Se^c[Section]1^st Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly,

That the County School Commissioner in and for the County of Vermilion, be and he is hereby authorized to sell and convey in manner and form as now prescribed by law, upon a petition of a majority of the qualified voters of the several townships herein named, being satisfied that a majority thereof do petition the school lands viz: Sec Number sixteen in township number eighteen north of range number twelve west of the second principal meridian, and section sixteen in township number eighteen aforesaid, and range number thirteen west of said meridian, which said lands may be sold as above stated, although said townships may not have the number of Inhabitants required by the law now in force on that subject and being thus sold the sale shall be valid.