History of Macoupin County Illinois 20 March 1998
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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
AN ACT CREATING THE COUNTY OF MACOUPIN
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: begin-
ning 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 coun-
ty;  thence west on the southern boundary line of
Sangamon and Morgan counties, to the range line di-
viding ranges nine and ten;  thence south on said range
line to the place of beginning;  shall form and consti-
tute 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 peo-
ple, 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 commis-
sioners aforesaid shall locate the seat of justice on pub-
lic 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 terns 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 jus-
tice, 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 com-
missioners, then, and in that case, the said commisioners
shall proceed to select some other situation, as conven-
ient 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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