In force, Jan.[January] 7, 1841.
An ACT entitled An act authorizing the erection of a Bridge across the Saline River.
1Bridge across Saline river.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners’ court of Gallatin county and their successors in office, are hereby authorized to cause a bridge to be erected across the Saline river, at or near where the State road leading from Golconda to McLeansborough, in Hamilton county, crosses said river.
Construction of bridge.
Sec. 2. Said bridge is to be built a sufficient heighth and the bents a sufficient width apart so as not to obstruct the navigation of said
river. This act to take effect from and after its passage.
Approved, January 7, 1841.
1David J. Blackman introduced HB 19 to the House of Representatives on December 11, 1840. The House passed the bill on December 14. The Senate passed the bill on December 28. The Council of Revision approved the bill on January 7, 1840, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 105, 110, 113, 115, 162, 177, 198, 200; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 78, 87-88, 102, 120.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 42, GA Session 12-2,
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