In force Feb. 25, AN ACT to provide for the holding of the March term of the Jo Daviess county circuit court, for the year 1867. 1867. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Term changed. Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That an act of the general assembly, passed at the present session, fixing the time for holding the circuit courts in the fourteenth judicial circuit, shall not be construed to abolish, change or affect the term of the circuit court heretofore required by law to be held in and for the county of Jo Daviess, on the second Monday of March, A. D. 1867; but said term of said circuit court shall be held in said county on the second Monday of March, A. D. 1867, in all respects the same. And all processes issued to said term shall be taken and held to be valid the same as though the act above mentioned had not passed, but from and after the final adjournment of said March term of said court, in the year 1867, the act above mentioned shall have full force and effect as to all circuit courts to be held in and for said county of Jo Daviess. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 25, 1867. In force Februa- AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the terms of the ry 28, 1867. circuit court of Will county," in force February 16, 1865. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Court in June. Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of said act as provides for the May term of said court is hereby repealed. There shall be a term of said court held on the first Monday of June, in each year thereafter. $2. Said term shall be held exclusively for the transaction chancery and criminal business, the hearing of motions, the settlements of issues, and for taking defaults; and no grand or petit jury shall be summoned for said June term, unless ordered by the said court. § 3. All the processes, suits, recognizances and proceedings which have been or hereafter may be made returnable to the May term of said court, as now provided by law, shall be taken, deemed and held to be returnable to the June term herein established. § 4. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 28, 1867. AN ACT to change the time of holding the circuit court in the county of In force FebruBureau. ary 28, 1867. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That from Court in March. and after the passage of this act the March term of the circuit court of the county of Bureau shall be begun and held on the third Monday of March, in each and every year; and that all writs, process and recognizances heretofore made returnable to the March term of said court, A. D. 1867, are hereby made returnable to said March term, as fixed by this act. § 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 28, 1867. AN ACT entitled "An act authorizing the clerk of the circuit court of In force March Clinton county to make up court records. 5, 1867. made. WHEREAS, the clerk of the circuit court of Clinton county, Records not for the years of 1854, 1855 and 1856, having failed to make out or complete the records of said circuit court, for the years above mentioned, and his official bond being lost, so that legal proceedings can not be instituted; therefore, made. [SECTION 1.] Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, The Thomas Records to be S. Smith, present clerk of the circuit court, in and for the county aforesaid, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered, as soon as practicable, to make out the full and complete records of the circuit court of Clinton county for the years 1854, 1855 and 1856, and the records of the August term, 1860; for which services the said Thomas S. Smith, present clerk, as aforesaid, shall be allowed the same compensation for all services performed by him or other person or persons for him, as is now allowed by law to clerks of the circuit court for like services; and the county court of said county shall be authorized, and is hereby required to draw an order on the county treasurer of Clinton county for compensation for his services in the premises. [8 2.] This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 5, 1867. In force March AN ACT to fix the time of holding the terms of the circuit court of Jo Da5, 1867. Terms held. viess county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the terms of the circuit [court] of the county of Jo Daviess shall be held at the county seat of said county, as follows, to-wit: On the second Monday of March, on the fourth Monday in May, on the first Monday in August, and on the second Monday in November, in each year. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED March 5, 1867. In force March AN ACT authorizing Wesley Sloan, judge nineteenth judicial circuit of 6, 1867. Illinois, to certify compensation due to James R. Loomis, clerk of Gallatin circuit court, for performing neglected and unfinished work of his predecessor. WHEREAS, at the March term, A. D. 1863, of the Gallatin circuit court, of the state of Illinois, James Davenport, clerk of said court, being removed from office by order of Jas. R. Loomis, said court, and James R. Loomis appointed to fill the Records. un expired term of said Davenport, as clerk of said court, agreeably to the order of Hon. Wesley Sloan, judge of the nineteenth judicial circuit of Illinois, and presiding in Gallatin county, aforesaid; and whereas, The said Wesley Sloan having further ordered that the said James R. Loomis be required to correct and transcribe certain records of said court, and further to do and bring forward all such other unfinished and neglected business pertaining to said office as he, the said James Davenport, had failed or utterly neglected to do; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Transcribing. said Wesley Sloan, judge of the nineteenth judicial circuit of Illinois, be and is hereby empowered to certify to the county court of Gallatin county, such reasonable compensation as in his judgment may be deemed a suitable remuneration to the said James R. Loomis, for transcribing and correcting the records of said Gallatin circuit court, and such other labor necessarily performed by said Loomis, agreeably to the order of his appointment as clerk of said circuit court. § 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of ompensation. the county court of Gallatin county, upon presentation to them by Hon. Wesley Sloan, judge, as aforesaid, a certified statement of such amount as he may deem a necessary pecu niary compensation due said Loomis, for services mentioned in this act, to cause to be paid over to said Loomis, immediately, the amount so certified by the judge, as aforesaid. § 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 6, 1867. 9, 1867. AN ACT to repeal sections six, seven, eight and nine, of an act entitled In force March "An act to regulate practice in the courts of the county of Kane, and state of Illinois," approved February 14, 1863. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That sections sections repealsix, seven, eight and nine, of the act entitled "An act to ed. regulate practice in the courts of the county of Kane, and state of Illinois, approved February 14, A. D., 1863, be and the same are hereby repealed. 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 9, 1867. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to provide additional bailiffs to In force Feb. 28, wait upon circuit courts," approved February 16, 1857. 1867. [SECTION 1.] Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Bailiffs in Cook judges of the various courts of record in Cook county, each, county. be, and they are hereby authorized to empower the sheriff of said Cook county to employ as many bailiffs as may, in the discretion of said judges, or either of them, be necessary for the proper transaction of the business of said courts. The pay of said bailiffs shall be four dollars per day during How paid. their time of service, to be paid out of any unappropriated moneys in the county treasury of said Cook county. [8 2.] This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 28, 1867. COUNTY COURTS. In force Feb. 25, AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to establish the Cook county court," approved February 21, 1845, and the acts amendatory thereto, and for other purposes. 1867. to county judge. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That, in Additional pay addition to the compensation otherwise provided by law, each of the judges of the superior court of Chicago shall be paid the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) per annum, from the first day of January, A. D., 1867, payable quarterly, out of the treasury of the county of Cook, upon their own order upon the treasurer of said county. Repeal. Additional pay to circuit judge. 2. All provisions of law, by which the terms of said court are required to close upon the last Saturdays of the respective months, are hereby repealed. 3. That the board of supervisors of Cook county are hereby authorized, in addition to the compensation of the judge of the seventh judicial circuit of the state of Illinois, under existing laws, to appropriate and pay to said judge the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) per annum, from the first day of January, A. D., 1867, payable quarterly, out of the treasury of the county of Cook, upon his own order upon the treasurer of said county. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 25, 1867. 1867. In force Feb. 25, AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act establishing county courts, and providing for the election of justices of the peace and constables, and for other purposes," approved February 12, 1849. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section Court held at five of the act of which this is an amendment, be so amended that the county judge of DeKalb county may sit or hold his court for the transaction of probate business, at his room, or chambers, at his private residence at Sycamore. Sycamore.. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 25, 1867. |