A Bill for an act to Authorize the Supervisor of the Village of Cahokia to Lease part of the commons appertaining to said Village.

Sect[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly

That the Supervisor duly Elected by the Inhabitants of the Village of Cahokia is hereby authorized to cause to be conveyed in Lots that in his opinion will best suit purchasors any part of the Commons of Cahokia, and Lease the same for any number of years not exceeding one hundred as in his opinion will best promote the Interests of the Inhabitants of said Village The said supervisor shall first cause to be surveyed in Lots as aforesaid the part of said commons proposed to be Leasd and cause a plot of the same to be made shewing the number of acres in each lot and Location, properly numbered, which plot when so made shall be recorded in the Recorders office of St Clair County.

Section 2 The said Supervisor shall cause to be inserted for four weeks consecutively the day and place in one of the Newspapers published in Belleville and also in one of the daily papers published in the City of St Louis Mo. the time and place of offering said Lots to Lease, and also cause four written advertisements to be placed up in four of the most public places in the vicinity of the said Village and on the day thus appointed the said supervisor shall cause the said lots to be publickly set up and sold ^leased^ to the highest bidder.

Section 3. No Lots shall be Leased but on the following conditions to wit. the Lessee shall bid so much per annum for the said Lot by the same for each Lot which sum shall or sums shall be paid annually to the Supervisor of the said Village

Section 3. Each lot shall be offered seperately stating the number of years for which the same is proposed to be Leased, the number of acres it contains and the same shall be struck off to the highest bidder person, bidding the highest amount per acre, of money per acre payable annually in advance for the same each year each and every year the same is Leasd for. The said Supervisor as aforesaid shall cause Execute to the Lessee on deed of Lease for the number of years the same was bid off, which Lease shall vest in the purchasor the full & complete possession and enjoyment of said land for the Term of years Leasd conditioned for the annual payment of the rent to the Supervisor or other Authorized person or persons to receive the same for the Inhabitants of the Village of Cahokia.

Section 4 The proceeds of the commons so leased as above shall after defraying the Expenses of sale be appropriated to the purpose of Education Education of the children of the ^Inhabitants of the^ Village of Cahokia and for no other purpose whatever, to effect which said object the said Inhabitants of said Village shall Elect three Trustees annually whose duty it shall be to provide a school house or houses and employ ^a teacher or^ teachers suitable and competent for the instruction of the pupils, said Trustees shall have power to receive from the Supervisor or Lessees the amount of money due annually from the rents of said commons, and transmit the

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same to their successors in office should there be any in their hands, and shall moreover be required at the end of every year to render an account to the Inhabitants of said village of all the monies which came to their hands of the Amount paid for tuition & school houses & the number of children taught. Nothing in this act contained shall prevent the said Supervisor from Leasing any portion of said Commons at private sale or where in his opinion the Interest of the Inhabitants of Cahokia require it will be advanced by it.

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Said Supervisor before entering on the discharge of his duties under this act shall shall enter into Bond with two or more sufficient securities in the sum of three thousand dollars payable to the County commissioners of St Clair County & their successors in office for the use of the Inhabitants of the village of Cahokia conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties under this act, which Bond shall be signed and the securities approved of before the Clerk of the county commissioners court of said C St Clair County which bond when approved by the clerk shall be by him filed in his office