Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Mar[March] 2, 1839.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled “An act to locate a State road from Indiana line, northwest, in a direction to Mineral Point.”
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Com’rs[Commissioners] to finish location of road.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Charles Reed, of the county of Will, and Alvah Trask and Michael Shoup, of the county of Winnebago, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to finish the location of the State road from the west line of Will county to the county seat of Winnebago county.

Time & place of meeting.

Sec. 2. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the town of Aurora, Kane county, on the first day of May, or some day thereafter, and, after having been duly sworn by some justice of the peace faithfully to perform their duties, shall commence at the west line of Will county, where the said State road strikes said line, running thence to the several points specified in the act to which this is an amendment, approved March 1, 1837.

Report.

Sec. 3. Said commissioners shall, as soon as practicable, make a report in conformity to the act to which this is an amendment.

Acts repealed.

Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts coming within the purview of this act are hereby repealed. This act to be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, March 2, 1839.

1On January 28, 1839, William Stadden introduced SB 150 in the Senate. On February 7, the Senate passed the bill without amendment, and referred it to the House. On February 25, 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 in the House amendments. On March 2, theCouncil of Revision 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), 367, 406, 508, 601; Journal of the Senate, at the First Session of the Tenth General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1836), 237, 278, 293, 420, 471, 486, 510, 512.