In force 27th January, 1837.
AN ACT permanently establishing the Appalonia district in the county of Morgan, and for other purposes.
1When & where election to be held.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That the clerk of the county commissioners’ court of Morgan county shall cause a special election to be held in the Appalonia precinct of Morgan county, on the second Saturday of February next, for the election of an additional justice
of the peace and constable, in and for said district; said election to be held in
the town of Appalonia.2
Judges to give notice.
Sec. 2. The judges of election shall give notice of said election at least ten days before
the day of election, by posting up written advertisements at three of the most public
places in said district.
Election how conducted.
Election how conducted.
Sec. 3. The said judges shall conduct said election as
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other elections of justices of the peace and constables are conducted.
Justices’ and constables’ duy.
Term of service.
Sec. 4. The justice of the peace and constable elected at said election shall do and perform
all the duties that are required of other justices and constables, and receive the
same fees, and shall hold their offices until the next regular quadrennial election for justices
of the peace and constables, and until their successors are elected and qualified
to office.
Appalonia district to elect two Justices & two constables.
Sec. 5. At each subsequent quadrennial election for justices of the peace and constables
the voters of said Appalonia district shall vote for and elect two justices of the
peace and two constables in and for said district, who who shall in all cases do and perform the duties that are required of other justices
of the peace and constables and shall be entitled to the same fees.
Sec. 6. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.
Approved Jan. 27th, 1837.
1On December 23, 1836, Newton Cloud introduced HB 30 in the House of Representatives. On January 4, 1837, the select committee of the House amended the bill, and on January
9, the House passed the bill. On January 13, the Senate passed the bill. On January 27, the Council of Revision passed the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 95, 163, 171, 219, 256, 365; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 180, 188, 201, 209, 271, 278.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 115-16, GA Session: 10-1