In force, Jan. 7, 1841.
An ACT to legalize the assessment of taxable property in the northern division of Jefferson county for the year 1840.
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Preamble.
Whereas, the county commissioners’ court of Jefferson county, at its March term, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty, did appoint one William Redman to the office
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of assessor in and for the northern division of said county: And whereas, said Redman, after his said appointment, and after entering upon the duties of his said office, and before making return thereof, did mysteriously disappear in some manner unknown to the authorities of said county: And whereas, said court, at a special term held in the month of July last, did appoint one Green P. Casey to said office of assessor, who entered upon the duties of his said office, made said assessment, and made return thereof to said court at its September term in said year: Therefore,
Assessment declared legal
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the assessment of taxable property in the northern division of Jefferson county in and for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, by Green P. Casey, be, and the same is hereby declared to be as legal and as binding to all intents and purposes as the same could or might have been, if he the said Casey had been appointed to said office at the March term, and had made return thereof at the June term of said court.
Sec. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage; and it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of State to cause an authenticated copy of the same to be made out and transmitted by mail to the clerk of the county commissioners’ court of Jefferson county so soon as the same shall become a law.
Approved, January 7, 1841.
1Noah Johnston introduced SB 63 in the Senate on December 21, 1840, and the Senate passed it. The House of Representatives passed the bill the next day. The Council of Revision approved the bill on January 7, 1841, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 138, 143, 149; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 98, 107, 128, 146.

Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 302-03, GA Session 12-2, Â