Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 15th Feb.[February] 1837.

AN ACT to provide for the election of additional justices of the peace and constables in the counties of Knox and Warren.
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Co’s.[Commissioners] of Warren & Knox allowed additional justices & constables.

Elections to be held in what districts.

Term of service.

Jurisdiction

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners’ courts of the counties of Warren and Knox be

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and they are hereby authorised and required to cause an election to be held on or before the first day of April next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and at each quadrennial election thereafter for one additional justice of the peace and constable in the Monmouth district of Warren county, and one additional justice of the peace and constable in the Henderson district of Knox county; the officers so elected shall hold their office until the next general election for justices of the peace, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified; and the persons so elected shall reside within the incorporated limits of the respective towns of Monmouth and Hendersonville, shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, hold their office by the same tenure and be under the same regulations in all respects as other justices of the peace and constables of this State.

Approved 15th Feb., 1837.

1On January 23, 1837, Peter Butler introduced a petition of citizens of Warren County, requesting an additional justice of the peace and constable in the Monmouth district. The Senate referred the petition to a select committee. Responding to this petition, Butlerof the select committee introduced SB 114 in the Senate on January 24. On January 27, the Senate passed the bill. On February 8, the House of Representatives passed the bill. On February 15, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 414, 467, 520, 571; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 270, 283, 295-96, 311-12, 378, 400-401, 434.