Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Feb.[February] 27, 1841.

An ACT requiring the county commissioners’ court of Edgar county to establish an additional election precinct in said county; and An ACT supplemental to an act to extend the Charleston and Darwin Turnpike from Charleston to Springfield.
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Additional precinct.

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 Edgar county be, and they are hereby required to establish an election precinct in the Embarrass Point, in said county, and designate at what house elections shall be held at, and also appoint three judges to preside over the elections at said precinct according to law. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Christian and Shelby to pay portion of expense.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the act, entitled “An act to extend the Charleston and Darwin turnpike from Charleston to Springfield, shall be so construed as to require the counties of Christian and Shelby to pay a portion of the expenses of creating said road in proportion, as the distance is that said road passes through those counties, to the whole length of said road from Charleston in Coles county to Springfield in Sangamon county.2

Amount, how certified.

Sec. 3. The amount of said expense to be certified by the commissioners appointed to locate the same, and upon the presentation of such certificate to the county commissioners’ courts of Christian and Shelby counties.

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Payment of expense.

Proviso.

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said courts to issue orders to the treasurers of their respective counties, for the payment of the amount so certified, to such persons, and in such amounts as the commissioners appointed to locate said roads may certify the same to be due; Provided, also, That so much of the act referred to as provides for the appointment of Elisha Linder as commissioner, be, and the same is hereby repealed. 3

Approved, February 27, 1841.

1John M. Kelly introduced HB 222 in the House of Representatives on February 9, 1841. The House passed the bill on February 17. On February 25, the Senate amended the bill by adding sections related to the Charleston and Darwin Turnpike. The Senate passed the bill as amended, amending the title by adding the words “and A Bill To Extend the Charleston and Darwin Turnpike from Charleston to Springfield.” On February 26, the House disagreed with the Senate amendment, appointing three representatives to a committee of conference to resolving the disagreeing vote of the two Houses. The Senate did not agree to the committee of conference, and on February 27 the House referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill with amendments, in which the House concurred. The House re-passed the bill as amended, amending the title to mimic the Senate amended title. On February 27, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 350, 375, 419, 509, 517, 546, 552, 557, 564; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 330, 402-403, 412.

2In 1839, the General Assembly passed an act authorizing the construction of a turnpike between Charleston and Darwin.

3Section one of the act named Linder as one of the commissioners. On February 25, 1841, the Senate amended the bill by a adding section regarding the Charleston and Darwin Turnpike. It also amended the title by adding the words “and A Bill To Extend the Charleston and Darwin Turnpike from Charleston to Springfield.” The House of Representatives initially rejected the amendment, but on February 27 amended the bill by dividing the Senate amendment into the second, third, and fourth sections and amending the title as had the Senate.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 517, 557; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 402-403.