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Sec.[Section] 1. Be it Enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly That Whenever any person shall desire to redeem any lands, or Town lots now or hereafter
sold for taxes, and which are included within the Corporate limits of the City of
Chicago, it shall be the duty of such person to pay to the person who purchased the said
Lands, or Lots, or to the proper clerk not only the redemption money as now required
by the Laws of this State, but also all such sums of money as such purchase may have paid for taxes on said
lands or lots subsequently to his purchase, and interest thereon at the rate of ten
per centum per annum, whether said taxes were levied by theState, County, or City, and if said redemption money shall be paid to any Clerk it shall be his duty immediately
thereafter to pay the same over to such purchaser, no redemption shall take effect
until such subsequent taxes are paid.
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1Albert G. Leary introduced HB 259 in the House of Representatives on February 15, 1841. The House passed the bill on February 26. The House reported
the bill’s passage to the Senate, but the latter took no action.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 404, 471-72, 503, 517; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A.,414.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 184, HB 259, GA Session 12-2,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,