In force, Jan.[January] 16, 1836.
AN ACT supplemental to the several acts regulating the Circuit Courts in this State.
1Terms of circuit courts in third judicial circuit.
Names of counties and when courts are held therein.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the terms of the courts in the third judicial circuit shall be held at the sev-
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eral places for holding courts in the several counties therein, at the times following,
namely: In the county of Marion, on the second Mondays in March, and the fourth Mondays in August; in the county
of Jefferson, on the Thursdays thereafter; in the county of Hamilton, on the third Mondays in March, and first Mondays in September; in the county of
Franklin, on the fourth Mondays in March, and second Mondays in September; in the county of
Gallatin, on the first Mondays in April, and third Mondays in September; in the county of
Pope, on the second Mondays in April, and fourth Mondays in September; in the county of
Johnson, on the third Mondays in April, and first Mondays in October; in the county of Union, on the fourth Mondays in April, and second Mondays in October; in the county of
Alexander, on the first Mondays in May, and third Mondays of October; in the county of Jackson, on the second Mondays of May, and fourth Mondays of October; in the county of Perry, on the third Mondays of May, and first Monday after the fourth Monday of October.2Special term in Gallatin.
Sec. 2. That there shall be a special term held in the county of Gallatin, on the third Mondays of July annually.
Approved, Jan. 16, 1836.
1On December 24, 1835, the House of Representatives approved a resolution appointing a joint select committee of five to inquire into
the subject of the bill, and appointed its three members of the committee. The Senate concurred in the resolution on January 1 and appointed its two members of the committee.
On January 9, Richard G. Murphy from the joint select committee introduced HB bill in the House. The House referred the bill to a select committee, which reported back
the bill without amendment on January 13. On January 14, the House again referred
the bill to a select committee, which reported back the bill without amendment on
January 15. The House passed the bill on January 15. The Senate passed the bill on
January 16. On January 16, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law. Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 145, 194-95, 218, 267-68, 309, 330, 340; Illinois Senate
Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 106, 137, 274, 280.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their Second Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1836), 257-58, GA Session: 9-2,