Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That the guardian of the heirs at law of Samuel Thirston deceased, on filing with the Judge of Probate of the County of Madison, a bond with good and sufficient securities, to be approved of by said Judge, in such sum as may be deemed sufficient by said Judge conditioned for the true and faithful discharge of the duties enjoined by this act, and that the guardian of said heirs at law will well and truly pay over to said heirs ^11^ all the monies arising from the sale of lands herein authorized, ^12^ shall be and is hereby empowered to sell and convey by sufficent deed or deeds the West half of the north East and south East quarters of section nineteen in township Six north of the base line Range ten west of the third principal meridian; also the north West quarter of section thirty two, and a part of the south West fraction of section thirty two in township six north of the baseline Range ten west of ^the^ third principal meridian situate in the County of Madison; an undivided half of which the said Samuel Thirston died seized and possessed of, either at private sale, under

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the direction and sanction of said Judge, or at public Sale, on giving due notice according to law, and upon Such terms as to credit or not credit as the said guardian by the direction or sanction of the said Judge, may deem proper and most beneficial to the said heirs at law.

Sec 2^d The moneys arising from the said Sales shall be chargeable in account with said heirs, to the said guardian and shall be laid out by said guardian to the best advantage of the said heirs: Provided, that if in the course of Administration it shall appear that the personal estate of the said Thirston should not be sufficient to pay the debts, the said money so arising from Such sale, shall be subject by order of said Judge of Probate to payment of such deficiency.