Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 2nd March, 1837

AN ACT for the benefit of a person therein named.
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County court to enter judgment vs. Caruthers, satisfied, obtained on recognizance bond

State vs. McAllister

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners’ court of the county of Lawrence in this state, is hereby authorized and required to enter or cause to be entered, upon their record a full satisfaction of any judgment which may at any time be obtained against George W. Carruthers and others, in a cause in which the people of the state of Illinois are plaintiff, and one McAllister, indicted for polygamy in the Lawrence circuit court, is principal defendant, or upon any judgment which may be obtained upon any recognizance growing out of, or connected with, said cause, and the said commissioners’ court are required to do the same at such time and in such manner, that satisfaction and payment shall be allowed to said Carruthers before said judgment, or any part thereof is collected.

Relief only extended to Caruthers

Sec. 2. The relief hereby granted and the satisfac- required to be entered, shall extend only to the said Car-

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ruthers, and not to other persons bound, or which may be bound, by the same judgment.

Sec. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.

Approved 2d March, 1837.

1Benjamin Bond introduced S Misc 3 in the Senate on February 11, 1837. On February 20, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on February 21 with amendments, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed the bill as amended. The House of Representatives concurred on February 27. On March 2, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 657, 733, 802; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 399, 436, 462, 472, 552, 591, 601-602.