In force, Feb.[February] 28, 1839.
AN ACT to amend “An act to incorporate the Quincy, Griggsville, Jacksonville, and Springfield Turnpike Company.”
1Third section of act repealed.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the third section of an act, entitled “An act to incorporate the Quincy, Griggsville, Jacksonville, and Springfield Turnpike Company,” approved March 1, 1837, be, and the same is hereby, amended, so as to permit said company to commence the construction of the turnpike therein provided for at any time within
five years, and to complete the same, as therein provided, in ten years, without forfeiting
said charter, or rendering said act null and void. This act to be in force from and
after its passage.
Approved, February 28, 1839.
1On January 24, 1839, William Gilham introduced HB 197 in the House of Representatives. On February 23, the House passed the bill. On February 26, the Senate passed the bill. On February 28, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess.,
276, 416, 422, 484, 535, 549, 566; Illinois Senate Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 386, 431-32, 447.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Incorporation Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 148, GA Session: 11-1,