Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the qualified voters of township twenty nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, and that part of thirty three lying south of the Big Vermilion river, and in range one east of the third principal meridian, shall meet at the places of holding elections for Justices of the Peace and Constables, in said range, on the first Saturday in April next, and if necessary, chose their own Judges and Clerks, and proceed to take the vote of said qualified voters, for and against being detached from the county of La Salle, and should there be a majority of all the votes given at said election in favor of being thus detached from the county of La Salle, then townships twenty-nine and thirty shall belong to, and form a part of the ^county of^ Marshall, and the remainder of said range south of the Big Vermilion river, shall belong to, and form a part of the county ^of^ Putnam; and the returns of said election shall be made to the Secretary of State, by the Judges and Clerks of said election.
sec 2 That the county of Putnam shall hold an election on the second Saturday in April next for ^two^ county Commissioners, at the places of holding elections in said county. The sheriff of said county shall give notice thereof, by advertisement at six of the most public places in said county, at least fifteen days previous to said election; which election shall be conducted and returns thereof made as are now prescribed by law. The commissioners elected under the provisions of this act, shall hold their offices until the next election shall be
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held for county commissioners, and until their successors are qualified.
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Passed H. R. Feb. 9th 1839.
D. Prickett clk.[clerk] H. R.

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No. 167
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A Bill for an act to add range one to the counties of Marshall and Putnam.
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passed as amended
1These legislators formed a select committee in the Senate to consider the bill.
Illinois Senate Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 326.

Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 176, GA Session 11-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,