In force, Dec.[December] 14, 1840.
An ACT for the relief of the inhabitants of town[township] thirty-three north, of range three east, of the third principal meridian.
1Duty of com’r[commissioner]
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the school commissioner and agent for the inhabitants
of La Salle county, to receive from the treasurer of the trustees of schools in township thirty-three
north, of range three east,2 the schedules of schools kept in said township for the year one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-nine, and said commissioner shall pay their proportionable part that would
have been due them, provided they had been presented according to law.
Approved, (December) 14, 1840.
1William Stadden introduced SB 15 to the Senate on November 30, 1840. The Senate passed the bill on December 9. The House of Representatives passed the bill on December 11. The Council of Revision approved the bill on December 14 and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1940), 48, 72, 73, 86, 87;Journal of the Senate (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 21, 24, 26, 35-36, 55, 59.
2This location is near Ottawa, Illinois.
“Counties, Townships, and Ranges in Illinois,” Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et
al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Reference.aspx?ref=Reference html files/LandMeasurement.html.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 206, GA Session: 12-2,