In force, Feb.[February] 27, 1839.
AN ACT for the relief of the Trustees of Shawneetown.
1Lots escheated to State granted to trustees of Shawneetown
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in the event of in-lots, in Shawneetown, No. 1097 and 1098, of which one Sherbal Fuller died seized, being escheated to the State of Illinois by due process of law, for defect of heirs or devisees to take the same, the said
lots shall be, and the same are hereby, granted to the trustees of Shawneetown, and their successors in office, in full property, subject, however, to be claimed
by, and restored to, such heirs or devisees within the time and according to the mode
prescribed by the act, entitled “An act regulating escheats,” approved March 1st,
1833.
Proceeds, how applied.
Sec. 2. The said trustees of Shawneetown are hereby authorized to apply the proceeds of said lots, when sold by them, towards the extinguishment of the debt incurred by them for the
purpose of grading and paving the river bank in front of said town.
Approved, February 27, 1839.
1On February 8, 1839, William Thomas introduced SB 195 in the Senate. 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, 444, 464, 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), 296, 316, 419, 445-46, 452.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Incorporation Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 128, GA Session: 11-1,