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 eighth Judicial Circuit, shall hereafter be holden at the county seats of said counties, at the times following, to wit:

In the County of Sangamon, on the first Mondays in March, second Monday in July, and seeond Monday in November.

In the County of Tazewell, on the Thursdays before the first Mondays in May, and the Thursdays before the fourth Mondays in September.

In the County of McLean, on the second Mondays in May, and first Monday in October.

In the County of Livingston, on the third Monday in May, and second Monday in October.

In the county of De Witt, on the Thursdays after the third Mondays in May, and the Thursdays after the second Mondays in October.

In the County of Macon, on the fourth Mondays in May, and third Mondays in October.

In the County of Dane, on the first Mondays of June, and fourth Mondays in October.

In the County of Logan, on the Thursdays after the first Mondays in June, and the Thursdays after the fourth Mondays in October.

In the County of Menard, on the second Mondays in June, and first Mondays in November.2

Sec. 2. All writs, or other process which may have been issued out of any of said courts since the last term of the same, or which may hereafter be issued previous to this act being received by the clerks of said courts respectively, shall be deemed and are hereby made returnable on the first day of the next term thereof, to be held by virtue of this act; and all proceedings, both civil and criminal, which are now pending therein, shall be disposed of according to law in the same manner as if no alteration had been made in the times of holding said courts.

Approved, Feb.[February] 1st, 1840.