Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb.[February] 18, 1841.

An ACT to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize Daniel F. Hitt to build a mill-dam.
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Part of act amended.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the act approved March the second, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, entitled “An act to authorize Daniel F. Hitt to build a mill-dam,” and to which this is amendatory, shall be so far amended and altered as to read in “township thirty-three north,” instead of “twenty-three north,” as mentioned in said act.2

Approved, February 18, 1841.

1George W. Harrison introduced SB 143 in the Senate on February 1, 1841. The Senate passed the bill on February 4. The House of Representatives passed the bill on February 16. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 18 and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 331, 389, 409; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 224, 228, 237, 329, 337, 341.

2Township thirty-three north, range two east, is located west of Ottawa and east of Peru. Township twenty-three north, range two east, is located in McLean County.