Whereas, James Hughes, late of Kaskaskia, deceased, left at the time of his death a considerable quantity of real estate unencumbered; and whereas, a short time previous to his death a large portion of his land was sold under execution for a mere nominal price, the time for the redemption of which will very soon expire, and if the executors are compelled to await the slow process of a court of justice to obtain an authority to sell any part of the residue of said lands for the purpose of raising funds, the time for redemption will have expired, and the greatest and best part of the estate will be sacrificed. And whereas, Mary Ann Hughes, executrix and widow of said deceased, is the only heir to said estate, there being no children to be effected by this proceeding: therefore,

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Samuel Crawford, executor, and Mary Ann Hughes, executrix of the last will and testament of James Hughes, late of Kaskaskia, deceased, be and they are hereby authorised to sell at public vendue, on giving four weeks previous notice of such sale, so much of the real estate of which said James Hughes died seized, as will be sufficient to discharge the debts and redeem the lands of said deceased which have been heretofore sold under execution. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, Feb. 19, 1841.