Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General assembly That the Seat of Justice of the County of Calhoun Shall be and is hereby removed from its present location in the town of Gilead, and relocated, and the Courts hereafter to be held in said County, Shall be held in the Town of Gilford and the said town of Gilford shall be the permanent County seat of said County, Provided the proprietors or citizens of the said town of Gilford Shall donate and deed by general warrantee in fee-simple to the County of Calhoun a sufficient quantity of ground on which to erect the public buildings of said County, also at least twenty building lots in said town, and pay into the County Treasury of said of County Three Hundred dollars to be applied with the proceeds of the sale of the aforesaid
lots in the erection of a Court house for said County
Sec 2 as soon as the provisions of the first section of this act Shall have been complied
with, it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners of the said County, to procure some suitable building in the town of Gilford, in which the courts shall be held in until the necessary public buildings shall
have been erected, The Clerks of the Circuit and County Commissioners Courts and recorder are hereby required to remove their respective records, and keep their
offices at the town of Gilford, and all officers required by law to reside at and keep their offices at the County
seat are hereby required to keep their offices in said town of Gilford
Sec 3 as soon as convenient after this
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act shall take effect, the County commissioners of said County shall proceed to sell the public buildings and all the real estate belonging to said
County, and Situated in the town of Gilead in such a manner as shall by them, be thought to be most beneficial to the interest
of said County, the proceeds of which shall be applied to the erection of new buildings in the town
of GilfordSec 4 The conveyance of the town lots required to be made by the proprietors of the
town of Gilford in the first section of this act shall be made within three months after its passage,
and the three hundred dollars required by the same section to be paid into the County
treasury by them, Shall be made at the December term of the County Commissioners Court in the present year
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 433, SB 177, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,