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An act to authorize the Sheriff of Gallatin County to make a Deed to Daniel Wood for a tract of land therein named^.^
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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly: That the Sheriff of Gallatin County, is hereby required to make Execute and deliver to Daniel Wood a Deed for the East half of the south East quarter of Section number fourteen in Township number Ten, south of Range number seven East containing Eighty acres, in pursuance of a Certificate of purchase dated thirteenth, October 1834, The said tract of land having been sold at public vendue by John Lane, late Sheriff of said County, on an Execution against Jarret Garner and purchased by said Wood.2
Sec 2 In the execution of said Deed, it shall not be necessary to set forth the particular judgment and Execution upon which said tract of Land was sold; but shall be as good and Effectual to convey all the right and title of said Garner, as if the same were at large set forth therein.
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01/18/1841
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Jan. 18th 1841
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A Bill for an act to authorize the Sheriff of Gallatin County to make a Deed to Daniel Wood for a tract of land therein named
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1HB 65 originated in the House of Representatives on or before January 17, 1841. The House passed the bill on January 18. The Senate concurred on January 25. On February 4, the Council of Revision vetoed the bill and returned it to the House with its objections. On February 11, the House took up the bill and the Council’s objections, and referred them to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary reported back the bill on February 13, recommending its re-passage in spite of the Council’s objections. The House re-passed the bill over the Council’s veto by a vote of 46 yeas to 40 nays, with Abraham Lincoln voting nay. The Senate took no further action, and the act did not become law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 239-40, 286, 294, 299, 320, 372, 388-89; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 176, 181, 185, 208, 318.
2The land described here was located in Gallatin County in 1841, but is now in the southeastern corner of Saline County, near Eagle Creek.

Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 39, HB 65, GA Session 12-2, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,