In force, Feb.[February] 22, 1839.
AN ACT to authorize the trustees of schools in township seven north, range seven
east, to revalue the sixteenth section.
1May revalue sixteenth section.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the trustees of schools in township seven north, range seven east, in the county
of Peoria, be, and they are hereby, authorized to revalue and appraise so much of the sixteenth section in said township
as remains unsold, or that may revert to the people of the township, by reason of
non-payment of the purchase money and interest accruing on any part of said sixteenth
section heretofore sold.
Certificate.
Sec. 2. The said trustees shall make a certificate of the valuation made by them under the
provisions of this act, to the school commissioner of the county of Peoria, in the same manner as is required of the trustees of school lands by the fourth
section of an act to amend an act, entitled “An act authorizing the sale of section
numbered sixteen, or such lands as may be granted in lieu thereof, to the inhabitants
of such township, for the use of schools,” approved February fifteenth, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-one.
Approved, February 22, 1839.
1On February 8, 1839, Senator William J. Gatewood introduced SB 194 in the Senate. On February 12, the Senate passed the bill. On February 20, the House of Representatives passed the bill. On February 22, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
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), 393, 463, 479; 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), 296, 317, 375-376, 387.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 149, GA Session: 11-1,