Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That Cyrus Walker of M^cDonough County, D. G. Salisbury of Bureau County, and William Fenn of Marshal County, are hereby appointed commissioners to locate the seat of Justice in and for the county of Stark; said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at the house of W^m H. Henderson in said county on the first Monday in April next; or as soon there after as may be convenient, and after being duly sworn by some Justice of the peace of said county, faithfully to perform the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to locate the county seat of said county, having due regard to the present and future population of said county, the eligibility of the site, and the general good of the whole people of said county, as near the Geographical centre of said county as may be agreeable to the provisions of this act.

Sec. 2. Said commissioners shall by donation or purchase, procure a clear and indefeasible title with general warranty deed to at least forty acres of land upon which the public buildings shall be erected and said county seat located said deed shall be made to and in the name of the County Commissioners of Stark County and their successors in office for the use and benefit of said County of Stark

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners aforesaid, immediately after said county seat shall be located to cause to be surveyed into lots, upon such place as may be agreed on by them; the lands upon which the location has been made, to proceed to advertise and sell the same, at such time and on such terms, as they may deem most advisable for the good of the County; and the proceeds of said sale, or so much thereof as may be sufficient shall be faithfully applied to the erection of a court house and Jail for said county of Stark.

Sec. 4. The County Commissioners Court of the County of Stark shall appropriate out of the County Treasury the sum of three dollars per day to each of the commissioners for the number of days they may be employed in locating the county seat, and travelling to and from the county aforesaid.

Sec. 5. That all that part of Henry County within the following boundary shall be attached to and form a part of the county of Stark. To Wit, Beginning at the South east corner of the county of Henry, running north with the line dividing Ranges five and six, to the north east corner of section twenty four, in Township fifteen North of Range five East of the fourth principal meridian, thence west with the sectional lines to the north west corner of section twenty two in Range four east, thence south along the

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sectional line dividing Townships thirteen and fourteen North thence east with said line to the beginning. It being nine miles square out of the South East corner of said county Provided, That an election shall be held in said county of Henry at the usual places of holding elections, on the first Monday of March next, to vote for or against a division of said county; and if it shall appear that a majority of the legal voters of said County of Henry are in favor of the Territory above described being attached to, and hereafter forming a part of the County of Stark, it shall be considered a part of said county of Stark; but if a majority of the legal voters of said county of Henry are opposed to the division of said county, then the Territory described in the foregoing part of this section shall remain and continue a part of Henry County.

The election shall be conducted, notice given and returns made, in the same manner as now required by law for all special or general elections