[I]n force Januay 19th, 1837
AN ACT concerning the town of Exeter in Morgan county.
1Proprietors of Exeter authorised to lay it out anew and make a new plat or alter the old one.
Proviso.
Sec[Section]. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the present proprietors of the town of Exeter in the county of Morgan,
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are hereby authorised and empowered to alter or lay out anew, said town, and to make a new plat thereof, and cause the same to be recorded, or to alter and
amend the old plat so as to correspond with such alteration in said town as the said proprietors thereof may make in pursuance of this act, Provided That no alterations shall be made, and no powers hereby granted, shall be exercised
by the said proprietors, without first obtaining the consent of all individual owners
of lots in said town, which consent shall be in writing, signed by the owners of lots in said town respectively, and shall be recorded in the recorder’s office of said county, at the expense of the said proprietors.
Sec. 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage.
Approved Jan. 19, 1837.
1On December 21, 1836, William W. Happy introduced HB 26 in the House of Representatives. On January 9, 1837, the House passed the bill. On January 12, the Senate passed the bill. On January 19, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 89, 162, 219, 248, 262, 286, 297; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 180, 188, 202, 222, 240.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 329-30, GA Session: 10-1