Chap. 254.—An ACT to provide the manner in which Property mav be
held and disposed of, for the benefit of the Magisterial Districts in
which such Property is situated.

Approved March 26, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That in every
county in this state, where any township shall bave, hereto-
fore, at the exclusive expense of such township, erected town
halls or acquired other property necessary and convenient
for the use of the citizens of such townships, it shail be the
duty of the county judge to appoint three trustees, citizens
of the magisterial district in which such property may be
situated, in whom the title to such property shall be vested,
and whose duty it shall be to preserve such property for the
use of the citizens of said magisterial district, or sell the
same if, in the judgment of said trustees, it should be deemed
necessary, for the benefit of the citizens of said magisterial
district.

- 2. In the event of the sale of any such property, by the
‘trustees appointed under the provisions of the first section,
the proceeds of such sale shall be applied, by an order of the
county court, to the use and benefit of the public free schools
of the magisterial district in which the property so sold is
situated.
3. This act shall be in force from its passage.