Process In the county of Schuyler, on the first Monday of May and the third Monday of October of each year. In the county of Brown, on the third Monday in May and the first Monday in November. § 2. All indictments, recognizances and suits, either of common law or in chancery, shall stand for hearing at the times herein specified for holding courts, the same as though no change had taken place; and all writs and other process, civil or criminal, shall be and they are hereby made returnable the same as if there had been no change in the time of holding said courts; and all returns heretofore made or that may hereafter be made, either according to this act or the acts hereby repealed, shall be taken to be returnable to the terms of court, as hereby fixed, and shall be legal and valid in all respects as if no change had taken place. § 3. All acts and parts of acts coming within the purview of this act and in conflict with the same be and they are hereby repealed. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 8, 1859. In force Febru- AN ACT to fix the time of holding courts in the sixth circuit and to regulate the ary 19, 1859. Sixth circuit. Times of holding courts. Day for ments. mo practice therein. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the circuit courts of the [counties] composing the sixth judicial circuit shall be holden at the county seats of the respective counties, at the times following, viz: In the county of Rock Island, on the second Monday of January, the second Monday of May, and the second Monday of September. In the county of Henry, on the first Monday of March, and the second Monday of October. §2. That for the purpose of facilitating the business of tions, demur- said courts, the judge of said circuit may, by an order rers and argu- to be filed in the clerk's office of said courts, set apart any number of days at the commencement of any term, for the hearing of motions, demurrers and arguments, the making up of issues, and the decision and disposition of all matters not requiring the intervention of a jury, and may in such order direct and fix the time in any such term at which jurors and witnesses shall be summoned to appear therein; of which order public notice shall be given by the clerk of said court, and summons for jurors and witnesses shall be made returnable accordingly. 3. The judge of said circuit shall have full power to Rules of pracestablish all such rules of practice, at law or in equity, as he tice. may deem necessary to expedite the business of said court; which rules shall be binding and obligatory upon parties to suits and proceedings in said courts, from the time they shall be entered of record. And said judge may, by order entered Day for general of record at any term of said courts, appoint and fix any motions, &c. and special term or number of days at which he will hear at his chambers, general and special motions, arguments of demurrer and pleadings, arguments upon agreed cases, and for the making of all such interlocutory orders as may be necessary to expedite the proceedings in any cause in said court, and the granting of all such orders as may be required or necessary in the practice of said court. And any term of said court may be adjourned not only from day to day but to any day or time which said court may, by its order, appoint, but not beyond the first day of the next regular term in said circuit, as fixed by law. tinued $4. That sections seven, eight and nine of the act of Sections February 5th, 1857, establishing the twenty-second judicial force. circuit, and fixing the time for holding courts in the sixth. circuit, of which act this is an amendment, and also sections three, four, five and six of "An act to fix the times of holding the circuit courts in the sixteenth judicial circuit and to regulate the practice therein," approved February 9th, 1855, are hereby continued in force and made applicable to the sixth judicial circuit and the courts thereof. $5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage; and the secretary of state is directed to have the same printed, and to transmit without delay fifty copies thereof to the clerk of each circuit court in the sixth judicial circuit. APPROVED February 19, 1859. con in of Secretary state to trans mit copies. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act declaring what counties shall compose In force Februthe eighth judicial circuit, and fix the times of holding courts and regulate the practice in said circuit," approved February 11th, 1857. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That here ary 24, 1859. after the fall term of the circuit court in and for the county Time of courts of Vermilion, in the eighth judicial circuit, shall be held in Vermilion. on the first Monday of November. $ 2. All writs, subpoenas, recognizances, and other pro- Process. cess, which may have been or which may be issued and made returnable to the fall term of the circuit court in said county, as heretofore required to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to the said term of the said circuit court, as herein required to be holden; and all notices which may have been given, either by publication or otherwise, with reference to the term, as heretofore required to be holden, shall, by force of this act, refer to the term of the court required to be held under this act in said county; and all proceedings pending in said court shall be taken up and proceeded with as if no alteration had been made in the time of holding said court. § 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 24, 1859. In force Febru- AN ACT to repeal a certain act herein named, and to establish the twenty-third ary 11, 1859. judicial circuit. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That an act Act repealed. entitled "An act to establish the twenty-third judicial circuit, and to fix the time for holding courts in the ninth judicial circuit," approved February 10, 1857, be and the same is hereby repealed. Burea county. ing courts. § 2. The county of Bureau shall be attached to and become a part of the ninth judicial circuit, and the circuit court shall be held at the county seats in the counties comTimes of hold- posing the said circuit, as follows: In the county of La Salle, as now provided by law; in the county of Bureau, on the first Mondays in January, July and October; and that all writs and other process which have been issued, returnable to any term of said circuit courts, or either of them, as heretofore fixed by law, shall be deemed and taken as returnable to the terms of said circuit courts, as fixed by this act; and all suits shall be tried in the same order and disposed of as if no change had been made in the terms. of holding said courts. Process. Twenty-third circuit. Times of holding courts. Election for judge state's attor ney. § 3. That the counties of Marshall, Woodford and Putnam shall compose the twenty-third judicial circuit, and the circuit courts of said counties shall be held at the times following, to wit: In the county of Marshall, on the first Monday of May, first Monday of October, and on the fourth Monday of Jan uary. In the county of Woodford, on the fourth Monday of May, and fourth Monday in October. In the county of Putnam, on the second Monday in March and the fourth Monday in October. 4. There shall be an election held in said circuit, on and the first Tuesday in April, for the election of a circuit judge and state's attorney for said circuit; which election shall be conducted and returns made and canvassed in the same man ner provided by the constitution and laws of this state. Said judge and state's attorney, when so elected, commissioned and qualified, shall hold their offices until the next general election of judges and state's attorneys, as provided by the constitution and laws, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. tion. § 5. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to cause Notices of eleca certified copy of this act to be immediately transmitted to the clerks of the circuit and county courts of said counties; and the clerks of the county courts of said counties shall issue notices of said election, which notices shall be posted up in the several townships or precincts in said counties, in like manner as is provided by law for holding general elections, and returns made and canvassed in the same manner. $ 6. All writs, subpoenas, recognizances and process, Process. which may have been issued out of and made returnable to the terms of the circuit courts, as hereinbefore required by law, in said counties of Marshall, Woodford and Putnam, 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 hereinbefore required to be holden, by force of this act, refer to the terms of the court as herein 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 terms of holding said courts. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 11, 1859. AN ACT to fix the times of holding circuit courts in the county of Bureau. In force Febru ary 12, 1859. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the times of holding the circuit courts for the county of Bureau shall be Times of courts as follows, to wit: On the second Monday of March, the third Monday of September, and the second Monday of December. § 2. All writs, subpoenas, recognizances and other process which may have been or may be issued to the terms of the circuit court in said county, as heretofore required to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to said terms of the circuit court in said county, as herein required to be holden; 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 Process. force of this act, refer to the term of the court required to be held under this act in said county; and all proceedings pending in said court shall be taken up and proceeded with as if no alteration had been made in the times for holding said courts. § 3. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 12, 1859. In force Febru- AN ACT to change [the] times of holding circuit courts in the county of Kendall, ary 18, 1859. in the ninth judicial círcuit of the state of Illinois, and to regulate the practice therein. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter Ninth circuit. the circuit courts of the county of Kendall, in the ninth judicial circuit of this state, shall be holden at the county seat of said county, at the times following, to wit: Times of holding courts. Judgment by confession. Practice. Process. Spring terms, on the first Wednesdays following the first Monday of April in each year. Fall terms, on the first Monday of September of each year. Winter terms, on the second Monday of January in each year. 2. That judgment by confession may be entered in said court at any time in vacation, before the clerk, by filing the proper papers with the clerk; and such judgment shall have the same force and effect, from the time of entry, as if entered in term time. § 3. That the practice in this court shall be the same in all respects as that in the thirteenth judicial circuit of this state, as regulated by act of the general assembly, and approved February 16th, 1857. 4. That all writs and process issued out of said courts, previous to the passage of this act, returnable on the first Monday of April, 1859, shall be held as returnable on the day fixed by this act. This act to be in force from and after its passage. In force Februray 16, 1859. AN ACT to fix the time of holding courts in the tenth judicial circuit. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter Tenth circuit. the circuit courts in the counties composing the tenth judicial circuit shall be held as follows, to wit: In the county of Mercer, on the third Mondays in April and first Mondays in September. |