An act declaring a Strip of ground therein described to be a public street.
1Section 1. Be it Enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That all that portion of ground, or strip of land lying west of the line of Section
nine and between said section line and the Range of blocks and lots facing towards
the East on State Street in the City of Chicago is hereby declared to be and is made a public street or highway and as such shall
be subject to the same provisions and regulations as other streets and highways of
said City are and ought to be
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1On January 7, 1840, Gholson Kercheval in the House of Representatives presented the petition of the Common Council of the City of Chicago, which the House referred to a select committee. In response to this petition, Kercheval
of the aforesaid select committee introduced HB 141 in the House on January 15. The
House passed the bill on January 30. The House informed the Senate of the bill’s passage, but the latter took no action.
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), 135, 179, 207, 237, 294; 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), 220.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 134, HB 141, GA Session 11-S, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,