In force, Jan. 7, 1839.
AN ACT to authorize Committees of the General Assembly to swear witnesses.
1Chairman or members of committees of both Houses may swear witnesses.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the chairman, or any member of any committee appointed by either branch of the
General Assembly of the State of Illinois, or any member of any joint committee appointed by the two Houses of the General Assembly aforesaid, shall be authorized, under the direction of such committee, to administer
oaths and affirmations to witnesses called before such committee for the purpose of
giving evidence touching any matter or thing which may be under the consideration
or investigation of the committee; and oaths and affirmations, administered as aforesaid,
shall be deemed and considered as having been administered lawfully.
Approved, January 7, 1839.
1William Thomas introduced SB 49 in the Senate on December 31, 1838. The Senate passed the bill on January 5, 1839. The House of Representatives, on the motion of Abraham Lincoln, concurred on January 5. On January 7, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 175-76, 181, 185; Illinois Senate Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 122, 128, 138, 143, 145, 146.
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,