In force, Feb.[February] 1, 1840.
AN ACT making additional appropriations for the years 1839 and ’40.
1Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there shall be allowed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Speaker of the Senate, each, the sum of seven dollars per day and four dollars for every twenty miles
necessary travel, in coming to and returning from the seat of government of this State.
Sec. 2. To each member of the Senate and House of Representatives the sum of four dollars per day for every day’s attendance at the present session
of the General Assembly, and four dollars for every twenty miles necessary travel, in coming to and returning
from the seat of government.
Assist’t[Assistant] clerks
Sec. 3. To the Secretary of the Senate and principal Clerk of the House of Representatives six dollars per day, and to each assistant clerk of the Senate and House of the Representatives the sum of six dollars per day. The number of days employed to be certified by the clerk of each House respectively.
E.[Engrossing] & E.[Enrolling] clerks
Assistants
Sec. 4. To the engrossing and enrolling clerk of each house five dollars per day, and to
each assistant engrossing and enrolling clerk of both houses four dollars per day.
The number of days employed to be certified by the engrossing and enrolling clerks.
Doorkeepers
Sec. 5. To the door keeper of each House, four dollars per day.
A. Johnson
Sec. 6. To Andrew Johnson four dollars per day, during the time employed in reading bills, messages, &c.[et cetera] for the House of Representatives, and six dollars per day during the time he acted as assistant clerk of the House at its present session.
Sec. 7. To David Prickett six dollars per day during the time he acted as clerk of the House at its present session, the number of days employed to be certified by the Speaker.
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W. L. Graves
F. B. Hicks
Sec. 8. To William L. Graves fifteen dollars and fifty cents, amount expended by him in going to Pike county to summon witnesses in the contested case between Richard Kerr and Oscar Love; and to F. B. Hicks the sum of four dollars per day and fifteen dollars for expenses in going to Coles to summon one witness in the same case. The number of days to be certified by the
Speaker.
Mileage to old officers
Exception
Sec. 9. To the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives, who were chosen at the last session of the General Assembly, and who are in attendance at the present session, the sum of two dollars for every twenty miles necessary travel in coming to and returning
from the seat of Government, except such as are herein otherwise allowed travelling fees.
J. Cook
Sec. 10. To Isaac Cook four dollars per day, for nineteen days, in summoning witnesses on the charges preferred
against the Hon. John Pearson, by James M. Strode and others, and fifty dollars for expenses.
J. Taylor
To John Taylor four dollars, for articles furnished for the burial of the Hon. James Copeland.
H. Woodson
To Harriet Woodson for articles furnished, and services rendered in the same case, five dollars.
J. Brewer
To John Brewer five dollars for digging the grave for the Hon. James Copeland.
Sec’y of Council of Revision
To the secretary of the council of revision four dollars per day; the number of days
employed to be certified by the council of revision.
To Thomas Maffit five dollars, for swearing the new members of the House of Representatives, and swearing witnesses in the Pike county contested seat, and on the charges preferred against the Hon. John Pearson.
J. N. English
To John N. English, for fifteen days attendance as assistant door-keeper to the House of Representatives, four dollars per day.
L. T. Jemison
To L. T. Jemison, clerk of the joint select committee, appointed to investigate the affairs of the
State Bank, four dollars per day; the number of days employed to be certified by said
committee.
To the secretary of the Senate and principal clerk of the House of Representatives, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars each, for furnishing a copy of the Journals
of the proceedings of the two branches of the Legislature for publication.
Doorkeep’r[Doorkeeper] of Coun.[Council] Revis.[Revision]
To the door-keeper of the council of revision three dollars and fifty cents per day,
the number of days employed to be certified by the Governor.
To each assistant door-keeper of the Senate and House of Representatives four dollars per day.
To Oscar Love four dollars per day, during the time he held his seat as a Representative from the
county of Pike; the
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number of days to be certified by the clerk of the House of Representatives, and the same rate of mileage as other members.
To A. Trailer thirty-one dollars and fifty cents for making a coffin, and other services rendered
in the burial of the Hon. James Copeland.
J. T. Collier
To James T. Collier three dollars and fifty cents per day, for attending to the offices of Secretary
of State, and to the engrossing and enrolling clerks of each House; the number of
days employed to be certified by the Secretary of State.
H. E. Bridge & Co.
To H. E. Bridge & Co. the sum of five hundred and eighty-four dollars and ninety-seven cents, being in
full for articles furnished for the use of the State.
To Joseph Thayer & Co. seventeen dollars and nineteen cents, in full, for articles furnished for the use
of the State.
J. H. Smith
To John H. Smith twelve dollars and fifty cents for hawling saw dust for the use of the House of Representatives.
C. B. De Reimer & Co.
To C. B. De Reimer & Co. twelve dollars for articles furnished for the use of the office of Secretary of State.
To Robert Irwin & Co. two hundred and sixty-five dollars, in full, for articles furnished for the State.
To A. Trailer thirty dollars, in full, for articles furnished for the use of the State.
Sec’y of State
To the Secretary of State, for copying laws, making marginal notes, and index to
the same, and making index to the Journal of the Senate and House of Representatives, reading proof sheets and superintending printing, the sum of five hundred dollars.
To A. P. Field, for his expenses to Louisville to purchase stationary for the Legislature of 1837 and 1838, the sum of seventy-five dollars.
To James P. Langford two hundred and thirty dollars and six cents, in full, for work done and materials
furnished for the State.
To John G. Burgan, for the use of the first Presbyterian church, fifteen dollars for work done for the use of the State.
To S. M. Tinsley sixty-four dollars and seven cents, for articles furnished for the use of the State.
J. Hart
To John Hart two dollars and thirty-eight cents, for drayage of wood for the Council of Revision.
To Joseph Thayer twenty-five dollars, for the rent of a room for the engrossing and enrolling clerk
of the House of Representatives.
E. H. Bridges & Co.
To E. H. Bridges & Co. one dollar and twenty-five cents, for articles for the use of the State.
J. Clifton
To John Clifton eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents, for the use of a room, fire and lights,
furnished for the committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the State Bank.
C. Birchall & Co.
To C. Birchall & Co. one hundred and thirty seven dollars and seventy-five cents, in full, for articles
furnished for the use of the State.
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To Webster and Hickox, for articles furnished for the funeral of the Hon. James Copeland, five dollars.
To Garrett Elkin, for a room furnished for the use of the Council of Rivision, the sum of fifty-seven dollars.
P. Beers
To P. Beers, for the use of the Christian church, by the Supreme court, at the last July term, the sum of fifty dollars.
To the wardens and vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal church, for the use of said church by the Supreme court at its present session, the sum of fifty dollars.
Trustees 2nd Presbyterian church
To the trustees of the second Presbyterian church, the sum of two hundred dollars, for the use of their church as a Hall for the House of Representatives.
To Moses K. Anderson, adjutant general of the Illinois militia, the sum of twenty dollars and eighty-two cents for services rendered in the year
1839, from the fifteenth day of October last to the 31st of December, 1839.
Trustees 2nd Presbyterian church
The trustees of the second Presbyterian church may retain the four stoves now in the same, for the use of said church, until said stoves be required for the use of the State.
Duty of Auditor
The Auditor of Public Accounts shall issue his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the different persons heretofore
named for the several sums annexed to their respective names.
Inspectors of Penitentiary
The Auditor shall issue his warrant in favor of the inspectors of the Penitentiary for such sum or sums as may be certified by them, to be necessary to pay guards for
securing convicts in the Penitentiary, for which there are no cells: Provided, they shall not pay more than one dollar and twenty-five cents per day for each guard
necessarily employed.
Sec. 11. To James L. Lamb the sum of eighteen dollars and fourteen cents, for candles.
To Rankin and Edwards, eight dollars.
To the Methodist Episcopal church, for the use of house by the Senate, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, and the use of the stoves and other furniture
until called for by the Senate.
G. T. Edwards
To George T. Edwards, for assisting the sergeant at arms, the sum of four dollars.
The additional sum of fifty dollars for the use of the Episcopal church.
To Thomas Bryant, sheriff of Peoria county, the sum of one hundred dollars, for apprehending Wm. B. Thomson, a convict who escaped from the Penitentiary in 1836, and delivering him to the warden of the penitentiary in 1839.
Sec. 12. To P. A. Saunders, for rent for a room for the clerks’ office of the Supreme court, from the 29th of July, 1839, at the rate of seven dollars per month, to be paid
on the certificate of the clerk of said court.
To D. Ragsdall the sum of sixteen dollars, for four days services as assistant sergeant at arms
at the present session.
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To John Williams, for fitting up room for the sittings of the Supreme court, twenty-five dollars, July term.
Mr. Hough
To Mr. Hough, for furnishing coal for the use of the Supreme court, sixteen dollars.
No new contracts to be let on public works.
The Board of Public Works provided for, and created by the provisions of an act to provide for the settlement
of debts and liabilities incurred on account of Internal Improvement, in the State
of Illinois, passed at the present session of the General Assembly, are hereby prohibited from letting any additional contract upon any rail road, turnpike
road, or river in this State, until further authorized by law so to do.
Approved, February 1, 1840.
1On January 10, 1840, Harvey T. Pace introduced HB 118 in the House of Representatives, and the House referred the bill to the Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures.
On January 24, the committee reported the bill with several amendments, and the House
concurred in those amendments. The House then concurred in Abraham Lincoln’s motion that the bill be committed to a committee of the Whole House. On January
25, the House dismissed the Committee of the Whole from further consideration of the
bill, and members proceeded to offer amendments to the bill. The House agreed to several
of these amendments. On January 28, the House voted against an additional amendment
by a vote of 39 yeas to 27 nays, with Lincoln not voting on the amendment. On January
29, the House refused to pass the bill by a vote of 33 yeas to 38 nays, with Lincoln
voting yea. On January 30, the House reconsidered its previous vote on the bill and
took up the bill again by a vote of 55 yeas to 25 nays, with Lincoln voting nay. The
House then voted to lay the bill on the table by a vote of 47 yeas to 35 nays, with
Lincoln voting nay. On January 31, the House resumed consideration of the bill, and
members offered several amendments. The House voted down two of these amendments by
voice votes: the first vote was 34 yeas to 40 nays, with Lincoln voting yea, and the
second vote was 27 yeas to 51 nays, with Lincoln voting yea. The House then passed
the bill as amended. On January 31, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures. On February
1, the Senate considered and passed several amendments and passed the bill as amended.
On February 1, the House voted on the Senate amendments, holding a voice vote on one
amendment. The result of the voice vote was 40 yeas to 38 nays, with Lincoln voting
nay. After a member’s failed effort to have the previous voice vote reconsidered,
the House concurred in the Senate’s amendments of the bill. On February 1, 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 Called Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 146, 239, 247-49, 269, 271, 280, 288, 292,
306, 307-08, 319, 320-21, 325, 329; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
Their Called Session, Begun and Held in Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 225, 226, 228-30, 234.
Printed Document, 5 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly, at their Special Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 81-85, GA Session: 11-S,