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[E. Tankersley,?] administrator of the estate of John W Tankersly, late of Morgan county, Illinois, is hereby authorized to convey to James Tucker by deed of conveyance lot numbered five in Winchester: Provided, the said Tucker complies with his [?] to said administrator the [?] to said John W. Tankersly, for said lot This act to be in force from [and after its passage?]

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02/[15]/1839
Prickett, David (Pricket)

Passed the H R [15?] Feby 1839
D Prickett Clk[Clerk] H R

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A Bill [for] An act for the relief of E. Tankersly

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[02]/[11]/[1839]
Engrossed

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[02]/[26]/[1839]
Indefinitely postpon[ed]

1John J. Hardin introduced HB 279 in the House of Representatives on February 7, 1839. The House passed the bill on February 15. On February 26, the Senate indefinitely postponed further consideration.
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), 360-61, 377, 415, 529; 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), 338, 430.