In force Feb.[February] 23, 1841.
An ACT in relation to incorporated towns and cities in this State.
1Law repealed.
Proviso.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of any law of this State incorporating any town or city in this State, which exempts any of the real or personal property situated in said town or city,
from paying a county or State tax, be, and the same is hereby repealed. And hereafter all incorporated cities and towns
in this State shall pay a State and county tax
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on all the property, real and personal situated in such towns and cities; and also,
that any part of said acts, which requires a property or tax qualification, either
for the eligibility of the officers, or for the voters, be, and the same is hereby
repealed;2 Provided, That such towns and cities as shall or may be exempted from the payment of a county
tax, in consideration of the support of the paupers therein, be, and they are hereby
excepted from the operation of this act so far as the same effects county taxes.3Approved, February 23, 1841.
1In response to a resolution, Ebenezer Peck introduced HB 106 to the House of Representatives on January 14, 1841, and the House amended the bill by adding the text immediately preceding the proviso. The House passed an
amendment on January 19 adding the final proviso by a vote of 40 yeas and 38 nays. The House
passed the bill on February 10. The next day, the Senate referred it to the Committee on the Judiciary. The committee reported back on February
15 and recommended an amendment to which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed the
bill on February 18. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 23 and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 225, 249, 254, 361, 443, 454, 461, 466, 494; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 290, 296, 319, 339.
2The House of Representatives passed an amendment on January 14, 1841, adding the clause immediately preceding
the proviso.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 225.
3The House of Representatives passed an amendment on January 19, 1841, adding the final proviso.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 249.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 213-14, GA Session 12-2,