Revised Code Illinois Containing General by Illinois, Used (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. [5]-276 pp. Printed by Lodge, L'Hommedieu & Hammond in Cincinnati.Contemporary three quarter calf over paper-covered boards. Front board detached but present. Moderate foxing to some leaves, but very readable throughout. Not recorded in Byrd (being printed in Cincinnati, it does not meet his strict crtiteria).

1829 Collection of Illinois Laws, Has an Interesting Section on "Negroes" [Illinois]. 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. Shawneetown, Ill.: Published by Alexander F. Grant & Co., Cincinnati: Lodge, L'Hommedieu, And Hammond-Printers, 1829. 278 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep of paper-covered boards, lettering piece, blind fillets and fragment of owner label to spine. Light soiling, rubbing with wear to boards, spine ends and corners. Moderate toning, somewhat heavier in places, and light foxing, occasional faint dampstaining. A solidly bound copy. $400. * The second post-statehood collection, the first published in 1827. Included are laws relating to boundary lines, elections, horse, idiots, militias, the poor, roads, schools and smugglers. The section of the code concerning "Negroes" restricts their entry into the State, requires resident African Americans to be registered with the state (as indicated by the possession of a registration certificate) and any non-registered African American as a runaway slave. Also, courts are ordered to dismiss any suit brought by a slave petitioning a court for his or her freedom. Babbitt, Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 105.

Original half sheep and pale blue paper over boards, with chipped gilt-lettered morocco spine label and partially obscured gilt institutional stamp at base of spine. Binding rubbed and worn, with front hinge starting, institutional bookplate on front pastedown. 278pp, lightly toned. Good+. The Revised Code includes Acts in force at the time of the Sixth General Assembly, and those passed at that Session, which commenced in Vandalia in December 1828. The Code is alphabetically organized and preceded by a Table of Contents. The Code is followed by a Resolution of the Sixth General Assembly, ordering the Code to be published; a List of the Private Acts passed at that Session; the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act passed by Congress; Reports of the State Auditor and Treasurer to the General Assembly; and a detailed Index. One Section of the Code, entitled 'Negroes,' restricts their entry into the State, requires that they obtain a certificate, and treats as a runaway slave any Negro who lacks such a certificate. Courts must dismiss any suit brought by a Negro who enters the State and who petitions the court for his freedom. Harv. Law Cat. 984. Babbitt 105.