Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly That Mary Evans of the County of Washington in the State of Virginia be and she is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and coney[convey] on the best terms she may be able to do the following tract of land situate in the County of Fayette Illinois viz. The South East quarter, south East quarter section N^o 7. Township N^o 6 North Range One West containing forty acres.