Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 21st July, 1837

AN ACT in relation to the Municipal Court of Chicago, and for other purposes.
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Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the judge of the municipal court of the city of Chicago shall possess all and singular the powers, and he is hereby required to

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perform all the judicial duties appertaining to the office of judge of the circuit courts of this state, and to issue all such writs and process as is or may hereafter, by statutory provisions, be made issuable from the circuit courts of this state.

Approved 21st July, 1837.2

1John J. Hardin introduced HB 63, originally titled “A Bill in relation to the County of Livingston,” in the House of Representatives on July 15, 1837. The House referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on July 19 with an amendment, in which the House concurred. The House passed the bill as amended, amending the title so as to read “A Bill in relation to the Municipal Court of Chicago, and for Other Purposes.” On July 20, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Canals and Canal Lands. The Committee on Canals and Canal Lands reported back the bill on July 21 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed the bill as amended. The House concurred with the Senate amendments on July 21. On July 21, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 81, 118-19, 151, 154, 161, 181; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session, Begun and Held in Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 103, 114, 116-17, 120, 138.

2On July 19, 1837, the House of Representatives amended the bill’s title so as to read “A Bill in relation to the Municipal Court of Chicago.”
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 119.