In force 21st July, 1837.
AN ACT concerning Conveyances.
1Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That every estate in lands which shall hereafter be granted, conveyed or divised to one, although other words heretofore necessary to transfer an estate of inheritance
be not added, shall be deemed a fee simple estate of inheritance if a less estate
be not limited by express words, or do not appear to have been granted, conveyed,
or devised by construction or operation of law.
Where estate is limited.
Sec. 2. When an estate hath been, or shall be, by any conveyance limited in remainder to
the son or daughter or to the use of the son or daughter of any person to be begotten,
such son or daughter, born after the decease of his or her father, shall take the
estate in same manner as if he or she had been born in lifetime of the father, although
no estate shall have been conveyed to support the contingent remainder after his death.
Approved, July 21, 1837.
1William Thomas introduced SB 3 in the Senate on July 11, 1837. The Senate passed the bill on July 15. The House of Representatives concurred on July 20. On July 21, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town
of Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 75, 96, 127, 148; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a
Special Session, Begun and Held in Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 40, 42, 49-50, 65, 107, 117, 121.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at their Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 14, GA Session: 10-S,