Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Dec.[December] 4, 1838.

AN ACT for the relief of Mary Evans.
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Mary Evans to convey lands.

Description of lands.

Sec[Section]. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Mary Evans, of the county of Washington, in the State of Virginia, be, and she is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey, on the best terms she may be able to do, the following tract of land, situated in the county of Fayette, Illinois, viz: The southeast quarter, southeast (quarter) section number seven, township number six north, range one west: containing forty acres.2

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12/04/1838
Field, Alexander P.

Certificate of Sec[Secretary]. State.

This bill having been laid before the Council of Revision, and ten days not having intervened before the adjournment of the General Assembly, and the said bill not having been returned, with the objections of the Council, on the first day of the present session of the General Assembly, the same has become a law.

Given under my hand, the fourth day of December, 1838.
A. P. FIELD, Secretary of State.

1On July 14, 1837, William L. D. Ewing in the House of Representatives presented the petition of Mary Evans, requesting permission to sell certain land. The House referred the petition to a select committee. In response to this petition, William J. Hankins of the aforesaid select committee introduced HB 72 in the House on July 17. The House passed the bill on July 18. The Senate concurred on July 20. The Senate and House having laid the bill before the Council of Revision, and ten days not having intervened before the adjournment of the special session of the Tenth General Assembly, and the Council not having returned the bill with objections on December 3, 1838, the first day of the first session of the Eleventh General Assembly, the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 61, 92, 107, 137, 148; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 91, 101, 112-13, 117.

2On June 15, 1833, Simeon Evans purchased this land in western Fayette County for $50. Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Fayette County, 145:35, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois.