In force, Feb.[February] 15, 1839.
AN ACT to provide for the appointment of additional judges of elections in Coles and other counties.
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Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners’ court of Coles, McDonough, and Vermilion counties, shall have the right to appoint another set of judges of elections for
the precinct in which the county seat is situated.
Sec. 2. Said judges, so appointed, shall in all respects be governed, and their proceedings
regulated, by the law regulating elections.
Election precinct in Coles county .
Sec. 3. That all that tract of country lying withing the following limits, to wit: Commencing
at the southwest corner of Coles county, running east, twelve miles, to the line of the land district; thence, north, ten
miles; thence, west, to the line of said county; thence, south, to the place of beginning, shall hereafter constitute an election precinct, and be placed upon the same footing
as other election precincts; and elections shall be holden at the town of Woodbury, in said precinct.2
Approved, February 15, 1839.
1Byrd Monroe introduced SB 98 to the Senate on January 18, 1839. The Senate passed the bill on January 21. The House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee on January 29. The committee reported back
on February 2 and recommended amendments, to which the House concurred. On February
9, the House passed the bill. The Senate passed the amended bill on February 9 and
added the final clause to the title. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 15 and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 257, 307, 327, 370, 394, 395, 402; Journal of the Senate (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 188, 200-201, 309, 318, 332, 341.
2The House of Representatives passed an amendment on February 2, 1839, adding the third section.
Journal of the House of Representatives (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 327.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 120, GA Session: 11-1,