Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 21st July, 1837.

AN ACT concerning Calvin’s Slough.
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Calvin’s slough declared navigable.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Aesembly, That Calvin’s Slough, in the county of Greene, is hereby declared a navigable stream and public high way, from its confluence with the Illinois river to the town of Bluffdale.

Time of election.

May be fixed by county commissioners.

Sec. 2. That the time of holding elections for a justice of the peace and constable in each of the towns of Greenfield and White Hall, in Greene county, as authorized by “an act to incorporate the towns of Greenfield and White Hall, in Greene county,” approved on the fourth day of March last, may be fixed and ordered to take place by the county commissioners court for said county, on any day within nine months from the passage of this act; and such elections hereby authorized to be held shall be as good and valid as if the same had been held at the times contemplated in said act, and shall be conducted as therein required. 2

Approved, 21st July, 1837.

1Franklin Witt introduced HB 22 in the House of Representatives on July 14, 1837. The House passed the bill on July 17. On July 18, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on July 19 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed the bill as amended on July 20. The House concurred in the Senate amendment 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), 51, 97, 138, 161, 174, 182; 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), 79, 89, 95, 112, 137, 141.

2On July 19, 1837, the Senate amended the bill by adding this section.
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), 95.