Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb. 1, 1840.

AN ACT supplemental to “An act to authorize the inhabitants of Cahokia, to raise a levee on the creek bank opposite the town of Cahokia.
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Supervisor to be elected

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the supervisor authorized to be elected by the act to which this is a supplement, shall be elected as provided in said act, and a certificate signed by the judge holding the election, shall, in all cases, be sufficient evidence of his election.

Powers of supervisor

Sec. 2. That said supervisor shall have power to institute and maintain actions of trespass in any court having jurisdiction of the same, for the benefit of the citizens of Cahokia, against any person trespassing on the commons attached to said town.

Sec. 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage.2

Approved, February 1, 1840.

1Vital Jarrott introduced HB 84 to the House of Representatives on December 31, 1839. The House passed the bill on January 13, 1840. The Senate passed the bill on January 30. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 1 and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1840), 108, 133, 161, 300, 309, 328; Journal of the Senate (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1840), 109, 213.

2The original law did not address the aspects of these provisions.
“An Act to Authorize the Inhabitants of Cahokia to Raise a Levee on the Creek Bank Opposite the Town of Cahokia,” 24 January 1827, Laws (1826), 17