Whereas, by an act passed on the Twenty-first day of July, 1837, the sheriff of the county of Peoria is required to pay into the Treasury of said county the resident land tax in lieu of a certain sum drawn from the State Treasury prior to that date; and Whereas, by a construction placed upon said act by the County Commissioners of said county, the sheriff was required to pay into the county Treasury the amount of tax collected on lands listed as resident lands and lying in other counties; and, Whereas the said Sheriff in accordance with such construction did pay into the county Treasury the whole amount of tax collected by him on lands lying in other counties, thereby rendering himself in arears[arrears] with the State Treasury; therefore:

Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Governor is hereby authorized and required to commission the said Sheriff of Peoria county who was elected at the August election, notwithstanding he ^was^ in arears with the State at the time of his election: provided the said Sheriff elect shall, within Twenty days from the passage of this act, procure from the Auditor, a quietus or certificate that he is not now in arears with the State.