Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Mar.[March] 2, 1839

AN ACT for the relief of John McMennaway, late sheriff of Macon county.
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County commissioners to stay execution on property of late sheriff.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the Genera Assembly, That the county commissioners’ court of Macon county be, and they are hereby, required to stay execution upon the property of John McMennaway, late sheriff of Macon county, for the term of nine months from the fourth day of March next.

To settle his accounts.

Allow for losses.

Sec. 2. That the said commissioners be, and they are hereby, authorized to settle the accounts of the said John

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McMennaway, on the principles of equity and justice, and shall allow him his commission on all taxes heretofore collected and paid into the treasury by him; and also allow him for all losses sustained by and in consequence of persons not being able to pay their taxes: Provided, That no allowance shall be made where it is clearly shown that such loss was occasioned by the negligence or inattention of said McMennaway.

Approved, March 2, 1839.

1On February 16, 1839, Jesse Wilson Gouge introduced HB 309 in the House. On February 23, the House passed the bill without amendment, and referred it to the Senate. On March 1, the Senate too passed the bill without amendment. On March 2, theCouncil of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives, at the First Session of the Tenth General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1836), 419, 435, 493, 575, 582, 596; Journal of the Senate, at the First Session of the Tenth General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1836), 407, 461, 465, 488.