Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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

AN ACT to amend the recorded plat of the town of Athens.
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Preamble

Whereas, it appears from representation made by the citizens of the town of Athens, in the county of Sangamon, that a mistake occurred in the platting of said town: Therefore,

Plat vacated

Watson’s plat

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the plat of the town of Athens, in the county of Sangamon, as now appears on record in said county, be, and the same is hereby, vacated; and that the plat made out by John B. Watson, deputy surveyor of said county, is hereby declared to be the true plat of said town, and the recorder of said county is hereby required to record the same in his office.

[ 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. it has become a law.

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

1On February 2, 1839, Representative John Dawson introduced HB 247 in the House of Representatives. On February 13, the House passed the bill. On February 26, the Senate passed the bill. On February 12, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law on December 10, 1839.
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), 326, 345, 392, 529, 549; 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, 414, 425, 447-48.