In force 11th February, 1837
AN ACT to amend an act entitled “an act for the limitation of actions and for avoiding
vexatious law suits.”
1Acts of 1827 not to extend to non residents unless they be infants.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the proviso to the seventh section of the act to which this is an amendment,
shall not be held to extend to any non resident, unless such non resident be under
the age of twenty-one years, insane or feme covert, and then and in that case the rights of such persons shall be saved for the time
limited by the different sections of said act, after his or her becoming of full age,
sane or feme sole.2
Approved Feb.[February] 11th, 1837.
1William A. Minshall introduced HB 58 in the House of Representatives on January 2, 1837. On January 10, the House referred the bill to the Committee
on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary reported back the bill on January
17 with amendments, in which the House concurred. The House passed the bill as amended
on January 20. On January 24, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary
reported back the bill on January 28 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred.
The Senate passed the bill as amended on January 30. On February 8, the House concurred
with the Senate amendment. On February 11, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 157, 229, 281, 312, 433, 470-71, 516, 544, 551, 572;
Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 268, 281, 288, 313, 321, 378, 389.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 160, GA Session: 10-1