Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
About this Item
Title
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
Rights/Permissions
The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational
and research purposes, with permission from their copyright holder. If you decide to use
any of these materials, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and
securing any necessary permission.
Cite this Item
"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
Pages
Bill Introduced in Illinois Legislature to Vacate Part of the Town Plat of Bennett's Addition to the Town of Petersburg1Jump to section
[December 27, 1839]
A Bill for an act to vacate a part of the town plat of Bennett's addition to the town of Petersburg:---
Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly that the town plat for Blocks numbered two, three, four, and five, in Bennett's Addition to the town of Petersburg,
descriptionPage 180
be vacated; Provided that this act shall be null and void as against any individual proprietor or proprietors, (if any such there be) of the part of said town hereby proposed to be vacated.
Annotation
[1] AD, I-Ar. Lincoln also wrote the petition to which this bill answers (December 16, 1839, supra). The bill passed the House, and passed the Senate with a lengthy amendment concerning the assessment and collection of taxes in certain counties. It failed to obtain approval before adjournment of the session.