Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Elizabeth W. Collins, guardian of Adeline Collins, Maria C. Collins, William H. Collins, and Elizabeth A. Collins, infant heirs of William B. Collins, deceased, on filing with the judge of probate of Madison county, a bond with good and sufficient securities, to be approved by said judge, conditioned for the true and faithful discharge of the duties enjoined by this act; and that as guardian of said infant heirs, she will well and truly pay over to the judge of probate of said county, all the proceeds arising from the sale of lands herein authorized, shall be and is hereby empowered to sell and convey, by good and sufficient deed or deeds, the following described lands, to wit: Two acres of land with an ox-mill thereon, bounded as follows: beginning at the northeast corner of Elizabeth Collins’ land, on the highway, and running with said highway east sixteen rods;2 thence south twenty rods, at right angles to the first line; thence west sixteen rods, parallel with said sixteen rods on said highway; thence north parallel with said east line twenty rods, to the place of beginning. Also, fifty acres in Collinsville, including the mansion house, lying north of the aforesaid highway, running through the village of Collinsville; and to include fifty acres, running back to the land of Horace Look, either at private or public sale, on giving due notice according to law; and upon such terms and credits as she may deem most conducive to the interest of her said wards.

Sec. 2. That so soon as the said Elizabeth W. Collins shall have made sale of the real estate, described in the first section of this act, under the provisions therein contained, and after having paid over to the judge of probate of said county, the full amount of the proceeds of such sale, she shall report her proceedings in the premises to

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said judge of probate; and it shall be the duty of said judge, after the reception of said report, and the receiving of all the moneys derived from said sale, if he shall be satisfied that such sale was made without frauds or collision, to set off to said Elizabeth, and pay over to her in notes or money, so much as in his discretion is the true notice of her claim of dower, (if any she have) in said estate, and take her receipt therefor; and it shall further be the duty of said judge, together with the said Elizabeth, to vest the proceeds of said sale, either in real estate, or loan the same on unincumbered real estate, at not exceeding one half its appraised value, as in their opinion will best advance the interest of said infant heirs.3