In force Jan.[January] 16, 1836
AN ACT for the benefit of the infant heirs of James Mason, deceased.
1Sarah Mason authorized to sell lots in Grafton.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the powers conferred by the act to which this is an amendment, upon Sarah Mason, guardian of Martha Maria Mason, infant and only heir of James Mason, deceased, be, and they are hereby extended, so as to enable her to sell, in the
manner and under the instructions therein contained, the lots and lands, lying in
the town of Grafton, of which the said James Mason died seized.
This act to take effect from and after its passage.
Approved, Jan. 16, 1836.
1Responding to a petition, John T. Stuart of a select committee introduced HB 91 in the House of Representatives on December 31, 1835. The House referred the bill to a select committee, which reported
the bill back without amendment on January 4, 1836. The House passed the bill unamended
on January 5. On January 15, the Senate passed the bill unamended. On January 16, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 185, 218, 228-29, 341, 346, 358;
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 175, 254-55, 268, 280.
Journal of the House of Representatives, at the Second Session of the Ninth General
Assembly, of the State of Illinois, Begun and Held in Pursuance of the Proclamation
of the Governor, in the Town of Vandalia, December 7, 1835 (Vandalia, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), Journal of the Senate, at the Second Session of the Ninth General Assembly, of the
State of Illinois, Begun and Held in Pursuance of the Proclamation of the Governor,
in the Town of Vandalia, December 7, 1835 (Vandalia, IL: J. W. Sawyer, 1835),
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their Second Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1836), 259, GA Session: 9-2,