Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That all the rights[,] title[,] and interest which the State now has or hereafter may acquire by Escheat in and to in-lotts in Shawnetown known and designated on the plat of said Town as in-lotts Numbered 1215 and 1216, the Estate of John Cox of Shawnetown deceased, be and the same is hereby released to, and confered in and upon John Logsdon, Butler Logsdon, Joseph Logsdon, Nancy Brown, and Susan Williams of the State of Illinois in equal and corresponding Shares.
Sec 2 The Said John Logsdon, Butler Logsdon, Joseph Logsdon, Nancy Brown, and Susan Williams shall be entitled to proceed, in their own names, in the same manner as the State[’]s attorney, in behalf of the State, is authorised to proceed, under an act regulating Escheats approved March 1st 1833, and the same process shall be awarded to the said releasers and confirmers,
and judgement had in their names and for their benefit, as the State would be entitled to under the said act; the Court proceedings in all respects by
the same rules as are prescribed in said act, for the regulation of information on
behalf of the State.
Sec 3 It is hereby intended that the rights of the unknown heirs of the said
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John Cox, deceased, if any there be, Shall stand and be in all respects as they are, under
the provisions of the Escheat law of this State now in force.
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An act for the relief of John Logsdon, Butler Logsdon, Joseph Logsdon, Nancy Brown and Susan Williams
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 185, HB 198, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,