Whereas by the Revinue Laws now in force within this State, it is made the duty of the Treasurers of the several Counties, to complete their lists of taxable property, and make return to the Clerks of the County Commissioners Courts, on or before the first of July annually, and Whereas by the appointment of a Treasurer in and for the County of Peoria on the 16^th day of May 1838, rendering it impossible for said Treasurer, to complete his list and make return as required by law, Therefore

Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented, in the General Assembly That the assesment taken by Ralph Hamlin, as Treasurer of Peoria County for the year 1838, be and the same is hereby declared good, valid, and in every respect legal, whether taken and the returns made before or after the first of July. Provided the same was legally taken in other respects. And said assesment and return shall not be set aside or held to be null and void, for the causes above stated, any law to the contrary notwithstanding