In force 21st July, 1837
AN ACT to increase the Capital Stock of certain Companies.
1Capital increased $200,000
Powers of president and directors
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the capital stock of the Pittsfield and Mississippi Railroad Company is hereby increased the sum of two hundred thousand dollars; and the capital stock
of the Winchester, Lynnville, and Jacksonville Railroad Company, is hereby increased two hundred thousand dollars. The president and directors of said companies shall severally have power to dispose
of the stock not subscribed for, upon such terms as they may deem for the interest
of the companies. 2
Approved 21st July, 1837.
1Albert G. Leary introduced HB 40, originally titled “A Bill to Legalize Certain Terms of the Circuit Courts in the Seventh Judicial Circuit,” in the House of Representatives on July 15, 1837. The House passed the bill on July 18. On July 19, the Senate refused to read the bill a third time. The Senate later re-considered this vote,
and referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary
reported back the bill on July 20 without amendment, and the Senate referred the bill
to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill with an amendment,
in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed the bill as amended, amending the
title so as to read “A Bill to Increase the Capital Stock of Certain Companies.”
On July 21, the House rejected the Senate amendments and amended title. The Senate
adhered to its amendments, and the House receded from its nonconcurrence. 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), 76, 107, 131, 158, 167, 168; 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), 91, 101, 103, 105, 107, 137, 140, 141, 144.
2On July 20, 1837, the Senate amended the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause and adding new language. It also amended
the bill title.
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), 107
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), 40, GA Session: 10-S