In force Jan.[January] 7, 1835.
AN ACT concerning Conveyances by County Commissioners.
1Conveyances heretofore made declared valid.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all deeds, grants, conveyances and bonds, heretofore executed by the commissioners
of any county in this State without fraud or collusion of, and concerning real estate, owned by the counties
of such commissioners, are hereby declared to be good and valid in law, and to operate
as though such commissioners had been authorized to execute such deeds, grants, conveyances
and bonds, at the time of the execution of the same.
Authorized to execute deeds, &c.[etc.]
Sec. 2. The county commissioners of the several counties of this State, are hereby authorized to execute and deliver all deeds, grants, conveyances and
bonds which may become necessary in settling and transferring real estate belonging
to their respective counties; and such deeds, grants, conveyances and bonds, if made
without fraud or collusion, shall be obligatory upon the counties to all intents and
purposes.
This act shall take effect from its passage.
Approved, Jan. 7, 1835.
1William Thomas introduced SB 21 in the Senate on December 23, 1834. On December 26, James W. Stephenson moved to add an additional section to the bill, and the Senate referred the bill
and proposed amendment to a select committee. On December 27, the select committee
recommended rejecting the amendment; the Senate concurred and passed the bill. The
House passed the bill on December 31. On January 7, 1835, 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), 175, 177, 190, 223, 240, 245 ; 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), 124-125, 130, 137, 142, 164, 192, 195.
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), 46, GA Session: 9-1,