In force 21st July, 1837.
AN ACT explanatory of the act to amend the several acts in relation to Common Schools,
approved March 4th, 1837.
1Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the third section of the act to amend the several acts in relation to common
schools, approved March 4th, 1837, shall be construed to extend, apply to, and embrace
only that surplus revenue which is added to, and made to form a part of the common
school fund, by the provisions of the first section of the act herein recited.
Approved, 21st July, 1837.2
1William Ross introduced SB 1, originally titled “A Bill to Suspend Proceedings Under the Act to Establish and
Maintain a General System of Internal Improvements, and for Other Purposes,” in the
Senate on July 15, 1837. The Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Internal Improvements.
The Committee on Internal Improvements reported back the bill on July 19 with an amendment,
in which the Senate concurred by a vote of 24 yeas to 13 nays. The Senate passed
the bill as amended on July 20, amending the title so as to read “A Bill Explanatory
of the Act to Amend the Several Acts in Relation to Common Schools, Approved March
4th, 1837.” The House of Representatives concurred 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), 137, 159-60; 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), 57-58, 94-95, 111-12, 137, 142-43, 146.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at their Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 89, GA Session: 10-S,