Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, 21st July, 1837.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Carlinville, approved March 4, 1837.
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Part of act repealed

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Itlinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of an act, entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Carlinville,” approved March 4, 1837, as declares that the corporate limits of said town shall extend a half mile north, east, west from the centre of the public square, and south to the prescribed limits of the town plat, as recorded in the county of Macoupin, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Corporate limits to be limited by trustees of town

Sec. 2. The corporate limits of the town of Carlinville shall hereafter be prescribed and fixed by the trustees of said town, in such manner as to include the original plat of said town and such additions thereto as have or shall be made hereafter to the same, but shall not include any lands not laid off into town lots.

Town of Franklin may be incorporated

May have all privileges of act

Sec. 3. That the inhabitants of the town of Franklin, in the county of Morgan, are hereby authorized and empowered to become incorporated in the manner and upon the terms prescribed in the act entitled “an act to incorporate the inhabitants of such towns as may wish to be incorporated,” approved February 12, 1831, notwithstanding there may not be one hundred and fifty inhabitants in said town; and upon complying with the provisions of the act aforesaid the inhabitants of the said town, and the president and trustees thereof when elected, shall have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and powers granted and conferred by the act above recited, and the several acts amendatory of the act aforesaid.

This act to be in force from and after its passage.2

Approved, 21st July, 1837.

1On July 12, 1837, John Harris in the House of Representatives presented the petition of citizens of Macoupin County, requesting changes in the incorporation law for Carlinville. The House referred the petition to the Committee on Petitions. In response to this petition, John Wyatt from the Committee on Petitions introduced HB 18 in the House on July 13. The House passed the bill on July 14. On July 17, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on July 18 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. On July 19, the Senate passed the bill as amended, amending the title by adding thereto the words “and for other purposes.” The House concurred with the Senate amendments on July 21. On July 21, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837),22, 50, 64, 126, 157, 161, 181; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session, Begun and Held in Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 54, 76, 83, 98, 137, 138.

2On July 18, 1837, the Senate amended the bill by adding the third section. On July 19, the Senate amended the title by adding the words “and for other purposes.” This language did not make it into the act.
Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session, Begun and Held in Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 83, 98.