In force Feb. 4, AN ACT changing the time of holding the circuit courts in the seventeenth judicial circuit. 1859. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the circuit courts in the seventeenth judicial circuit shall be held at the Times of hold-times hereinafter mentioned: In the county of Macon, on ing courts. Process. the first Monday of March, on the fourth Monday of July and the first Monday of November; in the county of Moultrie, on the third Mondays of March and September; in the county of Piatt, on the first Mondays thereafter; in the county of Fayette, on the first Mondays thereafter; in the county of Effingham, on the first Mondays thereafter; in the county of Shelby, on the first Mondays thereafter. § 2. All writs, subpoenas and any other process which may have been or may be issued and made returnable to the terms of courts in the said circuit, as heretofore required to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to said terms of courts, as required to be holden under this act. And all notices which may have been given, either of 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 so required to be holden under this act; and proceedings pending in any of said courts shall be taken up and disposed of according to law, as if no alteration had been made in the time of holding said courts. § 3. Upon the passage of this act, the secretary of state Secretary of shall immediately thereafter transmit a copy thereof to each of the clerks of said courts. state to transmit copies. faults. 4. That in all cases and suits in said circuit, wherein Damages in de- defaults may be taken for want of a plea or defence, that the judge of said circuit shall be and he hereby is empowered to assess the damages claimed and due to the plaintiff, and to dispense with the calling of a jury for that purpose. 5. All acts and parts of acts conflicting with the proActs repealed. visions of this act are hereby repealed. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 4, 1859. In force Feb. AN ACT to establish the times of holding courts in the eighteenth juicial cir12, 1859. cuit. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter the circuit courts in the several counties composing said cirTimes of hold-cuit shall be held at the usual places of holding courts in said counties, as follows: ing courts. In the county of Montgomery, on the third Mondays of March and September. In the county of Macoupin, on the Mondays following. In the county of Christian, on the second Mondays following. In the county of Sangamon, on the second Mondays following, and on the fourth Mondays of August. And in the county of Macoupin, on the second Monday of December in each year. § 2. And be it further enacted, That all writs, subpoenas, Process. recognizances and other process, which have been or may hereafter be issued, returnable to the terms of the circuit court in the said counties, as heretofore required to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to the terms of the circuit court in said counties, as herein required to be holden; and all notices which may have been given, either by publication or otherwise, with reference to the terms of the circuit court in the said counties, as heretofore required to be holden, shall, by force of this act, refer to the terms of the circuit court in the said counties, as required to be held under this act; and all proceedings now depending in the circuit courts of the said counties shall be taken up and proceeded with as if no alteration had been made in the times of holding said courts. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 12, 1859. AN ACT to change the times of holding courts in the nineteenth judicial circuit. In force Febru SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That circuit ary 4, 1859. courts shall be held at the county seats of the several coun- Ninteenth cirties composing the nineteenth judicial circuit at the times cuit. following, to wit: In the county of Pulaski, on the second Monday in April Time of holdand fourth Monday in August. In the county of Massac, on the second Mondays follow ing. In the county of Pope, on the second Mondays following. In the county of Hardin, on the second Mondays following. In the county of Gallatin, on the second Mondays following, and to continue in session in the last named county indefinitely, at the discretion of the judge of said court. ing courts. § 2. All writs, subpoenas and recognizances and other Process. process which may have been or may be issued and made Secretary returnable to the terms of circuit courts, in said counties, as heretofore required to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to said terms of the circuit courts, in said counties, 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 force of this act, refer to the terms of the courts required to be held under this act in said counties; and all proceedings pending in said courts shall be taken up and proceeded with as if no alteration had been made in the times of holding said courts. of 3. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, imstate to trans- mediately upon the passage of this act, to cause a certified copy of the same to be transmitted to each of the clerks of the circuit court of the several counties in said circuit. mit copy. 84. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED Feb. 4, 1859. In force Febru- AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to establish the twentieth judicial ary 12, 1859. circuit in the state of Illino's," approved February 7th, 1857. ing courts. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the terms Times of hold of the circuit court of the twentieth judicial circuit be and the same are hereby altered so that hereafter the regular terms for the county of Iroquois shall be as follows, to-wit: On the third Tuesday in February, on the second Tuesday of June and on the third Tuesday in November; and further, that the first regular term created by this act shall be holden on the first Tuesday in June, A. D. 1859. And that the regular terms for the county of Kankakee, in said circuit, be and the same are hereby altered, so that hereafter said terms shall be held on the second Monday of April, on the first Monday of September and on the first Monday of January of each year. Grand jury. Process. § 2. That the grand jury for said county of Iroquois shall not be summoned for the regular June and February terms, unless specially ordered by the judge of said circuit; nor shall the grand jury for said county of Kankakee be summoned for the April and September terms of said circuit, unless specially ordered by the judge of said circuit. 3. That no rights shall [be] prejudiced by the changes herein made in the terms of said circuit court, and that all process, bail bonds, suits, recognizances, indictments and proceedings of every nature, civil and criminal, shall be deemed [to] have been continued or made returnable to the terms herein established, and the same shall be proceeded in and have the like force and effect as if so made returnable or continued. This act to take effect and be in force from andafter its passage. APPROVED February 12, 1859. AN ACT entitled an act to repeal "An act to extend the jurisdiction of the In force Janucounty court of Tazewell county, approved February 16, 1857, and to change ary 15, 1859. the time of holding courts in the twenty-first judicial circuit. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That an act entitled an act to extend the jurisdiction of the county court Act repealed. of Tazewell county, approved February 16, A. D. 1857, be and the same is hereby repealed, provided nothing herein contained shall operate in any manner to the prejudice of the rights acquired by any person or corporation in suits pending in said county court under the laws of this state, Suits transferand all such suits shall be immediately transferred to the red to circuit docket of the circuit court of said county of Tazewell and court. be there prosecuted to final termination in the same manner as though the same had been originally commenced in the said circuit court of said county. 2. The clerk of the county court of said county of Clerk to transTazewell shall and he is hereby authorized and required to fer record. transfer to the office of the clerk of the circuit court of said county all the books, records, processes and papers of every kind and character issued out of said county court, or now on the files thereof, by virtue of the act extending the jurisdiction of said county court, approved February 16, 1857, aforesaid; and the said clerk of the circuit court of Tazewell county is hereby authorized and required to receive all of said records, books and papers from the said clerk of the county court and file and preserve the same among the records of his office; and in all cases he is hereby required, when requested by the party to any suit, to issue new pro- New process. cesses or executions, alias processes or executions, in all cases where said records and papers shall show that the said party would by law have been entitled to such process in the county court of Tazewell county, if the law aforesaid extending the jurisdiction thereof had not been repealed: Provided, nothing herein contained shall in any manner Proviso, affect the rights acquired by any person or persons or corporation by virtue of any judgment heretofore obtained before said county court or any lien created thereby. Twenty-first circuit. Times of holding courts. Process. County court process. § 3. That the terms of the circuit court of the 21st judicial circuit shall, from and after the passage of this act, be holden as follows, to wit: In the county of Tazewell, on the first Monday of February in each year. In the county of Mason, on the first Monday of March in each year. In the county of Cass, on the second Monday thereafter. In the county of Menard, on the second Monday thereafter. In the county of Woodford, on the third Monday of April in each year. In the county of Tazewell, on the fourth Monday in May in each year. In the county of Mason, on the fourth Monday in June in each year. In the county of Tazewell, on the first Monday in September in each year. In the county of Cass, three weeks thereafter. In the county of Menard, two weeks thereafter. § 4. That no rights shall be prejudiced by the changes hereby made in the terms of said court; and that all process, bail-bonds, suits, recognizances, indictments and proceedings of every nature, civil and criminal, shall be deemed to have been continued or made returnable to the terms herein established, and the same shall be proceeded in and have the like force and effect as if so made returnable or continued. § 5. All writs, recognizances and process which may have been or may be issued and made returnable to the terms of court, in said counties, as now required to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to the terms of said courts, as established by this act; and all notices which may have been given, either by publication or otherwise, with reference to the terms heretofore established in said counties, shall, by force of this act, refer to the terms of court, as herein established; and all proceedings pending in courts of said counties shall be taken up, heard and disposed of at the several terms herein established, as if no alteration had been made in the times of holding said courts. § 6. All writs and process which may have been or may be issued, returnable to the county court of Tazewell county, as now required to be holden, shall be deemed and taken as returnable to the first term of the circuit court thereafter, as established hereby; and all notices shall be disposed of as is required in section fifth of this act. 87. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED January 15, 1859. |