: lei up on I'lf recuds of t!,e eouit the rcsolulions
a b pt. d at a iiiriMin-j nf tbo bar on the occasion of;
llio ileinisi: of Judu W , from wliieh v.c nuke u !
'"ita'i-xtiaet:
Tbeopitiltis W. .Smith was an early pioneer t.l
lili.ii.is. cars wbci the city in wliieh we
o'er whn.e siul none but the sava-e trod, he was
; " ' ' ""-c s,,o none iml llie savage trial, he was
ein-af-Ml in lint nrm'tien 1' ilmi .r..r.. ..1'
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Kdivarilsv ill,-, in the coiiiity nl Miulison. lie was
not Inn.: 1 eiuiillcil to remain in private life ; the
I copie c loi-it 1,1,11 to tin ir service, iiml, ui
he was elected n'lialnr I'roin llie county ef Madi
son, lie remained iu the bads nf legislation but
nsbott lime, but whilst there, he introduced Ibe
I'nsl bill for the eniisliutlioil ef Ibe Illinois and
Mn hi.in canal, and w as a nniuied one of llie
canal 1 ..mmisio! e, s. Iu V3i he was elected to
a bench nl the supieme eu.irt, a station which his
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eli nr ntnl 1 i.-orous nuiiil his ncule .11.1l rn in-ii.
id inlt Heel, peculiaily lined I im rn
, ih,- y. ur l.s;;,i, he clian-ed Ihe place of bis uliodf,
u , m III le I III S (I I V 1 I.l I nine. Ill 7- I , I ,.
