Whereas the county commissioners of the county of Warren and state of Illinois, surveyed and laid out the town of Monmouth in the 1831; And again they surveyed said town in 1834, by running streets, and making an additional blocks and lots in said town, And again they have run streets through the remaining out lots in 1836, so as to
make a greater number of blocks than heretofore, therefore,
Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That the county commissioners of the ^county of^ Warren and state of Illinois, sitting as a county commissioners’ Court, either at a regular term, or special term of said court, shall have power, and they as a court, may renumber the blocks and lots in said town of Monmouth, so as to correspond with the survey of 1836. Provided, the purchasers have and obtain a deed for the same quantity of ground and lying
in the same part of the town sold, although the block and number of lot many be changed by said survey.
Sec 2. The said court shall file and record in their own court record, and also in the Recorder’s Office
in the county of Warren, said reSurvey. After which the court, by their commissioner to make deeds, shall convey the lots as last surveyed, which
conveyance shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if said
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Se[Section] 3 If the said court has made deeds as a court or by or through their commissioner to make deeds, has conveyed any lots or lots in such town of Monmouth to any person or persons as surveyed and recorded in 1831, or 1834 the Same shall
be to all intents and purposes, as good and sufficient as though this law had not
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 419, SB 161, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,