Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb. [February] 26, 1841.

An ACT to change the times of holding courts in the third Judicial Circuit.
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Times of holding courts in the several counties in the 3d circuit

Sec. [Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the courts in the third judicial circuit shall be held at the times hereinafter mentioned, viz: In the county of Hardin, on the Fridays be-

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fore the second Mondays in March, and last Monday in August; in the county of Pope, on the second Monday in March, and last Monday in August; in the county of Gallatin, on the third and fourth Mondays in March, and first and second Mondays in September; in the county of Hamilton, on the Mondays following; in the county of Jefferson, on the Mondays following; in the county of Marion, on the Mondays following; in the county of Franklin, on the Mondays following; in the county of Perry, on the Fridays following; in the county of Jackson, on the Wednesdays following: in the county of Union, on the Mondays following; in the county of Alexander, on the Mondays following; in the county of Johnson, on the Mondays following; in the county of Williamson on the Fridays following.

Conflicting acts repealed

Sec 2. All acts coming within the purview of this act are hereby repealed.2 This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, February 26, 1841.

1Braxton Parrish introduced SB 224 in the Senate on February 23, 1841, and the Senate passed it. The House of Representatives concurred on February 25. On February 26, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 487, 507; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 376, 406, 412-13.

2Section sixteen of an act passed earlier in the session had set the time for holding courts in the Third Judicial Circuit.