Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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

An ACT to vacate a State road in Pike county, and for other purposes.
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Road annul’d[annulled]

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the road located by the provisions of the fiftieth section of “An (act) to locate and establish and alter, change, and re-locate state roads,” approved March 2, 1839, be and the same is hereby discontinued and annulled.2

Privileges of company

Proviso.

Further proviso.

Sec. 2. That upon the acceptance and adoption of the act entitled “An act to establish insurance offices in Morgan, Pike and Scott counties,” passed during the present session of the General Assembly, by the corporations or either of them named in said act, it shall be lawful for the president and directors of either of said corporations to adopt as part of the charter, any one or more sections of the act incorpo-

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rating the other company; so that each company shall have all the rights, privileges, powers and immunities granted to, or conferred upon either: Provided, That the capital stock shall not be increased beyond the amount now provided for by law: And provided further, That the place of doing business shall not be changed, the directors of said company respectively, are authorized to fix the time of the annual meetings and elections; but in case of failure to make an election at any time provided for, said corporations shall not thereby be dissolved, but the directors last elected shall continue in office until successors are elected, and enter upon their duties; and each of said corporations shall continue to exist, and exercise, have, and enjoy, all the rights and privileges conferred upon and granted to them by the above recited act, during the period limited in the original acts of incorporations.

Approved, February 1, 1840.

1On January 20, 1840, William Ross introduced SB 134 in the Senate as “An Act to Amend the Revenue Laws of this State,” and the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures. On January 27, the committee reported the bill with an amendment, including changing the title to its final form, and the Senate concurred in the amendment and passed the bill. Ross of the committee then moved to amend the title of the bill, and the Senate concurred in the amendment. On January 28, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. On January 31, the select committee reported the bill favorably with an amendment, and the House concurred in the amendment and passed the bill. On January 31, the Senate refused to concur with the House’s amended version of the bill and then reconsidered the question later in the day and concurred in the House version. 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), 259, 268, 311, 319; 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), 149, 182-83, 225, 227, 228, 230, 240-41.

2The 15th section does not specifically address Pike County, suggesting this reference to it is an error. There are three other sections that do mention Pike, so it is unclear which one this is repealing.