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 Thurston, on filing with the judge of probate of the county of Madison, a bond with good and sufficient security, 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 the said heirs, all monies arising from the sale of lands herein authorised; and shall do and perform all other duties devolving upon him by virtue of this act, shall be, and is hereby empowered to sell and convey, by sufficient 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 base line, range ten west, of the third principal meridian, situated in the county of Madison, an undivided half of which the said Samuel Thurston died seized and possessed of, either at private sale, under 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.2

Sec. 2. The money 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 Thurston, shall not be sufficient to pay the debts, the said money so arising from such sale, shall be subject, by order

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of said judge of probate, to payment of such deficiency: And Provided, further, That the said guardian may, if he deems it more advantageous to said heirs to do so, invest the money arising from the sale herein authorized, or any balance thereof, that may remain after paying any of the debts of said Thurston, as herein authorised, in other real estate, or town lots, to and for the use of said heirs.3

This act to be in force, and take effect, from and after its passage.