An act to regulate the mode of petitioning in certain cases.

sec.[section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the state of Illinois represented in the general assembly, That no petition or remonstrance shall hereafter be acted upon, which prays for or [adverse?] to a change of county lines, the erection of new counties, or the removal of the seat of justice of any county unless the petitioner shall shall have signed such petition or remonstrance in the presence of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the proper county whose duty it shall be to provide a suitable book, and whenever requested to record in said book, such petition or remonstrance and to keep the same at all times open to any qualified voter of said county who may wish to sign his name thereto.

sec. 2. a certified copy from said book shall be [presented?] ^transmitted^ by said Clerk to the speaker of the house of the general assembly, and ^which shall^ in all cases be considered as though it was the original

sec. 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage