Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That the Judges of the several Circuit Courts of this State, are hereby required at the first term of their respective Courts to be held after the first day of March next, to appoint Clerks of said Courts in the several Counties of their respective judicial Circuits

Sec 2. The Clerks so appointed shall give bond and security, and be qualified for the faithful performance of their official duties as now required by law, of the Clerk of Circuit Courts; and they shall ^perform^ all the duties and obligations now enjoined by law upon the Clerks of said Courts; and shall remain in office for the term of Four years, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified for the discharge of the duties of their respective offices

Sec 3 Should the term of holding any of said Courts be changed, or the Judge of the same fail to hold a Court, at the regular term for appointing the Clerks thereof, then and in that case such Judge shall make said appointment at the next term thereafter Provided nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to make any Clerk of any of said Courts ineligable to a reappointment

Sec 4 Whenever any Clerk shall be superceded

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in office by the appointment of another Clerk under the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of such Clerks to deliver over to his successor, all books, records, papers, and other things belonging to his office so soon as such successor shall be qualified according to the provisions of this act, under the penalty now affixed by law

Sec 5 The several Circuit Courts of this State shall have the same power to remove from office any Clerk of any of said Courts for good cause as is now confered by law; and any Clerk so removed shall in such case have the same right of appeal as is now granted by law. Any law repugnant to the provisions of this act is hereby repealed.

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Bond, Benjamin

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Ben: Bond secy[Secretary] Senate

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A Bill For an act to limit the duration of the Office of Clerks of the Circuit Courts

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on table.

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laid on table till 4^th July

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Engrossed

1Sidney H. Little introduced SB 54 in the Senate on December 31, 1839. On January 3, 1840, the Senate rejected an amendment to replace the bill with a substitute by a vote of 1 yeas to 36 nays, tabling the bill. On January 6, the Senate took up the bill, ordering it engrossed for a third reading by a vote of 21 yeas to 16 nays. On January 7, the Senate tabled the bill. On January 9, the Senate took up the bill by a vote of 26 yeas to 12 nays, rejecting another amendment by a vote of 14 yeas to 22 nays. On January 10, the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 27 yeas to 9 nays. On January 11, the House of Representatives ordered the bill to a second reading by a vote 41 yeas to 31 nays, with Abraham Lincoln not voting. On January 13, the House tabled the bill until July 4.
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), 152, 153, 164; 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), 73, 81, 89, 92, 96, 99, 114.