In force, Feb.[February] 19, 1839.
AN ACT to authorize A. and S. S. Phelps to establish a ferry across the Mississippi river, at the town of Oquawka.
1Ferry established.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Alexis Phelps and Stephen S. Phelps be, and they are hereby, authorized to establish and keep a ferry, for ten years, across the Mississippi river, at the town of Oquawka, in the county of Warren, in the State of Illinois.
Sufficient boat
Sec. 2. The said Phelps shall cause said ferry to be furnished with a tight, good boat, and
sufficient for the speedy and safe transportation of all passengers, their teams,
horses, cattle, and effects. Said boat shall be furnished with men of suitable strength
and skill to manage the same.
Tolls.
Sec. 3. The said Phelps shall receive such rates for crossing at said ferry as are now allowed
them by the county commissioners’ court of Warren county; and in the management and regulations of said ferry, the said Phelps shall be governed
by the requisitions of the act, entitled “An act to provide for the establishment
of ferries, toll-bridges, and turnpike roads,” approved February twelfth, eighteen
hundred and twenty-seven.2
Approved, February 19, 1839.
1On January 29, 1839, Senator Peter Butler presented the petition of E. and S. S. Phelps, and the Senate referred the petition to the Committee on Petitions. On February 6, Senator John D. Wood of the Committee on Petitions introduced SB 191 in the Senate. On February 7, the Senate passed the bill. On February 14, the House of Representatives passed the bill. On February 19, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 367, 406, 428; Illinois Senate Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 289, 293, 337, 347-348, 370.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 131, GA Session: 11-1,