In force Feb.[February] 23, 1841.
An ACT to authorize Joseph Chaffin and Christian Casebeer to build a mill-dam across the Kaskaskia River.
1Persons authorized to build dam.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Joseph Chaffin and Christian Casebeer, their heirs or assigns, are hereby authorized to erect a mill-dam across the Kaskaskia river on the north-east quarter of section twenty-eight, in township seven north, range
one east, in the county of Fayette.2
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Sec. 2. Said Joseph Chaffin and Christian Casebeer, are further authorized to build said mill-dam eight and one half feet high, and in
order to secure the benefit of this act shall have said mill-dam completed and a mill
in operation in three years from the passage of this act.
Approved, February 24, 1841.
1Aken Evans introduced SB 185in the Senate on February 11, 1841. The Senate passed the bill on February 18. The House of Representatives passed the bill on February 23. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 24 and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 442, 476; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 294, 320, 337, 385, 391, 394.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 187, GA Session 12-2,