Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Jan.[January] 31, 1840.

AN ACT (supplemental to an act) to incorporate the town of Bloomington.
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Preamble

Whereas, by an act of the General Assembly, of the State of Illinois, approved March 2, 1839, entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Bloomington,” it is provided that said town be incorporated, as a body corporate and politic, in the manner therein provided: And whereas, by the neglect of the citizens of said town, to avail themselves of the provisions of said act, in becoming so incorporated, said act has become null and void: Now therefore,

Act revived

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That said act be, and is hereby revived, and continued in full force and operation, any provision of the same to the contrary notwithstanding.

Notice of election

Proviso.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That at any time hereafter, it shall be competent for any number of freeholders of said town, not less than ten, to post up notices of an election, giving at least ten days previous notice, to vote for or against incorporating said town, under the provisions of said act, and if it shall appear that a majority of the qualified voters are in favor of the same, it shall be incorporated immediately thereafter by the election of officers, as therein provided; any thing in said act concerning the mode of incorporating, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, however, That any failure or failures so to incorporate, shall not work a forfeiture of said act, or prevent further or repeated efforts by election, to incorporate said town.

Sec. 3. This act to be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, January 31, 1840.

1On December 23, 1839, Willis Allen introduced SB 29 in the Senate, and the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. On December 28, the Committee on the Judiciary reported the bill without amendment. On January 3, 1840, the Senate passed the bill. On January 9, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. On January 17, the select committee reported the bill without amendment. On January 30, the House 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), 126, 148, 191-92, 295; 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), 49, 63, 80, 219, 223, 225.