Section I Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Townships 37 to 42, inclusive in Range 2, East of the 3d Principal Meridian, be and they are hereby annexed to the County of DeKalb

Section 2, Be it further enacted, That, on the 2d Monday in May next an Election shall be held in said County (including the Townships hereinbefore annexed to the same) at the ^at the^usual places of holding elections therein, to be conducted in all respects as near as practicable as other elections; at which time the legal voters of said County shall vote for or against a removal of the Seat of Justice of said County of Dekalb. And if it shall appear from the returns of said election that a majority of all the votes shall be in favor of its remaining where it is at present located then no further proceeding shall be had, but the County shall remain where it is

Section 3 If it shall appear that a clear majority^two thirds^ of the votes given at said election shall be in favor of removing said Seat of Justice from Orange, its present location; then and in that case a second election shall be holden as aforesaid on the first Monday in June next, at which time the legal voters of said County shall vote to establish the said Seat of Justice, either at Brush Point, or Coltonville, the points named in the petitions, and the place getting the highest number of votes given at said second election, shall forever remain the the permanent Seat of Justice of Said County

Section 4 At least twenty days previous to either of said Elections, donations may be offered to wit: The friends of Orange, Shall file with the Treasurer of said County, a good and sufficient bond to the acceptance of that officer binding themselves to donate to said County the sum of Three Thousand Dollars for the erection of a Court House to be erected on the Land now owned by the county, and in case of a Second election the proprietors of Coltonville & Brush Point shall respectively file bonds with the Treasurer of said County, binding to make the County a deed with covenants of general tenure for one Hundred & Sixty Acres of land for the erection of a Court House, or shall file bond with the Treasurer aforesaid to erect a good durable Court House, and finish the same, the sire and general structure of the present Court House in Kane County either of which ^as^ shall best suit the proprietors of said place

Sec.[Section] 5. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners Court to cause special entries to be made of record, of the result of said elections, and file and preserve said returns or poll books for inspection. And in case of removal it shall be the duty of said County Commissioners to dispose of the real Estate at present belonging to said County, and apply the same to the erection of County buildings.

Section 6 In case the Seat of Justice shall be removed, all the public officers of the County shall be removed to the place Selected, as soon as buildings are provided for the same and the Courts thereafter shall also as soon as County buildings are erected be holden there

Section 7. That the Courts of said County shall be holden ^as heretofore ^ at Coltonville until County Buildings are erected, any Act to the contrary, notwithstanding