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Bill Introduced in Illinois Legislature to Limit Jurisdiction of Justices of Peace1Jump to section
[December 9, 1834]
An act to limit the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace.
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly---That hereafter Justices of the Peace shall not e[n]tertain jurisdiction of any civil case whatever---unless it be in the precinct in which the defende[nt] resides or [sic]---or in which the contract on which suit is brought was made and entered into, or made payable---any thing in former laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
This act to be in force from and after the first day of June next.
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[1] AD, I-Ar. This was Lincoln's first bill. Much revised and amended in committee, it passed the House, but was tabled by the Senate.