In force Dec.[December] 17, 1834.
AN ACT for the benefit of the Infant Heirs of Willis Snyder, deceased.
1Guardian of said heirs authorized to vest certain portion of money in real estate.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Samuel Snyder, guardian for Philip Snyder and Willis Snyder, infant heirs of Willis Snyder, deceased, be, and he is hereby authorized to vest such portions of the moneys of
said infant heirs as are in his hands, over and above what shall be sufficient to
raise and educate them, in real estate, the same to be purchased in such a manner
as the said guardian may deem most conducive to the interest of the said infant heirs,
and the deeds for the same to be taken in the names of the said infant heirs.2
Approved, Dec. 17, 1834.
1On December 4, 1834, Jesse K. Dubois in the House of Representatives presented the petition of Samuel Snyder, guardian of the infant heirs of Willis Snyder, requesting passage of a bill authorizing him to purchase certain real estate. The
House referred the petition to a select committee. In response to this petition,
Dubois of the aforementioned select committee introduced HB 6 in the House on December 6. The House passed the bill on December 9. The Senate
concurred on December 11. On December 17, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 41, 67-68, 80, 89, 102, 114, 123, 128;
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 78, 84, 114.
2Over the next four years, Samuel Snyder purchased five tracts of public land, totaling 210 acres, in Lawrence County, including land that later became part of neighboring Richland County, Illinois, in the names of Willis Snyder and Philip Snyder.
Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Lawrence County, 291:99, Richland County, 291:112, 150, 201, Illinois State Archives,
Springfield, IL.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their First Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 73, GA Session: 9-1