Sec[Section]: Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That the House on the public square in vandalia now occupied and used as a State House, be and the same is hereby, granted to the President and Trustees of the Town of Vandalia and to the County of Fayette, to be owned, occupied and used by the said corporation and County in severalty as follows[:] The west half of said house making the center of the passage below and above the line of division shall be used and occupied by the County as a Court House or place of holding Courts for said County and for public offices and shall be under the control of the County Commissioners of said County as other public buildings. The East half of said House shall be under the control of the said President and Trustees of the Town of Vandalia and used for school purposes, and such other purposes as said President and Trustees may deem for the interest of the inhabitants of the Town, with this condition, that if at any time hereafter a County Seminary shall be established in said County the said East half of said house or such part thereof as may be required shall be used and occupied for that purpose under the control and direction of the authority which may govern the said Seminary

Sec: 2. The County Commissioners of Fayette County may select a sufficient [nu]mber of stoves, chairs, and tables out of the

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Furniture in the State House for [the] use of the Court House and Clerks offices, which shall be delivered over to them by the person having charge of the same. And the President and Trustees of the Town shall also select the same discription of articles for the use of the part of the House granted to the corporation, and all furniture remaining in the House after the selection aforesaid shall be delivered over to the President and Trustees of the said Town to be sold under their direction and the proceeds of sales vested in a library for the use of the inhabitants of the Town.

Sec: 3 The square on which the State House stands shall for ever remain a public square subject to be enclosed and used as at present and never to become private property.

Sec: 4 All the lots owned by the state situated in Vandalia which have not been appropriated to some use are hereby granted to the County of Fayette, and the County Commissioners of said County are hereby authorised to sell said lots and appropriate the proceeds of such sale to the making or repairing Bridges in the County of Fayette.

This act shall be in force from the date at which the Public offices shall be removed from vandalia.