In force, Feb.[February] 16, 1839.
AN ACT to authorize the county commissioners of Peoria and other counties to lease
certain offices.
1Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners’ courts of the counties of Peoria, Putnam, Fayette, Greene, and Vermilion, are hereby authorized to lease such vacant room or rooms, as offices, as may be
in their respective court houses, and not occupied by and furnished for the several
court offices as required by law, for any term not exceeding one year, and for such
rent or rents as they may think right and proper.
Sec. 2. The county commissioners of the aforesaid counties shall have the care and custody
of the court houses in their respective counties, any law to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Approved, February 16, 1839.
1On January 28, 1839, John Hamlin introduced SB 148 in the Senate. On January 29, the Senate amended the bill. On February 2, the Senate passed the
bill as amended. On February 13, the House of Representatives passed the bill. On February 16, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
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), 337, 343, 347, 390, 415; 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 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 236, 265, 338, 349.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 119, GA Session: 11-1,
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