Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Mar.[March] 2, 1839.

AN ACT concerning the town of Moscow1, in Wayne county.
2

Proprietors released.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the proprietors of the town of Moscow, in the county of Wayne, be, and they are hereby, released from all penalties and forfeitures incurred by them in selling lots in said town without first having the plat thereof recorded, upon condition that the said proprietors shall deliver up and cancel all notes for lots in said town, and withdraw all suits that may be instituted by them for any recovery of money promised for any lots in said town.

Suits, when dismissed.

Sec. 2. That if any suit or proceeding shall have been commenced against said proprietors for the recovery of any penalty as aforesaid, the said suits shall only be dismissed upon the payment, by the said proprietors, of all costs.

Approved, March 2, 1839.

1Moscow could not be positively identified.

2On December 22, 1838, Sidney H. Little introduced SB 42, originally titled “A Bill to Vacate and Relocate a Part of the State Road Leading from Whites Ferry to the Drowning Fork of Crooked Creek” in the Senate. On January 25, 1839, following the addition of sundry amendments, the Senate passed the bill, and referred it to the House. On February 28, following the addition of sundry amendments by a select committee, the House passed the bill, and referred it back to the Senate. On March 1, the Senate concurred with the House amendments. On March 2, the Council of Revision then 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), 286, 321-22, 531, 536, 557, 588; Journal of the Senate, at the First Session of the Tenth General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1836), 102-103, 180, 201, 225-226, 468-69, 475-76, 486, 495, 511.