Chapter XLVI. *authorizing the county commissioners of Lake county, Illinois, to enter a quarter section of land for a scat of justice in said county.* June 22, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That upon proof being made to the Secretary ofAuthorized to enter a tract of land, in lieu of the one formerly selected for a
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Chap. XLVI.— An Act *authorizing the county commissioners of Lake county, Illinois, to enter a quarter section of land for a scat of justice in said county.* June 22, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That upon proof being made to the Secretary ofAuthorized to enter a tract of land, in lieu of the one formerly selected for a seal of justice. the Treasury of the payment of the minimum price per acre by the county of Lake, in the state of Illinois, to the United States, for the south-east quarter of section twenty-one, in township forty-five north, of range twelve, east of the third principal meridian, upon which the county seat of said county is located, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to cause a patent for said land to be issued to said county, in lieu, and in full satisfaction of the claim of said county to TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 48, 49, 51. 1842. 833 enter one quarter section of land in virtue of the act of the twenty-sixthAct of May 26, 1824, ch. 169. May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled “An act granting to the counties or parishes of each State and Territory of the United States in which the public lands are situated the right of preemption to quarter sections of land for seats of justice within the same:” *Provided*,Proviso. said county shall relinquish in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, all claim whatever to the north-east quarter of section twenty-one, township forty-four, range eleven east, lying in said county, and which tract was first selected by said county for the use of the county seat for said county, in virtue of the provisions of the act aforesaid.
Approved, June 22, 1842. Chapter XLVIII: for the relief if Jesse Carpenter. 6 Stat. 833 1842-06-27 Chapter XLVIII Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 27 2 private
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Chapter XLVI
*authorizing the county commissioners of Lake county, Illinois, to enter a quarter section of land for a scat of justice in said county.* June 22, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That upon proof being made to the Secretary ofAuthorized to enter a tract of land, in lieu of the one formerly selected for a
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