In force March 4, 1837.
AN ACT to amend an act incorporating the Illinois Exporting Company.
1Company may increase the quantity and hold estate
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly2, That the Illinois Exporting Company may increase the quantity of real estate, authorized to be held by said company in the first section of their charter, not exceeding one quarter section;3 and may hold, also, such lands, tenements, and heriditaments as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously
contracted in the course of its business, or purchased upon judgments, which shall
have been obtained for such debts, for a term not exceeding three years from the time
of acquiring such title.
Sec. 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage.
Approved 4th March, 1837.
1On January 10, 1837, Cyrus Edwards introduced SB 68, originally titled “A Bill to Amend ‘An Act to Incorporate the Alton and Wabash Railroad Company,’” in the Senate. On January 13, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select
committee reported back the bill on January 14 with an amendment, in which the Senate
concurred. The Senate passed the bill as amended. On January 25, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the
bill on February 23 with an amendment, in which the House concurred. On February
24, the House passed the bill as amended, amending the title so as to read “A Bill
to Amend An Act Incorporating the Illinois Exporting Company.” On February 28, the Senate tabled the bill and House amendments. On March 2,
the Senate took up and concurred with the House amendments and amended title. On March 4,Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 263, 269, 389, 683, 707, 808, 842; Illinois Senate
Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 186, 201, 209, 212, 526, 561, 593, 625-26, 639-40.
2On February 23, 1837, the House of Representatives apparently amended the bill by striking out all related to the Alton and Wabash Railroad and replacing it with text related to the Illinois Exporting Company.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 683, 707.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Incorporation Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed at a Session of the General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 292, GA Session: 10-1