Whereas the Commissioners, appointed by an act entitled “An Act to establish the Seat of Justice of Iroquois County,” Approved February 10^th 1835 have failed to execute the provisions, and duties imposed upon them by the Said act; and the location of said seat of Justice still remains undecided: Therefore

Sec.[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That David [Shaver?] ^Noel Vasser^ of Lasalle ^Will^ county, James Palmer ^George Scarborough^ and George Barnet of Vermillion County be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners; whose duty it shall be to locate a permanent Seat of Justice for the County of Iroquois, And then when selected and located shall be called by such name as the said commissioners may designate.

Sec 2. The above named commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the house of William Armstrong, in said County of Iroquois, on the first day of April next, or within four months thereafter, and after being duly sworn, by some Justice of the peace, faithfully to take into consideration the convenience of the people, situation of settlement now made and that may hereafter be made, and the eligibility of situation for said town, and shall within the time aforesaid proceed to fix upon a place for said county seat.

Sec 3 When said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have agreed upon a place for said County seat as is provided in the second section of this act, they shall make

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report thereof under their hands, particularly describing the place they have so selected, to the County Commissioners’ Court of said County of Iroquois, who, at their next term, shall cause the same to be entered on the records of said Court, and the said place so selected shall be and remain the permanent seat of Justice of the said County of Iroquois.

Sec. 4. Should said commissioners conclude to locate said seat of justice on private property, or the property of individuals, they shall ask and obtain from Said individuals a donation of at least twenty acres of land, and shall also describe said donation, with certainty, by metes and bounds as near as may be Provided, that should the proprietor or proprietors neglect or refuse to make the donation herein provided for, the said commissioners shall then be required to locate the said seat of justice on the nearest eligible situation on public land. And it shall be the duty of said commissioners previous to locating the said seat of justice on land belonging to any individual or individuals, to take a deed in fee simple to said County of Iroquois for such lands as may be donated as aforesaid. And provided further, That if the said commissioners shall locate said seat of justice on public land, the county commissioners’ Court shall be, and they are hereby, authorised and required to purchase any quantity of land not exceeding one quarter section, including said town site in the name, and for the use of the said County of Iroquois; which land, or such part thereof as the county commissioners’

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Court may direct, shall be laid off into town lots in such manner, and sold for the use of said County, at such time and place as the County Commissioners’ Court may direct.

Sec 5. The County Commissioners’ Court of said County of Iroquois shall allow the said commissioners such reasonable compensation for their services as they may deem just not exceeding two dollars per day, to be paid out of the County treasury of said County.

Sec 6. All acts, and part of acts coming within the purview of this act are hereby repealed.