Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of Tyler D. Hewitt, present commissioner of the Gallatin Saline, to make out an accurate map of the saline reserve, noting therein, by distinct shades, the amount of lands that have heretofore been directed to be sold, and such as have not been directed to be sold. He shall also note on said map the particular section, or subdivision of a section that contains salt wells that have heretofore been used, or are now used for making salt, at said saline: and he shall, moreover, procure a well bound book, in which he shall enter, in proper order, the lands that may remain the property of the state, after the land is taken out which has been already sold, or directed to be sold; all which he shall fully certify, with explanatory notes of said map, and a full description of land not directed to be sold.

Sec. 2. That John Crenshaw, Leonard White, Lee Hargrave, Joseph H. Hayes, William Hewitt, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to lay off, and report to said commissioner of the Gallatin Saline, as many lots of land, to be called saline lots, as they may think proper, not less than six, in said salines; which lots shall include the wells that are now affording salt water, or that are under lease, each well now worked as aforesaid, to be a lot; and as there are wells not leased or used, as aforesaid, to lay off such other lots, including old wells, or prospects for salt water, as shall make up at least the number of six, as first above mentioned. The commissioners in this section, shall designate in said report, the lots of land, including the wells, that are now under lease, and those that are not. Said lots of land, so including wells and salt water prospects, as aforesaid, shall not consist of more than forty acres, but may be less, and may be made without regard to the lines of the United States’ survey; in which latter case they shall report a plat and description of such new survey, so made, for the purposes aforesaid. The aforesaid commissioners, after laying off, and properly marking, by courses and distances, and planting permanent stones at the corner, and numbering the lots so as to be distinctly known, shall proceed to select and lay off, a lot of land to each, upon which there is stone coal, for fuel for such saline lots, numbering and describing such coal lot, and setting forth, distinctly to what saline lot it may belong; which said lots for water and coal, shall be sold, one for water, and one for coal, together. And at the Half Moon lick, (which by this act is contemplated to be divided into four parts,) the said commissioners shall lay off a tract of land around the saline lots, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, outside of said lots, which shall forever remain as common, for salt making purposes, not more than one-eighth of which shall be acquired by any one proprietor of a saline lot, at any one time.

Sec. 3. That all the lands and saline lots mentioned in the foregoing section, shall be subject to sale in the manner, and under the restrictions hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: all those lands not included in any of the existing leases of any part of said saline, and all those saline lots, as mentioned in the preceding section, that are not included in any existing lease, shall be offered at public sale, after advertising the same, with proper description and designation thereof, in at least five public papers, that is to say: one in New York, one in Boston, one in Philadelphia, one in Cincinnati, and two in the state of Illinois, at least eight weeks, commencing at least three months before the day appointed

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by such advertisement for such sale; said advertisement shall designate the time and place of such sale. And on the day appointed as aforesaid, the “commissioners of the Gallatin Saline” shall first offer the land so advertised, beginning at the lowest number of township, range and section, and shall sell the same to the highest bidder; Provided, That any such bid shall not be less than fifty cents per acre. And after such sale, as aforesaid, if any of said lands shall remain unsold, the same may be purchased at private entry, at fifty cents per acre. And after said lands shall be offered at public auction, as aforesaid, the said “commissioners of the Gallatin Saline” shall proceed to offer, at public auction, the saline lots, including wells, or salt water prospects, to the highest bidder; Provided, That if the said lots, last mentioned, shall not sell at such public auction, they shall in no case be entered at private sale.2

Sec. 4. That after the expiration of the year eighteen hundred and forty, the lands now included in any lease, and the wells, or salt water prospects, belonging to any saline lot, as mentioned in the second section of this act, may be sold by the commissioners of the Gallatin Saline, in the manner prescribed in the third section of this act; or if the said lessees shall, at any time, relinquish their right by lease, to any of the lands included in any of their respective leases, the same may be sold as before prescribed; or if they, or any of the said lessees, shall surrender to the state their respective leases, of said saline, then the wells, or salt water prospects, on said lease, so surrendered, may be sold as before prescribed, under the same conditions and restrictions; Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to permit the present lessees to use or occupy any of the land included in their respective leases, for any purpose but the manufacture of salt, and all contracts or leases in relation thereto, by said lessees, shall be void, and shall not be enforced by any court or jurisdiction in this state.

Sec. 5. Whenever any of the lands mentioned in the foregoing sections, shall have been sold, as therein specified, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of the Gallatin Saline, to issue his certificate therefor, describing the particular tract or tracts so sold, the price for which the same was sold, and the time and place of selling the same; and the person holding such certificate, or his assigns, may present the same to the auditor of public accounts, whose duty it shall be, to make out patents for such tract or tracts.

Sec. 6. Twelve thousand dollars, arising from the sale of said land, and saline and coal lots, is hereby appropriated for the erection of a bridge across the Saline creek,3 at the

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Island ripple, and improving the navigation of said creek and also the sum of six hundred dollars to the county o Edwards, to be expended by the commissioners in works of internal improvement in said county of Edwards.4

Sec. 7. That the sum of eight hundred dollars, be and the same is appropriated, on the road leading from Equality to Golconda, one half to be expended under the direction of the county commissioners of Pope county, and the other half under the direction of the county commissioners of Gallatin. The further sum of eight hundred dollars is appropriated to the improvement of the road from Equality to McLeansborough, one half to be expended in each county, under the direction of the county commissioners, respectively. The further sum of five hundred dollars is appropriated to the improvement of the road leading from Equality to Carmi, under the direction of Thomas H. Leaville and John Kensall. And the sum of one thousand dollars is appropriated to the improvement of the road from Equality, across the North Fork, and Cypress creek, to Shawneetown, under the direction of Henry Eddy and John Grenshaw. And the further sum of four hundred dollars, to the county court of Franklin, for the purpose of erecting a bridge across the Middle Fork of Muddy, on the road leading from Frankfort to Mount Vernon. And the further sum of four hundred dollars, to the county of Jackson, for the purpose of building a bridge across the Crab Orchard, on the road leading from Frankfort to Brownsville. And the further sum of four hundred dollars to Jackson county, for the purpose of completing the road across the bottom, on the road from Brownsville to the Grand Tower. And the further sum of four hundred dollars to the county of Washington, to be applied exclusively to the improvement of the roads in said county. And the sum of three hundred dollars, to Franklin county, for building a bridge across Pond creek, in the county of Franklin, on the two roads leading to Phelp’s prairies, and Brownsville. The sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the county of Union, to improve the road from Jonesboro’ to the Mississippi river, at Williard’s ferry. The sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the county of Alexander, for the purpose of building a bridge at Unity. To the county of Pope, three hundred dollars, one half on the Petullo bluff, on the road from Vandalia to Golconda, the other half on the Massac bluffs, to be expended, the first under the direction of Williston T. Reed, and the second under the direction of John Witt. The further sum of five hundred dollars, to be appropriated under the order and direction of the county commissioners of Johnson coun-

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ty, within the limits of said county.5 The further sum of two hundred dollars, to the county of Franklin, to build a bridge across the saline, on the road from Frankfort to Golconda. The further sum of five hundred dollars, to Randolph county, to build a bridge across Mary’s river, on the road from Kaskaskia to Liberty. And the further sum of three hundred dollars, to be applied under the direction of the county commissioners’ court of Lawrence county, to the improvement of Purgatory, on the Vincennes and St. Louis road.6 To the county of Edgar, three hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the county commissioners’ court of said county, for the improvement of the public roads therein. To the county of Jefferson, the sum of four hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the county commissioners of said county. To the county of Clay, three hundred dollars, to be applied to the improvement of the Little Wabash bottom.7 To the county of Perry, four hundred dollars, to be appropriated under the order and direction of the county commissioners of said county: and also to the county of Greene, four hundred dollars; and to the county of Marion, four hundred dollars; and to the county of Effingham, one hundred and fifty dollars, to be expended under the direction of the county commissioners, in building bridges on the road in said county leading from Maysville to Shelbyville.8 To the counties of Coles and Clark, three hundred dollars, each, to be expended under the direction of the county commissioners’ courts of said counties, for purposes of internal improvement. And there shall be paid to the county commissioners’ court of the county of Wabash, the sum of five hundred dollars, to be expended under its direction, one half thereof to be expended in improving the navigation of the Bonpas river, and the residue thereof in improving the state road9 and mail route, leading from Mount Carmel to Albion.10 The residue of the money, if any, arising from the sales of said saline lands, shall be paid into the treasury of the state, for the use of the state. Timothy Guard is allowed the pre-emption right to part of the fraction on which his coal furnace and stack now stands, for the purpose of erecting thereon a steam mill, not exceeding four acres, at fifty cents per acre.11

Sec. 8. The commissioners appointed in the second section of this act, are hereby authorised to lay out and expend the money appropriated for the improvement of the navigation of the Saline, in building locks and dams, upon and across said creek, at such times and places as they may deem proper; and whenever they may believe there is a sufficiency of money to justify them in so doing, may commence said work, either by letting it out in parcels, or the

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whole, or by employing laborers to work on said improvement; and shall have power to cause the said Saline creek to be made navigable at all times, for boats drawing two feet and a half water, as far as Equality, and to improve the navigation by clearing out rafts, and cut timber out of the way, as high up as McFarland’s mill, on said creek.12

Sec. 9. The commissioner appointed to sell the land and lots in this act mentioned, shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, enter into bond and security to the people of the state of Illinois, in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties as commissioner, as aforesaid; and also take an oath faithfully to perform his duties, as such commissioner; which bond shall be approved of by the county commissioners’ court, and filed in the records of said court. And if he fail to enter into such bond, his office shall be deemed vacant, after three months from the passage of this act: and it shall be the duty of the governor to fill such vacancy; and such bond and security shall be required of the commissioner so appointed to fill the vacancy.

Sec. 10. The said commissioner shall, at least once a month, deposite all moneys arising from the sale of any land or lots, in the Bank of Illinois , at Shawneetown; and once in every three months, report to the auditor of public accounts, stating particularly the amount of sales, what is sold, and to whom, and when.

Sec. 11. The commissioners, and others, authorised to lay out and spend the several sums in this act appropriated, are hereby authorised to draw for the same on the bank aforesaid, as the same may be deposited, in the order in which they stand stated in the sixth and seventh sections of this act; the county commissioners by a certified order of said court, and the commissioners, by an order signed by a majority of their number; and in case of a vacancy in said commissioners, by death, resignation, or otherwise, the remaining commissioners shall have power to fill such vacancy.13

Approved, Jan. 16, 1836.