In force 21st July, 1837
AN ACT to increase the Compensation of County Commissioners.
1Commissioners allowed $2 50 per day for services
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there shall hereafter be allowed to each county commissioner, in full for his
services for each day’s attendance in holding courts, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents, to be paid on the certificate of the clerk,
out of any moneys in the treasury of the county, not otherwise appropriated; so much
of the act regulating the salaries, fees, and compensation of the several officers
therein mentioned, approved February 19th, 1827, as fixes the compensation of the
county commissioners at one dollar and fifty cents per day, is hereby repealed.
Approved 21st July, 1837.
1Benjamin Mitchell introduced the bill,originally titled “A Bill for the Purposes Therein Named,” in the Senate on July 15, 1837. The Senate referred the bill to a select committee, which reported
it back with amendments on July 18. The Senate approved the amendments, and on July
19 they passed the bill. They then amended the title to read “A Bill to Increase the
Compensation of County Commissioners.” On July 21, the House of Representatives passed the bill. The same day, 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 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 121, 155, 174-75; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
a Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 66, 86-87, 98-99, 120, 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), 16, GA Session: 10-S