LAWS PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ILLINOIS TERRITORY, AT THEIR SIXTH SESSION, HELD AT KASKASKIA 1817-'18
Kaskaskia, I.T: Berry and Blackwell-Printers to the Territory, 1818. First edition. 21 cm. 104 pp., including contents leaf at end. Disbound pamphlet, early and later leaves quite foxed and browned. Byrd 12. Buck 1219. The final volume of territorial laws which were codified by the General Assembly of the newly formed State of Illinois in 1819. The most important piece of legislation here is "An Act establishing Circuit Courts and Justices' Courts, and for other purposes" (pp. 90-98), seeking to resolve a dispute over the payment of Federal judges. Item #70675
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