Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 21st July, 1837

AN ACT for the purposes therein mentioned.
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Preamble

Whereas, Tyler D. Hewett, late commissioner of the Gallatin Saline Lands, died without having settled up his accounts as such commissioner, and the same remaining unadjusted and unsettled, and in order to settle the accounts aforesaid without delay, Therefore,

Duty of Auditor

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts to institute a suit, in the Gallatin circuit court, against the securities of the late Tyler D. Hewett, on his official bond as commissioner of sales of saline lands.

Duty of circuit attorney to collect money

Sec. 2. That the circuit attorney for the third judicial circuit be authorized and required to collect any money that may be due from the lessees or any agent of the Gallatin Salines, and pay the same over to the State Treasurer.

Approved, 21st July, 1837.

1The multitude of proposed bills with the title “A Bill for the Purposes Therein Mentioned” complicate following this bill through the General Assembly. Evidence from the bill and act suggest that an unknown senator introduced SB 28 in the Senate on or before July 20, 1837. The Senate passed the bill on July 20. 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, 160; 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), 112, 142, 146.