Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb. 12, 1839.

AN ACT supplemental to an act, entitled “An act to erect certain bridges,” approved January 22, 1831.
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Proviso.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county of Knox shall be entitled to all the benefits of the act to which this is supplemental:2 Provided, The county commissioners’ court of said county shall comply with the requisites of said act within two years from the passage of this act.

Approved, February 12, 1839.

1Peter Butler introduced the bill in the Senate on December 28, 1838. The Senate passed the bill on January 17. Meanwhile, Wyatt B. Stapp had introduced a House version (HB 144) in the House of Representatives on January 12. The House passed the bill on January 16. The Senate tabled this bill on January 22. On February 9, the House concurred with the Senate version. On February 12, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1838. 11th G.A., 1st sess., 205, 217, 219, 281, 288, 369-70, 386; Illinois Senate Journal. 1838. 11th G.A., 1st sess., 119, 128, 141, 180, 183, 184, 206, 306, 313, 322.

2The 1831 law appropriated $200 to Knox County to build a bridge across Spoon River and required notifications for construction bids by October 1831. Apparently, the bids for construction never materialized and, therefore, this 1839 law was necessary.
“An Act to Erect Certain Bridges,” approved 22 January 1831, The Laws of Illinois (1831), 37-38.