In force, Feb.[February] 1, 1840.
AN ACT to amend “An act authorizing Samuel Witters to build a toll bridge across the Skillet Fork
of the Little Wabash.”
1Rates of toll
Persons exempt from toll
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the aforesaid Witters, or his legal representative, is hereby allowed to demand and receive the following
rates of toll from each person or persons for crossing said bridge, to wit: for each head of hogs, sheep, or goats, crossing said bridge, one cent; for each
head of cattle, horses, mules or asses, the sum of three cents; for each foot passenger,
six and one fourth cents; for each man and horse, twelve and a half cents; for each
one horse waggon or carriage, eighteen and three fourth cents; for each two horse waggon drawn by horses or oxen, twenty five cents; for each four horse waggon, thirty seven and a half cents, whether drawn by horses or oxen; for each six horse
waggon, whether drawn by horses or oxen, fifty cents; the said Witters shall be allowed to demand and receive for any species of property not herein enumerated
in proportion to the above rates of toll. Said Witters shall not be allowed to exact any toll from people going to or returning from worshipping
Almighty God. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, February 1, 1840.
1On January 13, 1840, William Gaston introduced SB 90 in the Senate. On January 18, the Senate passed the bill. On January 25, the House of Representatives amended the bill, and the Senate referred the amended bill to a select committee.
On January 30, the select committee reported the bill favorably without further amendment,
and the House passed the bill. On February 1, the Senate concurred in the House’s
amended version of the bill, and the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1839. 11th G. A., special sess., 207, 255, 291; Illinois Senate Journal. 1839. 11th G. A., special sess., 106-07, 132, 219, 230, 240-41.
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), 78, GA Session: 11-S,