Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all laws heretofore passed in relation to a State road leading from William Crows, in Morgan county, to Musick’s Bridge, in Sangamon county, are hereby repealed.

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02/05/1839
Prickett, David (Pricket)

Passed H. R. Feb 5^th 1839.
D. Prickett clk.[clerk] H. R.

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N^o 71

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H. R.
A Bill for an act repealing all laws in relation to a State road leading from William Crows in Morgan county to Musick’s Bridge in Sangamon county.

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[02]/[13]/[1839]
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sel Com[select Committee]
Weatherford[,] Thomas [,]& O’Rear

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[01]/[25]/[1839]
Engrossed

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Rejected by Senate

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ref[refused] to ord[ordered] to 3 Rdg[Reading]

1On January 7, 1839, Abraham Lincoln in the House of Representatives presented three petitions from citizens of Sangamon County, requesting the repeal of all laws related to a state road from William Crow,’s in Morgan county, to Musick’s Bridge in Sangamon County. The House referred the petitions to a three-person select committee that included Lincoln. In response to these petitions, Lincoln of the aforesaid select committee introduced HB 127 in the House on January 11. The House passed the bill on February 5. On February 14, the Senate refused to order the bill to a third reading.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 3, 1838 (Vandalia,IL: William Walters, 1838), 177, 197, 265, 277, 350, 402; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 3, 1838 (Vandalia, IL; William Walters, 1838), 284, 328, 334.