PUBLIC LAWS

OF THE

STATE OF ILLINOIS,

PASSED BY THE

TWENTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

CONVENED JANUARY 4, 1869.

SPRINGFIELD:

ILLINOIS JOURNAL PRINTING OFFICE.

1869.

L 7007

JAN 4 1933

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

ABATEMENT:

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An act to amend an act entitled "Abatements," approved March, 1845, and to ex-

tend the time for closing up the affairs of corporations....

ABSTRACTS:

An act to provide for the keeping up of abstracts...

ACKNOWLEDgments of DEEDS, ETC.:

An act to authorize the governor of this state to appoint commissioners to take

the acknowledgment or proof of the execution of deeds and other instruments,

and to take depositions, etc., in other states, territories, etc.....

ADJUTANT GENERAL:

An act to repeal certain act therein named, and to provide for the apppointment

and prescribe the duties of the adjutant-general of the state of Illinois....

An act to provide for repairs on the state arsenal, and for other purposes therein

named...

An act to prevent the loaning of flags and trophies of war....

An act to provide for the distribution of the reports of the adjutant-general....

ADMINISTRATORS AND EXECUTORS:

An act to provide for the disposal of unclaimed moneys in the hands of adminis-

trators and executors...

An act to enable foreign administrators, with the will annexed, to sue in this

state....

AGRICULTURE:

An act to secure the endowment fund of the Illinois Agricultural College........ 8

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid and encourage agricultural socie-

ties," approved Feb. 18, 1857, revived and continued in force by an act entitled

"An act to revive and continue in force an act entitled 'An act to aid and en-

courage county agricultural societies,'" approved Feb. 21, 1861 ....

An act to increase the powers of the Iroquois County Agricultural Society...

APPROPRIATIONS:

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An act making appropriations for the expenses of the adjourned session of the

twenty-sixth general assembly, state of Illinois....

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An act making appropriations for the officers and members of the next general

assembly, and for the salaries of the officers of the government

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An act to provide for the partial payment of the mileage and per diem of the mem-

bers and officers of the twenty-sixth general assembly..

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An act making appropriations for the part payment of the members and officers of

the twenty-sixth general assembly, and clerks of the committees thereof....... 15

An act to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the government

until the adjournment of the next regular session of the general assembly..... 15

An act to provide for the postage of the present general assembly

An act to locate, erect and carry on an asylum for the insane..

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An act making appropriations for the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane, for the

years 1869 and 1870....

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