Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the proprietors of that part of the town of Cambridge, in the county of Peoria, which is located on the east half of section twenty four, township ten north, range four east of the fourth principal meridian, or that part of it of which Zacharia Philips is owner and proprietor, be authorized and empowered to vacate the plat and survey of the same: Provided, the consent of all the owners of lots in that part of the said town of Cambridge, be first had in writing, and acknowledged before some justice of the peace, and recorded in the recorder’s office of Peoria county.

Sec. 2. That the proprietors of Manning, Smith and Higham’s addition to the town of Alton, laid off and platted August 20th, 1836, on sections number thirteen, eighteen and nineteen, in township number five north, ranges number nine and ten west of the third principal meridian, in Madison county, and the owners of lots therein, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to alter, change, or vacate, the survey and plat of said addition, with the exception of Long, Milton, and Washington

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streets: Provided, The consent of all the owners and proprietors aforesaid, shall be first had in writing, which shall be acknowledged in the same manner as deeds of conveyance, and recorded in the recorder’s office in said county of Madison.

Approved, 20th July, 1837.