In force Jan.[January] 7, 1835.
AN ACT to amend an act, entitled “An act to provide for the Election of Justices of
the Peace and Constables.”
1County commissioners authorized to increase the number of Justices districts in their
respective counties.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners’ courts in the several counties of this State, be, and they are hereby authorized to increase the number of districts for the election
of Justices of the Peace in their respective counties whenever they may deem the interest
of the people require the same.2
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Manner of election.
Sec. 2. The Justices elected in said districts, shall be elected in the manner, and be subject
to the provisions contained in the act to which this is an amendment.3
Acts repealed.
Sec. 3. That so much of the act, to which this is an amendment, as limits the number of Justices’
districts to eight in each county4, be, and the same is hereby repealed.5
Approved, Jan. 7, 1835.
1On December 17, 1834, William H. Davidson introduced the bill in the Senate. On December 18, the Senate amended the bill by adding, after the word “eight”
in the last section, the words “ in each county.” The Senate passed the bill as amended
on December 19. The House of Representatives concurred on December 24. On January 7, 1835, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 141, 146, 152, 158, 222, 245;
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 103, 112, 117, 136, 192, 195, 201.
2In February 1835, the General Assembly passed an act that extended this section to include constables.
3In December 1826, the General Assembly passed a law providing for the election of justices of the peace and constables.
Before this law, the General Assembly had nominated and appointed justices of the
peace and constables under provisions of a 1819 law.
“An Act Regulating the Appointment of Justices of the Peace,” 19 February 1819, Laws of the State of Illinois (1819), 22-23; “An Act to Provide for the Election of Justices of the Peace and Constables,”
30 December 1826, Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois (1827), 255-59.
4On December 18, 1834, the Senate amended the bill by adding the words “in each county.”
Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 112.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their First Session (Vandalia, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 29-30, GA Session: 9-1,