Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Jan. 16, 1836.

AN ACT fixing the times of holding the Circuit Courts in the several Counties therein named.
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Coles.
Champaign.
Vermillion.
Edgar.
Clark.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the times of holding the circuit courts in the several counties hereinafter mentioned, shall commence at the times hereinafter specified, and shall continue to be held from day to day, Sundays excepted, until the business shall be disposed of, unless it shall be necessary to close the term, to enable the judge to attend in the next county to hold court. In the county of Coles, on the Wednesdays after the courts are to be held in the county of Jasper; in the county of Champaign. on the second Fridays thereafter; in the county of Vermillion, on the Mondays thereafter; in the county of Edgar, on the Mondays thereafter; in the county of Clark, on the Mondays thereafter.2

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Process.

Sec. 2. All process, suits, and recognizances, which have been, or may be entered into, and made returnable to the aforesaid courts, as at present arranged, shall be taken and considered to be returnable to the terms fixed by this act; and all proceedings, either civil or criminal, which are now pending, shall be taken up and disposed of according to law, in the same way as if no alteration had been made in the time of holding such courts.

Acts repealed

Sec. 3. All acts, and parts of acts, coming within the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.3

Approved, Jan. 16, 1836.

1Charles Dunn introduced the bill in the House of Representatives on January 1, 1836. The House passed the bill unamended on January 4. The Senate passed the bill unamended on January 16. On the same day, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law. Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 204, 221, 357, 363, 371; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 172, 274, 283, 288.

2This law extended the times of court in these counties, which were part of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. An 1835 law had assigned two, one-day terms in each of those circuit courts. A year later, the legislature would again tweak the times of holding court in the counties of the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
An Act to Amend an Act Entitled "An Act Regulating the Times of Holding the Supreme and Circuit Courts, and Fixing the Salary of the Circuit Judges," Approved February 13, 1835; An Act Fixing the Times of Holding Circuit Courts in the Several Counties in the Fourth Judicial Circuit.

3For example, this act would have repealed the section of the 1835 act related to court terms in Coles, Champaign, Vermilion, Edgar, and Clark counties.
An Act to Amend an Act Entitled "An Act Regulating the Times of Holding the Supreme and Circuit Courts, and Fixing the Salary of the Circuit Judges," Approved February 13, 1835.