Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Trustees of shawneetown, be, and they are hereby authorized and required to execute deeds of conveyance for all lots in said town which may have heretofore been sold [or?] which may hereafter be sold in pursuance of the laws of this state for taxes or otherwise.

Sec 2. That in all cases of a sale or exchange made by the Board of Public Works, or any Commissioner thereof, of any land ^town lot or other real estate heretofore^ given, granted[,] or sold to the state of Illinois for the purpose of Depots, offices[,] or other public buildings connected with operations under the system of internal improvements, the Auditor of Public accounts be and he is hereby authorized to execute a deed or deeds of conveyance or Exchange to the real estate so sold in behalf of the state of Illinois, and the said deed or deeds when so executed shall vest in the purchaser or grantee of such real estate in fee simple all the legal estate of the said state of Illinois in the real estate so conveyed

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Calhoun, John

Passed Jan 30 1840
J Calhoun Clk[Clerk] H Reps

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A Bill for an act amendatory of an act concerning the Public Revenue,” approved February 26, 1839.2

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1An unknown representative introduced HB 121 in the House of Representatives on or before January 30, 1840. The Journal of the House does not record the bill’s progress through the chamber, but the House read the bill three times and engrossed it on or before January 30. The House passed the bill on January 30 under the title “A Bill Authorizing the Auditor of Public Accounts, and the Trustees of Shawneetown to Make Deeds in Certain Cases.” The House informed the Senate of the bill’s passage, but the latter took no action. Neither the House or Senate journal recorded a title change to “A Bill to Amend ‘An Act concerning the Public Revenue, Approved February 27, 1833.’”
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), 299; Journal of the Senate 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), 221.

2On January 13, 1840, Wyatt B. Stapp of the Committee on Finance, on which sat Abraham Lincoln, introduced a bill by this title in the House of Representatives. The House passed this bill as amended on January 27, and the Senate concurred on January 30. There is no evidence, however, that the House or Senate sent the bill to the Council of Revision for approval. The Illinois State Archives has no text for this bill.
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), 159, 161, 185, 237-39, 259, 260, 305, 318-19; Journal of the Senate 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), 188, 201.