Section 1. Be it Enacted by the People of the state of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly, That Whenever fifty legal Voters of any City, Town, Village[,] or Township in this state, shall by petition to the Governor request the appointment of a Notary public in such City, Town, Village[,] or Township, the Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate appoint a notary public conformable to such requests, provided, that not more than five appointments shall be made in any one City, Town, Village, or Township, and provided also, that the same per Voters, shall not be permitted to sign each petition shall be signed by different p Voters, and not not more than one appointment shall be made upon the petition of the same persons.

Section 2. Notaries public appointed under the provisions of this act, shall have and possess all the powers, and perform such duties, as is or may be required by Law, and Vacancies Occurring shall be filled upon petitions as is required to obtain appointments by the foregoing section.

Section 3 In Citys, Towns, and Townships, in which one or more notaries public have been appointed under existing Laws, the number of notaries shall not be increased by the provisions of this act to more than five, including those already provided for.