Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the general assembly, that the county Commissioners of the county of Johnson, be and they are hereby authorised, if three fourths of the inhabitants of said township shall petition therefor, to appoint three disinterested free holders remotely situated from said Land, who shall after being duly sworn faithfully & impartially to perform, the dutys injoined on them by this act. proceed to divide and subdivide the said 16 Section in legal divisions of not less than forty acres nor more than Eighty Acres, and shall value the said land at its true value without regard to the improvements thereon.

Sec. 2. said commissioners hereby appointed shall make out a plot designating each lot, by its numbers, and note particular, the value^ation^ of Each lot, and shall return the same Certified by them, to the County commissioners Court, and the county Commissioners shall direct the school Commissioner of the County to proceed to sell the Said land giving at least thirty days notice of such sale, by posting up at least six printed or writen notices of such sale, to the highest bidder in cash or on a credit of one [,] two [,] & three years [Credit?] provided such wish be [...?]^expresd^ in the petition for the sale, for the use of said township.

Sec 3. it shall be lawful for any of the actual settlers on any of said lots previous to the day of sale to pay to the School commissioner, the amount of the valuation of his respective lot, provided no sale shall take place unless the valuation shall, Exceede one dollar and twenty five Cents per acre.

Sec 4. the actual settlers on any of these land who may pay the appraised value of his lot of land to the school Commissioner. They shall pay all the Expenses of such valuation and sale, and the School Commissioner shall give certificates to such purchasers as in other Case of sales of sixteenth sections