APPELLATE COURTS.
Mr. LANGDON, for the Committee on Revision, introduced a bill [S. 350]: To create an Appellate Court. [To establish three Appellate Courts in as many Districts of the State, these Courts to hear appeals from Circuit, Superior and Criminal Courts, except appeals by defendants and the State in felony cases, and appeals from Superior Courts having a general term. The Court in each District shall consist of three Judges, to be chosen at the next general election, one to serve two years, one three years, and one four years, terms thereafter to be for four years. The bill is to take effect upon its passage, the Governor to appoint the Judges who shall serve until the next general election. An especial feature of the bill is a provision for the cumulative voting feature upon what is known as the "Illinois' plan. Electors may cast two or three votes for one man if they desire. This will render the Appellate judiciary non-partisan, the political minorities thus being given a choice.]
