Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That no person shall be entitled to the benefit of any lien under the provisions of the above entitled act, as against a purchaser, morgagee or judgment creditor, except from the date of recording in the recorders office of the county in which the estate is situated, the contract under which the lien is claimed to have been created.

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01/27/1840
Passed House Reps
Jan 27th 1840
J Calhoun clk.[clerk] H. R.
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H. R. No 82
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A Bill for an act to amend the act entitled “an act to provide for securing to mechanics and others Liens for the value of labor and materials.”
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[01]/[07]/[1840]
Engrossed
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Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 77, HB 79, GA Session 11-S, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,