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located, or for which it was intended, after it shall have become incorporated under this act.

4. The said diocesan may select three trustees, together with the vicar general, two of whom shall be laymen, and who, together with themselves, may become incorporated by the provisions of this act, and may hold, regulate and control any eleemosynary, educational, cemetery, religious or other property not belonging to or used by any particular congregation, subject to the provisions of this bill and of the rules of the diocese of said diocesan and of the Roman Catholic church in the United States.

to $5. The action of a majority of the trustees, in each case provided for herein, shall be taken and held as the action of the corporation to which they respectively belong, subject to the rules of the diocese of said diocesan and of the Roman Catholic church of the United States.

§ 6. The trustees appointed under this act, by the said diocesan, vicar general and pastor, or by said diocesan and vicar general, shall hold their offices, respectively, for the term of one year, or for such other time as the certificate aforesaid shall designate; and said certificate shall be received as evidence, in all courts of justice, of existence of the corporation therein specified.

7. The word diocesan, as used in this act, shall be construed to mean the bishop or archbishop of the diocese, or such other person as shall be appointed, according to the rules of the Roman Catholic church, to preside over and administer the temporal and spiritual affairs of said diocese.

§ 8. Whenever the office of any such layman shall become vacant, from any cause, his successor shall be appointed in the same manner as herein provided for his original selection.

89. The said Roman Catholic diocesan, vicar general and pastor of said congregation, for the time being, shall be, ex officio, members of the board of trustees thereof, except when the property is other than that of a congregation, in which case, the said diocesan and vicar general alone shall be trustees, ex officio.

Limitation on § 10. This act is subject to any limitation or modificaamount of real tion which may hereafter he enacted by general law, as to the amount of real estate to be held by the corporations respectively provided for herein: Provided, the same shall not affect any building in process of construction at the time of such enactment.

§ 11. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 8, 1869.

CIRCUIT COURTS.

AN ACT to fix the times of holding courts in the counties of Morgan, In force Jan. 30, Greene and Jersey, in the first judicial circuit.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter there shall be three terms of the circuit court holden in Morgan county in each year, as follows, to-wit: On the gan county. first Monday of April, on the second Monday of August, and on the fourth Monday of November. And the circuit Greene. court shall hereafter be holden in Greene county on the first Monday of March, and on the first Monday of September; and in the county of Jersey, on the third Monday Jersey. of March and the third Monday of September, in each

year.

§ 2. All writs, subpoenas, recognizances and other process, which have been or may be issued and made returnable to the terms of court in said counties, as heretofore required by law to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to the spring terms of said courts, as required to be holden by this act; and all notices which have been or may be given, either by publication or otherwise, with reference to the terms as heretofore required to.be held, shall, by force of this act, refer to the spring term of courts, as required to be holden by this act. And whenever the period of one year shall expire from the rendition of any judgment in ejectment before the holding of the spring terms of said courts, as fixed by this act, whereby any party shall be prevented from making a motion to vacate such judgment and for a new trial under the provisions of the statutes, it shall and may be lawful to make such motion and vacate such judgment at the terms fixed by this act first occurring after the expiration of the year; and like proceedings shall be had thereon as if the same had been made within said period of one year.

3. Upon the passage of this act, the secretary of state Secretary to shall immediately transmit a copy thereof, duly certified,

to the circuit clerks of each of said counties.

4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and

after its passage.

APPROVED January 30, 1869.

transmit copy.

In force March AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to fix the time of holding the 29, 1869. circuit court in the several counties composing the second judicial circuit."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That, hereafter, in addition to the times of holding the circuit court in the county of Marion, state of Illinois, a term shall be held, commencing on the second Monday in the month of January of each year.

2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and all other acts are hereby repealed. APPROVED March 29, 1869.

In force June AN ACT to change and fix the times of holding court in the second and 20, 1869.

third judicial circuits of this state.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That, hereTerms, second after, the circuit court in the second judicial circuit shall be held as follows, to-wit:

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In the county of Monroe, on the first Mondays in March and September.

In the county of Randolph, on the second Mondays thereafter.

In the county of Washington, on the second Mondays thereafter.

In the county of Marion, on the second Mondays thereafter.

In the county of Clinton, on the second Mondays thereafter.

In the county of Marion, on the first Monday in Feb

ruary.

§ 2. That, hereafter, the circuit court in the third judicial circuit shall be held as follows, to-wit:

In the county of Perry, on the first Monday in May aud the second Monday in November.

In the county of Jackson, on the second Mondays thereafter.

In the county of Union, on the second Mondays thereafter.

§ 3. All writs, recognizances and all other proceedings, of whatever sort, which may have been issued or commenced and made returnable to the term of circuit court in any of the counties above named, as heretofore fixed by law, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to the

terms of court in said counties, as fixed by this act; and all notices that may have been given, by publication or otherwise, with reference to the terms of court, as heretofore fixed by law, shall, by force of this act, refer to the terms of court as hereby fixed.

transmit copy.

§ 4. The secretary of state shall immediately transmit Secretary to to the clerks of the circuit court of each of said counties a certified copy of this act.

5. This act shall take effect and be in force, so far as it relates to the second judicial circuit, from and after its passage, and so far as it relates to the third judicial circuit, it shall take effect and be in force from and after the twentieth day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixtynine (1869).

APPROVED February 10, 1869.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to change the times of holding In force April court in the second and third judicial circuits of this state."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section two of an act entitled "An act to change and fix the times of holding court in the second and third judicial circuits of this state," approved February 10th, 1869, be and the same is hereby amended, as follows:

In the county of Clinton, on the fourth Monday thereafter.

§ 2. This act shall be deemed a public act, and take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED April 16, 1869.

16, 1869.

AN ACT to change the time of holding the fall terms of court in the In force March

fourth judicial circuit.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the times of holding the fall terms of court in the several counties composing the fourth judicial circuit shall, hereafter, be as follows:. In the county of Crawford, on the second Monday in September. In the county of Clark, on the second Monday thereafter. In the county of Cumberland, on the third Monday thereafter. In the county of Jasper, on

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the second Monday thereafter. In the county of Effingham, on the second Monday thereafter.

§ 2. All laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

§ 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 30, 1869.

In force February 9, 1869.

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AN ACT to fix the time of holding courts in the fifth judicial circuit.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That, hereafter, the several circuit courts in said circuit shall be held at the following times, in each and every year, to-wit: In the county of Brown, on the first Monday in March and the second Monday in September. In the county of McDonough, on the third Monday in March and the fourth Monday in September. In the county of Pike, on the first Monday in April and the second Monday in October. In the county of Fulton, on the third Monday of April, the fourth Monday in August and the second Monday in December; and in the county of Schuyler, on the first Monday in May and the fourth Monday in October.

§ 2. All writs, subpoenas, recognizances, and other process which have been or may be issued and made returnable to the terms of court in the counties in this act named, as heretofore required by law to be holden, shall be deemed and taken to be returnable to the terms of court, as required by law to be holden by this act; and all notices which may have been or may be given, either by publication or otherwise, to the terms, as heretofore required to be held, shall, by force of this act, refer to the terms of court, as required to be holden by this act; and whenever the period of one year shall expire from the rendition of any judgment in ejectment before the holding the terms of said courts as fixed by this act, whereby any party shall be prevented from making a motion to vacate such judgment and for a new trial under the provisions of the statutes, it shall and may be lawful to make such motion and vacate such judgment at the terms fixed by this act first ensuing after the expiration of the year; and like proceedings shall be had thereon as if the same had been made within the said period of one year.

3. Upon the passage of this act the secretary of state trampy, shall immediately transmit a copy thereof, duly certified, to the circuit clerks of each of said counties,