Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the tax levied by order of the County Commissioners’ Court of McHenry county as has been assessed on that portion of McHenry county now forming Lake county, be legalized, and the county Commissioners of Lake county be authorized to appoint collectors and have the same collected for the uses of said Lake county under the aforesaid Assessment made by the Commissioners of McHenry county at their March term 1839.