Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, 18th Jan.[January] 1840.

AN ACT for the relief of Lake county.
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Tax in Lake county levied by McHenry to be collected by Lake county

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the tax, levied by order of the county commissioners’ court of McHenry county, as has been assessed on that portion of McHenry county now forming Lake county, be legalized, and the county commissioners of Lake county be authorised to appoint Collectors, and have the same collected for the use of said Lake county, under the aforesaid assessment, made by the commissioners of McHenry county, at their March term, 1839.

Approved, January 18th, 1840.

1On December 12, 1839, Representative Richard Murphy introduced HB 6 in the House of Representatives. On December 17, the House passed the bill. On December 28, the Senate passed the bill. On January 18, 1840, 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),30-31, 41, 50, 139, 200, 205;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), 31, 51, 62, 65.