Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General assembly that no answer to a bill of discovery required by the act amending proceedings in chancery approved January 24, 1839, shall be used as evidence against the person making the same in any proceeding that may be had or instituted under the 141 Section of the criminal code of this state 2

Sec. 2 That hereafter it shall not be necessary in suits in chancery to file replications to answers but upon filing the answer the cause shall be taken and considered at issue in all respects as if a replication was thereto filed Provided nothing herein shall prohibit the complainant from filing any replication heretofore allowed if he shall think proper so to do

Sec 3. That hereafter in the computation of time in all contracts and legal proceedings [when?] month or months shall be used the same shall be taken and considered calendar months unless it shall be otherwise expressly stated to be lunar months

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Calhoun, John

Passed House Reps Dec 22^nd 1840
J Calhoun clk[clerk] H. R.

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A bill to amend the law in relation to Chancery practice

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Indf.[Indefinitely] postponed

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1Edwin B. Webb introduced HB 38 in the House of Representatives on December 16, 1840. The House referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary reported back the bill on December 19 with an amendment, in which the House concurred. The House passed the bill as amended on December 22. On January 2, 1841, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary reported back the bill on January 6, recommending its passage. The Senate recommitted the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary reported back the bill on January 19, again recommending its passage. On January 20, the Senate indefinitely postponed further consideration.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 124, 135, 148, 149, 278; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 107, 125-126, 131, 140, 177, 184.

2“An Act relative to Criminal Jurisprudence,” 26 February 1833, The Revised Laws of Illinois (1833), 171-219. Section 141 dealt with fraudulent conveyances of land, goods, and services.