Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Dec.[December] 10, 1839.

AN ACT vacating a part of the town of Illinois city, and changing the name of the residence (residue) to that of Uniontown.
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Blocks vacated

Proviso.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the north division of the town of Illinois city, in the county of Whitesides, consisting of blocks three, four, nine and ten, is hereby declared vacated: Provided, however, That the vacating of the aforesaid blocks does not in any respect operate to the disadvantage of the residue of said town.

Union Town

Sec. 2. All that part of the county of Whitesides, on which the town of Illinois city is situated, which is recorded in the recorder’s office of Joe Daviess county, (except that part of the said town which by the first section of this act is declared vacated,) shall hereafter by known by the name of Uniontown, any plat or name to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 3. This act to be in force from and after the first day of June next.

[ certification ]
Field, Alexander P.

Certificate of Sec.[Secretary] of State

This bill having been laid before the Council of Revision, and ten days not having intervened before the adjournment of the General Assembly, and the said bill not having been returned with the objections of the Council on the first day of the present session of the General Assembly, the same has become a law.

Given under my hand this 10th day of December, 1839.
A. P. FIELD, Secretary of State.

1On January 25, 1839, Germanicus Kent introduced HB 213 in the House. On February 26, the House passed the bill without amendment, and referred it to the Senate. On February 28, the Senate too passed the bill without amendment. On March 1, the House concurred with the Senate amendments. On December 9, theCouncil of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives, at the First Session of the Eleventh General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1838), 279, 431, 458, 516, 562, 568; Journal of the Senate, at the First Session of the Eleventh General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1838), 418, 460, 475.