In force Feb.[February] 27, 1841.
An ACT to sell the school section in township fourteen north, of range eight east
of the fourth principal meridian.
1Commissioner to sell land.
C. Boyd may purchase.
Sec. [Section]1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the school commissioner of the county of Bureau is hereby authorized to sell all or such part of the sixteenth section,2 in township fourteen north, of range eight east of the fourth principal meridian3, as three-fourths of the qualified voters of said township may require, by petition,
in writing, notwithstanding that the number of inhabitants may be less than now required
by law;4 the sale, in all other respects to be in accordance with the present law.5 And it is hereby expressly provided that Charles Boyd may purchase, at valuation, in forty or eighty acre lots, so much of said school
section as may include any part of his improvement—the valuation to be made in such
manner as if no improvement was made thereon.
Valuation.
Sec. 2. That the county commissioners’ court of said county are hereby authorized and required to appoint three suitable and discreet persons,
neither of whom shall reside in said township, who shall value said school section, in the room and stead of trustees of townships,
as now required by law.
Approved, February 27, 1841.
1On January 9, 1841, William H. Henderson in the House of Representatives presented the petition of citizens of Township 14 north of range 8 east of the fourth
principal meridian, concerning the sale of a school section. The House referred the
petition to the Committee on Education. On January 25, Richard G. Murphy of that committee introduced HB 134 in the House. On February 10, the House passed the bill. On February 11, the Senate passed the bill. On February 20, the Council of Revision vetoed the bill and returned it to the House with its objections. The House amended
the bill to meet the Council’s objections. On February 27, the Senate concurred in
the House’s amendment of the bill. On February 27, the Council of Revision approved
the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 203, 276, 285, 361, 380, 421, 423, 443, 454-55; Illinois Senate
Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 290, 295, 365.
2The Land Ordinance of 1785 provided that money gained through the sale of lots in sixteenth sections would go
to financing public schools.
4Under provisions of an act passed on February 26, 1841, the minimum number of inhabitants was fifty.
5The second division, sections twenty-two through thirty-six, of the act passed on February 26, 1841 dealt with the sale of school lands.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 258, GA Session 12-2,