In force, Mar.[March] 2, 1839.
AN ACT authorizing the settlement of the accounts of James Turney, late Attorney General, and for establishing two additional branches of the Bank of Illinois.
1Aud.[Auditor] & Treasurer to settle accounts.
Notice of time and place of settlement.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Auditor of Public Accounts and the State Treasurer be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to settle the accounts of James Turney, Esq.[Esquire], late Attorney General of the State of Illinois; and they are hereby required to give him notice of the time and place of making such
settlement, and shall settle the same according to principles of equity and justice;
and after having made settlement of the accounts and indebtedness of the said James Turney as such Attorney General, they are hereby required to report the result of the same
to the Governor of this State, who shall take such order thereon as the case may require.
Bank at Shawneetown may establish two additional branches.
Proviso.
Sec. 2. That the directors of the Bank of Illinois at Shawneetown be, and they are hereby, allowed to establish two additional branches of said institution in any county or counties in this State: Provided the bank shall agree to accept this amendment of its charter.
2Approved, March 2, 1839.
1On February 23, 1839, William J. Gatewood introduced SB 277, originally titled “A Bill Authorizing the Settlement of the Accounts of James Turney, Late Attorney General,” in the Senate. On the same day as its introduction, the Senate passed the bill without amendment,
and referred it to the House. On February 28, following the insertion of an additional section, and an alteration
to the title to include the words “and for establishing two additional branches of
the Bank of Illinois,” the House too passed the bill. On March 1, the Senate concurred with House’s alterations.
On March 2, theCouncil of Revision then 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), 487, 564-65, 576, 591, 600; Journal of the Senate, at the First Session of the Tenth General Assembly, of the
State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1836), 389, 468, 471-72, 476, 500, 503, 510, 512.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 272, GA Session: 11-1,