In force 27th Feb.[February], 1837.
AN ACT supplemental to an act to incorporate the Chicago and Vincennes Rail Road Company, approved Jan.[January] 17. 1835.
1Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the third section of the act to which this is a supplement, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and if the corporation by that act created, shall not within three years from the first day of January next, commence
the construction of the road provided for by said act, and expend at least the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars thereon; and shall not,
within eight years from the last mentioned time, construct, finish and put in operation,
the single or double rail road, then the said corporation shall thenceforth forever cease, and this act, and the act to which this is a supplement, be null and void.
Approved 27th Feb. 1837.
1On February 10, 1837, Jesse K. Dubois introduced HB 220 in the House of Representatives. On February 18, the House passed the bill. On February 24, the Senate passed the bill. On February 27, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 546, 640, 696, 716, 729, 739; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 463-64, 502-503, 510-11, 523, 528.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Incorporation Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed at a Session of the General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 118, GA Session: 10-1