Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly That the Justices of the Peace in this State shall have jurisdiction within their respective counties to hear and determine all actions of trover and trespass on personal property, where the damages, or amount claimed, shall not exceed Fifty dollars.

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02/09/1839
Passed H.R. Feb. 9^th 1839.
D. Prickett Clk.[Clerk] H. R.

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N^o 163

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H.R.
A Bill for an act to extend the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace.

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[02]/[13]/[1839]
Senate refuse to read a 2^d time.

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[01]/[31]/[1839]
Engrossed

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[02]/[13]/[1839]
senate refuse to [?] to 2 Reading

1John J. Hardin introduced HB 218 in the House of Representatives on January 28, 1839. The House passed the bill on February 9. On February 13, the Senate refused to read the bill a second time.
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), 295, 312, 372, 398; 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), 308, 327.