Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly

That Little Rock River2 be and the same is hereby declared a navigable stream from its mouth where it empties into Rock River as far up as Genessee Grove.

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H R
A Bill
For an act to declare Little Rock River3 Navigable

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[02]/[19]/[1839]
Sel com[Select committee]
Craig
Kent
Allen of Franklin

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Indefinitely postponed

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Prickett, David (Pricket)

Ord.[Ordered] to be Engrossed
H. R. Clk.

1On January 21, 1839, Germanicus Kent in the House of Representatives presented the petition of citizens of Whiteside County, requesting that the Little Rock River be made navigable. The House referred the petition to the Committee on Internal Improvements. In response to this petition, Edward Smith of the Committee on Internal Improvements introduced HB 204 in the House on January 25. On February 18, the House indefinitely postponed further consideration. On February 19, the House re-considered this voting, referring the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on February 25 with amendments, in which the House concurred. The House passed the bill as amended on February 27. On March 1, 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), 245, 278, 432, 441, 455, 508, 522, 542; 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), 452, 484.

2Little Rock River could not be positively identified

3Little Rock River could not be positively identified