In force, Jan.[January] 26, 1841.
An ACT to legalize the acts of the commissioners of Jasper county.
1Acts of county com’rs of Jasper valid.
Collector to be appointed.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the acts of the county commissioners of the county of Jasper, in relation to the assessment and collection of the county and State tax for the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, be, and the same are
hereby legalized, and the county commissioners’ court for the said county are hereby authorized to appoint a county collector, to collect the county and State
tax for the year aforesaid. Approved, January 26, 1841.
1William Wilson presented a petition from the citizens of Jasper County to the House of Representatives on December 22, 1840, and the House referred it to the Committee on Finance, of which
Abraham Lincoln was a member. The committee reported back on December 29 and Ebenezer Peck presented HB 59. The House passed the bill on January 4, 1841. The Senate passed the bill on January 19. The Council of Revision approved the bill on January 26 and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 145, 159, 166, 183, 248, 258, 266, 286; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 136, 165, 169, 180.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 93, GA Session 12-2,