by the deputy recorder, or the person acting as such, of Macoupin county, and state of Illinois, between the first of May, a. D. 1846, and the first of September, A. D. 1847, shall be legal, valid, and binding, as though done by the recorder in person.

APPROVED January 20, 1849.

AN ACT to authorize certain records to be transcribed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That permission be granted to County commis- the county commissioners' court of the county of Schuyler, or such Schuyler co. to court as may hereafter succeed said county commissioners' court, appoint com- and they are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint some

sioners' court

missioners.

To provide blank books.

Duty of commissioner.

Duty of recorders

To make note.

competent person as a commissioner for the purpose hereinafter expressed, whose appointment shall be entered upon the records of said court, and who, when appointed, shåll take and subscribe an oath faithfully to perform such duties as are required by this act; which oath may be administered and certified by any justice of the peace of said county.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of said court, when they make such appointment, to provide a sufficient number of blank books, substantially bound, and suitable for recording deeds in; which books, when provided, shall be delivered to the aforesaid commissioner, who shall receipt for the same.

§ 3. As soon as such books shall be delivered to said commissioner, he shall record in each book a copy of the order appointing him, and his oath of office, and proceed in due time to all recording offices in this state, where deeds or title papers for lands lying within the said county of Schuyler have been by law required or permitted to be recorded, or where such records may be deposited or kept, and shall, from the books of said offices, make out and record, in a fair and legible manner, in the books furnished him for that purpose, all deeds and title papers to lands lying in the said county of Schuyler, which have been recorded in any such recording office as aforesaid; after which, said commissioner shall return the books so delivered to him to the recorder of the county of Schuyler, and the said recorder shall make a certificate of the delivery of said books to him at the end of each of them.

§ 4. It shall be the duty of all recorders and other persons who may have the care, custody, or control of any of the books in which deeds and other title papers to lands lying within the county of Schuyler have been recorded, to permit said commissioner to make transcripts of all and every such deed and title paper, and for that purpose to have access to and the use of the books in which such deeds or title papers may be recorded.

§ 5. The said commissioner, in transcribing the deeds and title papers aforesaid, shall immediately after transcribing each deed, title paper and acknowledgment, note in the said book at what time, in what office, book and page, the same were originally recorded.

books of record.

§ 6. When such transcript shall be delivered to the recorder of To be considered Schuyler county by said commissioner, they shall, to all intents and purposes, be considered as books of record of deeds and title papers for the said county of Schuyler, and copies of such transcribed deeds and title papers, certified by the recorder of Schuyler, shall be evidence in all courts in this state, in the same manner that copies of deeds regularly recorded in the recorder's office of said county are evidence, and with the like effect.

§ 7. The said county court shall have power to fill any vacancy which may happen in said office of commissioner.

timate compen

sation.

§ 8. The recorder of Schuyler, upon the delivery of the tran- Recorder to esscribed records aforesaid, by the commissioner aforesaid, shall estimate the number of deeds and other title papers which may have been transcribed by said commissioner as aforesaid, and shall certify the result to [the] county court aforesaid, and said court shall thereupon make an order upon the treasury of the county, in favor of such commissioner, for his services, at and after the rate of twenty-five cents for each and every deed and title paper so transcribed by him as aforesaid; which said order shall be paid as other county orders are now required to be paid.

§ 9. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED January 20, 1849.

AN ACT to authorize the county of Bureau to transcribe records of Putnam county.

contract.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners' County commisor county court of the county of Bureau is hereby authorized and sioners' court to empowered, at any regular term thereof, whenever it shall be deemed expedient, to contract with the lowest competent bidder, for transcribing from the records of the county of Putnam, all deeds, title papers, certificates, patents, town plats and all other writings on record in the recorder's office of said county of Putnam, appertaining to lands lying in the county of Bureau.

§ 2. The person obtaining the aforesaid contract shall, before Duty of persons entering upon the duties enjoined by this act, take and subscribe contracting. an oath or affirmation carefully and faithfully to perform the same; which oath or affirmation may be administered and certified to the clerk of the aforesaid court, by any justice of the peace in said county, and shall also give bond, with good and sufficient security, in such sum as the county commissioners or county court may determine.

commissioners.

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners or county Duty of county court of said county, after making such contract, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, to provide a sufficient number of suitable blank books, substantially bound, for the purpose contemplated by this act.

§ 4. As soon as such book or books shall be delivered to the Contractor to coaforesaid contractor, he shall proceed to the office of the recorder Py record. of the county of Putnam, and shall, from the books in said office, make out and record, in a fair and legible manner, in the book or books furnished him, all records contemplated by the foregoing

provisions of this act, and shall certify at the end of each volume that the deeds, certificates, title papers and all other writings contained therein are true and correct copies from the records of the To make certif- county of Putnam. When the said contractor shall have finished transcribing the records contemplated by this act, he shall also certify that the books, (naming and numbering them) contain all the records appertaining to real estate lying in the county of Bureau, and on record in the office of the recorder of Putnam county.

cate.

Recorder to afford

contractor

cess to books.

How paid.

§ 5. It shall be the duty of the recorder of the county of Putac- nam to permit said contractor to make transcripts of all and every record required by the provisions of this act, and for that purpose to use the books in which such instruments may be recorded free of charge.

Record to be eviidence.

Sales of land for .

scribed.

§ 6. The said contractor shall be paid for his services out of the county treasury of Bureau county.

§ 7. When the records made by authority of this act are completed in the manner contemplated therein, and deposited in the recorder's office of the county of Bureau, certified copies of the same, made by the recorder of the aforesaid county, shall be evidence in all courts and places, and with the same effect as if made by the recorder of the county of Putnam.

§ 8. Said county court are hereby authorized, in like manner as taxes to be tran- is provided by this act for transcribing the records of deeds of said county of Putnam, to cause to be transcribed all records of sales of lands for taxes, made in said county of Putnam, and which lands may lie in said county of Bureau; and also all records of judgments, or other public records of said county of Putnam, necessary for the use or security of the people of said Bureau county, or any lands situate therein. And all such transcribed records, when deposited in the proper office of said Bureau county as provided by this act, for transcripts of the records of deeds aforesaid, and copies duly certified from them shall be evidence to the same extent that the original records of said Putnam county, or transcripts from them, would be; and the officers of said Putnam county having the custody of such original records shall permit said transcripts to be taken therefrom free of charge.

APPROVED February 10, 1849.

AN ACT to authorize the recorder of St. Clair county to transcribe certain records in said county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners' court of St. Clair county are hereby authorized to provide a suitable record book, into which they may have transcribed all or any portion of the records of said county contained in book (I) in the recorder's office of said county; for which service they shall pay the recorder of said county such reasonable compensation as they may consider just.

§ 2. All such records so transcribed shall have the same force, validity, and effect, as is by law allowed to other records, and copies thereof, duly certified, shall be competent evidence in any of the courts of this state.

APPROVED February 12, 1849.

AN ACT for the relief of the securities of Alonzo Pate.

Whereas one Alonzo Pate obtained a writ of error from the supreme court, to the circuit court of Adams county, on a conviction upon an indictment for the crime of forgery in said circuit court, and a supersedeas thereon, by his entering into a recognizance in the penal sum of three thousand dollars, with William Leachman, Adam Taylor, James M. Crawford, and John Denson, as securities; and whereas the supreme court affirmed the judgment of said circuit court, and the said Pate failed to appear at the next term of said circuit court thereafter, to abide said judgment, although his said securities made every effort in their power to arrest him and procure his attendance; and whereas upon scire facias on said recognizance issued from said circuit court, a judgment was rendered against the said Leachman, Taylor, Crawford, and Denson, for the amount of said penalty; and whereas said securities have already paid upon said judgment the sum of four hundred dollars, and all the costs of court, amounting to a large sum; and whereas upwards of two thousand two hundred of the legal voters of said Adams county have petitioned for the passage of an act for the relief of said securities from any further payment on said judgment; therefore

Preamble.

leased.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That [said] William Leach- Securities man, Adam Taylor, James M. Crawford, and John Denson, securities of [said] Alonzo Pate, be and they are hereby released and discharged from the payment of the balance of said judgment now remaining due and unpaid.

re

and clerk of cir

cuit cour.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the judge of the fifth judicial circuit Duty of judge to cause the execution issued upon said judgment to be returned to the clerk's office of said Adams circuit court, without any further proceedings thereon, and cause any levy or levies made thereon to be annulled and set aside, and to direct the clerk of said circuit court to enter upon the judgment docket thereof full satisfaction of said judgment rendered upon said recognizance.

§ 3. This act shall in no wise have the effect to release the said Defendant not Pate from any liability on said recognizance.

§ 4. This act shall take effect from and after the passage of the

same.

APPROVED January 9, 1849.

released.

AN ACT for the relief of John Brass.

Whereas John Brass having by an unfortunate dispensation of, Providence been deprived of the use of his arm, and thus rendered incapable of maintaining himself by manual labor, and being without any other means of support than what he can acquire in some honest calling, suited to his present unfortunate condition, and being desirous of assisting him in his misfortunes; therefore

Preamble.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, John Brass alrepresented in the General Assembly, That the said John Brass per- lowed to peddle. sonally be allowed a pedler's license to peddle goods in the state of

Illinois during his life, in consequence of his losing an arm by the bursting of a gun; and the secretary of state be authorized to issue said license; Provided, further, that the said Brass shall not employ more than one thousand dollars' worth of capital at any one time, and shall not be allowed to sell or deal in intoxicating liquors under the license or privilege granted by this act.

§ 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage, APPROVED January 17, 1849,

AN ACT for the relief of Johnson M. Owen.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Johnson M. Owen, who was heretofore convicted of the crime of larceny, in and by the circuit court in and for the county of Wayne, in the state of Illinois, be and he is hereby restored to all the rights and privileges of a citizen of the said state of Illinois, as fully and amply as if no such conviction had ever taken place.

§ 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED January 19, 1849.

AN ACT for the relief of Isaiah Cormack.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Isaiah Cormack, who was convicted of the crime of larceny, at the September term, A. D. 1847, of the Jo Daviess county court in the state of Illinois, by said court be restored to all the rights and privileges of a citizen of the said state of Illinois, as fully and amply as if no such conviction had ever taken place, from and after the passage of this act. APPROVED January 24, 1849.

AN ACT for the relief of A. Getzler, late assessor of Cook county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That A. Getzler, late assessor of Cook county, be allowed the sum of seventy-five dollars for amount paid by him for assistance in assessing the property of Cook county for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six; and that the auditor of public accounts issue to him his warrants therefor.

APPROVED January 25, 1849.