Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Walter B. Scates, be, and he is hereby authorised and empowered, to examine, audit, and adjust the fee bills of Simon M. Hubbard, clerk of the Franklin circuit court, for services rendered by him, as clerk, in all cases in which the president and directors of the State Bank of Illinois were a party, so far as said services were rendered for said bank, and for which it is, or would be liable, as such party.

Sec. 2. Said Scates shall deduct from the amount found due said Hubbard, by the foregoing section, all sums of money, if any, which may be due and owing by the said Hubbard to the said bank, either as principal or security, by judgment, note, account, or otherwise; and also all such sums as may have been paid him on account of his said services; and the amount thus found due, upon such adjustment of his fees and accounts, and remaining unpaid, the said Scates shall certify to the auditor of public accounts, under his hand and seal; and the auditor shall file said certificate, and shall thereupon issue his warrant upon the treasury for such amount, specifying on the face of said warrant, on what account it is due; and the treasurer shall make a mem-

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orandum thereof in the bank books, or account against the said Hubbard.

Sec. 3. The treasurer of the state, and the state’s attorney of the third judicial circuit, shall, as soon as conveniently may be, deliver over to the said Scates, all the writs, if any, or other evidences of the indebtedness of the said Hubbard to the bank; and all receipts, &c.[etc.], of monies paid said Hubbard, by the bank, on account of services rendered it by him, to enable said Scates to audit and adjust said fee bills.

Approved, Jan. 18, 1836.