Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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

AN ACT in relation to the county of Macon.
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Territory attached to Macon.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter all that territory or tract of country lying between the counties of Logan and Dane, and extending four miles west of the third principal meridian, shall be attached to, and constitute a part of, the county of Macon. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, March 2, 1839.

1On February 9, 1839, James Allin introduced SB 200 in the Senate. On February 12, the Senate passed the bill without amendment, and referred it to the House. On February 25, following the insertion of an amendment by a select committee, the House too passed the bill. On March 1, the Senate concurred in the House amendment. 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), 393, 462, 512, 601; Journal of the Senate, at the First Session of the Tenth General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1836), 301, 317, 420, 486, 495, 501.