Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly,2 That the county commissioners’ court of Sangamon county is hereby authorised and empowered to convey to the Governor of the state of Illinois, for the use of the people of said State, all that piece or parcel of ground situate, lying and being in the town of Springfield, county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, known as the “public square,” containing two and a half acres, be the same more or less, upon which piece or parcel of ground when surveyed as aforesaid, shall be erected a State House and other necessary public buildings for the State of Illinois. Archibald Job, of the county of Morgan, A. G. Henry, Thomas Houghan, of Sangamon county, are hereby appointed commissioners to superintend the erection of the public buildings aforesaid, who, before they enter upon the discharge of their duty shall enter into bond to the Governor of this State, with approved security in the penalty of ten thousand dollars each, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties, and shall severally take an oath, that they will well and truly and diligently discharge all their duties as commissioners to superintend the erection of public buildings. They shall cause to be erected a building of suitable size for a State House, upon the most approved and convenient plan and providing the necessary offices and committee rooms for public use. Said commissioners shall stipulate for all payments to be made out of the fund appropriated for that purpose and no other, and they shall be allowed three dollars per day for their services, out of the same fund.

Sec. 2. If the county commissioners’ court of Sangamon county shall fail to survey the lot of land herein contemplated, the said commissioners shall procure a suitable and convenient lot of ground for the purposes aforesaid.

Approved 3d March, 1837.