A Bill entitled “An act providing compensation for Grand & petit jurors”

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly That in each suit either at law or in chancery hereafter to be commenced by any person viz ^in any circuit court of this State either^ [this?] [State?] ^originally or by appeal^ there shall be imposed upon each writ (other than subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses) issued in such case a tax of fifty cents for the use of the county seal: upon each appeal bond filed in any suit brought into any circuit Court by appeal, from the judgment of any inferior Tribunal, a tax of fifty cents and that in each action a law, hereafter to the docket fees now required by law to be paid by the unsuccessful to the successful party ^in any suits in law, or Equity^ shall be in the same manner be taxed against the unsuccessful party in ^each^ such suit, that the foregoing costs shall be collected as other costs now are required by a law to be collected, and paid into the county Treasury, of each county in which this accrues, and constitute a fund for the compensation of Grand, and petit jurors.

Sec 2 That each and every person who may be required by a venire to give his attendance upon any circuit court in this state, to serve upon the regular pannel of the petit jury ^and who shall attend accordingly^ and any talesman who may be summoned from the byestanding ^bye standers^

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to serve upon any petit jury and shall [actually?] serve accordingly: and all grand jurors empannelled sworn, and actually serving as such shall be entitled to receive for each days attendance, as such grand or petit juror the sum of One dollar, to be ^paid^ out of the County treasury, of the county in which such services may be rendered, provided that the said sum so to be paid out of the county treasury, shall be paid out of the fund; arising and paid into the said treasury under the provisions first section of this act, which said fund is hereby declared to be appropriated; and shall be set apart by the treasurer of each County for the specific purpose of the payment of Grand & petit jurors, and provided ^further^ if said fund in any county shall not be sufficient to pay all the jurors, the aforesaid sum of one dollar each, it shall be the further duty of said ^the^ treasurer of such county to pay said ^jurors^ equally, in proportion to the amount paid into the treasury for the purpose aforesaid

Sec. 31 The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall furnish to each of the jurors aforesaid Whenever he shall be discharged from further service by the Court at any term there of a certificate of the number of days he may have attended at such term as a Grand or petit

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juror, and upon the presentment thereof to the county treasurer he shall pay to such person, the sum above provided for his services