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A Bill ^for An act^ to amend the Act concerning Practice
Section 1st
Any persons, for a bona fide debt, may without process, confess Judgment by himself or attorney; and in all cases
of confession of Judgment by an attorney, the warrant of attorney shall be filed
Section 2nd The several clerks of the circuit courts of this state, shall have full power and authority to take and enter up Judgments by confession,
in vacation of said courts, made either by the party to be charged or his attorney, and may issue Execution
Thereon without the intervention of the court, and for the purposes they aforesaid they shall be considered and regarded as Judicial officers.
Sec[Section] 3rd. Every Judgment by confession, with or without process, shall opperate as a release of Errors in Entering up the Judgment, and making a record thereof.2
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Bill for an Act to ^^ regulate Practice in courts ^to amend the act concerning practice.^
1Daniel Stone introduced HB 285 in the House of Representatives on February 13, 1837. The House referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Committee on the Judiciary reported back the bill on February 20 with a substitute,
in which the House concurred. On February 24, the House passed the bill as substituted.
On February 27, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, which
took no further action.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 581, 645, 694; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 525-26, 546.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 254, HB 285, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,