Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec.[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly That hereafter Guardians shall settle [?] accounts with their wards before the proper Judge of Probate at least once in every year

Sec. 2 This act If any guardian shall fail so to settle his accounts, it shall be the duty of the Proper Judge of Probate to remove such guardian and appoint another requiring bond and security according to law.
This act to be in force from and after its passage2

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N^o 161.

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A Bill for
an act supplementary to “an act to amend [~~...~~?] an act concerning minors orphans and Guardians approved Feb.[February] 4. 1827” approved Feb. 7 1831

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Prickett, David (Pricket)

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1John McCown from the Committee on Agriculture introduced HB 161 in the House of Representatives on February 2, 1837. On February 24, the House referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, which reported back the bill with an amendment on February 27. The House approved the amendment, and on March 1, they passed the bill. On March 2, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, which took no further action on the bill.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 447, 707, 728, 781-82; Illinois SenateJournal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 575, 585.

2This bill was to supplement an act passed in February 1831 that amended the original legislation on guardians and wards enacted in February 1827. The 1831 act amended the 1827 act by requiring guardians to educate their wards on pain of removal by Probate Courts for failure to comply. It also allowed guardians to loan the money of their wards. During Abraham Lincoln’s time in the House of Representatives, the General Assembly further amended the 1827 act with SB 229, and sought to further amendment it with HB 264.
“An Act concerning Minors, Orphans and Guardians,” 5 February 1827, The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois (1827), 301-304; “An Act to Amend an Act, Entitled ‘An Act Concerning Minors, Orphans, and Guardians,’ Approved Feb. 4, 1827,” 7 February 1831, The Laws of Illinois (1831), 100.