In force 15th Jan.[January], 1836.
AN ACT relative to the Records of Clinton County.
1Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the several county recorders of the counties of Bond, Fayette, and Washington, are hereby directed and required, on or before the first day of July next, to furnish
the county recorder of the county of Clinton, certified transcripts of all deeds, bonds, and title papers, recorded in their respective
counties, relating to the title to real estate in Clinton county, which may have been recorded therein, prior to the first day of March 1825.
Recorder of Clinton county.
Sec. 2. The county recorder of Clinton county shall, on or before the first day of April next, furnish to the said county recorders,
a well bound book, in which said transcripts and certificates shall be entered; copies
of which, duly certified by the recorder of Clinton county, shall be competent evidence in any court of justice in all matters to which they
relate.
Compensation.
Sec. 3. The county commissioners of Clinton for said
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transcripts, may make such allowance to the several recorders aforesaid, as they may deem reasonable,
not exceeding the legal fees for copies and certificates.2Approved, Jan. 15, 1836.
1Cyrus Edwards introduced SB 98, originally titled “An Act Further to Amend ‘An Act to Provide for the Application
of the Interest of the Funds Arising from the Sale of the School Lands Belonging to
the Several Townships in this State,’” in the Senate on December 17. 1835. On December 21, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee.
On January 6, 1836, the select committee reported a substitute for the bill, in which
the Senate concurred. On January 8, the Senate passed the bill as amended and also
amended the bill’s title. The House of Representatives passed the bill on January 13. On January 15, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 259, 283, 289, 314, 331, 349; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 54, 82, 177, 188-189, 238, 250, 269.
2On December 27, 1824, the General Assembly created Clinton County from portions of Washington, Bond, and Fayette Counties. In February 1825, county residents elected the first County Commissioners’ Court, which met in special session on February 21. In March 1825, the Board of Commissioners
met in their first regular session.
History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois (Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough, 1881), 79-80.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their Second Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1836), 258-59, GA Session: 9-2,