Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 25 ILCS 5/9

  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     The manner of effecting imprisonment of any person by either house for disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence, shall be by a warrant, under the signature of the presiding officer for the time being of the house ordering the imprisonment, countersigned by the acting secretary or clerk, running in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, and may be directed to the sergeant-at-arms or doorkeeper of the house, or to the sheriff of the county in which the General Assembly is convened, commanding him or her to commit the prisoner to the county jail, and deliver the prisoner to the keeper thereof, and the jailer to receive the prisoner into his or her custody and safely keep the prisoner for the time for which the prisoner is committed, or until the prisoner is duly discharged.
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