In force, Feb.[February] 6, 1839.
AN ACT for the relief of the securities of Thomas Moore.
1Persons released.
Proviso.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Austin Woodman, Hugh Jackson, Jabez Heaton, Joseph Johnson, William Carlin, Elijah Jett, Mathias S. Link, and Hiram Keach, be, and the same are hereby released from the recognizance by them entered into
as securities of Thomas Moore, in a case of the People of the State of Illinois against said Moore, now pending in the circuit court of Greene county; and they or either of them are authorized to plead this act in bar to any proceeding
on said recognizance bond: Provided, That said securities shall pay all costs accruing in proceeding upon the recognizance.2
Sec. 2. This act to be and remain in force from and after its passage.
Approved, February 6, 1839.
1Revill W. English introduced HB 38 to the House of Representatives on December 17, 1838. The House passed the bill on January 3, 1839. The Senate amended the bill and passed it on January 25. The House concurred with the amendment
on February 1. The Council of Revision approved the bull on February 6 and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 95, 114, 146, 159, 286, 321, 351, 358, 359;
Journal of the Senate (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 134, 149, 195, 227, 261, 285.
2The Senate passed an amendment adding the last proviso on January 25, 1839.
Journal of the House of Representatives (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 227.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 39, GA Session: 11-1