In force, Jan. [January]27. 1840.
AN ACT to repeal “An act incorporating the Northern division of the American Bottom.”
1Act repealed
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the “Act incorporating the northern division of the American Bottom,” approved, March 2d, 1839, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, January 27, 1840.
1On December 13, 1839, Representative Robert Smith introduced a petition in the House of Repre3sentatives, which the House referred to a select committee. On December 21, Robert Smith, a
member of the select committee, introduced HB 48 in the House. On January 2, 1840, the House passed the bill. On January 27, the Senate passed the bill. On January 27, 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), 71, 88, 117, 263, 269, 287; 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), 84, 185.
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), 67, GA Session: 11-S,