People ex rel. Freeman v. Barr

Citations

• 44 Ill. 198

Syllabus

<p>1. Statutes — concerning acts of 1859, 1865 and 1867, relati/oe to the twmty■sixth judicial circuit—UTariklin county not deprived of the judicial system. The act of 1859, arranging Franklin county into the twenty-sixth judicial circuit, and that of 1865, fixing the terms of court therein, are not expressly repealed by the act of 1867. This last named act is to he construed as merely adding other counties to the twenty-sixth circuit, and not as depriving Franklin county of the benefits of the judicial system.</p> <p>2. Same — repeal by implication — not favored. If the acts of 1859 and 1865 are repealed by that of 1867, it is only so by implication, and such a repeal is not favored in the law. If statutes are seemingly repugnant, they should, if possible, he so construed that the latest one shall not operate as a repeal, by implication, of the former ones.</p>