In force Feb.[February] 23, 1841.
An ACT to amend “an act simplifying proceedings at law for the collection of debts,”
Approved, February the 25th, 1833.
1Act requiring suits to be docketed, repealed
Case tried in order
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the act to which this is an amendment as requires all suits commenced
under said act to be docketed to the second day of the court, be and the same is hereby repealed, and all suits commenced under the provisions
of said act shall as soon as commenced be placed on the common law docket, and shall not be tried except in the order which they occupy on the docket, unless
for good cause, the court shall otherwise direct.2
Approved, February 23, 1841.
1James H. Ralston introduced SB 58 to the Senate on December 19, 1840. The Senate passed the bill on December 28. The House of Representatives passed the bill on February 19, 1841. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 23 and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 162, 252, 381, 418, 444; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 94, 101, 112, 119, 359-360, 365-366, 383.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 191, GA Session 12-2,