In force, Jan.[January] 7, 1841.
An ACT for the appointment of a Notary Public in the city of Nauvoo.
1Notary public
Sec. 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 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, to appoint one notary public in the city of Nauvoo, in Hancock county, whose duties and term of service shall be the same as are now required and prescribed
by law in respect to other notaries public.
2
Approved, January 7, 1841.
1Sidney H. Little introduced SB 43 to the Senate on December 14, 1840, as “An Act to incorporate a church at Nauvoo.” The Senate amended the bill the next day by substituting new text for everything
after the enacting clause. The Senate passed the bill on December 17 and changed the
title to its final text. The House of Representatives passed the bill on December 22. The Council of Revision approved the bill on January 7, 1841, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 131, 142, 149; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 74, 81, 87, 107, 128, 146.
2The Senate passed an amendment on December 15, 1840, substituting the entire text after the
enacting clause.
Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 81.
An 1828 Illinois law provided for a notary public in each county and gave the governor
power to appoint notaries in the event of vacancies. In 1839, the legislature passed
a new law that allowed any town, village, or township with fifty legal voters to petition
the governor to name a notary public to meet their growing local needs.
“An Act for the Appointment of Notaries Public,” approved 30 December 1828,” The Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois (1839), 512; An Act to Provide for the Appointment of Notaries Public
.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 190, GA Session: 12-2,