In force Dec. AN ACT to establish the tenth judicial circuit, and to fix the times of holding 1, 1849. courts in the fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh judicial circuits, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Tenth circuit. Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the counties of Fulton, Peoria, Stark, Henry, Rock Island, Mercer, Knox, and Warren, shall compose a judicial circuit, to be called the tenth judicial circuit; and that the circuit courts shall be holden at the respective county seats of the said counties, at the times following, to wit:

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In the county of Fulton on the second Monday of March; Times of hold-in the county of Peoria on the fourth Monday of March; in the county of Knox on the second Monday of April; in the county of Warren on the third Monday of April; in the county of Mercer on the fourth Monday of April; in the county of Rock Island on the first Monday of May; in the county of Henry on the second Monday of May; in the county of Stark on the third Monday of May. Also, in the county of Peoria on the fourth Monday of August; in the county of Fulton on the third Monday of September; in the county of Knox on the first Monday of October; in the county of Warren on the second Monday of October; in the county of Mercer on the third Monday of October; in the county of Rock Island on the fourth Monday of October; in the county of Henry on the first Monday of November; in the county of Stark on the second Monday of November; in the county of Peoria on the third Monday of November, in each and every year.

Election.

ry of state.

§ 2. There shall be an election holden in the respective counties composing the said judicial circuit, on the second Monday of January next, for the election of a circuit judge and state's attorney of said circuit; which election shall be conducted and returns thereof made and canvassed in the manner provided by the constitution and laws of this state. Said judge and state's attorny, when elected, commissioned and qualified shall hold their offices until the next general election of judge and state's attorneys, as provided by the constitution, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to Duty of secreta- cause a certified copy of this act to be immediately transmitted to each of the clerks of the circuit and county courts of said counties; and the clerks of the county or county commissioners' courts or county courts of said counties, whichever may be in existence, shall issue notices for said election, to sheriffs thereof respectively, notifying the electors of said election; which notices shall be posted up by them in the several precincts, in the like manner as provided by the constitution and laws of this state for holding general elections therein.

§ 4. The said circuit judge and state's attorney, when elected, shall exercise all the powers, perform all the duties, and have all the jurisdiction and authority, now had or hereafter to be required of, or exercised by circuit judges and state's attorneys, in this state, under the constitution and laws thereof, and shall receive the same compensation and be liable to the same duties as other judges and state's attorneys are entitled to receive by the constitution and laws.

§ 5. The judges and state's attorneys now having jurisdiction and exercising authority within said circuit as above established, shall hold and exercise such jurisdiction and authority, until the judge and state's attorney, in this act provided for, shall have been elected, commissioned and qualified.

§ 6. Be it further enacted, That the counties of Pike, Brown, Adams, Schuyler, Hancock, McDonough, and Henderson, shall hereafter form and compose the fifth judicial Fifth circuit. circuit; the counties of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Ogle, Lee, Whiteside, and Carroll shall hereafter form and com

pose the sixth judicial circuit; the counties of La Salle, Sixth circuit. Putnam, Marshall, Bureau, Kane, De Kalb, Kendall, and Livingston, shall form and compose the ninth judicial cir- Ninth circuit, cuit, and the counties of Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Du Page, Will, Grundy, and Iroquois, shall form and compose the eleventh judicial circuit.

Elev'th circuit.

Courts in fifth

§ 7. The courts in the fifth judicial circuit shall be held in the counties thereof, at the following times, viz: In the circuit. county of Hancock on the second Monday of March and first Monday of September; in the county of Henderson on the fourth Monday of March and third Monday of September; in the county of McDonough on the first Monday of April and fourth Monday of September; in the county of Schuyler on the second Monday of April and first Monday of October; in the county of Brown on the third Monday of April and second Monday of October; in the county of Pike on the fourth Monday in April and third Monday of October; in the county of Adams on the second Monday of May and the first Monday in November, in each and every year.

§ 8. The courts in the sixth judicial circuit shall be Sixth circuit. held in the counties thereof, at the following times, viz: In the county of Jo Daviess on the second Monday in March, the third Monday in May, and the first Monday in October; in the county of Stephenson on the fourth Monday in March and fourth Monday in August; in the county of Ogle on the first Monday in April and first Monday in September; in the county of Lee on the second Monday of April and the second Monday of September; in the county

of Whiteside on the third Monday in April and the third Monday of September; and in the county of Carroll on the fourth Monday of April and the fourth Monday of September, in each and every year.

9. The courts in the ninth judicial circuit shall be Ninth circuit. held in the counties thereof, at the following times, viz: In the county of Kane on the second Monday in March, the first Monday in September, and the third Monday in November; in the county of De Kalb on the fourth Monday of March and the third Monday of September; in the county of Bureau on the first Monday of April and on the fourth Monday of September; in the county of Putnam on the second 'Monday of April and on the first Monday of October; in the county of Marshall on the third Mor day of April and on the second Monday of October; in the county of Livingston on the fourth Monday of April and on the third Monday of October; in the county of Kendall on the first Monday of May and on the fourth Monday of October, in each and every year.

§ 10. The courts in the eleventh judicial circuit shall be Elev'th circuit. held in the counties thereof, at the following times, viz: In the county of Winnebago, on the third Monday of March and fourth Monday in August; in the county of Boone on the first Monday of April and on the second Monday of September; in the county of McHenry on the second Monday of April and on the third Monday of September; in the county of Du Page on the fourth Monday of April and on the first Monday of October; in the county of Iroquois on the second Monday of May and on the second Monday of October; in the county of Grundy on the third Monday of May and on the third Monday of October; in the county of Will on the fourth Monday of May and on the second Monday after the third Monday of October, in each and every

Cook County court.

year.

§ 11. From and after the first Monday of January next, the circuit court in and for the county of Cook, shall be holden on the first Mondays in May and December in each year, and that there shall be added to the name and title of the Cook county court, created by an act of the legislature, approved on the 21st February, 1845, and referred to in the 21st section of the schedule of the constitution, the words "of common pleas," so that the title and name of said court shall henceforward be the "Cook county court of common pleas," and the regular terms of said last named court shall hereafter be held on the first Mondays of February and September in each year, instead of the times heretofore designated by law; and the said Cook county court of common pleas, and the said circuit court of Cook county, shall have equal and concurrent jurisdiction in all cases of misdemeanor, arising under the criminal laws of this state, and in all cases

of appeals from justices of the peace, arising or instituted within said county of Cook, any law in anywise to the contrary notwithstanding; and all appeals from justices of the peace within said county of Cook, shall be taken and carried to whichever of said courts the term of which shall be held next after any such appeal shall have been applied for and taken.

§ 12. All writs, subpoenas, and other process, which may Process returnhave been or may be issued, and made returnable to the able. terms of courts in said circuits, as heretofore required to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to said terms of the courts as required to be holden under this act; and all notices which may have been given, either by publication or otherwise, with reference to the terms as heretofore required to be holden, shall, by force of this act, refer to the terms of courts, as required to be held; and all proceedings pending in said courts shall be taken up and disposed of as if no alteration had been made in the times of holding said courts.

§ 13 This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of December next.

APPROVED November 5, 1849.

1849.

AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled "An act to establish the tenth judicial In force Nov. 5, circuit, and to fix the times of holding courts in the fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh judicial circuits, and for other purposes."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the times of holding circuit courts in the counties of La Salle, Livingston, and Kendall, in the ninth judicial circuit, shall be as follows:

In the county of La Salle, on the fourth Monday in April La Salle. and third Monday in October;

In the county of Livingston, on the second Monday of May Livingston. and first Monday of November;

In the county of Kendall, on the third Monday of May Kendall. and second Monday of November, in each and every year.

§ 2. The circuit courts in the county of Lake shall here- Lake. after be holden at the following times, viz: On the second Monday in January, first Monday in June, and second Monday in October, in each year.

APPROVED November 6, 1849.

In force Nov. 6, AN ACT supplemental to an act entitled "An act to establish the tenth judicial 1849. circuit, and to fix the times of holding courts in the fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh judicial circuits, and for other purposes."

ing courts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Times of hold-Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the circuit courts of the fifth judicial circuit shall hereafter be held as follows: In the county of Schuyler, on the second Mondays in March and August; in the county of Brown, on the third Mondays of March and August; in the county of Pike, on the fourth Mondays in March and August; in the county of Henderson, on the second Mondays in April and September; in the county of Hancock, on the third Mondays of April and September; in the county of McDonough, on the first Mondays in May and October; in the county of Adams, on the second Mondays of May and October.

§ 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage; and the provisions of the act to which this is supplemental, so far as consistent with this act, are hereby declared to apply to this act.

APPROVED November 6, 1849.

In force Nov. 5,

in Lake coun

ty.

AN ACT to fix the times of holding courts in Lake county.

1849. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Time of holding Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the circuit court circuit court in and for the county of Lake, in the seventh "judicial circuit, shall be held at the court-house at Waukegan, in said county, commencing at the times following, viz: On the second Monday of January, on the first Monday of June, and on the second Monday in October, in each year. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED November 5, 1849.

In force Nov. 6, AN ACT to postpone the Hardin and Gallatin courts, in the third judicial circuit.

1849.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Hardin circuit court to be held on the first Monday of November, 1849, and the Gallatin circuit court to be held on the third Monday of November, 1849, under the act entitled "An act changing the times of holding courts in the