Whereas James H Weisner purchased of the School Commissioners of Green County on the 7^th day of February A.D. 1834. the East half of the South East Quarter of Section Sixteen in Township N^o ten North of Range ten west of the third principal Meridian and received a patent for the said tract of land on the 26th day of May 1834. as appears of Record in the office of the Auditor of Public accounts, And whereas the said Weisner has lost said Patent and had no legal evidence of title if the same should be disputed

Therefore.

Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly that the Auditor of Public accounts be and he is hereby authorized and required to issue to said James H. Weisner a new Patent to the said tract of land viz the East half of the south East quarter of section sixteen in Township N^o Ten North of Range N^o Ten west of the third principal Meridian which new Patent when issued as aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be of the same force and validity in law as evidence of Title as the first Patent would have been if it were in existence

This act to be in force from and after its passage