Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Mar.[March] 2, 1839.

AN ACT authorizing the sale of certain school lands in Vermilion county.
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Com’r[Commissioner] to sell lands.

Sections.

Sec.[Section] 1. 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

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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: section 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.

Approved, March 2, 1839.

1On February 19, 1839, William Rowan introduced HB 334 in the House. On February 26, the House passed the bill without amendment, and referred it to the Senate. On March 1, the Senate too passed the bill without amendment. On March 2, theCouncil of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives, at the First Session of the Tenth General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1836), 440, 480, 523, 575, 582, 596; Journal of the Senate, at the First Session of the Tenth General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1836), 437, 467, 488.