Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the resolution adopted by the inhabitants of township thirty-five north, of range ten east, in Will county,2 at their annual school meeting, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty -nine, held in obedience to “An act to amend the several acts in relation to common schools,” approved, March fourth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, which directed the trustees of schools for said township, upon application of a majority of the taxable inhabitants of any district in said township for that purpose, to assess an amount not exceeding seven hundred dollars upon the taxable property in such district, according to the assessment roll of the current year, as returned to the county commissioners’ court, and all proceedings of the trustees of schools in said township in assessing such tax or taxes, upon such application or applications, be, and the same are hereby declared legal; and the collector, appointed by the trustees of schools for said township, shall have the same authority in the collection of any taxes or school bills legally assessed by said trustees of schools, as collectors of counties have.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of schools for said township, shall have the power, and it is made their duty, to sell all lands which may come into their hands

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upon the foreclosure of mortgages upon executions in their favor, either at public or private sale: Provided, always, That if at auction, at least six weeks’ notice shall be given of such sale, in some public newspaper: And provided further, That no sale shall be made for less than cost, taxes, judgment and interest.

Approved, February 26, 1841.