The Revised Code of Laws of Illinois,
Containing those of a general and permanent nature
passed by the Sixth General Assembly, at their session held at Vandalia,
commencing on the First Monday of December, 1828;
and those enacted previous thereto, and ordered by the said General Assembly
to be re-published.
Published in pursuance of law Shawneetown, Ill.
26 Counties
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the people
of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That all that
tract of country within the boundaries, to wit: beginning at the south west
corner of township seven, north of range nine, west of the third principal
meridian; thence east, on the line dividing townships six and seven, to the
south west corner of Montgomery county; thence due north to the southern
boundary of Sangamon county; thence west on the southern boundary line of
Sangamon and Morgan counties, to the range line dividing ranges nine and ten;
thence south on said range line to the place of beginning; shall form and
constitute a county, to be called Macoupin.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of
fixing the permanent seat of justice of said county, the following persons are
appointed commissioners, to wit: Seth Hodges, Joseph Borough, John Harris,
Shadrach Riddick, and Ephraim Powers, who, or a majority of them, being first
sworn before some justice of the peace, of this state, faithfully to take into
consideration the convenience of the people, with an eye to the future
population, and eligibility of the place, shall meet at the house of Joseph
Borough, in said county of Macoupin, on the third Monday of, March next, or
within six days thereafter, and proceed to examine and determine on a place for
the permanent seat of justice of said county: Provided the commissioners
aforesaid shall locate the seat of justice on public land, they shall designate
the same, and certify to the county commissioners of said county, as soon as
they shall be qualified to office, the half quarter or quarter section of land
so selected for said county seat; and it shall be the duty of said county
commissioners, as soon thereafter as they may be enabled, to enter the same in
the land office of the district in which the same may be situated, and they
shall immediately thereafter lay off the same, or any part thereof, into town
lots, and sell the same on such terms and conditions as may be most advantageous
to the interest of said county; and the proceeds of the sales shall be
appropriated to the erection of a sufficient court house and jail. But if the
said commissioners, appointed to locate said seat of justice, should locate the
same on lands of any person, or persons, and such proprietors, or proprietors,
should refuse or neglect to give to the county, for the purpose of erecting
public buildings for the use of said county, a quantity of land not less than
twenty acres, situated and lying in a square form, to be selected by said
commissioners, then, and in that case, the said commissioners shall proceed to
select some other situation, as convenient as may be to the place first
selected: Provided, the owner, or owners, of the land, shall make a donation of
the like quantity, and for the purposes above mentioned. And the said
commissioners, after
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Sec. 8. The inhabitants of said county
shall vote in all elections, for members of the General Assembly, in the same
manner as they were authorized to do, before the passage of this act.
Approved, January 17, 1829.
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