Whereas the Trustees of section 16, in Township 17. North, and range 9 west, with a view to make said section as valuable as possible, have laid off a part of the same into town lots, and established a Town, called and known by the name of Philadelphia; and a part of said town lots having been sold, by the school commissioner; and there existing some doubt as to the right of the Trustees to lay off said land into lots and streets as aforesaid: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the acts of the Trustees of said Township in laying off said land into lots and Streets, and establishing the town as aforesaid, and the acts of the School Commissioner in selling said lots, are hereby declared valid, and binding to all intents and purposes whatever: and the streets laid out; are hereby declared public Streets: and the School Commissioner is authorised, at any time hereafter, to sell the remainder of said section sixteen in Town lots of otherwise as the Trustees of the Township may request