In force, Feb.[February] 1, 1840.
AN ACT to authorise the trustees of schools in township eight north, range five east, to refund certain
moneys.
1Trustees of schools in Peoria to yay over moneys
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the trustees of schools, in township number eight north, of range five east,
of the fourth principal meridian, in the county of Peoria, be, and they are hereby, authorized to pay over to the purchasers of section number sixteen of said township,
any amount of money the said purchaser may have over-paid, by reason of the said section
or any part thereof having fallen short in quantity, from what the said section or
any such division may have been supposed to contain at the time of sale.
Approved, February 1, 1840.
1On January 13, 1840,John Hamlin introduced SB 89 in the Senate. On January 18, 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), 207, 255, 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), 06, 132, 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), 131, GA Session: 11-S,