A Bill for an act for the sale of certain lots therein named

Sec.[Section]1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the general assembly, That Ambrose S. Steele upon filing a bond with the Judge of Probate of Fulton county with good and sufficient securities to be approved by said court, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the conditions of this act may sell and dispose of, at public sale all real estate and town lots belonging situate, lying and being in the towns of Havana and Mascaw, in the county of Mason, belonging to the estate of Ossian M. Rass, deceased.

Sec. 2. Before any of said lots shall be sold as aforesaid, it shall be necessary to obtain the consent of the Executrix and Executor of said estate; the guardian of the minor heirs; and the heirs at law of said estate who are over twenty one years of age, in writing, and file the same in the office of the Judge of Probate in and for the county of Fulton,

Sec. 3 The sale of said lots shall in all cases be by public sale, held in the town in which the lots are situated proposed to be sold, and no sale shall be had under the provissions of this act unless public notice of the time, place and terms of said sale shall have been published in some newspaper printed nearest said town and also public n ^by putting up^ not less than three public notices of the same put up in the vicinity of said town at least four weeks previous to said sale

Sec 4. The said Ambrose S. Steele is hereby authorized and required on the first Monday in the month of January A.D. 1842. and on the first Monday in January every year thereafter, (or

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so long as there are any moneys or assets in his hands [...?] accruing from the sale of said lots) to make out in writing a full and perfect statement of all his acts in the premises in relation to the sale of said lots, and file the same in the office of the Judge of Probate in and for the county of Fulton.

Sec. 5. The Judge of Probate of the county of Fulton upon the statement being filed in his office as aforesaid, shall make an estimate of what amount is due to each of the heirs at law of the said Ossian M. Rass, deceased arising from the sales of said lots as aforesaid, and the said Ambrose S. Steele, shall upon said estimate being made by the Judge of Probate as aforesaid pay over to ^each of^ said heirs who are over twenty one years of age, the sum so estimated to be due; and shall pay over to the guardian of the miner heirs of said estate the sums severally and respectfully ^respectively^ due them agreeable to the estimate made by the Judge of Probate as aforesaid.

Sec. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.