Sec[Section] 1^st Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General assembly.

That the clerk of the circuit and county-commissioners court, of Lassalle County, be and he is hereby authorized and permitted to keep his office as clerk of said courts, at his present residence, where said office is now kept, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, provided this act shall not be so construed as to authorize the said clerks to make any charge against said county for office rent, this act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.