Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Dec[December] 10, 1839.

AN ACT to vacate certain alleys in the town of Winnebago.
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Alleys in block 1 & 40, vacated

Proviso.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of those alleys in the town of Winnebago, as run through block one, and block forty of said town, be, and the same are hereby vacated: Provided, That the consent of the owners of lots on said alleys shall first be obtained.

[ certification ]
Field, Alexander P.

Certificate of Sec.[Secretary] of State

This bill having been laid before the Council of Revision, and ten days not having intervened before the adjournment of the General Assembly, and said bill not having been returned with the objections of the council on the first day of the present session of the General Assembly, the same has become a law.

Given under my hand this 10th day of December, 1839.
A. P. FIELD, Secretary of State.

1On February 20, 1839, Representative Germanicus Kent introduced HB 350 in the House of Representatives. On February 26, the House passed the bill. On March 1, the Senate passed the bill. On December 9, 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), 457, 480, 524, 578, 593; 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), 437-38, 478, 496.