In force, Jan.[January] 31, 1840.
AN ACT concerning attachments.
1Officer may pursue defendant to any county in the State
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter when any attachment shall be placed in the hands of any sheriff or
other officer, and the defendant shall be in the act of absconding with his goods,
and effects, it shall be lawful for such officer to pursue the said defendant into any county
of this State, and to levy upon and take the goods and chattels of said defendant back to the county
from which said attachment issued, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, January 31, 1840.
1On December 13, 1839, Benjamin Johnson introduced HB 20 in the House of Representatives, and the House referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. On December 26,
the Committee on the Judiciary reported the bill without amendment. On January 13,
1840, the House passed the bill. On January 30, the Senate passed the bill. On January 31, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
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), 7, 85, 114, 161, 177, 300, 306, 317; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
Their Called Session, Begun and Held in Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 109-10, 213-214.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly, at their Special Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 30, GA Session: 11-S,