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AN ACT to revise the law in relation to the supreme court. [Approved March 23,

1874. in force July 1, 1874.]

1. Grand divisions. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That, for the purpose of holding terms of the Supreme Court, the State shall be divided

into three grand divisions, to be known as the Southern, Central and Northern Grand Divisions, respectively, and to be as follows

The Southern Grand Division shall include the counties of Alexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White and Williamson.

The Central Grand Division shall include the counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Jersey, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Mason, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Piatt, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Tazewell and Vermilion.

The Northern Grand Division shall include the counties of Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Marshall, McHenry, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Stephenson, Warren, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago and Woodford. [As amended by act approved May 21, 1879. In force July 1, 1879. L. 1879, p. 97.

[Const. 1848, art. 5, § 30; Const. 1870, art. 6, § 5.

2. Election districts. § 2. For the election of judges of the supreme court, the State shall be divided into seven districts, as follows: First District-The counties of St. Clair, Clinton, Washington, Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Perry, Randolph, Monroe, Jackson, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Union, Johnson, Alexander, Pulaski and Massac.

Second District-The counties of Madison, Bond, Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Crawford, Jasper, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, Macoupin, Shelby, Cumberland, Clark, Greene, Jersey, Calhoun and

Christian.

Third District-The counties of Sangamon, Macon, Logan, DeWitt, Piatt, Douglas, Champaign, Vermilion, McLean, Livingston, Ford, Iroquois, Coles, Edgar, Moultrie and Tazewell.

Fourth District-The counties of Fulton, McDonough, Hancock, Schuyler, Brown, Adams, Pike, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Cass and Scott.

Fifth District-The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, Mercer, Henry, Stark, Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle, Grundy and Woodford.

Sixth District-The counties of Whiteside, Carroll, JoDaviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Kane, Kendall, DeKalb, Lee, Ogle and Rock Island.

Seventh District-The counties of Lake, Cook, Will, Kankakee and DuPage.

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[Const. 1870, art. 6, § 5.

AN ACT to fix the time of holding the supreme court. [Approved June 4, 1879. In force July 1, 1879. L. 1879, p. 98.]

*3. Terms of court-when and where held. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the terms of the supreme court shall be begun and held at the several places provided for holding the same as follows

In the Southern Grand Division, at Mt. Vernon, on the first Tuesdays in May and November in each year.

In the Central Grand Division, at the city of Springfield, on the first Tuesdays of January and June of each year.

In the Northern Grand Division, at Óttawa, on the first Tuesdays of March and September of each year.

[Const. 1848, art. 5, § 31; Const. 1870, art. 6, § 4.

4. Adjournment for quorum-during term. §4. If there shall not be a quorum of the justices of the said supreme court present on the first day of any term, the court shall stand adjourned from day to day, until a quorum shall attend; and if, from any cause, the supreme court shall not sit on any day in a term after it shall have opened, there shall be no discontinuance, but, as soon as the cause is removed, the court shall proceed to business until the end of the term, or until the business depending before it shall be disposed of. [R. S. 1845, p. 143, §8.

5. Causes continued. 5. If the said supreme court shall not sit in any term, or shall not continue to sit the whole term, or before the end of the term shall not have heard and determined all matters and causes depending in said courts, all matters and causes depending and undetermined shall stand continued until the next succeeding term. [R. S. 1845, p. 143, § 10.

6. Oath of office. 6. The several judges of the supreme court, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation :

I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that I will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of judge of the supreme court of the State of Illinois, according to the best of my ability.

Which oath or affirmation may be administered by any person authorized to administer oaths-a certificate whereof shall be affixed thereto by the person administering the oath. And the oath or affirmation so certified shall be filed in the office of the secretary of State. [R. S. 1845, p. 142, § 5.

7. Powers of court. 7. The supreme court shall be vested with all power and authority necessary to carry into complete execution all its judgments, decrees and determinations in all matters within its jurisdiction, according to the rules and principles of the common law and of the laws of this State. [R. S. 1845, p. 143, § 7.

8. Writs. § 8. It may issue writs of mandamus, habeas corpus, certiorari, error and supersedeas, and all other writs, not prohibited by law,

which may be necessary to enforce the due administration of justice in all matters within its jurisdiction.

People v. Pearson, 3 Scam, 270; Dye v. Noel, 85 Ill. 290; Trustees, etc., v. School Directors, 88 Ill. 100.

9. Form of process. § 9. Its process shall run in the name of the people of the State of Illinois, bear test in the name of the chief justice, be signed by the clerk of the court for the grand division from which it is issued, dated when issued, sealed with the seal of the court, and made returnable according to law or such rules or orders as may be prescribed by the court. [R. S. 1845, p. 143, § II.

10. Exécution and return of process. 10. Any process which may be issued from the supreme court, or any justice thereof or the clerk, according to law, shall be executed by the officer or [*329] person to whom it is directed in any county or place in this State, in the usual manner that process is or may be required to be executed and returned.

[R. S. 1845, p. 143. 8 12; People v. Pearson, 3 Scam, 270.

11. What sheriff to attend court. § II. The sheriff of the county in which the supreme court is held shall attend upon its sittings, and perform such duties, under the order and direction of said court, as are usually performed by such officer, and such as said court shall from time to time require. [R. S. 1845, p. 151, § 64.

12. Rules of court. § 12. The supreme court may, from time to time, institute such rules of practice, and prescribe such forms of process to be used, and for the keeping of the dockets, records and proceedings for the regulation of the said court, as shall be deemed most conducive to the due administration of justice, except as otherwise provided by law. [R. S. 1845, p. 143, § 6.

13. Judgments, etc.-final. § 13. The judgments and decrees of the supreme court shall be final and conclusive upon all the parties properly before the court.

[R. S. 1845, p. 143, §7; Gaytes v. Franklin Bank, 85 Ill. 256.

14. Judgments, etc., in vacation.. § 14. The judges of the supreme court, or any four of them, may enter orders and judgments in vacation, in any of the grand divisions of this State, in all cases which have been argued or submitted to the court during any term thereof, and which shall have been taken under advisement.

[L. 1851, p. 153, § 1; Const., art. 6, § 2; Coursen v Browning, 86 Ill. 57.

15. Powers in vacation. 15. Whenever any judgment shall have been rendered in the supreme court which, upon further consideration, is found to have been erroneously entered up, the judges thereaf are authorized, during vacation, to change the same without ordering a rehearing thereof, by entering a proper judgment in said cause; and in case a procedendo shall have been issued in such cause, the judges may recall the same, and, by order of any of the judges, all proceedings taken by reason of such procedendo shall be vacated and set aside; Provided, that all such judgments shall be corrected within six months from the

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