Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the name of the name of the town of Vienna, in the county of Will, sur-

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veyed and laid off on the north east quarter of section numbered two, township numbered thirty-four north, of range nine east, of the third principal meridian, be and the same is hereby changed to East Bufaloe: Provided however, that nothing shall be so construed as to impair the validity of any contracts or conveyances made and entered into previous to the passage of this act.

Sec. 2. That the town of New Salem, in the county of Coles, which has been laid off agreeably to law, and a plat thereof recorded pursuant to the statute in such cases, shall be and is hereby changed to that of New Albany, by which latter name it shall be known and called in all public records and documents, and in all legal transactions where it shall be necessary to name said town or place, the name of New Albany shall be used: Provided however, that the change of the name of said town shall in no wise affect any contracts or conveyances heretofore made or entered into, or any other legal transactions or business whatever, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved 3d March, 1837.