A Bill for “An act to amend the act Entitled “An act concerning practice in courts of Law,” approved 29^th January 1827.

Section 1. Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly, That Exceptions taken to opinions and decisions of the circuit courts, upon the trial of causes. in which the parties agree that both matters of Law and fact may be tried by the courts. and in appeal cases tried by the courts without the intervention of a Jury. shall be deemed and held to have been properly taken and allowed, and the party excepting may assign for error before the supreme court, any decisions or opinions so excepted to, whether such exceptions relate to recieving improper or rejecting proper testimony, or to the final Judgment of the court upon the Law and evidence.

Section 2. Exceptions taken to opinions or decisions of the circuit courts overruling motions in arrest of Judgments, motions for New trials, and for continuances of causes. shall hereafter be allowed, and the party excepting may assign for Error any opinion so excepted to. any usage to the contrary notwithstanding