In force, Jan.[January] 31, 1840.
AN ACT to incorporate Georgetown in the county of Randolph.
1Inhabitants may become incorporated
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the inhabitants of the town of Georgetown in the county of Randolph, be, and they are authorized, and empowered, to become incorporated in the manner and upon the terms prescribed in the act, entitled
An act to incorporate such towns as may wish be to incorporated, approved February
12, 1831;2 notwithstanding, there may not be one hundred and fifty inhabitants in said town; and upon complying with the provisions of the act aforesaid, the inhabitants of
said town, and the President and Trustees thereof, when elected, shall have, exercise, (and)
enjoy all the rights, privileges, and powers granted and conferred by the act above
recited.
Approved, January 31, 1840.
1On December 19, 1839, Gabriel Jones introduced HB 40 in the House of Representatives. On December 27, the House passed the bill. On January 29, 1840, the Senate 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), 63, 88, 94, 298, 306, 317; 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), 70, 161, 208.
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), 32, GA Session: 11-S,