Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Mar.[March] 2, 1839.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled “An act establishing and regulating the inspection of tobacco in this State,” approved January 12, 1829.
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So much of property may be sold for charges.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That if any person shall leave, in any public or private warehouse in this State, any property of a perishable nature, or which, if not taken away and sold within fifteen months from the time at which such property was so left, would not at the expiration of that time be worth the charges which should then be due upon such property; and if the charges upon such property shall not be paid, then and in that case it shall be lawful for the occupant or occupants of such warehouse to sell at auction, to the highest bidder, only so much of such property as will pay the charges due, and the expense of selling and advertising the same, upon giving not less than three weeks’ public notice of the time and place of such sale, in two or more newspapers published in the town where such warehouse may be situated, or the vicinity thereof.

Sec. 2. That no occupant or occupants of any warehouse shall sell any larger amounts of property left in such warehouse than will be sufficient to cover the costs and charges upon the same.

Approved, March 2, 1839.

1On January 31, 1839, Ebenezer Peck introduced SB 164 in the Senate. On February 27, following the addition of an amendment by a select committee, the Senate passed the bill, and referred it to the House. On March 2, the House passed the bill without amendment. That same day, 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), 547, 596; Journal of the Senate, at the First Session of the Tenth General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1836), 253, 278, 442, 471-72, 507, 510-11, 512.