Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Jan.[January] 29. 1841.

An ACT concerning the town of Belvidere.
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Sales valid

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all sales of lots in the town of Belvidere, in the county of Boone, made by the county commissioners of said county, or by their agent or agents duly authorized to make such sales, shall be as valid in every respect as if certificate of acknowledgment of the plat of said town, had been duly recorded according to the provisions of an act, entitled “An act providing for the recording of town plats,” approved, February twenty-seven, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.2

Com’rs[Commissioners] released

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the county commissioners of the said county of Boone, and all persons who have acted under them, are hereby released from all forfeitures and penalties incurred by leasing or selling any lot or lots in said town.

Acknowledgment of com’r[commissioner]

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the county commissioners of said county, or any two of them, shall on or before the first Monday of June next, acknowledge the map or plat of said town before some justice of the peace of said county, who shall make a certificate of such acknowledgment, which shall be recorded by the recorder of said county.

Duty of comr’s

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the county commissioners of said county are hereby authorized so to alter the State road through the said town of Belvidere, as to make it run through the said town on one of the streets thereof, and from the termination of said street into the present track of said road off of the town plat: Provided, That the release hereby granted in the second section of this act, shall be by reason of this certificate of acknowledgment of the plat of said town not being duly recorded, and for no other cause.3

Approved, January 29, 1841.

1Thomas Drummond introduced HB 64 to the House of Representatives on December 29, 1840, and the House referred it to the Committee on the Judiciary. The committee reported back on January 6, 1841, and recommended a substitute for the entire bill, to which the House concurred. The House passed the bill on January 18. The Senate passed an amendment adding the final proviso on January 25 and passed the bill. The Council of Revision approved the bill on January 29 and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 161, 191-92, 203, 239-40, 286, 294, 298, 299; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 176, 181, 185, 208.

2The law required a town plat to be certified by the surveyor and the county commissioners before a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, a circuit court judge, or a justice of the peace.
“An Act Providing for the Recording of Town Plats,” 27 February 1833, Laws (1833), 599-602.

3The House of Representatives passed an amendment on January 25, 1841, adding the final proviso.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 208.