Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-07

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authorize the judgments, DEGREES, and de-
cisions Of any local, interior cour of rec
ord, of original, civil, or criminal iurisdic-
ton, established in city, to be removed,
for revision, directly into the supreme
court.
SEC. 25. County judges, clerks, sher-
ifs, and other county officers, for wilful
neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in Office,
shall be liable to presentment or indict-
ment by grand jury, and trial by petit
Jury, and, upon conviction, shall be remov-
ed from office.
Sec. %. All process, writs, and other
proceedings shall run in the name of"IHe
people Of the state of Illinois, All pros
ecutions shall be carried on s'Lp the name
and by the authority Of the people Of the
state Of Illinois" andconclude, Against
the peace and dignity Of the same''
SEC. 81. There shall be elected in each
county in this state, in such districts as the
general assembly may direct, by the qualified
| electors thereof, a competent number of justi-
| ces of the peace, who shall hold their Offices
for the term of four years, and until their sue
cessors shall have been elected and qualified,
and who shall perform such duties, receive
dlction as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. %. There shall be elected in each
| of the judicial circuits of this state, by the
qualified electors thereof, one states attorney,
| who shall hold his office for the term of four
years, and until his successor shall be COM
missioned and qualified; who shall perform
such duties and receive such compensation
as may be prescribed by law; Prouided, that
the general assembly may hereafter provide
by law for the election, by the qualified voters
OF each county in this state, of one county at
torney, for each county, in lieu of the states
| attorney, provided by this section; the term of
| office, duties and compensation of which
county attorneys shall be regulated by law.
Sec. %. The qualified electors of each
| county in this state shall elect clerk of the
circuit court, who shall hold his office for the
| term of four years, and until his successor
shall have been elected and qualified; who
shall perform such duties and receive such
| compensation may be prescribed by law.
The clerks of the supreme court shall be cleo
ted, IN each division, by the qualified electors
thereof, for the term of six years, and until
| their successors shall have been elected and
qualified, whose duties and compensation
shall be prescribed by law.
Sec. 80. The first grand division for the
| election of judges of the supreme court, shall
consist of the counties of Alexander, Pulaski,
Massac, Pope, Hardin, Galatin, Saline, Will
Hanson, Johnson, Union, jackson, Randolph,
Perry, Franklin, Hamilton, White, Wabash,
| Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, Washington,
Monroe, Saint Clair, Clinton, Marion, Clay,
Richland, Lawrence. Crawford. Jasper, Eff
| fingham, Fayette, Bond, Madison, Jersey and
Calhoun.
The second grand division, for the election
of judges of the supreme court shall consist of
the counties of Edgar, Coles, Moultrie, Shell
| by, Montgomery, Macoupin, Green, Pike, Ad-
ans, Highland, Hancock, M Donough, Schuy-
Ter, Brown, Fulton, Mason, Cass, Morgan,
Scott, Sangamon, Christian, Macon, Piatt,
Champaign, Vermilion, De Witt, Logan, Me-
nard, Cumberland and Clark.
| The third grand division shall consist of the
counties of Henderson, Warren, Knox, Peoria
Tazewell, Woodford, MLean, Livingston,
| Iroquois, Will, Grundy, Kendall, La Sale,
Putnam, Marshall, Stark, Bureau, Henry,
Mercer, Rock Island, Whiteside, Lee, Car
| roll, 10 Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago,
| Ogle, De Kalb, Boone, Kane, McHenry, Lake,
Cook and Du Page.
Sec. 81. The terms of the supreme court
| for the first division shall be held at Mount
Vernon, in Jefferson county; for the second
division, at Springfield, in Sangamon county;
for the third division, at Ottawa, in La Sale
county, until some other division is fixed by
law.
Sec. 80. Appeals and writs of error may be
taken from the circuit court of any county to
the supreme court held in the division which
includes such county, or, with the consent of
all parties in the GAUGE, to the supreme court
in the next adjoining division.
Sec. 33. The foregoing districts may, after
the taking of each census by the state, be al
tered, if necessary, to equalize the said dis
tricts in population; but such alteration shall
be made by adding to such district said adj
Jacent county or counties as will make said
district nearest equal in population; Provided,
no such alteration shall affect the office of any
Judge the n in office.
ARTICLE vi.
OF ELECTORS AND THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.
SECNIoN l. In all elections, every white
male citizen above the age of twenty-one
years, having resided in the state one wear
next preceding any election, shall be entitled
to vote at such elections: and every white
male inhabitant of the age aforesaid: who
may be resident ofthe state at the time of
the adoption of this constitution, shall have
the right of voting as aforesaid; but no such |
citizen or inhabitant shall be entitled to vote
except In the district or country in which he |
shall actually reside at the time of such cleo
ton.
Sec. 2. All votes shall be given by ballot.
Sec. 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.
SEC. 4. No elector shall be obliged to do
militia duty on the days of election, except
in time of war or public danger.
SEC. 5. No elector shall be deemed to
have lost his residence in this state by reason
of his absence on the business of the United
States, or of this state.
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