Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That Thomas Jefferson Sanders of Perry County in this state shall hereafter be called and known by the name of Thomas Jefferson M^cDowell, and by the said latter name shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and be impleaded, defending and being defended in all Courts of law and equity, and by the said name of Thomas Jefferson M^cDowell shall be capable of making contracts, and of doing all other legal acts of whatever kind or description Provided that nothing herein contained shall invalidate any contract heretofore made, or legal acts done and performed by the said Thomas Jefferson Sanders. known as Thomas Jefferson M^cDowell whether such contrac[t] or act may have been made and performed in the name of Sanders or M^cDowell; but the same are hereby legalized

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that Francis Hood of Perry County in this state shall hereafter be called and known by the nam[e] of Francis Thornsbury, and by the last mentioned name shall be capable of suing and being sued, defending and being defended in all Courts and places as fully and in the same manner as other individuals can by their own proper names, and shall be capable

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of contracting and being contracted with, and of doing and performing all other legal acts and business of whatever kind: Provided that nothing herein contained shall effect or invalidate any contract or other legal act heretofore entered into or performed.

This act to be in force from and after its passage