In force, Jan.[January] 31, 1840.
AN ACT to change a part of the State road leading from Griggsville to Quincy.
1Part of road vacated
Relocation
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the State road from Griggsville, laying between Henry Brown’s and the Adams county line, be vacated, and hereafter, that part of the said road shall be located on the ground
now travelled, and the now travelled road between the said points, as well as from the point where said road intersects
the county line, till it intersects the road as lately laid out, shall be part of said road,
and be kept in repair as required by law.
Approved, January 31, 1840.
1On December 19, 1839, James McWilliams presented a petition to the House of Representatives, and the House referred the petition to a select committee. On December 31, McWilliams,
a member of the select committee, introduced HB 85 in the House. On January 13, 1840, the House passed the bill. On January 30, the
Senate passed the bill. On January 31, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 11th G. A., special sess., 108, 140, 160, 298, 306, 317; Illinois Senate Journal, 11th G. A., special sess., 109, 208-9.
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), 29, GA Session: 11-S,