In force, Jan [January]31, 1840.
AN ACT requiring School Commissioners to distribute school funds at the county seats.
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Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the School Commissioners of the several counties of this State, to distribute the school funds to the teachers and treasurers of townships, in their respective counties, at the county seats of said counties: And it shall also be the duty of said commissioners, to give four weeks public notice of the time of making such distribution.
Approved, January 31st, 1840.
1On January 11, 1840, Richard B. Servant introduced SB 81 in the Senate, and the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on School Lands and Education. On January 13, the committee reported the bill favorably without amendment. On January 18, the Senate passed the bill. On January 25, the House of Representatives referred the bill to the Committee on Education. On January 29, the committee reported the bill favorably without amendment, and 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), 207, 255, 280; 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), 101-02, 105, 132, 209, 214, 225.

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), 87, GA Session: 11-S,