In force Jan.[January] 18, 1836.
AN ACT supplemental to an act, entitled “An act concerning Public Records,” approved February 9th, 1835.
1Transcribe deeds.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the second section of the act to which this is a supplement, which requires the recorder of Madison county, to transcribe certain deeds, be construed to mean deeds for lands lying in Madison county.
Governor’s duty.
Sec. 2. That the governor of this state is hereby authorised to cause the said deeds to be transcribed, as required by the act to which this is a supplement. And in case the said recorder of Madison county, shall neglect or refuse to transcribe the said deeds, within three months from the
passage of this act, the governor is hereby authorised to employ a suitable person to transcribe the same; and it shall be the duty of the
said recorder of Madison county, to give the person so employed by the governor, access to the record books, in which
the said deeds are recorded.
Compensation.
Sec. 3. That the governor is hereby authorised to allow the person employed by him to transcribe the deeds aforesaid, a just compensation
for his services, to be certified by the governor, and paid on the warrant of the
auditor, as provided in the fourth section of the act to which this is a supplement; Provided, That if the expense of transcribing such deeds, exceed the sum of one hundred dollars,
such excess shall be paid by the county commissioners’ court of Schuyler county.2
1George W. P. Maxwell introduced SB 64 in the Senate on December 31, 1835. The Senate passed the bill on January 4, 1836. On January
11, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. On January 13, the select committee reported
back the bill with an amendment, which the House approved. The House passed the bill
as amended on January 14. On January 18, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 227, 269, 276, 304, 329, 364, 370, 372;
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess.,
135, 151, 165, 248, 287, 288.
2On January 13, 1836, the House of Representatives amended the bill by adding the proviso.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 304.
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), 247, GA Session: 9-2,