Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force July 2, 1837.

AN ACT authorizing the Clerks of the County Commissioners’ Courts to list certain Lands.
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Lands lying in any county, not returned to any clerk by Auditor, or listed by any person, shall be listed by clerk of said county.

Sold for taxes.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in all cases where the several clerks of the county commissioners’ court of this state, shall come in possession of the fact, that there is land situated in the county in which he is acting as clerk, which land has not been transmitted to said clerk, by the Auditor of State, and which has been actually granted to any person or persons, and which has not been listed by any person, and that taxes are due and owing the state or county, which remains unpaid, said clerk shall proceed to list the same, in the name of the person or persons to whom said lands were granted; and shall proceed to advertise and sell the same for taxes, as other non-resident lands are now sold.

Approved, 21st July, 1837.

1William Edmonston introduced HB 68 in the House of Representatives on July 15, 1837. The House referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on July 17 with a substitute, in which the House concurred. The House passed the bill as substituted on July 18. The Senate concurred on July 20. 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), 82, 91-92, 107, 137, 148, 163;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), 91, 100, 112, 117, 142-43.