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 any person or persons who hold any certificate or certificates for any Lot or Lots purchased of the State in the City of Chicago in the year eighteen hundred and Thirty Six shall be entitled to possession of said Lots and shall have a perfect Title in Law against all persons or parties except the State

Sec 2 Any Justice of the Peace of said City shall have jurisdiction of any suit growing out of said Lots between individuals. Provided always that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to alter or impair the right of the state to said Lots in any manner whatever

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H R. N^o 152

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A Bill for
An act to amend an act in relation to the School Fund in Cook County.

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[01]/[31]/[1840]
Engrossed

1Joseph Naper introduced HB 185 in the House of Representatives on January 20, 1840. The House referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill with an amendment as a substitute, in which the House concurred. The House engrossed the bill, but did not read it a third time.
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), 214, 293, 317.