Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the Gen General Assembly, that the inhabitants of the town of Chicago, under the direction of the president, and Trustees of said town, are hereby authorised, and permitted to use a lot of Canal land, situated near the said town for a burial ground; being the East half of the South-East quarter, of section no thirty-three, in Township, Number forty, Range fourteen east of the third principal meridian, provided, The president and trustees of said town, will by an order to be entered upon the records of their proceedings, engage, and agree to pay to the State of Illinois, whatever sum the said land may be valued at by the agents of the State, whenever the State shall authorise a sale of the Canal lands, in the vicinity of the town of Chicago: the said land1 to be valued at the same price of other Canal lands of a like quality, and situation; and without regard to the use to which it is applied.

Sec. 2. When the land described in the foregoing section, shall be

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paid for, as therein provided, the title to the same shall be vested in the “president and trustees of the town of Chicago,” and their successors forever: but the said trustees shall not thereby acquire the right to sell, dispose of, or lease, the said land, or any part thereof: but the same shall forever remain for a public burying ground, and shall never be used for any other purpose: provided, that the trustees may lay off a part thereof, for the burial of the citizens of Chicago, and a part for the burial of strangers, and transient persons: and make such other subdivisions thereof, as may be deemed necessary to the public convenience