In force Feb.[February] 20, 1841.
An ACT creating an additional justice of the peace and constable in Cherry Grove precinct,
in Knox county.
1Additional justice.
Term of office
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the county commissioners’ court of the county of Knox, are hereby authorized and required to cause an election to be held on the first
Monday of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, or as soon thereafter
as may (be,) and at each quadrennial election thereafter, in Cherry Grove precinct
in said county of Knox, for an additional justice of the peace and constable in said district, the officers
elected shall hold their offices until the next regular election for justice of the
peace and constables, at which time their successors shall be elected as in other
cases, and the persons so elected shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, hold their offices by the same tenure, and be under the same regulations in all respects,
as other justices of the peace and constables in this State.
Residence of office.
Sec. 2. The additional justice of the peace and constable hereby provided to be elected, shall reside within the limits of the town of Abbington, Knox county.
Approved, February 20, 1841.
1John Denny presented a petition from the citizens of Cherry Grove to the House of Representatives on January 26, 1841, requesting an additional justice of the peace and the House
referred it to a select committee. Denny introduced HB 172 on February 3. The House passed the bill on February 10. The Senate passed the bill on February 12. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 20 and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 280, 318, 341, 361, 397, 451, 456, 460; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A.,
289, 307.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 176, GA Session 12-2,
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