Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the trustees of the town of Peoria to cause to be paid over and refunded to the purchaser or purchasers of any lot or lots sold for the non-payment of taxes assessed thereon, that may be redeemed under the provisions of the 10th section of the act to which this is an amendment, the amount of purchase and redemption money, except the amount of tax, interest, and cost for which the same was sold.

Sec. 2. The next general election for trustees of said town of Peoria shall be held on the last Monday in November next; and every annual election for trustees thereafter shall be held on the last Monday in November. The present board of trustees of said town shall hold their offices until the first Monday in December next; at which time the new board that may be elected on the said last Monday in November shall be required to enter upon the discharge of the duties of their office, and continue in office for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

Sec. 3. The eleventh section of the act to which this is an amendment, and so much of the fourth section of the same act as requires the trustees to be elected on the last Monday in July, is hereby repealed.

Approved, February 26, 1839.