In force Jan.[January] 24, 1835.
AN ACT authorizing the Administrators of James Mason, deceased, to execute Deeds in certain cases.
1Preamble.
Whereas, James Mason, deceased, during his life time, was extensively engaged in buying and selling lands,
and at the time of his decease, there were many outstanding bonds for the conveyance
of lands: And, whereas, much delay, expense and trouble would ensue in the settlement
of said estate, by filing bills and obtaining decrees on each separate obligation:
Therefore—
In what cases deeds may be made.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That for the purpose of avoiding the aforesaid difficulties, Sarah Mason and Paris Mason, administrators of the said James Mason, deceased, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make, execute, and
deliver deeds for such tracts of land as may be called for, and described by any outstanding
bond, sign-
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ed by said James Mason, deceased, for lands sold by him in his life time to the holder of said bond, upon
the payment by him of such sum or sums of money as may be due from such holder of
the bond to the said Mason or his estate, as purchase money for the same, which deeds, so executed, shall be
good and sufficient in law, to pass the estate, right and title, which the said James Mason, at the time of his death, had in and to the land described in said bond.
Approved, Jan. 24, 1835.
1John T. Stuart from the Committee on Petitions introduced HB 8 in the House of Representatives on December 8, 1834. On December 9, the House referred the bill to the Committee
on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary reported back the bill on January
17, 1835, without amendment. The House passed the bill on January 19. The Senate concurred on January 20. On January 24, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December
1, 1834 (Vandalia, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 71, 89, 312-13, 329, 341, 360, 375; Journal of the Senate, of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 1, 1834 (Vandalia, IL: J. W. Sawyer, 1835), 282, 288, 322, 323.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their First Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 140-41, GA Session: 9-1