In force, Feb.[February] 26, 1841.
An ACT for the relief of the late Collector of Fulton county.
1Taxes collected.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the Slate of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Cannah Jones, late collector in and for the county of Fulton, and State of Illinois, is hereby authorized and empowered to collect all taxes and assessments remaining
due, and unpaid on lands and town lots for the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-nine, in said county of Fulton.
Lands may be sold.
Sec. 2. The said collector, in order to collect said taxes and assessments, may sell, at the next regular time of selling lands for taxes in and for said county
of Fulton, all lands and town lots on which taxes remain due and unpaid for the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-nine; Provided, Said sale shall be had, public notice of the time and place of sale, judgments obtained
and in all respects conducted as now required by the laws of this State.2 This act to be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, February 26, 1841.
1Lewis W. Ross of the Committee on Finance, on which sat Abraham Lincoln, introduced HB 215 in the House of Representatives on February 8, 1841. The House passed the bill on February 17. The Senate concurred on February 24. On February 26, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 347, 371, 419, 503, 528, 530, 550; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 330, 397-98.
2In February 1839, the General Assembly consolidated and amended all laws related to public revenue with the enactment of
this act.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 211, GA Session 12-2,