In force, Jan.[January] 18, 1840.
AN ACT to amend an act to incorporate Knox Manual Labor College.
1Time of holding lands changed to 7 years
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the period of three years, allowed to the Trustees of Knox Manual Labor College, by the ninth section of the act, to which this is an amendment, for holding donations,
grants, or devices in lands, be, and the same is hereby extended to seven years, in addition to the aforesaid period
of three years, any thing in said section to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, January 18, 1840.
1On December 31, 1839, Senator William J. Gatewood introduced SB 50 in the Senate. On January 3, 1840, the Senate passed the bill. On January 11, 1840, the House of Representatives passed the bill. On January 18, 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, 147, 153; 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), 72, 80, 105, 117, 135.
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), 23, GA Session: 11-S