Sec[Section] 1^st Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly: That whenever a guardian shall be appointed by the Probate Court of the County of Perry, for the infant heirs of Robert B. Murphy, late of said County, deceased, To wit, Mary, Sarah, Samuel B. and Ellen Murphy, and shall have filed with the said Court, a bond with good and sufficient securities to be approved of by said Court, in such sum as may be deemed sufficient by said Court, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties enjoined by this act, and that as guardian of the said infant heirs, he will well and truly vest the proceeds of the sale of the lands of which the same Robert B. Murphy decd[deceased] seized and possessed, and occupied by him as a plantation, with the lands attached thereto, lying and being in Perry County, in other real Estate unimproved, in some Land District of this State, making the best selections for said heirs; said guardian shall be and he is

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hereby empowered to sell and convey by sufficient deed or deeds, all the lands of the said Robert B. Murphy decd, and which have descended to the said infants as his heirs at law, known as his plantation, and the lands attached thereto, for the use of the same, in Perry County aforesaid, at private sale, upon such terms, as to the said guardian may seem most advantageous for the said heirs.

Sec 2^nd So soon as the money is realized from said sale, it shall be the duty of the said guardian to vest the proceeds thereof, in other unimproved lands, at the price demanded for the same by the United States, in some one or more Land Districts of this State, having due regard to the quality of said land, advantages of situation, and probable prospective value thereof; which said land shall be purchased by said Guardian, for said heirs, in their names, and as tenants in common.

Sec 3^rd Should the said Guardian have funds in his hands, arising from the sale of the personal estate of the said Robert B. Murphy decd, more than sufficient to educate and maintain the said infants, it shall be his duty to vest such overplus in unimproved land, at Government price, in the manner provided in the second section of this act. This act to take effect and be in force from and after it’s passage.