Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That the several county Recorders of the counties of Bond, Fayette and Washington are hereby directed and required, on or before the first day of July next, to furnish the County Recorder of the county of Clinton, certified transcripts of all deeds, bonds and title papers recorded in their respective counties relating to the title to real estate in Clinton county which may have been recorded therein prior to the first day of March 1825

Sec 2. The county Recorder of Clinton County shall on or before the first day of April next furnish to the said county Recorders a well bound book, in which said transcripts and certificates shall be entered; copies of which duly certified by the Recorder of Clinton County shall be competent evidence in any court of justice in all matters to which they relate

Sec 3. The county commissioners of Clinton for said transcripts may make such allowance to the several Recorders aforesaid as they may deem reasonable not exceeding the legal fees for copies and certificates.