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MR. SCHLITZ: Why not then make this a division
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of the Circuit Court so that the administrative end will
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be handled in one office and that the judges will be
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under the control of the one circuit chief judge?
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MR. ENEY: That is what is in this draft.
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MRS. BOTHE: Would the judges under this pro-
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posal be interchangeable between Traffic Court cases and
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murder cases?
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MR. SCHLITZ: No. I don't think you could
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sell that. In Illinois, the lower court judge, I think,
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has jurisdiction up to $5,000, and he operates out of
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the Circuit Court there. It seems to me this is the
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better way to do it. You might have the jurisdiction of
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the judge slightly higher than the jurisdiction so the
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judge could be moved between one court and another. I
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can't see the reason why a judge who is handling cases
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in the People's Court where the jurisdiction is three or
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four thousand dollar capacity in a non-jury case for three
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or four thousand dollars .
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MR. MARTINEAU: We assume there will be the
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vertical and horizontal moving around of the judges.
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