Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, 8th Jan.[January] 1840

AN ACT authorising an additional Justice of the Peace in the La Harpe District, in Hancock county.
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Additional Justice for the town of La Harpe

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That one justice of the peace in addition to the one now allowed by law, shall be elected in the La Harpe district, in the county of Hancock, which Justice so elected shall reside in the town of La Harpe, in said district.

Time of election

Sec. 2. The county commissioners’ court of Hancock county are hereby required, to cause an election to be held on the first Monday of April next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and at each quadrennial election thereafter, for one justice of the peace in said district in addition to those now allowed by law.

Term of office

Jurisdiction of Justice

The justice of the peace so elected, shall hold his office until the next general election for justices of the peace, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified as in other cases; and the Justice so elected, shall have the same jurisdiction, and be governed in all respects by the same regulations as other justices of the peace.

Approved, January 8, 1840.

1On December 17, 1839, Senator Sydney H. Little introduced SB 8 in the Senate. On December 23, the Senate passed the bill. On January 2, 1840, the House of Representatives passed the bill. On January 8, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
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), 82, 94, 117; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session, Begun and Held in Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 25, 40, 49, 85, 90, 95.