Sec. [Section]1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly of the state of Illinois. That Cannah Jones late Collector in and for the county of Fulton and State of Illinois, is hereby authorised and empowered to collect all taxes and assesments, remaining due and unpaid on lands and town lots for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, in said county of Fulton.

Sec. 2. The said collector in order to collect said taxes and assesments may sell at the next regular time for selling lands for taxes in and for said county of Fulton, all lands and town lots on which taxes remain due and unpaid for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, Provided said sale shall be had, public notice of the time and place of sale, Judgments obtained and in all respects conducted as now required by the laws of this state

This act to be in force from and after its passage