Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb.[February] 28, 1839.

AN ACT to revive and amend an act, entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Caledonia.”
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Act revived.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the act, entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Caledonia,” approved July 21, 1837, be, and the same is hereby, revived.

Trustees.

Sec. 2. Samuel Spence, Peter A. Hailman, William Farrell, and Timothy Barlow, are hereby added to the board of trustees of said town.

Term of office.

Annual election.

Sec. 3. The term of office of said board of trustees shall expire on the first Monday of April, in the year 1840; on which day the first election of trustees shall be held; and the five trustees, then elected in the manner provided in the act hereby revived and amended, shall hold their office one year; and the annual election for the trustees of said town shall be held on the first Monday of April annually thereafter. This act to be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 28, 1839.

1On January 28, 1839, Henry L. Webb introduced HB 223 in the House of Representatives. On February 13, the House approved the bill. On February 26, the Senate approved the bill. On February 28, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
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), 300, 345, 392-93, 529, 549, 566; 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), 331-32, 424, 425, 447-48.