In force, Jan.[January] 2, 1836.
AN ACT making a partial Appropriation.
1Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts be, and he is hereby required to draw his warrant
on the treasury, for the sum of one hundred2 dollars to each member of the General Assembly; and a like warrant to the speaker of each house, the secretary of the Senate, and the clerk of the House of Representatives, and assistant clerks of each house; to each of the engrossing and enrolling clerks,
and door keepers of both houses.
Approved, Jan. 2, 1836.
1William L. D. Ewing introduced SB 43 in the Senate on December 22, 1835. The Senate amended the bill by inserting “one hundred” into
the blank and then passed the bill as amended on December 23. On the same day, the
House of Representatives refused to table the bill, by a vote of 23 yeas to 26 nays, with Abraham Lincoln not voting. The House passed the bill on December 30, by a vote of 28 yeah to 21
nays, Abraham Lincoln not voting. On January 2, 1836, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 136, 137-38, 178-79, 205, 213, 217; Illinois Senate
Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 89, 93, 134, 150, 151, 158.
2The original bill contained a blank, which the Senate filled in with “one hundred” on December 22, 1835.
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess.,
89.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their Second Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1836), 229, GA Session: 9-2,