Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That whenever any appeal shall be depending in any ^of the Circuit Courts of this State from^ any assessment of damages for land or other property taken under the authority of any law of this State for the use of any rail road, Canal, Turnpike, or any other highway or for any purpose whatever, it shall and may be lawful for the people, or County, or other Corporation or person for whose use such land or other property, is to be taken, or the persons conducting the appeal in their behalf, or for the Claimant or claimants or his, her, or their agent or attourney at law, or attourney in fact, to file his, her[,] or their affidavit in writing stating that he[,] she[,] or they verily believe that a fair and impartial trial of said appeal cannot be had in the Court where said appeal is depending on account that either the Judge of the Court or the people of the County are interested or prejudiced against the cause of the party on whose behalf said application is made ^or^ in favour of the cause of the other party or for or against the parties as aforesaid

Sec 2 On filing such affidavit it shall be the duty of the Court to change the venue of said cause to some convenient County, to which objections shall not be made by similar affidavit

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And said appeal shall be docketed and tried in the Court to which the venue thereof is changed in the same manner as if it had been originally instituted there

Sec 3 That if any objection shall be taken to any such appeal on account of any defectI've in the appeal bond, such objection shall not be sustained Provided the appellant[,] his[,] her[,] or their agent or attourney shall enter into and acknowledge such bond with sufficient security as may be approved by said Court