Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-08-24

jourped, the 2lst section ofthe Executive
department which relates To the Secreta.
.ry of State, was under consideration. Il
was decided this morning, thai the Secre.
ta5y shallbe elected by the people, and
have salary OF $ 500. The Executive
department. was finished and semitic the
smniitee OF Revision 10 day.
The convention took up the judiciary
Report, and motion was made to substitute
certain sections of the minority report in
place OF the majority report. for the pur-
pose OF testing the "General ticket" sys
TEN and the Grand division" system
Several speeches were made on the side
ofthe minority report in relation 10 elect.
ing Supreln" Judges by Messrs. Dement,,
.'aImer, Farwell, and others.
The wings to a man are in favor ofih
Grand division system, and were afraid
ofparty politics and party conventions in
terminating, &c, the Judges. This sort
o terror argument had the desired effect;
for there are number of members who
callthemselves, and pass offfor democrats,
but who were elected under peculiar cir
rumstances, such as no party men. com
bination Of whig, boiler, abolition, &c {,
&C., and. Of course. when the w igscfied
out Democratic Conventions! they took
the alarm and went with the wings. and
the motion was lost 80 and "a. think
that the wings. as the above vote was ia
ken by yeas aud nays, will carry the
Grand division over the General ticket
system on the adoption of this section
which is as follows:
See 3 The State shall he divided 10
to three grand divisions as nearly equal ae
may be, and the qualified electors OF each
,ilvision shall elect one of said Judges for
| he term of nine years PROVIDED that
after the first election Of such Judges, the
legislature may have power To provide by
aw for their election by the whole State
or by divisions as it may deem most
expedient."
The convention proceeded with the
ma ority report, and took the LIST ectinn
Mr.. Gregg moved to amend il so as to
pc NIT the Legislature to establish some
inferior Courts in towns for criminal pur.
poses. Aname ndment was offered, think,
intended to distroy the County Courts,
which was met with strong Resistance
voted down. Yonrs. &c. C. C.
August l3.
| The convention have had under consid
Grafton tie Judiciary ,and have
adopted the 3 Judge sy 8 EN- for Supreme
Court. to be elected in districts Ivy the
votes ofeach district--sO the general tick
ct plan was defeated The entire whig
party TO man. voted against the genera!
ticket system. Ii has been decided To
day that the Supreme Court shall set ia
one the 3 grand divisions. and in as many
other places as shall be prescribed i,y iaw
From all appearance, am inclinded TO
believe they will adjourn on the 25th of
his month. Yours. G. c.
| SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 16
The convention, this morning, proceeded
with County Court system. On Saturday
it adopted.I am told, The following section:
"fhe county Judge, with two Justices to
he chosen ,n the same manner as the
county Judge, shall hold terms for the
transaction of county business. and shall
perform such other duties as the General
| Assembly shall prescribe" j h1k
Mr.. Ronndtree offered an additional
section authorizing the Legislature to add
to such court the Justices of the county to
sit and do county business this plan,
am told. comes from Kentucky. which
was carried. t s. 5
The Clerk of the county ia er o6fcio
Clerk of the court Of Prubaie, and the
Clerk ofthe circuit court ero6frio Recor-
der. The salary of the county Judges to
be provided by law.
The convention adopted the following
section: "'The Legislature may poss a
general law authorizing township organi
zation in all counties in which majority
of the legal voter may ut any general cleo
ton vote for such township organization.
and when such township organization
shall be established IN any county, then,
the cuunty court herein before provided
shall ceace transact county business in
such county" Yours, C. C
| tr SPRINGFIELD. Aug. II.
| DEAR SIRs:-- The cOnV eution this morn
ing commenced business with Sec. 10 of
the Judiciary department. which relates to
Justices of the peace. The section as re-
ported limits the jurisdiction to 800 in
civil cases. A motion was made to strike
out sion, which was carried, A motion
was made TO Oil the blank with $3O0--
decided in the negative yeas 81. nays 81.
Afer a number of auctions and votings. the
jurisdiction Of J. r. was left without