Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Dec.[December] 4, 1838.

AN ACT to amend an act to change the name of Watson James Filley.
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Preamble.

W. J. Filley’s name changed

Future name.

Privileges.

Whereas Matthew Cyrus presented his petition to this General Assembly, at its last session, stating that he had adopted Watson James Filley as a son, and asking a change of the name of the said Filley to that of Cyrus, and also asking that the said Filley be constituted one of the legal heirs of said Cyrus, and be thereby entitled to an equal distribution of his estate with the other children of said Cyrus, upon which petition an act was passed changing the name of said Filley, and said Cyrus has again petitioned that said Filley be declared one of this heirs, as aforesaid: Therefore,

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the said Watson James Filley Cyrus shall be deemed and considered as one of the heirs at law of the said Matthew Cyrus.

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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.

1William Weatherford introduced SB 16 in the Senate on July 13, 1837. The Senate passed the bill on July 15. The House of Representatives concurred on July 17. 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 of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 75, 95, 124; 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), 47, 50-51, 65, 79, 108-109.