Whereas Henry Singleton has petitioned the Legislature for the right to purchase, of the Board of Commissioners of Public Works, the west half of the northeast quarter of section 15, in township 16 south, range 1 west of the third principal meridian, lying on the line of the Central railroad, for the purpose of erecting thereon a steam saw-mill, for sawing the railway timber of the said road: And whereas it is considered that, from the peculiar location of the said tract of land, it would be injudicious for the State to sell the same: Therefore,

Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State Illinois, That the Board of Commissioners of Public Works be, and they are hereby, authorized to lease to the said Henry Singleton a parcel or lot of land off the said west half of the northeast quarter of section 15, in township 16 south, range 1 west of the third principal meridian, for the purpose of erecting thereon a saw-mill and other improvements, for any term not exceeding ten years, reserving at the same time, to the State full right of taking a supply of water from or over the said lot of land, for a watering station and depot on the said railroad, during the continuance of said lease, and the full and uninterrupted right of way through or along the tract so leased. The said tract to be laid off in such manner as shall least interfere with the said depot, and with the laying off of a town plat, should it be deemed expedient hereafter to lay out a town on the said half quarter section.