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of September, and the first Monday of December; in the county of Whiteside, on the first Mondays of January, April and October; in the county of Henry, on the second Monday of February, and the first Mondays of June and November.

§ 16. FIFTEENTH CIRCUIT.] In the county of JoDaviess, on the first Mondays of November and February, and the fourth Monday of May; in the county of Stephenson, on the first Mondays of September, December, March and June; in the county of Carroll, on the first Monday of March, and the third Mondays of June and November; in the county of Ogle, on the first Mondays of October and January, and the fourth Monday of April, in the county of Lee, on the first Monday of January, the second Monday of April, and the third Monday of September.

§ 17. SIXTEENTH CIRCUIT.] In the county of Kane, on the first Monday of February, on the third Monday of May, on the second Monday of September, and on the third Monday of November; in the county of DuPage, on the second Mondays of January and June, and on the first Monday of October; in the county of Kendall, on the first Monday of March, and on the fourth Monday of October; in the county of DeKalb, on the fourth Monday of February, on the first Monday of June, and on the fourth Monday of October.

§ 18. SEVENTEENTH CIRCUIT.] In the county of Winnebago, on the first Monday of October, and on the second Mondays of January and April; in the county of Boone, on the fourth Mondays of January, April and September; in the county of McHenry, on the second Monday of January, and on the fourth Mondays of May and September; and in the county of Lake, on the first Mondays of March, October and December.

§ 19. When in the opinion of the Judges of any of the judicial circuits of this State, or a majority of them, it shall not be necessary for the speedy administration of justice, to summon a grand and petit jury or either of them, they may, by an order to be made in vacation, or by the court in term time, to be entered of record in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county affected thereby, dispense with either or both of such juries for any term, or part of term of such circuit court, and may designate what term or terms, or part or parts thereof, shall be devoted to criminal business; and what term or terms, or part or parts thereof, shall be devoted to civil business; and such court, or judges in vacation, shall have power to direct all process that may issue or proceedings to be had, to be made returnable to and to be done at the appropriate terms set apart for the different kinds of business as fixed by such order; and such term or terms shall in all respects be treated only as a term or terms of court for the particular kind of business designated in such order, which order shall stand until rescinded by the court in term time or by a majority of the judges of the circuit in vacation.

§ 20. All summonses, subpoenas, notices, writs, bonds, recognizances, venires, papers and processes of any kind, whatever, made and served for or returnable to the several terms of court, at such times as said terms are required to be held by law, in force immediately prior to the time this Act shall take effect, shall be deemed and taken, and shall have the same force and effect as if the same had been made and served for, or returnable, to the first terms of court to be held in each county as fixed by this

Act; and no action, suit, cause or proceeding now pending in any of the circuit courts, shall be abated by force of the provisions of this Act.

§ 21. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

APPROVED June 23d, 1915.

COUNTY COURTS-CRAWFORD COUNTY.

§ 1. Amends section 25, Act of 1874.

§ 25. Terms in Crawford County. (HOUSE BILL No. 739. APPROVED JUNE 23, 1915.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to extend the jurisdiction of county courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same, and to repeal an Act therein named," approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as amended by subsequent Acts, by amending section twenty-five (25) thereof.

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 county courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same, and to repeal an Act therein named," approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as amended by subsequent Acts, be, and the same is hereby amended by amending section twenty-five (25) thereof, so that said section when amended shall read as follows:

§ 25. Crawford, April and October.
APPROVED June 23d, 1915.

COUNTY COURTS-MACOUPIN COUNTY.

§ 1. Amends section 67, Act of 1874.

§ 67. Terms in Macoupin County.

(HOUSE BILL No. 903. APPROVED JUNE 23, 1915.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to extend the jurisdiction of county courts and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same and to repeal an Act therein named," approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as subsequently amended, by amending section sixty-seven (67) thereof.

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 county courts and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same and to repeal an Act therein named," approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874 as subsequently amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending section sixty-seven (67) thereof so that the said section when amended shall read as follows:

§ 67. Macoupin on the second Monday in March and November. APPROVED June 23d, 1915.

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(HOUSE BILL No. 500. APProved June 24, 1915.)

AN ACT to amend sections 16, 40, 42 and 48 of an Act entitled, “An Act in relation to a municipal court in the City of Chicago," approved May 18, 1905 and in force July 1, 1905 as subsequently amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections 16, 40, 42 and 48 of an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to a municipal court in the City of Chicago," approved May 18, 1905, and in force July 1, 1905, as subsequently amended, be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows:

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§ 16. That there shall be a bailiff of said municipal court whose term of office shall be six (6) years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified and who shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, A. D. 1906, and every six years thereafter. He shall perform with respect to said municipal court the duties usually performed by sheriffs in respect to attendance upon, and service and execution of the process, and obedience of the lawful orders and directions of a circuit court. He shall give his personal attention to the performance of the duties of his office. He shall maintain an office in each district and each office shall be kept open for the transaction of business from half-past eight o'clock a. m. to half-past five o'clock p. m. of each working day during the year, excepting that on Saturdays, after the hour of one o'clock p. m., the bailiff may close such of his offices as he may deem proper at one o'clock p. m. otherwise provided by the rules which may be adopted under the provisions of this Act, the powers, duties and liabilities, the oath of office, and the bonds and conditions thereof, of such bailiff shall be the same, as near as may be, as those prescribed by law for sheriffs with respect to attendance upon and service and execution of the process, and obedience of the lawful orders and directions, of a circuit court. He shall be commissioned by the Governor. When a vacancy occurs in the office of bailiff and the unexpired term exceeds one year, the judges shall appoint a bailiff pro tempore, who shall qualify by giving bond and taking the oath as required by law of the bailiff, and thereupon such appointee shall perform all the duties required of a duly elected bailiff of said court, and shall receive a like salary, and shall hold such office until some person is elected and qualified according to law to fill such vacancy. Whenever any such vacancy occurs, the chief justice shall forthwith notify the Governor thereof, who, upon receiving such notice, shall, as soon thereafter as may be practicable, issue a writ of election as in other cases. When a vacancy occurs in the office of bailiff and the

unexpired term is less than one year the judges shall appoint a bailiff pro tempore, who shall qualify by giving bond and taking the oath required by law on the bailiff, and thereupon such appointee shall perform all the duties required of a duly elected bailiff of said court and shall receive a like salary, and shall hold such office until some person is elected and qualified according to law to fill such vacancy. It shall be unnecessary to serve any process of summons upon the bailiff in any suit against him commenced in the municipal court. In lieu of the service of such process the clerk shall notify the bailiff of the commencement of such suit and the bailiff shall thereupon forthwith enter his appearance therein, such entry of appearance to be made without any advance payment of costs. The salary of the bailiff shall be fixed by the city council: Provided, however, that such salary shall not be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum and that it shall not exceed the salary which may be fixed for an associate judge of the municipal court and that it shall neither be increased nor diminished during the term for which the bailiff shall have been elected; and, provided, further, that until the fixing of the salary by the city council the salary of the bailiff shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum. Such salary shall be payable in monthly installments out of the city treasury. The bailiff may employ an attorney at a salary of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, to be fixed annually by a majority of the judges of the municipal court, which salary, together with all expenses incurred by the bailiff in prosecuting or defending suits brought by or against him in his official capacity, shall be paid out of the city treasury. All suits commenced by the bailiff or against him in his official capacity, and pending in any court at the time of the expiration of his term of office or at the time of his death, resignation or removal from office, any suits that may be commenced by or against him in his official capacity, shall be prosecuted or defended, as the case may be, by such bailiff or his legal representatives at the expense of the city of Chicago, and said necessary expense, together with such reasonable attorney's fees as shall be fixed by a majority of the judges of the municipal court, shall be paid out of the city treasury: Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the city of Chicago to pay any judgment or costs recovered against the bailiff.

§ 40. That every case of the fourth class mentioned in section two (2) of this Act, excepting attachment suits, garnishment suits, replevin suits, cases of distress for rent, forcible entry and detainer suits, and trials of the right of property, brought in the municipal court, shall be commenced by the filing by the plaintiff with the clerk of a præcipe for a summons, specifying the names of the parties to the suit, the amount of the plaintiff's claim and the day at which the summons shall be made returnable which day shall not be less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) days from the filing of the præcipe and a statement of the plaintiff's claim, which statement if the suit be upon a contract, express or implied, shall consist of a statement of the account or of the nature of the demand, or, if the suit be for a tort, it shall consist of a brief statement of the nature of the tort and such further information as will reasonably inform the defendant of the nature of the case he is

called upon to defend, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the statement of claim in any action for a tort to set forth the cause of action with the particularity required in a declaration at common law; provided, it shall not be necessary to file a praecipe or to issue any summons in case the defendant is to be notified by publication or posting of notices. In cases of the fourth class mentioned in said section two (2) of this Act, the municipal court may adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to enable the parties, in advance of the trial to ascertain the nature of the plaintiff's claim or claims or of the defendant's defense or defenses. No summons, however, need be issued or served in the case of the confession of a judgment in a case of the fourth class, but, such judgment may be confessed in the same manner, as near as may be, as in a similar case in the circuit court.

§ 42. That every such summons issued out of the municipal court, shall be served upon the defendant by the same method and in the same manner as if the summons had issued out of the circuit court and shall be served by the bailiff of said court unless other provisions of law be made therefor. There shall be attached to the copy of the summons thus served a copy of the plaintiff's præcipe and statement of claim. In case said summons shall not be served upon the defendant three days or more prior to the return day thereof an alias summons may be issued, and a subsequent pluries summons may be issued in any case when a previous alias or pluries summons shall not have been served upon the defendant three days or more prior to the return day fixed in the previous summons. Service of such alias or pluries summons shall be made in the same manner as that above provided for the service of the original summons. It shall be the duty of the bailiff to return every summons immediately upon the expiration of the time within which the same is required to be served upon the defendant.

§ 48. That the practice and proceedings in the municipal court, other than the mode of trial and the proceedings subsequent to trial, in cases of attachment, garnishment, replevin, distress for rent, and forcible detainer, included within the cases of the fourth class mentioned in section two (2) of this Act, shall be the same, as near as may be, as that which is now prescribed by law for similar cases in other courts of record with the following exceptions:

First: (a) In attachment, garnishment, replevin, distress for rent and forcible detainer cases, no statement shall be necessary. An affidavit for attachment, garnishment, replevin copy of the distress warrant and complaint in forcible detainer shall be the only written pleadings required, except such written pleadings or statements as may be required from time to time by the rules of the municipal court. In garnishment cases the party for whose use the proceedings are instituted shall be designated plaintiff, the judgment debtor shall be designated defendant and the party upon whom garnishment process is served shall be designated garnishee.

(b) If the plaintiff, his agent or attorney shall file in any attachment, replevin, distress for rent or forcible detainer suit an affidavit stating that the defendant is not a resident of this State, or has departed from this State, or on due inquiry cannot be found, or is concealed within

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