Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Commissioners appointed to take the census of the several counties of this State in addition to the duties now required of them, to set down in a separate column, the names of all persons who a[re] not permanent Citizens of such [C]ounty, but who, for the time [b]eing, may be engaged upon any of the public works in such County.

Sec. 2. Said Commissioners shall also set down in a separate columns the names and ages of all deaf and dumb persons residing in their respective counties.

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02/07/1839
Bond, Benjamin

Passed the senate
Feby 7 1839
Ben: Bond secry[secretary] senate

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Senate No. 120
A Bill for For an act to amend “An act to provide for the taking of the Census or enumeration of the [Inh]abitants of the state[”] approved January 13^th 1829.

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[02]/[14]/[1839]
lay table 4^th July

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[02]/[05]/[1839]
Engrossed.

1Orville H. Browning introduced SB 139 in the Senate on January 25, 1839. The Senate passed the bill on February 7. On February 14, the House of Representatives tabled the bill until July 4.
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), 367, 407; 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), 222, 278, 293.