In force, Feb.[February] 27, 1839.
AN ACT further to provide for the release and extinction of mortgages.
1Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be deemed a sufficient release
and extinction of any mortgage granted upon any real estate, if the mortgagee, his
or her legal representative or assigns, shall grant a full release of the same under
his, her, or their seal and signature, in the presence of an attesting witness, and
acknowledge the execution of such release in the same manner, and under the same restrictions,
in which deeds are acknowledged by the existing laws of this State.
Approved, February 27, 1839.
1On February 2, 1839, Ebenezer Peck introduced SB 178 in the Senate. The Senate read the bill twice and referred it to the committee on the Judiciary.
On February 8, the committee reported the bill back with an amendment to which the
Senate concurred. On February 12, the Senate passed the bill. On February 25, the
House of Representatives passed the bill. On February 27, 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), 393, 463, 513, 534; 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), 263, 296, 316, 419, 445-46, 452.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 197, GA Session: 11-1,