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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That in all suits which shall hereafter be commenced before Justices of the peace
each party shall bring forward all his or her demands against the ^others^ which are of such a nature as to be consolidated, and which do not exceed one hundred
dollars when consolidated into one action or defence
Sec 2nd On refusing or neglecting so to do if such party so refuseing or neglecting shall afterwards institute any suit to recover the amount of any demand
not brought forward at the time required in the proceeding section the Justice of
the peace before whom such suit may be instituted shall proceed to render Judgment
for such amount (if any) as may be proved due to such party but the Justice shall
tax such party with the costs of such suit
Sec 3 So much of the 28th section of the act to which this is an amendment as requires the certificate of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court to be attached to an execution issued to another County, is hereby repealed, and
hereafter all such certificates shall
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be made out in the maner designated in said section by the Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of the proper County This act to take effect and be in force the first day of March next
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A Bill For an act to amend an act entitled, “an act concerning Justices of the Peace
and Constables approved Feb[February] 3rd
1827
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passage
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1Sidney H. Little introduced SB 1 in the Senate on December 17, 1839. On December 26, the Senate passed the bill by a vote of
17 yeas to 13 nays. On January 15, 1840, the House of Representatives tabled the bill.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at Their Called Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 92, 93, 119, 167; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
Their Called Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 23, 54, 59.
Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 200, SB 1, GA Session 11-S, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,