Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec.[Section] 1.^st Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly, That a certified copy of the original bond of any Sheriff or coroner under the hand and Seal of the clerk of the circuit court for the proper county shall be received as Sufficient evidence in all cases when under the Law to which this is a Suppliment it may be necessary to produce the original bond or a certified copy thereof under the hand and Seal of the clerk of the county commissioners court.2

This act to be in force from and after its passage.

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01/09/1836
Prickett, David (Pricket)

Passed the House of Representatives
January 9^th 1836
D Prickitt clk.[clerk] H. R

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H. R.
A Bill Entitled “an act, Supplimental to “an act” entitled “an act” to extend the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in certain cases therein named.

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Engrossed

1Thomas B. Trower introduced HB 126 in the House of Representatives on January 2, 1836. The House passed the bill on January 9. The House informed the Senate of the bill’s passage, but the Senate took no action.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 191, 214, 229, 261; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 202.

2Section one of the act required the plaintiff to present to the justice of the peace an original bond or a copy certified by the clerk of the county commissioners’ court.