Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That the County Commissioners Court of the County of Knox, are hereby authorized and required, to cause an election to be held on the first Monday of April, AD 1841, or as soon thereafter as may be, and at each quadriennial election thereafter, in Cherry Grove precinct, in said County of Knox, for an additional Justice of the Peace and Constable, in said district, The Officers elected, shall hold their Offices until the next regular election for Justices of the Peace, and Constables, at which time their Successors, shall be elected, as in other cases, and the persons so Elected, shall have and Exercise the same jurisdiction, hold their officers by the same tenure, and be under the same regulations in all respects1, as other Justices of the Peace and Constables in this state.

Sec 2 The additional Justice of the Peace and Constable, hereby provided to be elected, shall reside within the limits of the Town of Abbingdon Knox County,