In force, Jan.[January] 12, 1839.
AN ACT to authorize Edward White to establish a ferry across the Mississippi river.
1E. White to establish a ferry across the Mississippi river for ten years.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in theGeneral Assembly, That Edward White be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish and keep a ferry, for ten years, across
the Mississippi river at his landing, on the northwest quarter of section eleven, in township seven north,
and range eight, west of the fourth principal meridian.
Boat to be worked by steam or horse power.
Sec.[Section] 2. Said White shall cause said ferry to be furnished with tight good boat, to be worked by steam or horse-power, and sufficient for the speedy and safe transportation
of all passengers, their teams, horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as their
goods and effects. Said boat shall be furnished with men of suitable strength and
skill to manage the same.
Rates of toll
Sec.[Section] 3. Said White shall receive such rates for crossing at said ferry as are now allowed him by the
county commissioners’ court of Hancock county; and, in the management and regulation of said ferry, the said White shall be governed by the requisitions of the act, entitled “An act to provide for
the establishment of ferries, toll-bridges, and turnpike roads,” approved February
12, 1827.2 This act to take effect from and after the date of its passage.
Approved, January 12, 1839.3
1Sidney H. Little introduced SB 30 in the Senate on December 18, 1838. The Senate passed the bill on December 22. On January 4,
1839, the House of Representatives amended the bill by striking out the word “Edmund” wherever it occurred and inserting
“Edward.” The House passed the bill as amended, amending the title by striking out
the word “Edmund” and inserting “Edward.” The Senate concurred with the House amendments
on January 9. On January 12, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 138, 143, 160, 166, 193, 200; Illinois Senate Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 77, 101, 104-105, 138, 149, 159, 160, 168.
2
“An Act to Provide for the Establishment of Ferries, Toll Bridges and Turnpike Roads,”
Revised Code of Laws (1827), 220-27.
3The bill identified Edward White as “Edmund White.” On January 4, 1839, the House of Representatives amended the bill and bill title by striking out “Edmund” wherever it appeared and
inserting in lieu thereof “Edward.”
Illinois House Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 166.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 195, GA Session: 11-1,