In force, Feb.[February] 19, 1841.
An ACT to prevent collectors from speculating on Auditor’s warrants.
1Collectors to receive Auditor’s warrants at par.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the collectors of the State revenue in the several counties in this State shall receive Auditor’s warrants in payment of any or all taxes due the State in their respective counties at par, and they shall not be permitted to take, buy,
share, or receive, directly or indirectly, by themselves or agent, any Auditor’s warrant
or warrants, at less than the full sum due thereon, to the holder of such warrant
or warrants.
Liability for violating this act.
Sec. 2. For any violation of the provisions of the first section of this act, by any collector
or collectors aforesaid, he 0r they shall be liable to double the amount so made by purchasing or sharing
said warrants, at less than their face, in an action of debt, before any justice of
the peace or court of record of the proper county. One half of all sums so collected
to go to the person complaining, and the other half to go to, and form a part of the
school fund of the county where such collector may reside.
Approved, February 19, 1841.
1David Markley introduced SB 176 in the Senate on February 10. The next day, the Senate passed the bill. On February 13, the House of Representatives referred it to the Committee on Finance, of which Abraham Lincoln was a member. The committee reported back the bill on February 16 without amendment.
The House passed the bill on February 17. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 19 and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 379, 390-91, 408, 422; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 285, 295, 335, 351, 355-56.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 63, GA Session 12-2,