In force Feb. 23, 1841.
An ACT to prevent any assessment of damages in consequence of the location of railroads
where the land has not been actually used for the construction of said railroads.
1Part of act repealed.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of any act or acts, heretofore passed by the General Assembly of this State, as authorizes any circuit court, or any justice of the peace and appraisers to inquire
into and assess damages in favor of individuals or corporations, in consequence of
the survey or location of any railroad or other road over the land of individuals
or corporations, except where such land has actually been used, and the railroad or
other roads constructed, be, and the same is hereby repealed. That the act, entitled “An act to amend the law in relation to change of venue,” approved, February first, one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and the same
is hereby repealed.2 This act to take effect from and after its passage.
Approved, February 23, 1841.
1William Wilson introduced HB 98 to the House of Representatives on January 11, 1841, and the House referred it to the Committee on Internal Improvements.
The committee reported back on February 4 and recommended several amendments, to which
the House concurred and passed an additional amendment repealing the “change of venue”
act. The House passed the bill on February 11. The next day, the Senate passed the bill on February 18. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 23 and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth General Assemble (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 210, 324, 336, 368, 443, 461, 466, 494;
Journal of the Senate of the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 294, 308, 326, 339-40.
2The House of Representatives passed an amendment on February 4, 1841, adding the sentence repealing the “change
of venue” law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth General Assemble (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 324.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 214, GA Session 12-2,