Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Jonathan Harme-

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son (minor) be, and is hereby authorized to sell and convey all or whatever interest or property he now has, or may have, in the town site of Independence, in Vites Prairie, in Hamilton county, Illinois, or in the tract of land upon which said town is or has been laid out, being his rightful property. And that the said Jonathan Harmeson be, and he is hereby authorized to make, execute, and deliver good and valid titles in law for all, a part, or whatever right, claim, or interest he now has, or may acquire in said tract of land or in the town site thereon, to any and all persons to whom he has sold or may sell the same; and that all titles and deeds of conveyance that he may or shall make, under and by virtue of this act, whether for the whole of said tract of land or for the town lots thereon, in the said town of Independence, shall be good against himself, and all others claiming under him, except as against him, her, or them, who are or shall be the bargainers or venders of said tract of land and town lots: Provided always, That all sales and conveyances of said property, by the said Jonathan Harmeson, (minor) shall be as valid and as binding upon him as if he were of full and lawful age.

Approved 27th February, 1837.