In force 10th February, 1837
AN ACT for the relief of the infant heirs of Ezekiel Good, deceased.
1Executors of E Good deceased upon filing bond with security with the judge of probate
Authorised to lay off town lots on w[west] half s e[southeast] 20, 10 n[north] 7 e; to make sale and notice thereof.
To make deeds to purchasers.
Sec. [Section]1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the executor or executors of the last will and testament of Ezekiel Good deceased, upon filing a bond with the judge of probate of Macoupin county payable to the people of the State of Illinois, for the use of the heirs of the said Ezekiel Good deceased, with such securities and in such sum as may be approved of by the said
judge, conditioned for the performance of the duties enjoined on them by this act,
are hereby authorised to lay off into town lots if it appear most advantageous to the said heirs, the following
tract of land, viz: thirty acres off the west side of the west half of the south
east quarter of section twenty-eight, in township
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ten north of range seven west of the third principal meridian,2 and to sell at public vendue upon giving four weeks previous notice of the time and
place of sale, in some public newspaper printed in this State, all the right, title, and interest of which the said Ezekiel Good died seized, in and to the same, either on credit or for prompt payment, as the said
executor or executors may think best, and to make sufficient deeds or conveyances to the purchasers thereof, for the same.
Executor to pay over to guardian all monies arising from sale.
Duty of guardian.
Proviso.
Further proviso
Sec. 2. That the said executor or executors shall pay over to the lawful guardian or guardians
of Sally Ann Good, Mary Elizabeth Good, Minerva Stevens Good, and Thomas Henry Good, infant heirs of Ezekiel Good deceased, all the money arising from the sale of the said land, and take their receipts
for the same, and the said guardians shall be chargeable therewith as in other cases, and shall
lay out the same if necessary, for the support and maintenance of the said heirs,
provided however, if the personal estate is insufficient to pay off the debts of the said Ezekiel Good deceased, then and in that case, the said executor or executors shall use the proceeds
of said sale, or so much thereof as necessary for the payment of the said debts, provided also, That the said executor or executors are hereby empowered to convey by deed or otherwise,
to the county commissioners of Macoupin county, and their successors in office one acre of land as near as may be in a square, in
the southwest corner of said thirty acres, to be used as a burying ground, and so
as to include the graves already in said land.
Sec. 3. This act to be in force from and after its passage.
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02/10/1837
Secretary of State.
02/10/1837
This bill having remained with the council of revision ten days, (Sunday excepted) and the general assembly being in session, it has become a law, this 10th February 1837.
A. P. FIELD,Secretary of State.
1John Harris introduced HB 59 in the House of Representatives on January 2, 1837. The House passed the bill on January 20. The Senate concurred on January 25. The House and Senate having laid the bill before the Council of Revision on January 30, and the bill remaining with the Council ten days while the General Assembly was in session, the bill became law on February 10.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 157, 229, 258, 312, 385, 415, 418; Illinois Senate
Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 268, 281, 288, 294, 313, 316.
2Located in Carlinville.
“Counties, Townships, and Ranges in Illinois,” Maps, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis
et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d
edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Reference.aspx?ref=Reference html files/LandMeasurement.html.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 180-81, GA Session: 10-1