Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the said act to which this is supplemental, shall be construed to mean and
to give to the claimant the legal possession (for the purposes mentioned in said act)
of three hundred and twenty acres (if the custom of the neighborhood extends to that
number) of unsurveyed land, or one hundred and sixty acres of surveyed lands, whether
the same be in ^one^ or more seperate[separate] parcels, and that the claimant shall reside on or near the same; and that the claim
of unsurveyed lands be so plainly marked that it can be designated from the adjacent
lands.
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A Bill for “^an^ act supplemental to the act entitled an act to define the extent of possession in cases of Settlement on the Public Lands,” approved 27 Feb. 1837
A Bill for “^an^ act supplemental to the act entitled an act to define the extent of possession in cases of Settlement on the Public Lands,” approved 27 Feb. 1837
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Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 36, HB 45, GA Session 11-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,