Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General assembly: That the collectors of the state Revenue in the several Counties in this state shall receive Auditors Warrants in payment of any, or all taxes due the State, in their respective Counties at par; and they shall not be permitted to take, buy, share, or receive, directly, or indirectly, by themselves or agent any Auditors Warrant or Warrants at less than the full sum due thereon to the holder of such Warrant or Warrants

Sec 2. For any violation of the provisions of the first section of this act by any Collector or Collectors aforesaid, he or they shall be liable to double the amount so made by purchasing or sharing said Warrants at less than their face, in an action of debt before any Justice of the peace or Court of record of the proper county, one half of all sums so collected to go to the person complaining, and the other half to go to, and form a part of the School fund of the county where such collector may reside