Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That the change in the State road leading from Charleston to Springfield, made by Amos Waggoner in Shelby County is hereby certified and confirmed, and the road as opened by said Waggoner is hereby ordered the State road and shall be kept in repair as though no change had been made. And upon condition that said Waggoner shall put the road as opened by him in good repair he shall be released from the penalty incured by changing said road

This act to be in force from and after its passage

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01/23/1840
Bond, Benjamin

Passed the senate
Jany 23^rd 1840
Ben: Bond secy[secretary] senate

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Senate

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A. Bill For an act to legalise the change of a certain State road therein named

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and to require

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And to require the Treasurer of the Canal Board to reside at Lockport 2

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Cunningham
Williamson
Archer

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Passed

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Engrossed

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passed

1Peter Warren introduced SB 119 in the Senate on January 18, 1840. The Senate passed the bill on January 23. On January 30, the House of Representatives amended the bill by adding an additional section requiring the treasurer of the Board of Commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to reside in Lockport. The House passed the bill as amended, amending the title by adding the words “and to Required the Treasurer of the Canal Board to reside at Lockport.” The House informed the Senate of the bill’s passage and amendment, but the latter took no action on the House amendments and amended title.
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), 236, 252-53, 304; Journal of the Senate 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), 130, 169, 219.

2On January 30, 1840, the House of Representatives amended the title by adding these words.
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), 304.