In force Feb.[February] 17, 1841.
An ACT authorizing an additional justice of the peace and constable in the town of
Florence in Pike county.
1Additional justice and constable.
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 and one constable, in addition to the number now allowed
by law, shall be elected in Blue River precinct in Pike county, which justice and constable so elected shall reside in the town of Florence in said precinct.
An election to be held.
Term of office
Jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. The county commissioners' court of Pike 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 and one constable in said precinct in addition to those
now allowed by law. The justice of the peace and constable so elected, shall hold their offices until the next general election for justices of the peace,
and until their successors shall be elected and qualified as in other cases, and the
justice of the peace and constable so elected shall have
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the same jurisdiction, and be governed in all respects by the same regulations as other justices of the
peace and constables.
Approved, February 17, 1841.
1William Ross presented a petition from the citizens of Pike County to the Senate on December 19, 1840, requesting additional justices of the peace for Florence and the Senate referred it to the Committee on Petitions. John D. Wood introduced this bill on December 24. The Senate passed the bill on December 30. The
House of Representatives referred it to a select committee on January 21, 1841. The committee reported back
on February 3 and recommended an amendment, to which the House concurred. The House
reconsidered the amendment vote on February 6 and reversed the previous decision.
The House passed the bill on February 11. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 17 and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 167, 256, 316, 343, 371-72; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 92, 112, 120, 124-125, 297, 323-324, 336, 381.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 174-75, GA Session: 12-2,