Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Jan.[January] 24, 1834.

AN ACT to amend “An act prescribing the mode of Summoning Grand and Petit Jurors, and defining their qualifications;” approved, February 7, 1827.
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Part of law repealed.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the eighth section of the act to which this is an amendment, as requires sheriffs or other officers to make timely return of any summons to the clerks that issued the same, be, and the same is hereby repealed.2

Sheriff’s duty in relation thereto.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where any sheriff or other officer shall be commanded to execute any summons, by virtue of the aforesaid act, he shall be required to make timely return of the same, on or before the return day thereof, to the clerk of the circuit court.

Approved, Jan. 24, 1835.

1John D. Hughes introduced HB 24 in the House of Representatives on December 30, 1834. The House passed the bill on January 3, 1835. On January 12, the Senate amended the bill by striking out the words “This act to take effect from and after the first day of January next.” The Senate passed the bill as amended. The House concurred with the Senate amendment on January 15. On January 24, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 163, 182, 192, 198-99, 269, 281, 296, 360, 374, 375; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 177, 190-91, 200, 219.

2Section 8 of the act mentioned here did not stipulate a specific time in which the return had to be made.
“An Act Prescribing the Mode of Summoning Grand and Petit Jurors, and Defining Their Qualifications and Duties,” 7 February 1827, Revised (1827), 251-54.