In force, Feb.[February] 1, 1840.
AN ACT to amend an act to incorporate the La Salle Charity Hospital, approved, February 23, 1839.
1Time allowed to corporators
Proviso
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the corporators, in the act to which this is an amendment, shall have two years from the time the canal commissioners shall select the land
as required by the act to which this is amendatory, to comply on their part with the
provisions of said act: Provided, It shall be the duty of the commissioners to select the land within three months
from the passage of this act.
Approved, February 1, 1840.2
1On January 2, 1840, Senator William Stadden introduced SB 56 in the Senate. On January 4, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Canals and Canal
Lands. On January 6, the Committee on Canals and Canal Lands reported the bill favorably
without amendment. On January 7, the Senate passed the bill. On January 30, the House of Representatives passed the bill. On February 1, 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), 139, 146, 164, 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),76, 82, 88, 92, 219, 225, 240.
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), 75, GA Session: 11-S,