Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly that the time allowed to the Caledonia Railroad Company, created by An Act to incorporate the Caledonia Railroad approved July 21st 1837, be and the same is hereby extended to five years from and after the fourth day of July 1839, or until the Central rail road shall be completed to its intersection with the Southern Cross railroad, at the option of said Company.

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02/28/1839
Prickett, David (Pricket)

Passed February 28th 1839
D. Prickett Clk.[Clerk]

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A [B]ill For An Act to extend the time for the completion of the Caledonia Railroad2

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[03]/[01]/[1839]
Ind[Indefinitely] postponed

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[02]/[27]/[1839]
Engrossed

1Harvey T. Pace introduced HB 384, originally titled “A Bill to Create a Silk-Growing and Manufacturing Company,” in the House of Representatives on February 20, 1839. The House referred the bill to the Committee on Manufactures and Agriculture. The Committee on Manufactures and Agriculture reported back the bill on February 27 with an amendment, in which the House concurred. On February 28, the House passed the bill as amended, amending the title so as to read “A Bill to Extend the Time for the Completion of the Caledonia Railroad .” On March 1, the Senate indefinitely postponed 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), 466, 548, 557, 580; 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), 455, 479.

2On February 28, 1839, the House of Representatives amended the bill’s title.
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), 557.