Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly That all that portion of the county of Greene lying south of the following described line Viz. Beginning in the centre of the macoupin creek on the east line of said county thence running down the centre of said of Macoupin creek to the line in the middle of Township No. nine north range No. Eleven west thence south on said line in the middle of said Township to the Township line dividing Township No. Eight and nine north, thence west along said line until it strikes the centre of macoupin creek thence down the centre of said creek to the centre of the Illinois river, shall s constitute a new County to be called the county of Jersey

Sec 2^d The county aforesaid is created upon the following conditions, the people of the County of Greene as the same is now organized shall meet at the several places of holding elections for the election of Justices and Constables in said county on the first monday in August next and proceed to vote for or against the creation of said County And on said day the Judges of election shall open a poll at Each election district in which they shall rule two Columns in ^[...?]^ one of which they shall set down the votes given for the creation of said County, and in the other Column the votes votes given against the same and make returns to the clerk of the County Commissioners Court of Greene county in the same manner as is now provided by law in the case of elections for Senators and representatives to the general assembly and said returns shall be opened and counted in the same manner as in such elections, and if a majority of all the votes given

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if said at said election shall be in favour of the creation of said county a certificate thereof shall be made by the clerk of said county commissioners court of Greene County under the seal of said Court and transmitted by him to the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois to be filed in his office as evidence of the existence of said county and said clerk shall make a like [a like?] certificate and file the same in his office which shall be entered of record at the next succeeding term of the county Commissioners Court and shall be sufficient to prove the fact therein stated after which said county shall be one of the Counties of the state of Illinois The clerk of the county Commissioners Court of Greene County shall cause a notice of said election to be published the Backwoodsman a news paper published in the Town of Grafton in Said County if said news paper shall be continued

Sec 3^d said county shall vote with the County of Greene and and Calhoune for Senators and Representatives until the next apportionment the same as if no change had been made and said county shall make a part of the first Judicial Circuit and so soon as said County shall be organized the clerk of the county Commissioner Court of said county shall notify the Judge of said Circuit and it shall be his duty to appoint a clerk and hold twice in each year a court in said county at such time as said Judge shall appoint And on the first monday in October next said County shall proceed to elect all County officers for said County the present Judges ^of Jersey^ of elections ^appointed by the county commissioners court of Greene Co., ^ in the different Precincts in Said County ^of Jersey^ shall act as Judges of said election ^and said election shall be conducted as similar ^election[s]^^ and returns of said election shall be made by the Judges and clerks to Milo

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Bennett[,] Richard Graham and Joseph Crabb ^they or a majo[rity] of them^ who shall meet at the town of Jerseyville within Ten days of the said election, and proceed to open said returns and in all things ^in regard to said elections^ perform the duties required by law of the clerks of the county Commissioners court and Justices of the peace in like cases and the officers thus elected [...?] shall be commissioned and qualified as in other cases and continue in office until the next general election ^for Said ar offices^

Sec 4 The school commissioner of the county of Greene shall pay and deliver over to the school commissioner of the county of Jersey all the school funds belonging to the several Townships in said County of Jersey and all Notes Mortgages pertaining to the same so soon as said county shall be organized and the school commissioners shall be appointed and qualified according to law together with all interest arising out of said money that has not been heretofore expended for schools within that part of Greene County now proposed to be set off into the County of Jersey and the County Commissioners Court of the County of Greene shall pay over to the County of Jersey their portion of funds received by Greene County out of the Two Hundred Thousand Dollars appropriated by an act to establish and maintain a general sistem of internal improvements to those counties in which ^no^ rail roads pass through, in proportion to the population in that part of Greene County hereby created into the County of Jersey, ^to be taken from the senssis of 1840 unless otherwise agreed upon by the county commissioners court of each county ^. And the County commissioners court of said county shall appropriate the same to such objects as was designed by the act creating a sistem of internal improvements

Sec 5 the citizens of the county of Jersey hereby created are entitled in all respects to the same rights and privileges as are allowed in general to other counties in this State and all suits commenced in the circuit court of Greene County before the first day of August next shall be determined in said circuit court the same as if this act had not of passed

Sec 6 The seat of Justice of said county shall be permantly established at Jerseyville provided the citizens of Jerseyville and its vicinity will build at their own expence ^good an^ suitable public buildings for said County a good and suitable Jail and Court House for said county and furnish a suitable lot of ground to set them on not less than one acre And it is further provided that if the ^citizens of the ^ town of Jerseyville and its vicinity shall not sattisfy the county commissioners ^court^ of said county within Eighteen months after said County is organized that they will comply with the provisions of this section the county Commissioners ^court^ of said County may order an election to be held in the different precincts in Said County for the purpose of again locating the County seat and the place receiving the highest number of votes shall thereafter be the county seat of said county But until the citizens of Jerseyville and its vicinity shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section the Seat of Justice of said County shall remain at Jerseyville

Sec 7 This act shall take effect according to the conditions thereof from and after its passage

Sec 8 It Shall be the duty of the clerk of the County Commissioners Court of Greene County to make out and deliver over to the sheriff or colector of the county of Jersey so soon as said Sheriff or Colector of Said county is elected and qualified a true copy of the assessors Book for the year of our lord one thousand Eigh Hundred and thirty nine of all property both real and personal ^assessed^ in that part of Greene county hereby created into the county of Jersey and the Sheriff or Colector of the County of Jersey Shall proceed to collect and pay over the same ^for the benifet of said County of Jersey^ in the same manner as other Sheriffs or collectors in other Counties in this State and a copy of the assessors book of the county of Greene on all assessable property in that part of Greene hereby created into the county of Jersey for the year 1839. furnished as aforesaid Shall be his sufficient authority to proceed and clolect the same agreeable to law Nothing in this act shall prevent the Sheriff of Greene county from collecting any out standing tax in that part of Greene county created into the county of Jersey, acrued before the year one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty nine