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Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General assembly, That in all proceedings of Forcible Entry and Detainer or forcible d detainer only, hereafter to be commenced in this state, one justice of the peace, shall have the same jurisdiction to try the same, as two
justices of the [peace?] now have under the existing laws of [this?] state and that, all that part of the [act?] to which this is an amendment as [requires?] [?] Justices of the Peace to maintain [jurisdiction?] in proceedings of Forcible Entry and [detainer?], or Forcible Detainer only, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
This act shall be in force and have effect from and after its passage.
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A Bill entitled An act to amend “an act concerning Forcible Entry and Detainer” approved February 2nd 1827.”
A Bill entitled An act to amend “an act concerning Forcible Entry and Detainer” approved February 2nd 1827.”
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1On December 14, 1835, James M. Strode introduced the bill in the Senate. The Senate passed the bill on December 18. On December 30, the House of Representatives referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, which reported back the bill
without amendment on January 6, 1837. The same day, the House voted against reading
the bill a third time, by a vote of 20 yeas to 24 nays, Abraham Lincoln voting yea.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 109, 139, 183, 241; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 32, 51, 60, 183.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 137, SB 10, GA Session: 9-2,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,