Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

A Bill for an act to amend an act entitled an “act in relation to the special Bail” approved January 26. 1827
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Be it enacted by the People of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly That so much of an act entitled an act in relation to special bail approved January 26 1827, as allows the issuing of a “capias ad respondendum” in any action founded on any contract either express or implied be and the same is hereby repealed

This law to take effect and be in force from and after the First day of April next

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A Bill for an act to amend an act entitled an act in relation to special Bail approved January, 26, 18272

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1Joseph W. Churchill introduced HB 187, originally titled “A Bill to Improve the Illinois River,” 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 on January 24 with an amendment, in which the House concurred on January 25. Representatives proposed additional amendments, and the House referred the bill and proposed amendments to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary reported back the bill on January 27 with an amendment, in which the House concurred. On January 30, the House passed the bill as amended, amending the title so as to read “A Bill in Relation to Special Bail.” On February 1, the Senate indefinitely postponed further consideration.
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), 214-15, 241, 249, 257-58, 297, 328;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, 240.

2On January 30, 1840, the House of Representatives amended the bill’s title.
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), 328.