Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Jan.[January] 16, 1836.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Officers therein named.
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May keep offices in Lower Town Carlyle

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the clerks of the circuit and county commissioners’ courts of Clinton county, be, and they are hereby permitted to keep their offices in the Lower Town of Carlyle, and in the room now occupied by them for that purpose, (or in any other room in said Lower Town, they may think proper,) until the court house of said county shall have been completed, and in readiness for their reception.

Privilege extended.

Sec. 2. The same privilege, by this act given to the clerks of the circuit and county commissioners’ courts, shall be, [and] the same is hereby extended to the county recorder and judge of probate, of said county of Clinton aforesaid.

This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, Jan. 16, 1836.

1Benjamin Bond introduced the bill, originally titled “A Bill for the Benefit of the Persons Therein Named,” in the Senate on January 2, 1836. The Senate referred the bill to a select committee, which reported back the bill with an amendment on January 5. The Senate concurred in the amendment and passed the bill on January 8, at which point they changed the title of the bill. The House of Representatives passed the bill on January 14. On January 16, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 259, 284, 295, 324, 345, 358; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 156, 173, 188, 247, 267, 280.