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A Bill for “An act to amend the act Entitled “An act declaring what shall be evidence
in certain cases,” approved 10th January 1827”.
Section 1. Be it Enacted by the People of the state of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly. That in actions at common Law wherein the title to Land shall come or be, in Question,
a patent from the United States, shall be deemed and taken to Vest in the patentee,
his heirs and assigns, a letter legal and paramount title, than [may?] ^the^ certificate of any Register of a Land office of the United States of the Entry or
purchase of the Land in Question.
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A Bill for “An act to amend the act Entitled “An act declaring what shall be evidence
in certain cases” approved 10th January 1827.”
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Com on Jud’y
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1William Thomas introduced SB 40 in the Senate on July 15, 1837. The Senate passed the bill on July 19. On July 21, the House of Representatives declined to read the bill a third time.
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), 126, 156; 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), 59, 99, 137, 140.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 98, SB 40, GA Session 10-S, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,