Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb.[February] 18, 1841.

An ACT to provide for the collection of taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, in Cass county.
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Circuit court of Cass county to give judgment against bonds for taxes due for 1839

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the circuit court of Cass county shall at the next term thereof give judgment in behalf of the State for taxes due upon lands situated in said county for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, upon the collector of said county giving the notice and making the report required by law; said court is authorized to act in the premises as it might have done if the notice had been given and report made at the first term thereof in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, and all judgments and sales made under the provisions of this act shall stand in all respects as though the proceedings had been had at the time heretofore required by law.

Further time allowed collector to settle with State

Sec. 2. The collector of Cass county, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, is allowed until thirty days after the next term of the circuit court of said county to pay into the State and county treasury the taxes uncollected upon lands in said county.

Name of “Hambleton” changed

Sec. 3. The name of Hambleton in “An act to amend an act to incorporate the Hamilton primary school,” approved, January seventh, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one whenever the same occurs, is hereby changed to Hamilton.

Acts of sheriff of Cass declared legal

Gov.[Governor] to commission him

Proviso.

Sec. 4. All acts of Lemon Plaster, as sheriff of Cass county, shall be good and valid, and the Governor is hereby authorized to commission him as such: Provided, He shall pay over all monies due for taxes to the treasurer of State and county, according to the provisions of this act.2 3

Approved, February 18, 1841.

1Amos S. West introduced HB 112 to the House of Representatives on January 16, 1841, and the House referred it to a select committee. The committee reported back on January 30 and recommended amendments, to which the house concurred. The House passed the bill on February 4. The Senate referred it to a select committee on February 6. The committee reported back on February 9 and recommended an amendment, to which the Senate concurred and passed the bill. The House of Representatives passed the amended bill on February 12. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 18 and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 232-33, 303, 320, 329, 361, 379, 386, 413, 424; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 242, 250, 277.

2The Senate passed an amendment on February 9, 1841, adding the 4th section.
Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 277.

3Acting as sheriff and collector of revenue for Cass County, Plaster failed to pay over to the state the entire revenue he had collected in 1839 and 1840. By 1845, he owed the state $1819.15. The state obtained two judgments against him for $3,560.00 and $5,000.00. His securities claimed Plaster was insolvent and that they also were unable to pay the debt. In 1845, the General Assembly passed a law instructing the Attorney General to make a compromise settlement with Plaster and his securities.
Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Fourteenth General Assembly, at Their Regular Session (Springfield, IL: Walters & Weber, 1845), 127-28; Reports Made to Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1842), 304.