Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 15th Feb.[February], 1837.

AN ACT for the erecting a recorder and clerk’s office, in Sangamon county.
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Duty of the county commissioners clerk to receive proposals to build an office fire proof and give notice thereof.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be, and is hereby made the duty of the county commissioners court of Sangamon county, at the next March term of said court, to make an order requiring the clerk of said county, to give public notice that he will receive proposals until the first day of May next, for the building a recorder’s and clerk’s office for Sangamon county fire proof, of such size and dimensions as the commissioners of said county may direct, and it shall thereupon become the duty of said clerk to give such public notice for at least thirty days before the said first day of May next.

County commissioners to make the contract, authorised to hold special term.

County commissioners court authorised to borrow money.

Sec. 2. The said county commissioners court shall, after the receiving of said proposals, at the next June term of said court or at a special term to be held for that purpose, on the first Monday in May, proceed to contract with the person proposing to erect said offices for the least sum, and should there not be found in the Treasury of said county of Sangamon, sufficient to build said offices, then and in that case the county commissioners of said county of Sangamon be and they are hereby empowered to borrow upon the credit of the county of Sangamon, so much money as will complete the said offices.

Where office to be erected.

Sec. 3. That said offices shall be erected upon the north west corner of the public square, immediately south of the market house.

Approved 15th February, 1837.

1On January 13, 1837, Archer G. Herndon introduced SB 82 in the Senate. On January 17, the Senate laid the bill on the table. On January 19, the Senate passed the bill. On January 26, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. On January 30, the select committee reported the bill with amendments, and the House concurred in those amendments. On February 6, the House passed the bill. On February 10, the Senate concurred in the House’s amended version of the bill. On February 15, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 300, 403, 428, 488, 550, 571; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 217, 225, 239, 360, 388, 400-401, 434.