment to describe the locus in quo,2 where the offence is committed in any other manner than as [“?]Canal lands.”

Sect[Section] 3. This act to be in force from and after its passage.

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White, Leonard

passed the Senate 4 Jan 1836
Leo^d White Sec[Secretary]

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A Bill entitled an act to amend an act entitled “an act to prevent trespassing on the Canal lands of this State” approved February 9^th 1835. authorize [~~...~~?] Canal Comr^s[Commissioners] of the Ill. & Michigan Canal to sell stone off the Canal lands3

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1James M. Strode introduced SB 38, originally titled “A Bill to Amend an Act titled 'An Act to Prevent Trespassing on the Canal Lands of this State,’” in the Senate on December 21, 1835. On December 23, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. On January 2, 1836, the Committee on the Judiciary reported back the bill with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. On January 4, the Senate passed the bill as amended, amending the title so as to read “A Bill to Authorize Commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to Sell Stone Off the Canal Lands.” On January 9, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on January 13 with amendments, which the House approved before passing the bill as amended on January 14. The House informed the Senate of the amended bill’s passage, but the Senate did not take up the House amendments.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess.,227, 269, 305, 329; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 83, 94, 150, 167, 247.

2“Locus in quo” is a legal term that means “the scene of the event.”

3On January 4, 1836, the Senate amended the title of the bill so as to read “A Bill to Authorize Commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to Sell Stone Off the Canal Lands.”
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 167.