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Sect[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That from and after the first day of July next, The Jurisdiction of Justices of
the Peace in this state in all civil suits shall be confined to their respective districts, Provided that
Justices of the Peace may issue, execution to any part of the County on Judgments
obtained on confession, and subpoenas as heretofor provided for by law.
Sect 2 That constables shall hereafter be confined in the service of all process, to the
district in which they shall have been elected Provided, they shall be allowed to
serve subpoenas in any part of their county. as now authorized to do by law
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A Bill for An Act confineing Justices of the Peace and constables to their destricts
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1James T. Cunningham introduced HB 239 in the House of Representatives on February 15, 1841. The House declined to read the bill a second time by a vote
of 35 yeas to 36 nays, with Abraham Lincoln voting yea.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 400-01.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 173, HB 239, GA Session 12-2,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,