Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, 18th Jan.[January] 1840.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled “An act to increase the corporate powers of the town of Chester.
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Citizens not to vote for Justices in precinct of Chester

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the provisions of an act entitled, “An act to increase the corporate powers of the town of Chester,” in force February the 12th, 1839, shall not be so construed as to authorise the citizens of the town of Chester to vote for Justices of the Peace and Constables, in the Justice’s precinct in which said town of Chester is situated.

Further powers of Board of Trustees

Sec. 2. The Board of Trustees of said town shall have power to appoint a Secretary, Treasurer, Assessor, Collector, Street Commissioner, and such other officers as the Trustees may deem necessary, any thing in the eighth section of the act to which this is an amendment, to the contrary notwithstanding.2

Approved, January 18th, 1840.

1On December 13, 1839, Representative Edmund Menard introduced HB 19 in the House of Representatives. On December 24, the House passed the bill. On December 30, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. On January 4, 1840, the Senate passed the bill. On January 18, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1839. 11th G. A., special sess., 37, 58, 80, 126, 196, 200, 205; Illinois Senate Journal. 1839. 11th G. A., special sess., 53, 67, 69, 82.

2These were elected positions in the original act.