In force, July 4, 1839.
AN ACT disposing of the public property of Vandalia.
1
Division of
Condition.
Sec. 1. 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 centre 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,
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under the control and direction of the authority which may govern the said seminary.
Furniture, how disposed of.
Sec. 2. The county commissioners of Fayette county may select a sufficient number of stoves, chairs, and tables, out of the furniture
of 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 description 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 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.
Public square.
Sec. 3. The square on which the State house stands shall forever remain a public square,
subject to be enclosed and used as at present, and never to become private property.
Lots in Vandalia.
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 authorized to sell said lots, and appropriate the proceeds of such sale
to the making or repairing of 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.
Approved, February 19, 1839.
1On January 21, 1839, Senator William Thomas introduced SB 112 in the Senate. On January 31, the Senate passed the bill. The House of Representatives passed the bill on February 15. On February 19, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law on July 4, 1839.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December
3 1838 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 318, 341-342, 413, 428;Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 3, 1838 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 197, 226, 254, 339, 347.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 134-35, GA Session: 11-1,