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That our senators in Congress be Instructed and our representatives requested to ^use^
there
influence to procure an act of Congress to stop from sale the Lands owned by the united states within this state Except to those that become actual Settlers and Cultivators of the soil and ^to no one of person^
then
not
more than 640 acres
That no person or persons be permitted to Enter by premtion
untill they first make proof to the full sattisfaction of the Regester and receiver, that they have Lived upon and cultivated at Least 10 acres of the same
Tract of Land which they claim by preemption for the space of 12 moths or more That it is for there own use and not in Trust for an other that when any person or persons may make improvements
upon Congress Land in the prairies and that no timber is upon the Tract of Land which there improvement is on that sutch person be permitted to Enter any 160 acres of timber for the use of his
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farm where Ever they may please if the same be not coverd by preemption
That where any person or persons may Live upon Land of there own and part of there improvements may be upon Lands owned by the us that they be permitted to Enter so
much as will cover there improvement provided that it does not Exceed 160 acres
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Laid on table
1On December 19, 1836, Archer G. Herndon introduced the resolution in the Senate, and the Senate tabled it. On December 21, the Senate adopted the resolution by a
vote of 37 ayes to 1 nay. On December 23, the House of Representatives referred the resolution to a select committee. The select committee reported back
the resolution on December 30 with a substitute. The House referred the report of
the select committee, resolution, and proposed substitute to the Committee on Agriculture.
The Committee on Agriculture reported back the resolution on January 7, 1837, recommending
adoption of the select committee’s substitute. The House amended the proposed substitute.
The House then referred the entire subject to a select committee, which did not report
back the resolution before the end of the session.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 90-91, 94-95, 140-141, 194; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 80, 85-86.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 496, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,