In force, 6th Dec.[December] 1836.
AN ACT to authorise William C. Murphey, guardian of the infant heirs of Robert B. Murphey, deceased, to convey certain lands.
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Preamble.
Whereas, it is represented in the general assembly, that R. B. Murphey late of Perry co. departed this life, seized of an undivided third part of four-fiths of a small tract of land situated in Smith county, Tennessee: that in his lifetime he contracted to sell the same to Frederick Uhes, and died without receiving the consideration money or compteting said sale, and whereas, it is believed to be to the interest of Mary, Sarah, and Samuel B. Murphey, infant heirs of the said R. B. Murphey, to whom the title to said land has descended, that said contract and sale should be completed; therefore,
Wm. C. Murphey authorised to convey real estate of R. B. Murphey, deceased, in state of Tennessee, upon receipt of purchase money.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinoie represented in the General Assembly, That William C. Murphey, guardian of said infant heirs, Mary, Sarah and Samuel B. Murphey, be, and he is hereby authorised to convey all the title of the said infant heirs to the said described land upon the receipt of the said purchase money for the same, as agreed by the said R. B. Murphey in his lifetime.
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12/06/1836
This bill having been laid before the council of revision, and ten days not having intervened before the adjournment of the General Assembly, and the said bill not having been returned with the objections of the council on the first day of the present session of the General Assembly, the same has become a law.
Given under my hand, the 6th day of December, A.D., 1836.
A. P. FIELD,
Secretary of State.
1Richard G. Murphy introduced HB 80 in the House of Representatives on December 26, 1835. The House passed it on December 30. The Senate concurred on January 13, 1836. The House and Senate laid the bill before the Council of Revision before the end of the session, but the Council did not act before adjournment. Said bill not having been returned with the Council’s objections on the first day of the next session, the act became law on December 6, 1836.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 144, 156, 157, 182, 311, 331; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 134, 226, 250.

Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 156, GA Session: 10-1