Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb.[February] 1, 1840.

AN ACT to authorize Shelton L. Hall and others to establish a ferry across Rock river.
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Ferry across Rock river

Location

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Simeon Towle, Shelton L. Hall, and their associates, and their heirs and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to establish and maintain a ferry across Rock River, at a point within half a mile of the junction of the Rock and Kishwaukee rivers, southerly from said junction in the county of Winnebago, for and during the term of ten years from and after the passage of this act.

Rates of ferriage

Proviso

Sec. 2. The rates of ferriage for crossing said ferry shall be fixed by the county commissioners’ court of Winnebago county: Provided always, That no person attending the county commissioners’ or circuit court, as a member or judge thereof, or as a party to any matter pending in, or any witness or juror attending on, said court, shall be taxed ferriage.

Two years allowed to build boats

Sec. 3. The said Simeon Towle, Shelton L. Hall, and their associates, heirs or assigns, shall be allowed the term of ten months from and after the passage of this act, to construct the necessary boats, and otherwise prepare the said ferry for the uses contemplated in this act.

What laws shall govern ferry

Sec. 4. The said Simeon Towle, Shelton L. Hall, their associates, heirs and assigns, in the management of said ferry, shall be governed by the provisions of an act, entitled “An act to provide (for) the establishing of ferries, toll bridges and turnpike roads,” approved February 12, 1827.

Approved, February 1, 1840.

1On January 10, 1840, George W. Harrison introduced SB 80 in the Senate, and the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. On January 22, the Committee on the Judiciary reported the bill with an amendment, and the Senate concurred in the amendment. On January 23, 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), 237, 251, 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), 99, 163, 169, 219, 225, 240.