Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That the Judge of the second Judicial Circuit of this State be and he is hereby authorized in [term?] time to appoint some attorney of the Court to prosecute all suits in behalf of the people until an attorney general or States Attorn[ey] be elected and qualified to [dis]charge said duties.

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02/07/1839
Passed the H R 7^th Feby 1839
D Prickett Clk[Clerk] H R

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N^o 217.

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A Bill for an act providing for the temporary appointment of an attorney [to] prosecute in the [Second] Judicial Cir.

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Engrossed

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refuse to ord [order][3] R.[Reading]

1Josiah Fisk introduced HB 276 in the House of Representatives on February 7, 1839, and the House passed the bill without amendment. On February 23, the Senate refused to read the bill a third time.
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), 357, 360, 491; 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), 328, 388.