Sec.[Section]1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the [duty] of the Governor, by and with the consent of the senate, to appoint one additional Notary public in the town of Alton; and one Notary public in the Town of upper Alton in the county of Madison. One additional Notary public in the Town of Jacksonville, and one Notary public in the Town of Beardstown in Morgan County ^and one Notary Public in the Town of Quincy^ whose duties and term of service shall be the same as are now regulated by law
Sec 2. The clerk of the County Commissioners Court of Madison County is hereby authorised and required to issue writs of Election for two additional Justices of the Peace
and Constables in the Town of Alton, and Two additional Justices of the peace and Constables in the Upper Alton precinct, at such time as he may be requested, by application from from not less than Twenty five legal voters of said Town or precinct; which Justices of
the peace and Constables when Elected shall continue in office and be governed according
to the laws now in force, or that may be hereafter enacted, regulating the duties
of Justices of the peace and Constables
Sec 3. At the next regular election for Justices of the peace and Constables in said County, and every regular election thereafter, there shall be elected four Justices of the
peace and Constables in the Town of Alton, and four Justices of the peace and Constables in the Upper Alton precinct, one of which Justices of the peace and Constables shall not reside within
the limits of the Town of upper Alton.
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Sec 4. There shall be elected on the first Monday in April next, and at every regular
election thereafter a Surveyor for Townships No. Five & Six North of Ranges No. Nine
and Ten west of the third principal Meridian who shall continue in office and have
the same powers, and be governed by the laws now in force, or that may hereafter be
enacted regulating the duties of County Surveyors; And it shall be the duty of the
Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of said County of Madison to issue writs of election to all the precincts coming within the before described
Townships giving the same notice now required by law, for the Election of County Surveyors.
Sec 5. It shall be the duty of the Surveyor elected by virtue of this act, to reside
either in the Town of Alton, Middleton, or Upper Alton
Sec 6. Township 18 North of Range 12 west of the 3rd principal Meridian, in Morgan County, is hereby made a Justices District by the name of “the Beardstown Justices District”
Sec 7. There shall be elected on the first Monday in April next One Justice of the peace,
and one Constable in said District, at the Beardstown Hotel, and at every regular election for Justices of the peace and Constables hereafter,
there shall be Elected two Justices of the peace and two Constables in said District
whose powers and duties shall be the same as other Justices of the peace, and Constables,
in the County of Morgan
Sec 8. The Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of Morgan County is hereby required to issue a writ of Election for the Election of the Justice
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of the peace and Constable in said District
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Passed House Representatives February 3rd 1837.
D Prickett clk[clerk] H R
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 126, HB 135, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,