Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 20th July, 1837.

AN ACT forming an additional Justices District in the county of Randolph.
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Justices district created.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all that district of country included within the corporation limits of the town of Columbus, in the county of Randolph, be and the same is hereby constituted into a district for the election of a justice of the peace and constable.

Election to be held.

Sec. 2. The county commissioners court of the county of Randolph, are hereby authorized and required to cause an election to be held on or before the first day of October next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and at each quadrennial election thereafter, for one justice of the peace and one constable in said district. The officers elected shall hold their offices until the next general election for justices of the peace, at which time their successors shall be elected as in other cases, and the persons so elected shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, hold their offices by the same tenure, and be under the same regulations, in all respects, as other justices of the peace and constables in this state.

Approved, 20th July, 1837.

1Richard B. Servant introduced SB 7 in the Senate on July 12, 1837. The Senate passed the bill on July 14, and the House of Representatives concurred on the same day. On July 20, 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), 56, 60-61, 102, 104; 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), 43, 45, 50, 54, 90, 114-15.