In force, Feb.[February] 19, 1839.
AN ACT supplemental to “An act to authorize Ezra Baker, jr., to erect a mill-dam near Coffee island, on the Great Wabash river.”
1Time extended to build bridge.
Pool.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Ezra Baker, jr., be, and he is hereby, allowed the further time of two years, from December next, to complete his dam at
the Coffee Island ripple; and he is hereby further authorized to increase the height
of his dam, so as to create a pool corresponding in height with that now contemplated, or hereafter
to be created, by the improvements made, or hereafter to be made, by the State of
Illinois and Indiana, at the head of Coffee island.
Approved, February 19, 1839.
1On February 2, 1839, Representative Edward Smith introduced HB 246 in the House of Representatives. The House passed the bill on February 9, 1839. On February 15, the Senate passed the bill. On February 19, 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), 325, 373, 411, 428, 462; 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, 336, 347-348.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 131, GA Session: 11-1,