In force, Jan.[January] 30, 1840.
Records of Franklin.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners’ court of Franklin county, be, and they are hereby authorized to contract with any suitable person, for the transcribing, into suitable books, all deeds and other instruments of writing,
heretofore recorded in said recorder’s office, and that they be allowed to pay such
person a reasonable compensation for his services.
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Williamson and Cass.
Sec. 2. The county commissioners’ courts, of the counties of Williamson and Cass, be, and they are hereby, authorized to contract with any suitable persons to transcribe,
into suitable books for that purpose, all deeds, and other instruments of writing,
heretofore recorded in the recorder’s office of the counties of Franklin and Morgan, which in any wise affect the interest, or belong to, the counties of Williamson and Cass, and that they pay such persons a reasonable compensation for their services.
This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, January 30th, 1840.
1On January 2, 1840, Willis Allen introduced HB 95 in the House of Representatives. On January 13, the House passed the bill. On January 29, the Senate passed the bill. On January 30, 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), 115, 140, 160, 298, 306, 317; 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), 109, 208-09.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly, at their Special Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 86-87, GA Session: 11-S,