AT THE OCTOBER TERM, 1897, OF THE FIRST DISTRICT, THE MAY AND THE AUGUST TERMS, 1896 AND 1897, OF Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1898, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. AcJuly 8, 1898. Stereotyped and Printed by the Chicago Legal News Company. 1 1 THE These Courts are held by Judges of the Circuit Courts assigned by the Supreme Court for a term of three years. One Clerk is elected in each district. MARTIN L. NEWELL, Reporter, Springfield, Illinois. FIRST DISTRICT. Composed of the county of Cook. Court sits at Chicago on the first Tuesdays of March and October. JUSTICES. FRANCIS ADAMS, Ashland Block, Chicago, Illinois. NATHANIEL C. SEARS, SECOND DISTRICT. Composed of the Northern Grand Division of the Supreme Court, except Cook county. Court sits at Ottawa, La Salle county, on the third Tuesday in May, and the first Tuesday in December. CLERK-Columbus C. Duffy, Ottawa, Illinois. Composed of the Central Grand Division of the Supreme Court, Court sits at Springfield, Sangamon county, on the third Tuesdays in May and November. CLERK-W. C. Hippard, Springfield, Illinois. JUSTICES. OLIVER A. HARKER, Carbondale, Illinois. BENJAMIN R. BURROUGHS, Edwardsville, Illinois. JOHN J. GLENN, Monmouth, Illinois. FOURTH DISTRICT. Composed of the Southern Grand Division of the Supreme Court. Court sits at Mount Vernon, Jefferson county, on the fourth Tuesdays in February and August. CLERK-Frank W. Havill, Mount Vernon, Illinois. BRANCH OF THE APPELLATE COURT-FIRST DISTRICT. This Court is held by three Judges of the Circuit Court, designated and assigned by the Supreme Court, at its February term, 1898, under the provisions of the act of the General Assembly, approved June 2, 1897. Hurd's Statutes, 1897, 508; Laws of 1897, 158. CIRCUIT COURTS. Exclusive of Cook county, the-State of Illinois is divided into Seventeen Judicial Circuits, as follows: First Circuit.-The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Pope, Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline. Second Circuit.-The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, Richland, Lawrence and Crawford. JUDGES. EDMUND D. YOUNGBLOOD, Mount Vernon, Illinois. 66 66 Third Circuit.-The counties of Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair, Madison, Bond, Washington and Perry. JUDGES. BENJAMIN R. BURROUGHS, Edwardsville, Illinois. WILLIAM HARTZELL, Chester, 66 66 Fourth Circuit.-The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian. Fifth Circuit.-The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, Cumberland and Coles. Sixth Circuit.-The counties of Champaign, Douglas, Moultrie, Macon, DeWitt and Piatt. Seventh Circuit.-The counties of Sangamon, Macoupin, Morgan, Scott, Green and Jersey. JUDGES. Eighth Circuit.-The counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason, Cass, Brown, Pike, Calhoun and Menard. Ninth Circuit.—The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, Hancock, McDonough and Fulton. Tenth Circuit.-The counties of Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Stark and Tazewell. JUDGES. LESLIE D. PUTERBAUGH, Peoria, Illinois. 66 NICHOLAS E. WORTHINGTON, Peoria," Eleventh Circuit.-The counties of McLean, Livingston, Logan, Ford and Woodford. Twelfth Circuit.-The counties of Will, Kankakee and Iroquois. Thirteenth Circuit.-The counties of Bureau, LaSalle and Grundy. Fourteenth Circuit. -The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, Whiteside and Henry. Fifteenth Circuit.-The counties of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll, Ogle and Lee. Sixteenth Circuit.—The counties of Kane, Du Page, De Kalb and Kendall. Seventeenth Circuit.-The counties of Winnebago, Boone, McHenry and Lake. JUDGES. JOHN C. GARVER, Rockford, Illinois. CHARLES E. FULLER, Belvidere, Illinois. CHARLES H. DONNELLY, Woodstock, Illinois. |