Whereas the existing leases in the Gallatin Saline are about to expire on the first of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty: And whereas, also, It is to be apprehended that salt making will altogether cease, unless some legislative action is immediately had: And whereas, also, It is inexpedient that the wells and salt springs should, at this time, be put up to sale, because that it might endanger the future manufacturing of salt at that saline, for years to come, to the great inconvenience of a large portion of the people of the State: Therefore,

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the wells of the salt waters of the Gallatin Saline, situate in the Half Moon,2 heretofore occupied by Timothy Guard and Benjamin White, under leases from the State, and which expire on the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and the same are hereby leased to John Crenshaw, for, and during the full end and term of ten years, fully to be completed and ended, commencing on the second day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and forty; together with all the rights and appurtenances, and a sufficient proportion of common appurtenant to the same, as laid off, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature, passed January the sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, together with the present pipe line, leading from the well now worked, to the furnace; and there is hereby also granted to the said Crenshaw the right of way over any lands now owned by the State; and when the same passes over the lands of others, and disagreements should arise, the said Crenshaw shall have the same proceedings as in cases of right of way.

Sec. 2. In consideration of which grant, in the foregoing section made, the said Crenshaw shall, on or before the tenth3 day of December, eighteen hundred and forty, execute a bond, with sufficient security, to be approved by the Treasurer of this State, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the payment of four hundred dollars to the Treasurer, annually—the first payment to be made on the second day of December, eighteen hundred and forty one, and, yearly,

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thereafter, until the expiration of said lease;4 and conditioned, also, that he will well and truly manufacture salt at the said saline works, and at all times, (unavoidable accidents not preventing,) keep a sufficient quantity of salt on hand, to supply all such persons, of the neighboring country, as purchase salt at said saline, for domestic consumption, whenever they shall apply at the works for the same; and conditioned, also, that he will at no time, during his said lease, charge or receive more than sixty-two and a half cents per bushel for said salt so manufactured; and conditioned, also, further, that he shall deliver, at the end of said ten years, the said wells and the line of pipes, in as good condition as they now are, without let or delay; and, also, with the further condition, that he shall at no time, during the said lease, enter into any scheme or bargain, whereby the manufacture of salt shall be suspended, or a monopoly accrue, to the prejudice of any of the people of this State; which bond, when so taken, executed and approved, shall be filed with the Auditor of Public Accounts, who shall give to said Crenshaw a certificate of such fact, and affix his seal of office—which certificate shall be evidence of the fact it contains, in any court of record in this State. 5

Approved, December 9, 1840.