In force, Mar.[March] 2, 1839.
AN ACT changing the name of the town of Florence, in White county.
1Name of town changed.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the name of the town of Florence, in the county of White, shall be, and it is hereby, changed, and said town shall hereafter be called and known in law as Grayville; and the plat recorded as the town of Florence shall be considered as an addition to the original town of Grayville, and called the river addition to the town of Grayville; and all writings and conveyances, describing lots or parts of lots as situated in
the river addition to the town of Grayville, shall be deemed and considered as referring to the recorded plat of the said town
of Florence.2
Approved, March 2, 1839.
1Edwin B. Webb introduced HB 252 to the House of Representatives on February 4, 1839 as “An act authorizing the administrators of Henry M. Shaw, deceased, to execute deeds in certain cases, and changing the name of the town of
Florence, in White county.” The House passed the bill on February 13. The Senate passed an amendment removing the 1st section on February 26, passed the bill, and
changed the title to its final text. The House passed the amended bill on March 2.
The Council of Revision approved the bill on the same day and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 337, 392, 530, 590, 604, 606; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 331, 425, 471, 501, 510.
2The Senate passed an amendment on February 26, 1839, removing the original 1st section, thereby
making the 2nd section the 1st.
Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 425.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 273, GA Session: 11-1,