Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Be it enacted by the people of the state of ^1^ Illinois represented in the General Assembly that Joseph Hay of Gallatin County be and he is hereby appointed Commissioner for the sale of the saline lands in Gallatin County and that he continue in office until otherwise provided by law

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The said Commissioner is hereby authorized (on sufficient and proper proof of payment being made to him) to make certificates of purchase to any person or persons who have heretofore bought and paid for lands in the saline Reserve in Gallatin County that have not received certificates of purchase.2

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A Bill for an act in Relation to the Commissioner for the sale of Saline lands in Gallatin County

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[01]/[3]/[1840]
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read 1^st & 2 & ord[ordered] to be Engrossed

1Samuel D. Marshall introduced HB 71 in the House of Representatives on December 30, 1839. The House passed the bill on January 13, 1840. The House informed the Senate of the bill’s passage, but the Senate took no action.
Illinois House Journal. 1839. 11th G. A., special sess., 103, 122, 161; Illinois Senate Journal. 1839. 11th G. A., special sess., 109-10.

2After the death of Tyler D. Hewitt in 1836, it appears that the General Assembly declined to elect or appoint another commissioner for the Gallatin County saline reserve lands. By 1841, there still was no commissioner, and a large amount of rent was past due to the state.
“Report of the Committee on Salines and Saline Lands,” 12 January 1841, Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives, of the State of Illinois (1841), 219-20.