Whereas, by the revenue 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 sixteenth of May, 1838, rendering it impossible for said treasurer to complete his list and make returns 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 assessment 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 assessment 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.

Approved, January 12, 1839.