Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb.[February] 17, 1841.

An ACT changing a town plat therein named.
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Part of plat of Upper Alton changed

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Josiah Randle, of Madison county, Illinois, is hereby authorized and empowered so to alter and change the recorded plat of the Salu addition2 to the town of Upper Alton, in Madison county, Illinois, as to make the lots in block numbered forty-six and the east half of block numbered twenty-two, front north and south, to-wit: on Amelia and Powhattan streets, instead of fronting east and west, as by the said recorded plat said lots now do.

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Plat of lots to be recorded

Sec. 2. The said Josiah Randle shall, within three months from and after the passage of this act, procure a survey of the blocks and lots above specified, to be made by the county surveyor of Madison county, Illinois, and execute a plat thereof, and have the same duly recorded, pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the State concerning town plats3: Provided, however, That this act shall not be construed so as to prejudice the rights of other persons, proprietors of said town, or any lots thereof.

Approved, February 17, 1841.

1On January 11, 1841, Joseph Gillespie introduced HB 102 in the House of Representatives. On January 18, the House passed the bill. On February 6, the Senate passed the bill. On February 17, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 211, 216, 240, 347, 407, 413, 424; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 178, 181, 241, 249.

2Around 1820, four settlers laid out the town of Salu, which was north of Upper Alton. In 1836, the General Assembly enacted an act that annexed the Salu to Upper Alton.
W. T. Norton, ed. and comp., Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois (Chicago: Lewis, 1912), 1:380, 609.

3“An Act, providing for the recording of Town Plats,” 27 February 1833, The Revised Laws of Illinois (1833), 599-602. Section four stipulated that plats were to be certified and recorded.