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January 02, 1840

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Thursday, January 2, 1840.
 Springfield, IL.

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Lincoln votes with majority to table amendments to act concerning justices of peace and constables. He moves amendment to public revenue act: "That hereafter all Revolutionary pensioners in Illinois be permitted to loan their pension money without paying a tax." He votes to table resolution requiring all male inhabitants to work three days a year on public roads. House Journal. 

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         <p> Lincoln votes with majority to table
  amendments to act concerning justices of peace and constables. He moves
  amendment to public revenue act: "That hereafter all Revolutionary pensioners
  in Illinois be permitted to loan their pension money without paying a tax." He
  votes to table resolution requiring all male inhabitants to work three days a
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               <title>House Journal</title>.</bibl> 
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