Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force July 21, 1837.

AN ACT concerning the Public Revenue.
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Law repealed

Duty of sheriffs

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the several revenue laws of this state, as requires the state treasurer to pay the county commissioners of McDonough county, for the use of said county, any sum or sums of money, in lieu of her resident land tax, be and the same is hereby repealed; and hereafter the sheriff of said county be required to pay to the county treasurer of the aforesaid county, the amount of tax collected by him, on lands lying in said county, at the same time and in the same manner as sheriffs are in several counties in this state, other than those on the military tract.

Duty of sheriff Peoria county.

Sec. 2. The provisions of the first section of this act shall extend to the county of Peoria; and the sheriff of the said county of Peoria is hereby required to pay over the resident land tax of said county, in the manner therein provided, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.2

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

Approved, 21st July, 1837.

1William Edmonston introduced HB 28 in the House of Representatives on July 14, 1837. The House passed the bill on July 18. On July 19, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on July 20 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed the bill as amended. 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.
Illinois House Journal. 1837. 10th G. A., special sess., 21, 58, 107, 131, 158, 181; Illinois Senate Journal. 1837. 10th G. A., special sess., 91, 101, 111, 137, 138.

2On July 20, 1837, the Senate amended the bill by adding the second section. Being repealed were those sections of the revenue laws related to counties formed out of the Illinois Military Tract. In 1826, the General Assembly passed a law authorizing the annual payment of $225 for the counties of Calhoun, Pike, Adams, Schuyler, Fulton, and Peoria, to be paid in lieu of any tax arising on the lands in these counties. In 1827, the General Assembly raised the annual amount to $275. In 1829, the General Assembly further supplemented the 1827 law by appropriating $75 annually in addition to the $275 awarded the previous two years. It also stipulated that any county formed upon the Military Tract in the future would be entitled to the same sum. Formerly organized in 1831 after being attached to Schuyler County for administrative purposes, McDonough County fell under the latter provision.
Illinois Senate Journal. 1837. 10th G. A., special sess., 111; “An Act relating to the Revenue of Calhoun, Pike, Adams, Schuyler, Fulton, and Peoria Counties, 27 January 1826, Laws of the State of Illinois (1826), 89-90; “An Act to Provide for Raising a Revenue,” 1 March 1827, The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois (1827), 333; “An Act Supplemental to an Act, Entitled ‘An Act to Provide for Raising a Revenue,’” 19 January 1829, The Revised Cold of Laws, of Illinois (1829), 120.