Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Jan. [January]13, 1836.

AN ACT to confirm the Survey and Plat of the town of Clayton.
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Preamble

Whereas, it is represented to this General Assembly, by the proprietors and owners of lots in the town of Clayton, Adams county and state of Illinois, that after the said town was surveyed, and a plat thereof was made out and recorded in the recorder’s office of the said county, and before any lots therein were sold, a new survey and plat of said town (on a more liberal and enlarged plan) was made out, which new plat is now recorded in the said recorder’s office: and whereas it is further represented as aforesaid, that the lots in said town were numbered and sold according to the said new survey and plat. Therefore.

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First plat annulled 2d plat confirmed.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the said first named plat and survey be annulled and held for nought, and the said new plat and survey be, and is hereby declared as valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as though no other survey and plat thereof had ever been made, and the said new plat had been recorded before the sale of lots therein.

Approved, Jan. 13, 1836.

1On December 30, 1835, Archibald Williams in the Senate presented the petition of various citizens of Clayton, Illinois. The Senate referred the petition to the Committee on Petitions. Responding to the petition, Williams of the Committee on Petitions introduced SB 69 in the on January 1, 1836. The Senate passed the bill on January 4. The House of Representatives passed the bill on January 11. On January 13, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 227, 247, 277, 303, 309, 320; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 128, 145, 165, 213, 231, 236.