Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb. 17, 1841.

An ACT to authorize the county commissioners of Brown county to appoint an Assessor.
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Assessor to be appointed.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners of Brown county shall have power to appoint some suitable person, whose duty it shall be to assess all the taxable property in said county that was not assessed in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, and make return to the clerk of the county commissioners’ court of the county of Brown, according to the law regulating the duties of assessors.

Duty of collector for Brown county

Sec. 2. That the collector for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one shall proceed to collect all the taxes accruing from said assessment as tho(ugh) it all had been assessed at the same time and by the same person in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty.

Sec. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 17, 1841.

1On January 11, 1841, Harvey Lester introduced HB 103 in the Illinois House of Representatives. On February 6, the House passed the bill. On February 10, the Illinois Senate passed the bill. On February 17, the Illinois Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 5, 1836 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1836), 211, 248, 254, 344, 369, 407, 413, 424.; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 5, 1836 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1836), 252, 256, 283.