Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That the County Commissioners’ Courts of the several counties of this State shall have power to make an allowance out of the county treasury of their respective
counties to all grand or petit jurymen who may be regularly summoned and shall actually
serve as such in the Circuit court of their counties, a sum not exceeding seventy
five ^cents^ per day.
Sec 2 The clerk of the circuit court shall furnish to each of the jurors aforesaid, (and
without fee) whenever he shall be discharged from further service by the court at
any time thereof, a certificate of the number of days he may have attended at such
term, and upon the presentment thereof to the County treasurer, he shall pay to such
person the sum above provided for his services.
Sec 3 That the fee of three dollars now paid under the provisions of the act to which
this is an amendment for compensating petit jurors, also the docket fee now required
by law to be paid by the unsuccessful to the successful party in each suit
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in law or equity in any of the circuit courts of this state shall be paid to the clerk of the said circuit, ^court^ and by him to be paid over to the treasurer of the county for the use of the people
thereof
Sec 4 The provisions of this act are not to be extended to such jurors as may be summoned
from amongst the bye standers during the term of the Court.
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A Bill entitled An act compensating Jurors to amend an act prescribing the mode of summoning Grand and Petit Jurors and defining
their qualifications and duties
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Engrossed
Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 170, SB 11, GA Session: 9-1,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL)