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 so much of the State road leading from East Nelson to Leroy, in McLean county, as lies in town ship twenty one north of range four east shall here after be located as follows, towit: commencing at the southeast corner of section thirty one in said town ship, thence running west eight roods; thence north one mile; thence eastwardly so as to intersect the present location on the nearest and best route, and so much of the old road as lies between the said points, is hereby vacated. This act to be in force from and after its passage.

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01/27/1840
Calhoun, John

Passed House Reps
Jan 27^th 1840
J Calhoun clk[clerk] H. R.

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N^o 1125

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A Bill for an act to re locate a part of a State road in De Witt county.

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1John Moore introduced HB 191 in the House of Representatives on January 20, 1840. The House passed the bill on January 27. 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), 215, 228, 237, 259; 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), 189.