In force Feb. [February] 27, 1841.
An ACT supplemental to “An act to incorporate the Des Moines Rapids Railroad Company.”
1Time extended.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the time specified in the act to which this is supplemental, for commencing the construction of the Des Moines rapids railroad, is hereby extended until the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three,
and the time for completing the same until the first day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-six.2
May connect.
Proviso.
Sec. 2. The Des Moines rapids railroad company may connect the Des Moines rapids railroad with the Peoria and Warsaw railroad, at such point as they may deem expedient, and are authorized to complete so much
of said Peoria and Warsaw railroad as lies between the point of intersection, and the town of Warsaw, and use the same until it may be needed by the State: Provided, That the State may resume the use and control thereof at any time on paying to the company the amount of money expended in its completion, with interest at the rate of six
per centum per annum.
To receive railroad iron.
Proviso.
To give bond.
Proviso.
Sec. 3. The company shall be entitled to receive from the State a sufficiency of railroad iron, plates and spikes to complete the superstructure of the said Des Moines rapids railroad at the original cost thereof: Provided, They make application for the same to the Governor, on or before the first day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three; and on their entering into bond to be approved by him, to pay to the State within three years from the time of application, the value of said iron, together
with six per cent. per annual interest from the time the said company may receive the same: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require the State to furnish such iron, unless it may be on hand and not otherwise disposed of, or
appropriated.
Extension of time.
Sec. 4. The time allowed to the Warsaw marine and fire insurance company for procuring subscriptions of stock and commencing operations, is hereby extended three years from the passage of this act.3
1Sidney H. Little introduced SB 144 in the Senate on February 1, 1841. The Senate referred the petition to the Committee on Internal
Improvement. The Committee on Internal Improvement reported back the bill on February
2 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed the bill as
amended on February 4. On February 16, the House of Representatives referred the bill to the Committee on Internal Improvements. The Committee on Internal
Improvements reported back the bill on February 19 with amendments, in which the House
concurred. The House passed the bill as amended. The Senate concurred with House
amendments on February 24. On February 27, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 390, 411, 438; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A.,
2Section 11 of the incorporation act authorized the company to commence the work within two years of passage of the act and complete it within
five years.
3Section twenty-three of the act incorporating the Warsaw Marine and Fire Insurance Company gave the company three years from the passage of the act--February 1839--t0 subscribe
its stock and commence operations.
4In the same session, the Senate passed, and the House of Representatives ultimately tabled, a bill supplemental to the incorporation act.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 197, GA Session: 12-2,