In force, Feb.[February] 28, 1839.
AN ACT to authorize Samuel Hillon and Sylvanus Mason to build a mill-dam across Big Muddy river.
1Mill-dam across Big Muddy.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Samuel Hillon andSylvanus Mason be, and they are hereby, authorized to build a mill-dam across Big Muddy river, at a place known as the Shallow Ford, on said river, the same being on the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section number
twenty-two, in township number six, range two, east of the third principal meridian:
Provided, the said Samuel Hillon and Sylvanus Mason own the land above described.
Approved, February 28, 1839.
1On January 25, 1839, in the House of Representatives, Willis Allen presented a petition of Franklin County citizens requesting permission for Samuel Hillon and Sylvanus Mason to build a mill-dam across Big Muddy River. Allen moved to refer the petition to a select committee. On February 4, Allen introduced
HB 259 in the House. On February 13, the House passed the bill. On February 26, the Senate passed 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), 278, 340, 351, 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, 426, 447-48.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 203, GA Session: 11-1,