Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the general assembly, That in all cases where it shall become necessary to survey or resurvey any tract or tracts of land, which now or may hereafter belong to any county surveyor, or when it shall be necessary to survey or resurvey any tract or tracts of lands adjoinig land owned by a county surveyor, it shall not be lawful for such county surveyor to survey or resurvey the same but in all such cases it shall be the duty of the county commissioners court of the proper county upon the application of any person interested in such survey to appoint some competent person who shall be sworn to discharge the duties contemplated in this act, and such person when so appointed shall have the same power and authority in such cases as now belongs to the county surveyor, and his official acts shall be received as evidence in the same manner as returns of county surveyors are, in all courts of record in this state.

Sec[Section] 2. The oath may be administered to such surveyor in the same manner and by the same person as is required in the act2 regulating the appointment of county surveyor, and shall be endorsed on the certificate of the appointment of such surveyor, which certificate shall be under the hand and seal of the clerk of said county commissioners court reciting the order of said court touching the appointment of said surveyor, and shall opperate as a commission to such surveyor for the purposes required by this act.

Sec 3. It shall be the duty of the several circuit courts in this state at the next term after the passage of this act to appoint by order of court some suitable person (who shall reside at or near the county seat of such county, to act as special clerk in all suits[,] motions[,] or indictments in which the clerk of such court shall or may be a party and when such person shall be so appointed they shall be notified of their appointment by serving3 a copy of such order by the Sheriff of the county.

Sec. 4. When such person shall be so appointed and notified thereof he shall whenever requested by any person interested as aforesaid give his attendance at the clerk[’]s office or place of holding court as the case may be and shall have power and authority to use the seal of said court and do and perform every act which the clerk of said court might do and perform in other cases, such person shall sign his name to all process issued by him as above provided as especial clerk, and all acts done by authority of this act shall be as valid as if done by such regular clerk and such especial clerk shall have the same fees as is allowed the regular clerks.

This act to be in force from and after its passage