In force, 29th Jan.[January] 1840.
AN ACT for the benefit of Stark county.
1Stark co. entitled to portion of Internal Improvement money drawn by Putnam county
Proviso
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county of Stark is hereby entitled to the one-fourth part of the money hereafter to be drawn by the
county of Putnam, from the Internal Improvement fund; the other three-fourths to be adjusted between
the county commissioners’ courts of the counties of Putnam and Stark, according to an arrangement entered into by said courts: Provided, said money shall be applied to the purposes for which it was originally appropriated.
Approved, January 29, 1840.
1On January 6, 1840, Senator John Hamlin introduced SB 68 in the Senate. On January 7, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Internal Improvements.
On January 20, the Committee on Internal Improvements reported the bill without an
amendment, and the Senate passed the bill. On January 25, the House of Representatives passed the bill. On January 29, 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),211, 251; 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), 88, 92, 146, 182, 183, 203-04.
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), 65, GA Session: 11-S,
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