Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec.[Section] 1^st. Be it enacted by the peopl[e] of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly.

That the act entitled an act to improve the navigat[ion] of the Big Vermilion, be and the same is hereby repeal[ed]

This act to take effect from its passage.

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02/05/1839
Passed H. R. Feb. 5^th 1839.
D. Pric[ke]tt Clk.[Clerk] H. R.

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H. R.
A Bill for An act to repeal [an] act to impro[ve] the navigation of the Big Vermilion.

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Engrossed,

1Isaac P. Walker introduced HB 200 in the House of Representatives on January 24, 1839. The House passed the bill on February 5. On February 19, the Senate tabled the bill.
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), 276, 285, 350; 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), 285, 328, 353.