Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the circuit courts of the several counties in the circuits hereinafter named shall be holden, at the county seat of said counties, at the times following:

In the counties composing the first judicial circuit:

In the county of Morgan, on the third Mondays in March, last Mondays in June, and first Mondays in November; in the county of Pike, on the first Mondays in April and September; in the county of Calhoun, on the Thursdays before the third Mondays in April and September; in the county of Greene, on the third Mondays in April, second Mondays in August, and third Mondays in October; in the county of Macoupin, on the first Mondays in May and third Mondays in September; in the county of Cass, on the third Mondays in May and first Mondays in October; in the county of Scott, on the fourth Mondays in May and second Mondays in October.

Sec. 2. In the counties composing the sixth circuit:

In the county of Rock Island, on the first Mondays in April and September; in the county of Whiteside, on the second Mondays in April and September; in the county of Carroll, on the Thursdays after the second Mondays in April and September; in the county of Stephenson, on the third Mondays in April and September; in the county of Winnebago, on the Thursdays after the third Mondays in April and September; in the county of Boone, on the Thursdays after the fourth Mondays in April and September; in the county of Jo Daviess, on the first Mondays in May and October and third Mondays in July.

Sec. 3. In the counties of composing the seventh circuit:

In the county of Iroquois, on the first Mondays in March and September; in the county of Will, on the second Mondays in March and September; in the county of Du Page, on the second Mondays after the second Mondays in March and September; in the county of McHenry, on the fourth Mondays after the first Mondays in March and September; in the county of Cook, on the sixth Mondays after the first Mondays in March and on the first Mondays in August and November. If any new county or counties may be or shall have been formed out of the counties of Cook and McHenry, in the seventh judicial circuit, by any law of the present General Assembly, and a circuit court is or shall be required to be holden in any such new county or counties, the Judge of the said seventh judicial circuit is hereby authorized to appoint a time for holding the courts within such county or counties.

Sec. 4. In the counties composing the eighth circuit:

In the county of Sangamon, on the first Mondays in March, second Mondays in July, and third Mondays in November; in the county of Tazewell, on the first Mondays in May and fourth Mondays in September; in the county of McLean, on the second Mondays in May and the first Mondays in October; in the county of Livingston, on the fourth Mondays in May and the third Mondays in October; in the county of Macon, on the first Mondays in June and fourth Mondays in October; in the county of Dane, on the second Mondays in June and first Mondays in November; in the county of Logan, on the Thursdays after the second Mondays in June and first Mondays in November; in the county of Menard, on the third Mondays in June and second Mondays in November.

Sec. 5. In the counties composing the ninth circuit:

In the county of Bureau, on the Tuesdays after the fourth Mondays in March and September; in the county of Henry, on the first Mondays in April and October; in the county of Stark, on the first Thursdays after the first Mondays in April and October; in the county of Peoria, on the second Mondays in April and October; in the county of Marshall, on the fourth Mondays in April and October; in the county of Putnam, on the first Fridays after the fourth Mondays in April and October; in the county fo La Salle on the second Mondays in May and November; in the county of Kane, on the fourth Mondays in May and first Mondays in September; in the county of De Kalb, on the next Thursdays after the first Mondays in June and second Mondays in September; in the county of Ogle, on the second Mondays in June and third Mondays in September.

Sec. 6. No grand jury shall be summoned to attend the circuit courts of Morgan county at the terms of said court to be holden in June; nor shall any grand jury be summoned to attend the circuit courts of Sangamon and Jo Daviess counties at the terms of said courts to be holden in July; nor shall

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any criminal cases be docketed for trial at the said terms of said courts; Provided, however, That if any person shall be confined in the jail of either of said counties, upon any criminal charge, at the time the said courts may be held in June and July as aforesaid, the said courts shall have the power to try any such person, if an indictment shall have been found, or, if no indictment shall have been found, to cause a grand jury to be empannelled to inquire into the cases of all such persons, and to hear and determine all cases of such persons. The provisions of the foregoing section shall apply to the term of the court to be holden in Greene county in August.

Sec. 7. All writs, subpoenas, and other process which may be issued, and made returnable to the terms of courts as heretofore required to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to the said courts as required to be holden under the provisions of this act; and all proceedings pending in any of the courts shall be taken up and disposed of according to law, as if no alteration had been made in the time of holding said courts.

Sec. 8. The summer terms of the Supreme Court shall hereafter commence on the second Monday in July, instead of the first Monday in June.

Approved, March 2, 1829. (1839.)