Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly:
That the clerk of the county commissioners court of M^cLean County be and he is hereby authorized to pay into the county Treasury of said county the amount of taxes which may have been or shall be collected by him ^on lands within his county^ from residents of said county, on the delinquent list returned to him by the auditor of Public Accounts for the year 1836.

Sec 2. The said Clerk shall on or before the first monday in April next furnish the Auditor of Public Accounts with a statement certified under his hand and seal of office, of the number of tracts ^within his county^ on said Delinquent List which are owned by residents of his county, and the Auditor shall thereupon credit the said clerk on the Books of his office, with the amount of tax paid by said residents.

Sec 3. Should the said Clerk before the passage of this act have collected, and paid into the State Treasury any taxes accruing from Residents as aforesaid for the Year 1836, it shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts on receiving the Statement from the Clerk as provided as provided in the foregoing Section, to issue his warrant in favor of the county Treasurer of M^cLean County for the amount so paid in to the State Treasury.

Sec [4?]. The Clerk[’]s fees for collecting the aforenamed resident taxes shall be paid from the County Treasury of M^cLean County. This act to be in force from and after its passage