Taylorville Township (part 1 of 2)

P. Office. Besid

Pana Grocer and Farmer ;Wife of J. McElroy '' Teacher in Public School Illinois " Proprietor Saw Mill Connecticut " Wife of Henry McKoy New York

Baker and Confectioner ^Vife of L. Paul Farmer and .Stock Raiser Wife of J. M. Phipps Farmer and Stock Raiser Late wife of W. Prvce Phvsician and Surgeon Wife of C;. W. Patton Builder and Contractor Late wife of T. Raymond City Mai-shal Late wife of S. V. Roseberry Late wife of S. V. Roseberry

IWife of J. Swallow Marble ,t Monument Cutter Wife of W. M. Smith Farmer and Blacksmith Wife of V. Steller Harness iS .Saddle Dealer Wife of L. Sehlierbach Crrocerv Dealer Wife of J. B. Shafl-er Blacksmith Wife of J. Shafer

Wife of 'c°D. Wallar' Farmer and Stock Raiser Late wife of J. S. Woolley Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of T. T. Wright Auctioneer Attornev-at-Law Wife of' J. H. Yarnell

32 Farmer and Stock Raiser Macoupin Cell! 32 Wife of J. G. Arkebauer Germany Morriioie Proprietor if TremontHouse JefTersou Co.Va Wife of N. N. Bell Loudon Co.,Va.

Iffice. Kesid Nativity

Wife of E. L. Cheatham Farmer and Stock Raiser' Wife of W. W. Deming Farmer and Stuck Kaiser Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of W. Grundy Fanner and Stock Raiser Proprietor (.'henev House Wife of W. H. Hearin

Wife of J. W. iVIcCauley Attornev-at-Law Wife of'D. F. Murry Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of E. JL Morrison Farmer .and Stock Raiser VVifeofL.C. McClurg Farmer and Stock Raiser Wifeof J.H.Miller

Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of U. G. Armitage Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of J. I. Brownell Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of J. M. Bowles Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of G. A. Bremer Farmer and Stock Raiser Deceased wife of A. Boyd Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of J. M. Boyd Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of Wm. M. Clark Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of Y-. B. ( 'lark Physician and Surgeon Wife of J. .J. Conner Farmer and Slock Raiser Wife of J. C. Dodson Farmer and Slock Raiser Wife of J. D. Duncan Groceries and Hardware Wife of T. C. Dodson Farmer and Slock Raiser Motberof J. A. Enlrekin Farmer and Slock Raiser WifeofH. L.Funderbuik

FarititT :iihI Stock Raiser Wife of K. W. (jeorge Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of J. T. Hill Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of F. Haines Farmer

Wife of R. E. Hill . Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of John Hawk Farmer and Stock Raiser First wife of S. W. Hawkins Preseut wife of S. W. Hawkins! Hotel-keeper Wifeof D. A. Kanerauf Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of Wra. Kline

Wife of H. Mundehnke i, Farmer and Slock Rai.ser iiWife of G- Morgan and Stock Raiser ' Wife of L. Murphy ! Farmer and Stock Raiser

1 Wife of j. M. Simpson Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of A. J. Vancil Postmaster and Druggist WifeofG.H. Vanar.sdale I Farmer and Stock Raiser 1 Wife of W. Walker -'Farmer and Stock Raiser : Wife of J. Will ; Physician and Druggist I Wife of Dr. Watton

Occupation P. Office. Kesid

Farmer and Stock Raiser Wifeof C. A. Peabody Farmer and St'ick Kaiser Wife of W. E. IVabody Farmer aii<l Stock Kaiser Wifeof J. A. Peabodv Fm'r, St'k R'r AFr'tG'r First wife S. N. Peabody Present wife. S N Peabody General Merchant Wife of J. W. Slaughter Farmer and Stock Raiser Former \vife J .1 Schuyler Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of E. Schrantz Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of Lee Schrantz Farmer and Slock Raiser Wife of S. Schrantz Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of W. Schrantz Farmer and .Stock Raiser Wife of J. L. Smith Farmer and Mason Wife of R. Stone Farmer and Stock Raiser Late wife of F. Stillman Farmer and Stock Raiser Wifeof M. Stapleton Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of .J. L. Sanders Farmer and .Stock Kaiser Stock Dealer A Merchant Wife of R. K. Temple Farmer and .Stock Raiser Wife of L. Witmeyer Farmer and Teacher Wife of M. R. Wetzel Farmer aud Stock Raiser Wife of .J, E. Wilcox F'mr, St'k R r A Teacher Wife of B. F. Young Farmer and .Stock Raiser Wife of L. R. Young

Wife of James Conover I Farmer and .Stock Raiser t Wife of N. B. Chapman I Farmer & Stock Raiser I Wife of D. Doyle 1, Farmer and Stock Raiser ;|Wife of P. Dwyer 'Farmer and Stock Raiser jWife of H. Evemeyer !jFarming& Stock Raising jLatehusbof AE Emerson

36 Farmer and Stock Raiser Callaway Co Mo 50 36, Wife of Geo. W. Mathews Shelby Co. III. 56 35'Farmer and Stock Raiser Preble Co. OhiO|56 12, '72'First wife of J. May Butler Co. Ohio 56 Sec. 35 Present wife of J. Mav Callaway Co Mo 50 Edb'rg Dl'r Dry Goods & Grbc's Boone Co. Kv. ,48 " ,Wifeof Wm. M. Peek " ' 4.8

P. Office. Resid

18 Farmer and Supervisor Harrison Co., O 62 18 Wile of J. W. McElroy Preble Co., O. 62 28 Fanner and Stock Raiser Morgan Co., 111. ,^9 28 Wife of R. J. McAfee Noble Co., O. 56 ti Farmer and Stock Raiser Franklin Co., Pa 56

'le Sec. 25 Farmer and Stock Raiser England 25 Wife of W. Bickerdike Ohio Mill'vle Grain and Hav Dealer WifeofT. R. "Balhird ) Sec. 30 Farmer and Stock Kai>-ir Illinois

33 Wife of J. W. Hunter Illinois 15 Farmer and Stock Raiser Ohio 15 Wife of B. E. Johnson Indiana 4 Farmer and Stock Raiser Ohio 4 Wife of A. E. Lawton Canada ille 4 Farmer and Stock Raiser Ohio

Dec'd May 23, '76 Moses Titchenell. i" Preston Co., W.Vn 67 Rosemond Sec. 6 Farmer and Blacksmith Harrison Co., O. 56 Dec'd M'cli 7, 1874 Late Wife of A. Wilson " ;64

Ohio England New York France Germany Sec. 25|Farmer and Stock RaiserlNorth Carolina |60,j / Zimmermann, Henry ^fokomi: 25 AVife of D. Low " " 60'I1 Zimmerman, Antje

Annie Luzader - died .Jan. 17, 18' Farmer and Supervisor Tuscaraw'sCoO AVife of J. AV. Miller iVIarion Co. 0. F'mr & B'dr Short Horns Germany Wife of (_'. Miller Pennsylvania

Farmer and Stock Raiser Madison Co. III. AVife of R. H. Randle Indiana Fm'r & Breeder of Hogs Harrison Co. O. Dec'd May "0, '73, Late wife of W. Simpson Rosemond .Sec. 12 Present wife " Jeft'erson Co Ky

27 Wile of D. Griswold Greene Co. Ill 7.5 1.3 Farmer and Stock Raiser Christian Co. Ill 3,3 13 Wife of J. W. Graham Christian Co. 11. i;3 17 Farmer and Stock Raiser Christian Co. Ill .3(5 17 Wife of D. C llud-oii Chii.stian Co. Ill .38

28 Farmer and Slock Kaiser Bavaria. Ger (ii 2S Wife of J. Lamer Centre Co. Pa (ii 33 Farmer and Stock Raiser Hui.ungjoa Co. Pa (jg 33 Wife of J. S. McCov Donegal Co. Ire (19 2y Farmer and Stock Raiser Ireland 61

Wifeof J. A. Hazlelt General Merciiant Wife of R.Kimball Phvsician and Surgeon Wi'feof J. H. Lawrence Farmer and Stock Kaiser Wife of D. Lahue Farmerand Stock Raiser

Wifeof II. N. Nonh Phvsii-ian and Surgeon WiVeof O. C. Reynolds Farmerand Slock Raiser Wife of W. C. Sharp (.'tib't Maker & Underik'r Wife of E. .Sargeant Farmer and Bricklayer Wife of L. N. Smith Farmerand .Slock Raiser Wife of S. J. Sadler Farmerand Stock Raiser Wifeof J. Wickens Farmer and Stock Raiser First Wife of H.C. Webb Pres't Wife of H.C.Webb Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of I. Q. Virden Physician and Surgeon Wife of Dr. Vermillion

13 Farmer and Slock Raiser christian Co. Ill 38 13 Wife of W. Morgan SanganionCo.il 64: 75 Fanner Momsomen- Co. Ky 52 36 Will of Daniel McD miel Bourbon Co. Ky ,52 11 Farmer and Stock Kaiser west Jeffer.-on co.o (30 II Wife of J. McCJiiality Medina Co O g4 19 Farmer and Siock Raiser Kno.t Co. Ohio 3g 1 9 Wi le of F. Norred co. Pa jq

Johnson-Towxsiiip 12 North. Kange 2 West

28 Farmer and Stock Raisei 28 Wife of Vf. M. Coe 15 Farmer and Stock Raiser 15 Wifeof A. R. Callaway 15, Farmer and Stock Raisei 15 Wife of D. A. Dunbar

Sec. 25 Fanner and Stock Raiser 25 Wife of J. F. Deboe 33 Fanner and Stock Raiserj 33 Wife of H. Ebert 3 Farmer and Slock Raiser! 3 Wifeof A. G. Foy 10 Farmer and Stock Raiserj 10 W^ifeof W.T.Funderbnrk, 13 Farmer anil Slock Rai.serl 13 Wifeof F. Fleming 0 Farmer and Stock Raiser

Farmer and Stock Raiser Wile of W. H. Ives Far., .Slock Rais,,Sii]jerv'r Wile of I). W.Johnson Farmer and St.)ck U.iiser Wife of J. H JolinsoM

Wifeof J. Kelly Farmer and Stock Kaiser Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of J. Lnpton Far..StokRais.,T. Ass'r Wife of J. L. Lamb Farmer and Stock Kaiser Wife of .1. Large Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of S. Large FarSikRaiser.Tp.Colr WilcofF. Marshall Farmer and Stock Raiser Wifeof J. M.jrrow Farmer and Stock Raiser Wifeof J. W. Oats Farmer and Stock Rai.ser Wife of M. Oats Farmer and Slock Raiser Wife of N. P. Pherigo Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of J. B. Simpson F;irmer and .Stock Raiser Wife of G. W. Shivers Fanner and Stock Raiser Wife of W Shane Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of P. Sliane Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of H. Wood

Nativity Town 14 North. Range 4 West

Ralston, Sr., A. / Ralston, Jr., Alex, t Marv M. Crouse J Taylor, A. A. t Mi.ss E. Cassias r Tafli: John W. Eliza A. Torrence ( Marv A. Whitmer ( Wilson, W. H. t Miss E. C. Clark J White. Allen 1 Sarah Clemens

Farmer and Stock Raiser F'mer, St'k Raiser &Fdr Wifeof L. Adams Fanner, St'k R'ser & Dlr Wifeof J. C. Bullpitt F'mer, F'der & St'k T'd'r Wifeof J. Calloway Fanner and Slock Raiser Wife of W. H. Crowl Plivsieian, P.M. & Merc. Wifeof J. H. Dickerson Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of W. Fields Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of C. C. George Farmer and Stock Raiser F'mer, Si'k R'ser & T'chr Wifeof I. J. Glass Farmer

Wife of W. Hawkins F'mer, Fd'r.Stk Dlr, Sup Wife of M. Kavanaugh F'mer, Feeder A St'k Dlr Wife of E. Leigh Fanner and S;uck Raiser Wife of P. Lnneach Farmer and .Siock Raiser Wife of K. P. Langley Farmer and .Stock Raiser Wife of S Mason Farmer and Stock Raiser Late Wifeof B.C. Nance Farmer and Stock Raiser

Wife of A. Ralston Farmer and Stock Raiser LateWifeofA. A. Taylor Farmer and Stock Raiser Late Wifeof J. W.Taff Present Wife of J. W.Taff Farmer and Stock Raiser Wife of W. H.Wilson Sec. 25 Farmer

Town 13 North. Range 4 West

13 Farmer and Slock Raiser Odletown, Cana '57 13 Wife of E. S. Hurlbutt 12 Farmer and .Stock Raise 12 Wife of C. A. Hurlbutt 32 Farming & Stock Raising Shelby Co. Ky 59

Beyised Constitittion Of Illinois

Wc, the people of the State of Illinois - grateful to Almighty God for Ihe civil, political anil rLlijjious liberty which He halh so lung permilteii us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon imr endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding generations - in i rder lo form a more perfect government, establish justice, insure domeslic iranquilily, provide for the common defense, promotethe general welfare.and secure the I lessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity; do ordain and establish this constitution for the State of Illinois.

Article

The boundaries and jurisdiction of the Slate shall be as follows, to wit; Beginning at the mouth of the Wabash river; thence up tTie same, and with the line of Indiana, to the nonhwest corner of said State ; thence east, with the line of ihe same State, to the middle of Lake Michigan ; ihence north, along the middle of said lake, to north latitude 42 degrees and 30 minutes; thence west to the middle of the Mississippi river, and thence down along the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ohio river, and thence up the latter river, along its northwestern shore, to the place of beginning : Provided^ that this State shall exercise such jurisdiction upon Ihe Ohio river as she is now entitled to, or such as may hereafter be agreed upon by this Slate and the State of Kentucky.

Article Ii Bill Of Rights

Iinp.isonment ("or Debt. Compensation for Property tat;e Ex post facto laws - Irrevocable Military Power Subordinate. Quartering of Soldiers. Right of Assembly and Petition. Flections to be Free and tqaal. . What Laws ouchl tn be. Fundamental Principles.

\ I. .Ml men are by nature free and indepcndenl. and have certain inl nlile rights - among these are life, libcity, and the pursuit of happiness. To seccre these rghts and the protection of property, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

I 3. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination, .shal 1 forever be guaranteed ; and no person shall be denied any civil or political right, privilege or capacity, on account of his reiigious opinions; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be construed to dispense with oaths or athrm.Ttions, excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safely of the State. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of 'worship against his consent, nor shall any j reference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.

i 4. Every person may freelv =peak, write end publi-h on all subjects, being responsible lor the abuse of that libcily ; and in all tiials lor libel, both civil and criminal, Ihe truth, vihen published with good motives and lor justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient defense.

8 S. The right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed shall remain inviolate; but the trial of civil cases before justices of the peace by a jury of less than twelve men, m.ay be authorized by law.

J 6. The light of the people to be secure in their j arsons, houses, jiapers rnd effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, .shall not be vioLted ; and no warrant shall issue without probable cause, supported by affidavit, particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or things to be seized.

the proof is evident or the presumption great; and ihe privilege'of ihe writ ol /mi shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the publ.c reijuire it.

J 8. No person shall he held to answer for a criminal offense, unless on indi grand jury, except in cases in which the punishmenl is by fine, or imprisonment oth in ihe penitentiary, in cases of impeachment, and in cases arising in the army and navy, or ill the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger: Frovided, that the grand jury may be abolishtd by law in all cases.

_ I 9. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right to .nppear and defend in person and by counsel ; to demand the naiure and cause of the accusation, and to have a copy thereof; to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have process lo compel the atiendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of ihe county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been commiued.

\ 10. No person shall be compelled in any ciiminal case to give evidence against himself, or be twice put in jeopardy for the same otTcn.se.

\ II. All penalties shall be iiroporlioned to the nature of the offense; and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of eslale; nor shall any jierson be transported out of the State for any offense committed wiihin the same,

5 12. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon refusal to deliver up his estate fi.r the benefit of his ciedittirs, in such manner as shall be prescribed bylaw; or m cases where there 15 strong presumption of fr.iud.

shall be prescribed by law. The fee of land taken for railroad tracks, without' consel tne owners thereof, shall remain in such owners, subject to the u-c lor which it is taken,

\ 14. No ex post faelo law, or law impairing the obligation of contract^, or making anv irrevocable grant ol special privileges or immunities, shall be passed.

I 16. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of tne owner ; nor in time of war except in the manner prescribed by law.

^ 17. The people have the right to assemble in a peaceable manner to consult for the common good, to make known their opinions to their representatives, and to apply for redress of grievances.

\ 19. Every person ought to find a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries and wrongs which he m.ay receive in his person, property tr reputation; he ought 10 obtain, ly law, right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay.

(J 20. A Irequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of civil government is absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty.

Article Iii

The "Sowers of the Government of this State are divided into three distinct departments - the Legislative, Executive and Judicial ; and no person, or collection of persons, being one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except as hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.

Article Iv

priaiions limited. ? 19. Extra Compensai ion or Allowance. I 20. Public Credit not loaned, p 21. Pay and mileage of members. \ 22. Special Legislation prohibited, g 23. Against Release from Liability. 9 24. Proceedings on Impeachment. i 25. l-uel. Stationery, and Printing.

I I. The legislative power shall b" vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives, both to be elected by the people,

Election

§ 2. An election for members of ihe General Assembly shall be held on the Tuesday next after the fiist Monday m November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundretl and seventy, and every two years thereafter, in each county, at such places therein as may be provitled by law. \Vhen vacancies occur in either house, the governor, or person exercising the powers of governor, shall issue writs of election lo fill such vacancies,

Eligieility And Oath

? 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained the age of twenly-fiv3 years, or a rtpresentalive who shall not have attained the age of twenty-one years. No person shall be a senator or a repiesentative who shall not be a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have been for five years a resident of this State, .and for two years ne.\t preceding his election a resident within ihe territory forming the district from which he is elected. No judge or clerk of any court, secretary of state, attorney general, stale's attorney, recortler, sheriff, or collector of public revenue, member of either house of congress, or person holding any lucrative office under the United States or this State, or any foreign government, shall have a seat in the general assembly : Providtd, that appointments in the miliiia, and the offices of notary public and justice of the peace, shall not be considend lucrative. Nor shall any person, holding any office of honor or profit under any foreign government, or under the government of the United Stales, {except ]iosImasters whose annual compensation does not exceed the sum of ^300,) hold any office of honor or profit under the authority of this Slate.

\ 4. No person who has been, or hereafter shall be, convicted of bribery, perjury cr other infamous crime, nor any person who has been or may be a collector or holder of public moneys, who shall not have accounted for and paid over, according to law, all such moneys due from him, shall be eligible to the general assembly, or to any office of profit or trust in this Slate.

\ 6. Members of the general assembly, before they enter upon their official duties, shall take and subscribe the following oalh or affirmation :

- I do solemnly swear for affirm^ that I will support the constil ion ol the St.ite of Illinois, and will laithfully discharge the du the best of my ability ; and that 1 have not, knowingly or intentionally, paid de any promise in the n.iture of a bribe, to directlyor indirectly influence any as iho-,cn 10 fill the said office, and have not accepted, nor will I accept or re. inoiiev "r other valuable thing, from any corporal ion, corrpany or person, for e or withhold on any bill, resolution or appropriation, or for any other official oath shall be administered by a judge of the supreme or circuit court, in the hall of ise lo which Ihe member is elected, and the secretary of state shall record and file I subscribed fry each member. Any member who shall refuse to take the oath herein prescribed, shall forfeit his office, and every member who shall i)e convicted of havinc; sworn falsely to, or of violating, his said oath, shall forfeit his office, and be disqualified thereafter from holding any office of profit or trust in this State.

5 6. The general assembly shall apportion the State every ten years, beginning with the year 1S71, by dividing ihe population of the State, as ascertained by the federal census, by the number 51, and the quotient shall f e the ratio of representation in the senate. The Slate shall be divided into 51 senatorial districts, each of which shall elect one senator, whose term of oflice shall be four years. The senators elected in the year of our Lord 1S72, in districts f. earing odd nimibers, shall vacate their cflices at the end of two years, and those elected in districts bearing even numbers, at the end of four yerirs ; and vacancies occurring by the expiration of term, shall be filled by the election of senators for the full term. Senatorial districts shall be formed of contiguous and compact territory, bounded by county lines, and contain as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants ; but no district shall contain less than four-fifths of the senatcrial ratio. Counties containing not less than the r.nio and three-fourths, may be divided into separate districts, and shall Le entitled to two senators, and to one additional senator for each number of inhabitants equal to the ratio, contained by such counties in excess of twice the number of said ratio.

Note. - By the adoption of minority represen'ation. ?3 7 -ind S, of ihrs article, cense to be a p.^n of the constitutio I. Under i; 12 of the sctiedule, and the vol.; i,f adoption, it.e follow. ng section relating to minority representation is substituted for said sec. ions :

Minority Represent.Vtion

J§ 7 and 8. The house of representatives shall consist of three limes the number of the members of the senate, and the term of office shall be two yecrs. Three representatives shall be elected in each senatoiial district at the general election in the year of our Lord 1S72, and every two years thereafter. In all elections of representatives aforesaid, each qualifiad voter may cast as many votes for one candidate as there are representatives to lie elected, or may distribute the same, or equal parts thereof, among the candidates, as he shall see fit; and the candidates highest m votes shall be declared elected.

Time Of Meeting And General Rules

J 9. The sessions of the general assembly shall commence at 12 o'clock noon, on the next after the first Monday in January, in ihe year next ensuing the election of members thereof, and .at no other time, unless as provided by this constituliun. A majority of the members elected to each house sha'l constitute a quorum. Each house shall determine the rules of iis proceedings, and be the judge of the eljction returns and qualifications of its members ; shall choose its own officers ; and the senate shall choose a temporary president to preside when the lieutenant-governor shall not attend as president or shall act as governor. The secretnry of state shall call the house of representatives to order at the opening of each new assembly, and jireside over it until a temporary presiding officer thereof shall have been chosen and' shall have tai.en his seat. No member shall 'be expelled by either house, except by a vote of two-lhirds of all the members elected to that house, and no member shall be twice expelled for the same offence. Each h.iuse may jninish by imprisonment any jievson, not a member, who shall be guiliy of diiiespect to the house by disorderly or contempluous behaviour in its presence. But no such imprisonment shall extend beyond two hours at one time, unless the person shall persist in such disorderly or contemptuous behaviour.

§ 10. The doors of each house and of committees of the whole, shall be kept open, except in such cases as. in the opinion of the house, require secrecy. Neither house shall without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two d.iys, ur to any other place than that in which ihe two houses shall be silting. Eich house sh.ill keep a j larnal of its proceedings, which shall be published. In the senate at Ihe request of two members, and in the house at the request of five members, the yeas and nays shall be taken on any question, and entered upon the journal. Any two members of either hou-.e shall have liberty to dissent from and protest, in respectful languaoe, against any act or resolution which they think injurious 10 the iniblic or to any individual, and have the reasons of iheir dissent enured upon the journals.

Style Of Laws And Passage Of Hills

J II. The style of the laws of this State shall be : Bi it enacted l>y Ihe People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General A:seiiilily.

J 12. bills may originate in either house, bat may be altered, amended or rejected by the other; and on the final p.ass.age of all bills, the vote shall be by yeas and nays, upon each bill separately, and shall be ente'ed upon the journal ; and no bill sliall become a law without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to each house.

\ 13. Every bill shall be read at large on three different days, in each house; and the bill and all amendments thereto shall be printed before the vote is taken on its final pass.ige ; and every bill, having passed both houses, shall be signed by the speakers thereof. No act hereafter passed shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be em' nactd in an act which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be so expressed ; and no law shall be revived or amended by reference to its title only, but the law revived, or the section amended, shall be inserted at length in the new act. And no act of the gcner.il assembly shall take eflect until the first day of July next after its pass.age, unless, in ca^e of emergency, (which emergency shall be ex|>re5sed in ihe preamble or body of the act), the general assembly shall, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, oiherwiie direct.

\ 14. Senators and representatives she'll, in all cases, except treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged Irom arrest during the session of the general assembly, and in going to and returning from the same ; and for any speech or debate in either house, thi y shall not be questioned in any other place.

§ 15. No person elected to the general assembly shall receive any civil appointment within this Slate from the governor, the governor and senate, or from the general assembly, durin" the term for which he shall have been elected ; and all such appointments, and all votes given lor any such members for any such office or appointment, shall be void; nor shall any member of the general assembly be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract with the state, or any county thereof, authorized by any law passed during the term for which he shall have been elected, or within one year after the expiralion thereof.

3 16. The general assembly shall make no appropriation of money cut of the treasury in any private law. Bills making aprr.'prialions for the pay of members and officcis of the 'general assembly, and for the salaries of the officers of the government, sliall contain no provisions on any other subject.

217. No money shall be drawn from the treasury except in pursuance of an appropriation made by law and on the presentation of a warrant issued by the auditor thereon ; and no money shall be diverted from any appropriation made fi'r any purpose, or taken from any fund whatever, either by joint or separate resolution. The auelitor shall, within 60 days after the adjournment of each session of the general assembly, prepare and publish a full statement of all money expended at such session, specifying the amount of each item, and to whom and for what paid,

§ iS. Each general assembly shall provide for all Ihe appropriations necessary for the ordinan- and contingent expenses of the government until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next regular session, the aggreg.ate amount of which shall not be increased without a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house, nor exceed the amount of revenue aulhcrized by law to be raised in such time; and clI appropriations, general or special, requiring money to be paid out of the Slate Treasury, from funds belonging to the Stale, shall end with such fiscal quarter: Provided, the Stale may, to meet casual deficits or failures in revenue, conliact debts, never to exceed in the aggregate 5250,000; and monejs thus borrowed shall be applied to the purpose for which they were obtained, or to pay the debt thus created, and to no other purpose ; and no other debt, except for the puipeise of repelling invasion, suppressing insuriectior, or defending the State in w.ar, (for payment of which the failh of the Stale shall be pledged), shall be contracted, unless the law authorizing ihe same shall, at a general election have been submilled to Ihe people, and have received a majority of the votes cast for members of the general assembly at such election. The general assembly shall jirovide for the publication of said law for three months, at least, beftire the vote of the people shall be taken upon the same; and provision shall be made, at ihe lime, for the payment of the interest annually, as it shall accrue, by a tax levied for the purpose, or Irom other sources of revenue; which law, providing for the payment of such interest by such tax, shall be irrepeolable until such debt be paid: And provided, further, that the law levying the tax shall be submitted 10 the people wiih the law authorizing the debt to be contracted.

\ 19. The general assembly shall never grant or authorize extra compens.ation, fee or allowance to any public officer, agent, servant or contractor, after service has been rendered or a contract made, nor authorize the payment of any claim, or part thereof, hereafter created against the State under any .agreement or contract made without express authority of law ; and all such unauthorized agreements rr contracts shall be null and void : Provided, the general assembly may make appropriations for expenditures incurred in suppressing insurrection or repelling invasion.

\ 20. The State shall never pay, assume or become responsible for the debts or liabiliiies of, or m any manner give. loan or extend its credit to, or in .lid of any public cr othei coiporation, association or individual.

Pay Of Mlmpers

J 21. The members of ihe general .assembly shall receive for their services the sum of S^ per day, during the first session held under this consiitution, and 10 cents for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and reluming from the seat of government, to be computed by the auditor of public accounis; and thereafter such compensation as shall be prescribed by law, and no other allowance or emolument, directly or indirectly, for any purpose whatever; except the sum of S50 per session to e.ich member, which shall be in full foi postage, stationery, newspapers, and all other incidental expenses and perquisites ; but n« change shall be made in the compensation of members of the general assembly durin-T ihl term for which ihty may have been elected. The pay and mileage allowed to each membek of ihe general assembly shall be ceriifieil by the speaker of iheir respective houses, and entered on the journals and published at the close of each session.

Creating, increasing, or decreasing fees, percentage or allowances of public officers, during the term lor which said officers are clectetl or appointed ;

Granting to any corporation, association or individual the right to lay down railroad tracks, or amending existing charters lur such purpose ;

\ 23. The general assemb'y shall have no power to release or extinguish, in whole or in part, ihe indebicdness, liabilily, 1 r obligaiion of any corporation or individual to this .Slate or to any municipal corporation therein.

Impeachment

\ 24. The house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment ; Imt a majority of all the members elected must concur therein. K\\ iinpeachnienls shall be tried by the senate ; and when silting for that purpose, the senators shall be upon oath, or affirmation, to do justice according to law and e\idence. When the governor of the Slate is tried, the chief justice shall presiele. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-lhirds of the senators elected. But judgment, in such cases, shall not extend further than removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor profit or trust under ihe government of this State. The ]-arty, whether convicted or acquitted, shall, nevertheless, be liable to prosecution, trial, judgment and punishment according to law.

Miscellaneous

\ 25. The general assembly shall provide, by law, that the fuel, stationery and printingpaper furnished for the use of the Slate ; the copying, printing, binding and distributing the laws and journals, and all other jirinting ordered by the general assembly, shall be let I y contract to the lowest responsible bidder; but the general assembly shall fix a maximum id no memlicr ihcreo', rr other oflicer of the State, shall be interested, directly or , ill such contract. Hut all such contracts shall be subject to the approval of the governi.r, an I if he disapproves the same there shall be a re-lelting of the contract, in such mann' r as shall be prescribed by law,

§ 27. The general a-sembly shall have no power to authorize Lotteries o for any purpose, and shall pass laws to prohibit the sale of lottery or gift in this Slate.

^ 29, It shall be the duty of the general assembly to pass such laws as may be necessary for the protection of operative miners, by providing for ventilation, wlicn tlie same m.iy be required, and the cinstructioil of escapemciit-shafts, or such other appliances as may secure safety in all coal mines, and to provide for the enlorcement of said laws by such penalties and punishments as may be deemed proper.

§ 30, The general assembly may provitie for establishing and opening roads and cartways, connected with a puf^lic road, for private and public use,

^ 31. The general assemlily may pass laws permitting the owners and occupants of lands to construct d.ains and ditches, fur agricultural and sanitary purposes, across the lands of others,

I ^;^. The general assembly shall not appropriate out of the State treasury, or expend on account of the new cajiitol grounds, and construction, completion and furnishing of the Slate house, a sum exceeding, in the aggregrate, ^3,500,000, inclusive of all appropriations heretofore made, wilhout fivst submitting the proposition for an additional expenditure to the legal voters of the State, at a general election ; nor unless a majority of all the votes at such election shall be fur the jiruposcj additional expenditure,

Time of E'ecdug St.ilc Officers. Rcturns-Tie - CoiuestttlEk^lio Eligibility for Office. Governor-Pcwcr .ind Duty. His Message and Stalement. Convening the General Assembly Prorog\ii"g the General AsseniMy Nomination's by the I iovcrnor. Vacancies may be filled, kcmnvals by the Governor. Reprieves - Commuta ions-Pard

2 I. The executive department shall consist of a Governor, Lienten.int-Govermr Secretary of State, Auditor of Tiiblic Accounts, Treasurer, Superintendent of Tublic In'sruction, and Attorney-General, who shall, each, with the exception of the Treasurer, hold his office for the term of four >ears from the second Monday of January next after his election and until his successor is elected and qualified. They shall, except the Lieutenant Governor, reside at the se.it of government during their term of office, and keep the public records, books and papers there, .and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law,

^ 2, The Treasurer shall hold his office for the term of two yeirs, and until his successor is elected and qualified ; and shall be ineligible to said office for two years next after the end of the term for which he was elected, lie m.ay be required by the Govcru.ir to give reasonable additional security, and in default of so doing his office shall be deemed

? 3. An election for Governor, Lieutemnt-Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of ru.dic .\ccounts .and Attorney-General, shall he held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in .November, in the year of our Lord 1S72, and every four years thereafter- for Superintendent of Public instruction, on the Tuesday next after the first .Monday of Novem- i 4. The returns of every election for the above named officers shall be sealed up and f""=mit_ted, by the returning oflijers, to the Secretary of Stale, directed to "The Speaker .:..._ ., ^jjjj gji^j]^ immediately afler the organizaiiun of the one of such persons for said office. Contested elections for all of said offices shall be delined by both houses of the be prescribed by law.

lieutenant-governor, who years next preceding his ,, r ,,. Neither the governor, lieutenantgovernor^ auditor of public accounts, secretary of State, superintendent of public instruction i 7- The governor shall, at the commencement of each session, and at the close of his term ot oHice give to the general assembly information, by message, of the condition of the .-state, and shall recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient. He shall account 10 the general assembly, and accompany his message with a statement of all nionevs received and paid out by him from any funds subject to his order, with vouchers, and, at the c mimencetiicnt of each regular session, present estimates of the amount of money required assembly shall enter upon no business except that for which they were called togethe-r. i 9- in caseoU.disagreement between the two houses with respect to thetime of adiourngovernor may, on the same being certified to him, by the house first moving the the general assembly to such time us he thinks proper, not beyond the whose offices are established by this constitution, or which maybe created bylaw, and wh-ie appointment or election is not otherwise provided for; and no such offi-cr shall be appoiiit'ed or electetl by the general assembly.

? II. In case of a vacancy, during the recess of Ihe senate, in any office which is not elective, the governor shall m.ake a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the senate, when he .sh.all nominate some person to fill suchofiice; and any person so nominated who is confirmed by the sen.lte (a majority of all the senators elected concurrin" by yeas anil nays), shall hold his office during the remainder of the time, and until his su'ccessor shall be appointed and qualified. No person, after being rejected by the senate, shall be again nominated for the same office at the same session, unless at the request of the senate, or be appointed to the same office duiing the recess of the general assembly.

I 12, The governor shall have power to remove any officer whom he may appoint in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office; .and he may declare 'his office vacant, and till the s.ame .as is herein provided in other cases of v.acancy,

J 13, The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after conviction, for all offences, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to he manner of applying therefor, i 14, The governor sh.all be commander-in-chief of the military .and naval forces of the Slate (except when they shall be called into the service of the United Slates) ; and may call out the same to execute the laws, suppress insurrection, and repel invasion,

? 16. Every bill passed by the gener.al assembly shall, before it becomes a law be presented to the governor. If he approve, he shall sign it, and thereupon it shall become a lawbut if he do not approve, he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it shall have originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon its journal and proceed to reconsider the bill. If, then, two-thirds of the members elected agree to' pass the s.ame, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by livo-thirds of Ihe members elected to that house, It shall become a law, notwithstanding the objections of the governor. But in all such cases, the vole of each house shall be determined by yeas and nays, to be entered on the journal. Any bill which shall not be returned by Ihe governor within'ten days (Sund.ays excepted) afler it shall have been presented to him, shall become a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the genenal assemblyshall, by their adjournment, prevent its returnin which cose it shall be fil.-d, with his objections, iu the office of the secretary of statej ten days after such adjuurnment, or become a law.

Lielitenant-Governor

5 17. In case of death, conviction on impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation absence from the St.ale, or other disability of the governor, the ]iowers, duties, ihe^emolumenls of the oflice for the residue of the term, or until the disability shal'l be reiiioved, shall devolve upon the lieutenant-governor, i iS. The lieutenant-governor shall be president of the senate, and shall vote only when the senate is equally divided. The senate shall cUoose a president, /ro tempore, to preside m case of the absence or impeachment of the lieutenant-governor, or when he shall hold the office of governor,

\ 19, If there be no lieutenant-governor, or if the lieutenant governor shall, for any of the causes specified in \ 17 of this article, become incapable of'performing the duties of the office, the president of the senate shall act as governor until the vacancy is filled or the disability removed; and if Ihe president of the senate, for any of the above named causes, shall become incapable of performing the duties of governor, the same shall devolve upoii the speaker of the house of representatives.

Other State Officers

\ 20. If the office of auditor of public accounts, treasurer, secretary of State, attorney generator superintendent of public instruction shall bevaciled by death, resignation or othernise, it shall be the duly of the governor to fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his office until his succes.sor shall be elected and qualified in such manner as may be provided by law. An account shall be kept by the officers of the executive department, and of all the public institutions of the St.ate, of all moneys received or disbursed by them, severally, from all sources, and for every service performed, and a semiannual report thereof be ni.ade to the governor, under oath ; and any officer who makes a false report shall be .guilty of perjury, and punished accordingly,

\ 21, The officers of the executive department, and of all the public institutions of the Stale, shall, at least ten days preceding each regular session of the general assembly, severally report to the governor, who shall transmit such reports to the general assembly, together with the reports of the judges of the supreme court of the defects in the constitution and laws ; and the governor may at any time require information, in writing, under oath, from the officers of the executive department, and all officers and managers of state institutions, upon any subject relating to the condition man.igement and expenses of their resnective offices. ^

I 22, There shall be a seal of Ihe State, which shall be called Ihe '' Gre.it seal of the State of Illinois," which shall be kept by Ihe secretary of State, and used by him, officially, as directed by law,

Fees And Salaries

\ 23, The officers named in this article shall receive for their services a salary, to be established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their official terms, and they shall not, after Ihe expiration of the terms of those in office at the adoption of this constitution, receive to their own use any fees, costs, perquisites of office, or other compensation. And all fees that may hereafter be payable by law for any service performed by any officer provided for in this article of the constitution, shall be paid in advance into the'State treasury.

Definition And O.Ath Of Office

\ 24. .Kvl office is a public position created by the constitution or law, continuing during the pleasure of the appointing power, or for a fixed time, with a successor elected or appointed. An employment is an agency, for a temporary purpose, which ceases when that purpose is accomplished.

I 25. All civil officers, except members of the general assembly and such inferior officers as may be by law exempted, shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : carforaffirmas the case maybe) thai I ii-lll support th- con.titifion of the Un-ted Statej, )nol the btate ol Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office ol the best of my ability.

Article Vi

^ I. The judichl powers, except as in tliis arlicla i^ i one supreme coiirl, circuit courts, county courts, justic ani in such courts as may be created by law in and fjr

Supreme Court

I 2. The supreme court sh.all cor.sist of sevea judges, and shall have original jurisdiction in cases relating to the revenue, in mandamus, and habeas corpus, and appellate jurisdiction in all other cases. One of said judges shall be chief justice ; four shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of four shall be necessary to every decision.

\ 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of the supreme court unless he shall be at least 30 years of age, and a citizen of the United St.ates, nor unless he shall have resided in the State five ye.trs uext preceding his election, and be a resident of the district in which he shall be elected.

\ 4. Terms of the supreme court shall continue to be held in the present grand divisions at the several places now provided for holding the same ; and until otherwise provided by I.iw, one or more terms of said court shall be held, for the northern division, in the city of Chicago, each year, at such times as said court may appoint, whenever said city or the county of Cook shall provide appropriate rooms therefor, and the u<e of a suitable library, without expense to the State. The judicial divisions may be altered, increased or diminished in number, and the times and places of holding said court m.iy be changed by law.

\ 5. The present grand divisions shall be preserved, and be denominated Southern, Central and Northern, until otherwise provided by law. The State shall be divided into seven di>tricts for the election of judges, and until otherwise provided by law, they shall be as follows :

Firsl District. - The counties of St. Clair, Clinton, Washington, Jefferson, W.ayne, Edwards, Wabash, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Perry, Randolph, Monroe, Jackson, William- .son. Saline, Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Union, Johnson, Alexander, Pulaski and Massac.

Second hist) id. - The counties of Madison, Bond, Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Crawford, Jasper, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, Macoupin, Shelby, Cumberland, Clark, Greene, Jersey, Calhoun and Christian.

Third District. - The counties of Sangamon, Macon, Logan, De Witte, Piatt, Douglas, Champaign, Vermilion, McLean, Livingston, Ford, Iroquois, Coles, Edgar, Moultrie, and Tazewell.

Fifth District. - The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, Mercer, Henry, Stark, Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, J.asalle, Grundy and Woodford.

Sixth District. - The counties of Whiteside, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson. Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Kane, Kendall, De Kalb, Lee, Ogle and Rock Island.

The boundaries of the districts may be changed at the session of the general assem' ly next preceding the election for judges herein, and at no other time ; but whenever such alterations shall be made, the same shall be upon the rule of equality of population, as nearly as county boundaries will allow, and the districts will be composed of contiguous counties, in as nearly compact form as circumstances will permit. The alteration of the districts shall not aflect the tenure of office of any judge.

I 6. At the time of voting on the adoption of this constitution, one judge of the supreme court shall be elected by the electors thereof, in each of said districts numbered two, three, M, and seven, who shall hold his office for the term of nine years from the first Monday of June, in the year of our Lord 1S70. The term of office of judges of the supreme court, elected after the adoption of this constituticm, shall be nine years ; and on the first Monday of June of the year in which the term of any of the judges in office at the adoption of this constitution, or'of the judges then elected, shall expire, and every nine years thereafter, there shall be an election for the successor or successors of such judges, in the respective districts wherein the term of such judges shall expire. The chief justice shall continue to act as such until the expiration of the term for which he w.is elected, after which the judges shall choose one of their number chief jutice.

J 7. From and after the adoption of this constitution, the judges of the supreme court shall each receive a salary ol $4,000 per annum, payable quarterly, until otherwise provided by law. And after said salaries shall be fixed by law, the salaries of the ' ' ' "" shall not be increased or diminished during the terms for which said j elected. , , ,

^ 8. Appeals and writs of error may be taken to the supreme court, held in the grand division in which the case is decided, or, by consent of the parties, to any other grand

I 9. The supreme court shall appoint one renorter of its decisions, who shall hold his office for six years, subject to removal by the court.

^ 10. At the t me of the election for representatives in the general assembly, happening next preceding the expiration of the terms of office of the present clerks of said cou t, one clerk of said court for each division shall be elected, whose term of office shall be six years from said election, but who shall not enter upon the duties of his office until the expiration of the term of his predeceswr, and every six years th.-reafter, one clerk of said court for each division shall be elected,

Appellate Courts

511. After the year of our Lord 1S74, inferior appellate couits, of uniform organization and jurisdiction, may be created in districts formed for that purpose, to which such appeals and writs of error as the general assembly may provide, may be prosecuted from circuit and other courts, and from which appeals and writs of error shall lie to the supreme court, in all criminal cases, and cases in which a franchise, or freehold, or the validity of a statute is involved, and in such other cises as nny be provided by law. Such appellate courts shall be held by such number of judges of the circuit courts, and at such times and places, and in such manner, as may be provided by law; but no judge shall sit in review upon cases decided by him; nor shall said judges receive any additional cjmp=nsation for such services.

Circuit Courts

§ 12. The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction of all causes in law and equity, and such appellate jurisdiction as is or may be provided by law, and shall hold two or more terms each year in every county. The terms of office of judges of circuit courts shall be six years.

§ 13. The State, exclusive of the county of Cook and other counties having a population of loo.ooo, shall be divided into judicial circuits, prior to the expiration of the terms of office of the present judges of the circuit courts. Such circuits shall be formed of contiguous counties, in as nearly compact form and as nearly equal as circumstances will permit, having due regard to business, territory and population, and shall not exceed in number one circuit for every 100,000 of population in the State. One judge shall be elected for each of said circuits by the electors thereof. New circuits may be formed and the boundaries of circuits changed by the general assembly, at its session next preceding the election for circuit judges, but at no other time : Provided, that the circuits may be equalized or changed at the first session of the general assembly, after the adoption of this constitution. The creation, alteration or change of any circuit shall not affect the tenure of office of any judge. Whenever the business of the circuit court of any one, or of two or more co itiguous counties, containing a population exceeding 50,000, shall occupy nine months of the year, the general assembly may make of such county, or counties, a separate circuit. Whenjver additional circuits ere created, the foregoing limitations shall be observed.

^14. The general assembly shall provide for the times of h.:)lding courts in each county ; which shall not be changed, except by the general assembly next preceding the general election for judges of said courts; but additional terms may be jirovided for in any county. The election for judges of the circuit courts shall be held on the fir^t Monday of June, in the year of our Lord lS;3, and every six years thereafter.

^ 15. The general assembly may divide the State into judicial circuits of greater population and territory, in lieu of the circuits provided for in section 13 of this article, and provide for the election therein, severally, by the electors thereof, by general ticket, of not exceeding four judges, who shall hold the circuit courts in the circuit for which they shall be elected, in such manner as may be provided by law.

I 16 From and after the adoption of this constitution, judges of the circuit courts shall receive a salary of $3,000 per annum, payable quarterly, until otherwise provided by law. And after their salaries shall be fixed by law, they shall not be increased or diminished during the terms for which said judges shall be, respectively, electea; and from aud after the adoption of this constitution, no judge of the supreme or circuit court shall receive any other compensation, perquisite or benefit, in any form whatsoever, nor perform any other than judicial duties to which may belong any emoluments.

I 17. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of the circuit or any inferior court, or to membership in the " board of county commissioners," unless he shall be at leist 25 years of age, and a citizen of the United States, nor unless he shall have resided in this State five years next preceding his election, and be a resident of the circuit, county, city, cities, or incorjiorated town in which he shall be elected.

County Courts

1 iS. There shall be elected in and for each county, one county judge and one clerk of the county court, whose terms of office shall be four years. But the general assembly may create districts of two or more contiguous counties, in each of which shall be elected one judge, who shall take the place of, and exercise the powers and jurisdiction of county judges in such districts. County courts shall be courts of record, and shall have original jurisdiction in all matters of probate; settlement of estates of deceased persons; appointment of guardians and conservators, and settlements of their accounts ; in all matters relating to apprentices; and in proceedings for the collection of taxes and assessments, and such other jurisdiction as may be provided for by general law.

§ 20. The general assembly may provide for thj est.ablishment of a probate court in each county having a population of over 50,000, and for the election of a judge thereof, whose tenn of office shall be the same as that of the county judge, and who shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner. Said courts, when established, shall have original jurisdiction of all probate matters, the settk*ment of estates of deceased persons, the appointment of guardians and conservators, and settlement of their account' ; in all matters relating to apprentices, and in cases of the sales of real estate of deceased p_-rsons for the payment of debt,.

Justices Of The Peace And Constables

§21. Justices of the peace, police magistrates, and constables shall be elected in and for such districts as are, or may be, provided by law, and the jurisdiction of such justices of the peace and police magistrates shall be uniform.

State'S Attorneys

J 22. At the election for members of the general assembly in the year of our Lord 1S72. and every four years thereafter, there shall be eUcted a Stite's attorney in and for each county, in lieu of the State's attorneys now provided by law, whose term of office shall be four years,

5 23. The county of Cook shall be one judicial circuit. The circuit court of Cook coiinty shall consist of five judges, until their number shall be increased, as herein provided. The present judge of tbe recorder's court of the city of Chicago, and the present judge of the circuit court of Cook county, shall be two of said judges, and shall remain in office for the terms for which they were respectivelv elected, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. The superior court of Chicago shall be continued, and c.illed the superior court of Cook county. Tl.e general assembly may increase the number of said judges by adding one to either of said courts for every additional 50,000 inhabitans in said county, over and above a population of 400,000. The terms of office of the judges of said courts hereafter elected, shall be six years.

3 24- The judge having the shortest unexpired term shall be chief justice of the court of which he is iutge. In case there are two or more whose terms expjfe at the same time, it may be determiried by lot which shall be chief justice. Any judge of either of said courts shall have all the powers of a circuit judge, and miy hold the court of which he is a member. Each of them may hold a different branch thereof at the same time.

J 25. The judges of the superior and circuit courts, and the Slat.-'s attorney, in said county, shall receive the tame salaries, payable out of the State treasury, as is or may be p-.iJ from said treasury to the circuit judges and State's attorneys of the State, and such further compensation, to be paid by the county of Cook, as is or may be provided by law ; such compensation shall not be changed during their continuance in office.

2 26. The recorder's court of the city of Chicago shall be continued, and shall be called the ''criminal court of Cook county." It shall have the jurisdiction of a circuit court, in all cases of criminal and i/uasi criminal nature, arising in the county of Coo'.c, or that may l,e brought before said court pursu:,nt to law ; and a 1 recognizances and appeals tal.en 3n .aid coumv, ,a criminal and qunu criminal c.cs shall be returnable and taken to sa.d court Tt shiU h ive no juri-diclion in civil cases, except in those on behalf of the people, and nc Sent to such c iminal or .,.uui criminal malters, and to di-po,e of unfinished business, terms of said criminal court of Cook county shall be held by one or inore of the judges of the circuit or superior court of Cook county, as nearly as may be in alternation, as may be deleimined by said judge-, or provided by law. baid judges shall be ex-ojiow judges of salt cour^^^ present clerk of the recorder's court of the cily of Chicago, shall be the clerk of the ciminal court of Cook county, during the term for which he was elected. The nrcsent clcks of the superior court of Chicago, and the present clerk of the circuit court of Cook county, shall continue in office during the terms for which they were respectively elected; and thereafter there shall be but one ckrk of the siiperior court, to be el.cted by the qualified electors of said county, who shall hold hi> othce for the term of four years, and unlil his successor is eleced and qu.ililied. .,,,., i 28 All justices of the peace in tbe city of Chicago sh.iU be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, (but only upon the recommendation ol a miiority of the judges of the circuit, superior and county courts,) and for such districts as arc- now or shall hereafter be provided by law. They shall hold their ofhces for four years, aud until their successor^ have been commissioned and qualified, but they may be removed bv summary proceedings in the circuit or superior court, for extortion or other malfeasance. Existing justices of the peace and police magi,tratcs may hold their olhccs until the expiration of their respective terms.

\ 29. All iudici il officers shall be commissioned by the governor, cour s shall be general, an.l of unifoim operation ; and the organizatioi proceedings and practice of all courts, of the same cla,s or grade, so fa and the force and effect of the process, judgments and decrees of ; shall be uniform. , j

\ 30. The general assembly may, for cause entered on the journals, upon due notice and opiortu'nity of defense, remove from office any judge, upon concurrence of three-fourths of aU'tlie members elected, of each house. All other officers in this article mentioned, shall be removed from office on prosecution and final conviction, for misdemeanor in office.

J All judges of courts of record, inferior to the supreme court, shall, on or before the' first d.ay ol fune, of each year, report in writing to the judges of the supreme court, such deTecls and omissions in the laws as their experience may suggest ; and the judges of the supreme court shall, on or before the first d.ay of January of each year, report in writing to the governor such defects and omissions in the constitution and laws as they may hnd to exi^t, together with appropriate forms of bills to cure such defects and omissions in the laws.' And the judges of the several circuit courts shall report to the next general assembly the number of d.iys°they have held court in the several counties composing their respective circuits, the preceding two years.

\ 32. All officers provided for in this article fhall hold their offices until their successors sh.ail be qualified, and they shall, respectively, reside in the division, circuit, county or district for which they may be elected or appointed. The terms of office of all such officers, where not otherwise prescrilied in this article, shall be four years. All officers, where not otherwise provided for in this article, shall peiform such duties and receive such compensation as is or may be provided by law. Vacancies in such elective offices shall be filled by election but where the unexpired term does not exceed one year, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment, .as follows: Of judges, by the governor; of clerks of courts, by the court to which the office appertains, or by the judge or judges thereof; and of all such other officers, by the board of supervisors or board of county commissioners in the county where the vacancy occurs.

I 33. All 1 rocess shall run : In the name of the Pcofle <-/" the St.tte of Illinois : and all pro-ecutions shall be carried on : //; the name and by the aiilhority of the People of the State of Illinois; and conclude: Against the feaee and dignity of the same. " Po]-)ulation." \'v herever used in this article, shall be determined by the next preceding census of this State, or of the Umted States.

Article Vii

§ I. Every person having resided in this State one year, in the county 90 days, and in the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein, who was an elector in this State on the first day of April, in the year of our Lord 1S4S, or obtained a certificate of naturalization before any court of record in this State ]>rior to the first day of January, in the year of our Lord 1S70, or who shall be a male citizen of the United States, above the age of 21 years, shall be entitled to vote at such election.

I 3. Electors shall, in all cases except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at elections, and in going to and returning from the same. And no elector shall be obliged to do military duty ou the days of election, except in time of war or public danger.

§ 4. No elector shall be deemed to have lost his residence in this State by reason of his absence on business of the United States, or of this State, or in the military or naval service of the United Stales.

^ 5. No soldier, se.aman or marine in the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this .Slate in consequence of being stationed therein.

J 6. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office in this State, civil or mi'itary, who is not a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have resided in this State one year next preceding the election or appointment.

5 I. The general assembly shall provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools whereby all children of this State may receive a good common school education.

^ 2. All landSj moneys, or other properties, donated, granted or received for school, college, seminary or univei-sity purposes, and the proceeds thereof, shall be faithfully applied to the objects for which such gifts or grants were made.

? 3. Neither the general assembly nor any county, city, town, township, school district, or other public corporation, shall ever make any appropriation or pay from any public fund whatever, anything in aid of any church or sectarian purpose, or to help support or sustain any school, academy, seiuinaiy, college, university, or other literary or scientific institution, controlled by any church or sectarian denomination whatever; nor shall any grant or donation of land, money, or other personal property ever be made by the State or any such public corporation, to any church, or for any sectarian purpo>e.

§ 4. No teacher. State, county, township, or district school officer shall be interested in the sale, proceeds or profits of any book, apparatus or furniture, used or to be used, in any school in this State, with which such officer or teacher may be connected, under such penalties as may be provided by the general assemlily.

J 5. There may be a county superintendent of schools in each county, whose qualifica. tions, powers, duties, compensaliou and time and manner of election, and term of of office shall be prescribed by law.

§ I. The genenl assembly shall provi<Ic such revenue as may be needful by levying a tnx, by valuation, so that every person ami corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value uf his, her or its property - such value to be ascertained by some person or persons to be elected or appointed in such manner as the general assembly shall direct, and not otherwise; but the general assembly shall have power to tax peddlers, auctioneers, brokers, hawkers, merchants, commis ion merchants, showmen, jugglers, inn-keepers, grocery keepers, liquor dealers, toll bridges, ferries, insurance, telegraph and express interests or business, venders of patents, and persons or corporations owning or using franchises and privileges, in such manner as it shall Irom time to time direct by general law, uniform as to the class upon which it operates.

§ 2. The specification of the objects and subjects of taxation shall not deprive the general assembly of the power to require other subjects or objects to be taxed in such a manner as may be consistent wi h the principles of taxation tixed in this constitution,

^ 3. The properties of the State, counties and other municipal corporations, both real and personal, and such other property as may be used exclusively for agricultural and horticultural societies, for school, religious, cemetery and charitable purposes, may be exempted from taxation ; but such exemption shall be only by general law. In the assessment of real estate encumbered by public easement, any depreciation occasioned by such easement may be deducted in the valuation of such property.

§ 4. The general assembly shall provide, in all cases where it may be necessary to sell real estate for the non-payment of taxes or special assessments for State, county, municipal or other purposes, that a return of such unpaid taxes or assessments shall be to some general officer of the county having authority to receive State and county taxes; and there shall be no sale of said property for any of saia taxes or assessments but by said officer, upon the order or judgment of some court of record.

§ 5. The right of redemption from all sales of real estate for the non-payment of taxes or special assessments of any character whatever, shall exist in favor of owners and persons interested in such real estate, for a period of not less than two years from such sales thereof. And the general assembly i^hall provide by law for reasonable notice to be given to the owners or parties interested, by publication or otherwise, of the fact of the sale of the property for such taxes or assessments, and when the time of redemption shall expire : Prozndedy that occupants shall in all cases be served with ptreonal notice before the time of redemption expires.

\ 6. The general assembly shall have no power to release or discharge any county, city, township, town or di-.trict whatever, or the inh.ibitants thereof or the property therein, from their or its proportionate share of taxes to be levied for State purposes, nor shall commutation for such taxes be authorized in any form whatsoever.

\ S. County authorities shall never assess taxes the aggregate of which shall exceed 75 cents per $100 valuation, except for the payment of indebtedness existing at the adoption of this constitution, unless authorized by a vote of the people of the county,

\ 9. The general assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns, villager, with power to make local improvements by special assessment or by special taxation of contiguous property or otherwise. For all other corporate purposes, all municipal corporations may be vested with authority to assess and collect taxes; but such taxes shall be uniform in respect to persons and property, with the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same.

\ 10. The general assembly shall not impose taxes upon municipal corporations, or the inhabitants or property thereof, for corporate purposes, but shall require that all the taxable property within the limits of municipal corporations shall be taxed for the payment of debts contracted under authority of law, such taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property, within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same. Private property shall not be lialile to be taken or sold for the payment of the corporate debts of a municipal corporation.

^11. No person who is in default, as a collector or custodian of money or property belongin ^ to a municqjal corporation, shall be eligible to any office in or under such corporation. The fees, salary or compensation c.f no municipal officer who is elected or appointed for a definite term of office, shall be increa-^ed or diminished during such term,

I 12. No county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the la^t assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness. Any county, city, school district, or other municipal corporation, incurring any indebtedness as aforesaid, shall before, or at the time of doing st>, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same. This section shall not be construed to prevent any county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation from issuing theii bonds in compliance with any vote of the people which may have been had prior to tht adoption of this constitution in pursuance of any la.v providing therefor.

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\ I. No new county shall be formed or established by the general assembly, which will reduce ihe county or counties, or eiiher of them, from which it shall be taken, to less contents than 400 square miles; nor shall any county be formed of less contents ; nor shall any line thereof pass within less than ten miles of any county seat of the county, or counties proposed to be divided.

§ 2. No county shall be divided, or have any part stricken therefrom, without submitting the question to a vote of the people of the county, nor unless a majority of all the legal voters of the county, voting on the question, shall vole for the same,

§ 3. There sh^Tll be no territory stricken from any county, unless a majority of the voters living in such territory shall petition for such division; and no territory shall be added to any county without the consent of the majority of the voters of the county to which it is proposed to be added. But the portion so stricken off and added to another county, or formed in whole or in part into a new county, shall be huiden for, and ob.iged 10 pay its proportion of indebtedness of the county from which it has been taken.

County Sf.Ats

^ 4. No county seat shall be removed until the point to which it is proposed to be removed shall be fixed in pursuance uf law, and three-fi.'ths of the voters of the county, to be ascertained in such manner as shall be provided by general law, shall have voted in favor of its removal to such point ; and no person shall vote on such question who has not resided in the county six months, and in the election precinct ninety days next preceding such election. The question of ttie removal of a county seat shall not be oftener submitted than once in ten years, to a vote of the people. But when an attempt is made to remove the c mnty seat to a i^oint nearer to the centre of a county, then a majority vote only shall be necessary.

County Government

g 5. The general assembly shall provide, by general law, for township organization, under which any county may organize whenever a majority ol the legal voters of such county, voting at any general election, shall so determine, and whenever any county shall adopt township organization, so much of this consiiiulion as provides for the management of the fiscal concerns of the said county by the board of county commissioners, may be dispensed with, and the affairs of said couiity m.iybi transacted in such manner as the general assembly may provide. And in any county that shall have adopted a township organization, the question of continuing the same may be submitted to a vote of the electors of such county, at a general election, in the manner that n jw is or may be provided by law ; and if a majority of all the votes cast upon that question shall be against township organization, then such organization shall cease in said county; and all laws in force in relation to counties not having township organization, shall immediitely take effect and be in force in such county. No two townships shall have the same name, and the day of holding the annual township meeting shall be uniform throughout the State,

^ 6. At the fiist election of county judges under this constitution, there shall be elected in each of the counties in this State, not under township organizition, three officers, who shall be styled * The board of county commissioners," who shall hold sessions for the transaction of county business as shall be provided by law. One of said commissioners shall hold his office for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, to be determined by lot; and every year thereafter one such officer shall be elected in each of said counties for the term of three years.

I 7. The county affairs of Cook county shall be managed by a board of commissioners of fifteen persons, ten of whom shall be elected from the city ot Chicago, and five from towns outside of baid city, in such manner as may be provided by law.

County Officers And Thf.Ir Compensation

COUNTY OFFICERS AND THF.IR COMPENSATION, g S. In each county there bh.ill be elected the following counly officers: County judge, 5hi.riff, county clerk, clerk of the circuit court, (who may be ex-offtcio recorder of deeds, except in counties having 6o,OiX) and more inhabitants, in which counties a recorder of deeds shall be elected at the general eleciion in the year of our Lord 1S72,) treasurer, surveyor, and coroner, each of whom shall enter upon the duties of his office, respectively, on the first Monday of December after their election; and they shall hold their respeclive offices for the term of four years, except the treasurer, sheriff and coroner, who shall hold their office for two years, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

§ 9. The clerks of all the courts of record, the treasurer, sheiiff, coroner and recorder of deeds of Cook county, shall receive as their only compensation for their services, salaries to be fixed by law, which shall in no case be as much as the lawful compensation of ajudge of the circuit courc of said county, and shall l>e paid, respectively, only out of the fees of the office actually collected. All fees, perquisites and emoluments (above the amount of said salaries) shall be paid into the county treasury. The number of the deputies and assistants of such officers shall be determined by rule of the circuit court, to be entered of record, and their compensation shall be determined by the counly board.

§ 10. The county board, except as provided in ^ 9 of this article, shall fix the compensation of all county officers, with the amount of their necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses, and in all cases where fees are provided for, said compensation shall be ])aid only out of, and shall in no instance exceed, the fees actually collected ; they shall not allow either of them more per annum than $1,500, in counties not exceeding 20,000 inhabitants ; 32,000 in counties containing 20,000 and not exceeding 30,000 inhabitants ; §2,500 in counties containing 30,000 and not exceeding 50,000 inhabitants; ^3,000 in counties containing 50,000 and not exceeding 70,000 inhabitants, ;^3,5oo in counties containing 70,000 and not exceeding 100,000 inhabitants ; and $4 000 in counties containing over 100,000 and not exceeding 250,000 inhabitants ; and not more than $1,000 additional compensation for each additional 100,000 inhabitants : Provided^ that the compensation of no officer shall be increased or diminished during his term of office. All fees or allowances by them received, in excess of their said compensation, shall be paid into the county treasury.

§ II. The fees of township officers, and of each class of county officers, shall be uniform in the class of counties to which they respectively belong. The compensation herein provided for shall apply only to officers hereafter elected, but all fees established by special laws shall cease at the adoption of this constitution, and such officers shall receive only such fees as are provided by general law.

^12. All laws fixing the fees of State, county and township officers, shall terminate with the terms, respectively, of those who may be in office at the meeting of the first general assembly after the adoption of this constitution ; and the general assembly shall, by general law. uniform in its operation, provide for and regulate the fees of said officers and iheirsuccessors, so as to reduce the same to a reasonable compensation for services actually rendered. But the general as?embly may, by general law, clxssify the counties by population into not more than three classes, and regulate the fees according to class. This article shall not be construed as depriving the general assembly of the power to reduce the fees of existing officers.

\ 13. Every person who is elected or appointed to any office in this State, who shall be paid in whole or in part by fees, shall be required by law to make a semi-annual report, under oath to some officer to be designated by law, of all his fees and emoluments.

Article Xl

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§ I. No corporation shall be created by special laws, or its charter extended, changed or amended, except iho-^e for charitable, educational, penal or reformatory purposes which are to be and rem tin under the patronage and control of the State, but the general assembly shall provide, by general law, for the organization of all corporations hereafter lo be created.

\ 2. All existing charters or grants of special or exclusive privileges, under which organization shall not have taken place, or which shall not have been in operation within le.i'days frjm the time this cjnnilutlon takes effect, shall thireafier have no validity or e.Tjct wh I't-

§ 3- The general assembly shall provide, by law, that in all elections for directors or managers of incorporated companies, every stockholder sh dl have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, for the number of shares of stock owned by hmi. for as many persons as there are directors or minagers to be elected, or to cumulate siid shares, and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied by the number of his shares of stock, shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.

§ 4. No laws shall be passed by the general assembly, granting the right to construct and operate a street railroad within any city, town, or incorporated village, without requiring the consent of the local authorities having the control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied by such street railroad.

I 5. No State bank shall hereafter be cre.ited, nor shall the State own or be liable for any stock in any corporation or joint stock company or association for banking purposes, i.ow created, or to be hereafter created. No act of the general assembly authorizing or creating corporations or asssociations, with banking powers, whether of issue, deposit or discount, nor amendments thereto, shall go into effect or in any manner be in force unless the same shall be suhmitted to a vote of the people at the general election next succeeding the passage of the same, and be approved by a majority of all the votes cast at such election for or a-^ainst such l.iw.

^, 6. Every stockholder in a banking corporation or institution shall be individually responsible and liable to its creditors over and above the amount of stock by him or her held, to an amount equal to his or her respective shares so hela, for all its liabdities accruing while he or she remains such a stockholder.

^ 7. The su^^penMon of specie ])ayments by banking institutions, or their circulation, created by the laws of this State, shall never be permuted or sanctioned. Every banking association now, or which may hereafter be, organized under the the laws of this State, shall make and publish a full and accurate quarterly statement of its affairs, (which shall be certified to, under oath, by one or more of its officers,) as may be provided by Uw.

§ 8. If a general banking law shall be enacted, it shall provide for the registry and countersigning, by an officer of state, of a'l bills or paper credit, designed to circulate as money, and require security, to the full amount thereof, to be deposited with the State treasurer, in United States or Illinois State stocks, to be rated at ten per cent, below their par value; and in case of a depreciation of said stocks to the amount of ten per cent, below par the bank or banks owning said stocks shall be required to make up said deficiency, by depositing additional stocks. And said law shall also provide for the recording of the names of all stockholders in such corporations, the amount of stock held by each, the time of any transfer thereof, and to whom such transfer is made.

R.\n. ROADS. I 9. Every railroad corporation organized or doing business in this Slate, under the laws or authority thereof, shall have and maintain a public office or place in this State frr the transaction of its business, where transfers of stock shall he made, and in which shall be kept for public inspection, books, in which shall be recorded the amount of capital ^icck subscribed, and by whom ; the names of the owners of slock and amount by them respectively, theamount of stock paid in and by whom, the transfers of said stock; the amount of its assets and liabilities, and the names and place of residence of its officers. The directors of every railroad corporation shall, annually, make a report, under oath, to the auditor df public accounts, or some officer lobe designated by law, of all their acis and doings, which report shall include such matters relating to railroads as may be prescribed by law. And the general assembly shall pass laws enforcing by suitable penalties the provisions of this section.

^ 10. The rolling stock, and all othermovable properly belonging to any railroad company or corporation in this State, shall be considered personal property, and shall be liable to execution and sale in the same manner as the personal property of individuals, and the general assembly shall pass no law exempting any such property from execution and sale.

§ II. No railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property or franchises with any other railroad corporation owning a pa'-allel or competing line; and in no case shall any consolidation take place except upon public notice given, of at least sixty days, to ail stockholders, in such manner as may be provided by law. A majority of the directors of any railroad corporation, now incorporated or hereafter to be incorporated by ihe laws of the State, shall be citizens and residents of this State.

^ 12. Railways heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed in this Slate, are hereby declared public highways, and shall be free to all ptrsons lor the transportation uf their persons and properly thereon, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law. And the general assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transpertation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this State.

§ 13. No railroad corporation sha'l issue any stock or bonds, except for money, labor or property, actually received, and aj^plied to the purposes for which such corporation was created ; and all stock dividends, and other fictitious increase of the capital stock or indebtedness of any such corporation, shall be void. The capital stock of no railroad corporatioQ shall be increased for any purpose, except upon giving sixty days' public notice, in such manner as may be provided by law.

^ 14. The exercise of the power, and the right of eminent domain shall never be so construed or abridged as to prevent the taking, by the general assembly, of the properly and franchises of incorporated companies already organised, and subjecting ihem to the public necessity the same as of individuals. The right of trial by jury shall be held inviolate in all trials of claims for compensation, when, in the exercise of the said right of eminent domain, any incorporated company shall be interested either for or against the exercise of said right.

§ 15. The general assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs on different railroads in this State, and enforce such laws, by adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeiture of their property and franchises.

Article Xii Militia

I I. The militia of the State of Illinois shall consist of all able-bodied male persons, resident in the State, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, except such persons as now are. or hereaftev niav be, exempted by the laws of the United States, or of this State.

5 2. The general as-sembly, in providing for the organization, equipment ami discipline of the militia, shall conform as nearly as practicable to the regulations for the government of the armies of the United States.

? t. All mililia officers shall be commissioned by the governor, and may hold their comn iv^ions for such times as the general assembly may provide.

J 4. The militia sh.ill, in all cases, except treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at musters and elections, and in gonig to anil returning from the same.

5. The military records, banners and relics of the Stale, shall be preserved as an enduring memorial of the patriotism and valor of Illinois, .and it shall be the duly of the general assembly to jirovide by law for the safe keeping of the same.

6. No pei^on having conscientious scruples against bearing arms, shall be compelled to do mililia duty in time of peace: Provided, such person shall pay an equivalent lor such exemption.

Article Xiii

^ I. All elevators or storehouses where grain or other property is stored for a compensation, whether the properly stored be kept separate or not, are declared to be public warehouses.

\ 2. The owner, lessee or manager of each and every public warehouse situated in any town or city of not less than 100,000 inhabitants, shall make weekly statements under oath, before some officer to be designated by law, and keep the same posted in some conspicuous place in the office of such warehouse, and shall also file a copy for public examination in SHch place as shall be designated by law, which statement shall correctly set forth the amount and grade of each and every kind of grain in such warehouse, together with such other property as may be stored therein, and what warehouse receipts have been issued, and are, at the time of making such statement, outstanding therefor ; and shall, on the copy posted in the warehouse, note daily such changes as may be made in the quantity and grade of grain in such warehouse; and the different grades of grain shipped in separate lots, shall not be mixed with inferior or superior grades, without the consent of the owner or cousi'^nee thereof.

\ 3. The owners of property stored in any warehouse, or holder of a receipt for the same, sliall always be at liberty to examine such property stored, and all the books and records of the warehouse in regard to such properly.

§ 4. All railroad companies and other common carriers on railroads shall weigh or measure grain at points where it is shipped, and receipt for the full amount, and shall be responsilile for the delivery of such amount to the owner or consignee thereof, at the place of destination.

\ 5. All railroad companies receiving and transporting grain in bulk or otherwise, shall deliver the same to any consignee thereof, or any elevator or public warehouse to which it may be consigned, provided such consignee, or the elevator or public warehouse can be reached by any track owned, based or used, or which can be used, by such railroad companies ; and all railroad companies shall permit connections to be made with their track, so that any such consignee; and any public warehouse, coal bank or coal yard, may be reached by the cars on said railroad.

\ 6. It shall be the duty of the general assembly to pass all necessary laws to prevent the issue of false and fraudulent warehouse receipts, and to give full effect to this .article of the constitution, which shall be liberally construed so as to protect producers and shippers. And the enumeration of the remedies herein named shall not be construed to deny to the general assembly the power to prescribe by law such other and further remedies as may be found expedient, or to deprive any person of existiiig common law remedies.

? 7- The general assembly shall pass laws for the inspection of grain, for the protection of producers, shippers and receivers of grain and i>roduce.