In force, Jan.[January] 7, 1841.
An ACT to legalize the assessment of property in the county of Peoria, and other counties, for the year 1840.
1Preamble.
Whereas, by the revenue law now in force, it is made the duty of the assessors in the several counties in this State, to complete their lists of taxable property, and make return to the office of the
clerk of the county commissioners' court on or before the first Monday in June annually: And whereas, by reason of indisposition,
the assessor appointed to assess the taxable property in district number two, in the
county of' Peoria, was rendered unable to complete and return his list as required by law: Therefore,
Assessment declared legal
Proviso
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the assessment made by James Darlrymple, in said district number two, in the county of Peoria, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and the same is hereby declared good, valid and in every respect legal, whether taken
and returns made before or after the said first Monday in June, one thousand eight
hundred and forty: Provided, The same was legally taken in other respects, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Assessment in St. Clair c’ty declared legal
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the assessment of taxable property made by the assessors of St. Clair county, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and the same is hereby declared good, valid and effectual in law, in the same manner
as if the same had been taken and returns thereof made by the first Monday in June,
one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Collector allowed further time.
Sec. 3. That the collector of taxes in St. Clair county, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty shall have an extension of time
for making a final and annual settlement with the county commissioners' court of said county, and for paying into the State treasury the monies by him collected for the use of
the State until the first of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
Assessment in Brown county declared legal
Sec. 4. And be it fur her enacted, That the assessment of the taxable property made by the assessor of Brown county, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and the same is hereby declared good, valid and effectual in law, in the same manner
as if the same had been taken and returns thereof made by the first Monday of June,
one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Collector to apply to circuit court.
Sheriff to sell lands for taxes
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the collector of Brown county, be, and he is hereby authorized, on giving the necessary notice under the twenty-sixth
section of "An act concerning the public revenue," approved, February twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and
in all other respects complying with the requisitions of said law, to apply to the circuit court of Brown county, and said court is hereby authorized to enter judgment at the next term of said court against all delinquent lands in said county for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, according to the terms and
under the provisions of the aforesaid act concerning the public revenue. And the sheriff of said county shall sell the same for the taxes of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine,
under the provisions of said revenue law, and in compliance therewith, and the same is declared to be as good and valid in
law, as if the same had been done under said act in the year one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-nine.
Collector allowed further time.
Sec. 6. That the collector of taxes in Brown county, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, shall have an extension of time for making a final and annual settlement with the
county commissioners' court of said county, and for paying into the State treasury the monies by him collected for the use of
the State, until the first of September, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
Assessment in Winnebago declared valid
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the assessment of the taxable property made by the assessor of Winnebago county, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and the same is hereby declared good, valid and effectual in law, in the same manner
as if the same had been taken and returns
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thereof made by the first Monday of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Collector allowed further time
Sec. 8. That the collector of taxes in Winnebago county for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, shall have an extension of time for making a final and annual settlement with the
county commissioners' court of said county, and for paying into the State treasury the money by him collected for the use of
the State, until the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.2
Approved, January 7, 1841.
1John Hamlin introduced SB 23 to the Senate on December 8, 1840. The Senate passed the bill on December 10. The House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee the next day. The committee reported back
on December 14 and recommended amendments, to which the House concurred and then referred
the bill to a new select committee. The second committee reported back on December
19 and recommended several amendments, to which the House concurred. The House amended
the bill again on December 21, altered the title by adding “and other counties,” and
then passed it. The Senate passed the amended bill on December 30. The Council of Revision approved the bill on January 7, 1841, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 100, 102, 106, 113-14, 115, 136, 142, 168; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 56, 62, 66, 104, 126, 129, 147 .
Printed Document, 3 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 303-05, GA Session 12-2,