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A Bill for “An act to amend the several Laws in relation to Elections.
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 several counties in the state, shall so arrange the Election Precincts in their respective Counties as to make
said precincts correspond with Justices Districts, and that [...?] ^the places of holding^ Elections, General and special, be [...?] the same in each precinct
Sec 2. The county commissioners courts shall hereafter appoint one or more sets of Judges of Elections in each precinct
according to the number of poll Books to be opened at such precincts, and the said
Judges shall be Judges of all Elections required to be held in said precincts, and
no distinction shall hereafter be made between Judges of General Elections, and Judges
of Elections for Justices of the peace and constables. this act shall take effect
on the first day of June next.
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1James Turney introduced SB 144 in the Senate on January 31, 1837. The Senate passed the bill on February 3. On February 3, the
House of Representatives referred the bill to the Committee on Elections, which took
no further action.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 470, 473-74; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 325, 337, 344-45.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 402, SB 144, GA Session: 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,