Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-03-09
AN ACT
TO Prsyide for the Call of a Convention,

senl0iy, hat an election. for msmbcrs to the
Contention to revise. alter or amend the Consul.
tu'ion OF the State of Illinois, shall be held on
the third Monday Of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred aud, fosty-sey-r
en- The several judgas of election in the precin cts
of each county in said State, shaIl,upon the day
above mentioned, open The polls Of their resp.c-
tive 2rrcii.cs, In the manner new prescribed by
law for the election of the members Of the Gener.
al Assembly, at the same places at which tho
poll .were opened iorthc election of members OF the
present General Assembly, and shall receive the
votes of all electors who qIaiifed by law 90
Oh ,ose members Of the General Assembly, This
electors shall be entitled to vote for rs many per.
sons shall be entitled to seat in said conyen-
tion by the provisions OF this act; which. votes
STALL be taken la the sans ,nanner as is now IRE
scrbed by law in elections for member: of tbs
| General Assembly. ffs~ .tEFf
sec. 2. Fh, clerks of the county commission.
ers' court shall give the same notices, she SOM
missioners' Court stal have the same power q
appoint judges Of election, The Judges of election
shall have the sania power TO appoint clerks of
election. as is row prescribed by law for giving
of neuces, appointment OF Judges aud clerks OF
Of election, in tbs election Of tbs men5e of abs
General Assembly. The Judges and cleks Of
election, before enteriag llthe duties of their
Offices, shall take the oath prescribed by law fsr
judges and clerks of election, and all vacancies ia
siid Offices shalt be flIerl ia The manner now hx-
ell by law for the filling OF such vacancies.
Sec. 3. The numoer of mambefs in such con-
ventoH shall be one hundred and sixty-tyO, TO be
appoHionsd amongst the several counties in this
Stats, and voted for by the qualified electors 81
such c1Intes, i'll the following manher, viz
The conHty Of Adams three members, and Adams
and Marquette together. member; Alexander
aud Pulaski togoiher, one mem5s;: Bon. oae
member ;Boene nns member; Blown one member
and Brown and Schuyler together, two members;
lSurc III one member; Ca ho3n ami jersey tOgeth-
er, one member; Carroll aud Oge together, one
member; Cass one member; Champaign AMI
fernIllIon together, one member; Christian aud
Shelby to !ether, one member; Clark two membsIs;
Clark, Edgar and Coles together, one Inembe.;
Lay one mamter Clinton Ohs member; Coles
two members; Cook FIVE members; Crawford one
member; Cumberland an Efhnsnam together,
0no member: Dekalb one member; De Iii; Uns
member; Outage member; Outage and
viii together member; Edgar two members;
Edwards aud Wayne togelher,o,e member; Fay
cite two msmh'rs; Franklin one member; FultoH
four menbe s; GallaIip two members; Greens
three members; Grundy and LaSalIc together,
one msnser; Hamilton one member; Hancock
I'VE members; Hardin and Gallatln together one
melhoef; lIenferscn one member; Itenry aud
Knox together one member; Iroquois and Will
togeler. one member; JACKSON one msnber; Jas
per and Crowfnrl together, o.fn member; Jeffer.
son one member; jersey one member go DJyiess
three member; Johnson cue member; Kane
three members; Kendall one member; Knox tive
member; Lake two members: LaSalle two mem
oers; La~rance one member; Lee one member;
II'vIhsston and Mclean together, one meGber;
Logan ane member; Mclean one member; Ma
son one member Macoupin two members; Mc-
| Donoush and Warren together, one member;
| McHenry two members; McHenry and Bouns
| together, one member: Madison four members;
NJ nj fhar ".
rion ors member; Perry, Washington and
Clinton together, one IN mbcr; Marqu.tte one
| member; Macon and Piatt together, one smen-
| Der; Massac one membe: Menard one member:
Mercer oae member; Montgomery ne member:
Montgomery and Bond together, one mGinber;
Hcultre and Shelby togeiher,o nH member; Nor
gan four memDers; Monroe twaIinembers: Ogle
one member; Peoria two members; aud Peoria
| and Futon together, one member; Perry one
| member; pike f9aT members; Pope on, member;
Putnam ore member; Randolph two members:
Richisnd enc member; Rccklsland one member;
:!ahgaaon four members; Scott two members;
Schuyler one meas6er; Shelby one member; 81.
Claif four members; Stephenson two me lbcrs;
fazwell Gwo members; Union one member ;Ver-
million two members; Wabash one member War.
rem one Renlber; Warrington one member:
Wayne one member; Jeffereon, Marion e. Ham.
iiton t:gether, two members; white rRo MEM
oers; Hhttesides one membeI; Wocdford ons
member; Winnebago two members: Williamson
one member; Franklin & Jackson together. oua
member; and Will TWO members
Sec. 4. The several judges Of election shall re-
turn the votes given at said election, aniaths re.
turns saalt b" canvassed in the same manner, al
is now 2rvided by law Cor the return of votes and
tae canvassing thereof, in elections for members
oil the General Assembly; and certificates of g.
lection shall be given toihe Ems entitled there
to, by the same officer and in the same manner
as members of tho General Assembly now receive
the same; and IN case of contested elections 10 the
convention, the coat nding candidates shall pur-
sue the slime course, end be governed By the Same
r.'les as are now prescribed BY law in contested
elections 10 the Legislature o this State.
&C. D. The members chosen shall meet in COM
"entIon at the capitol IN the city of Springfield
on ne first Monday in June, in the year A. d.
1874. They shall be judges ef their own prive-
leges and elections. and the members thereof
snail IA re the same privileges to which members
of the General Assembly are entitled and shall,
oy ballot. elect one ofther nlmber Presidential
may appoint one o. more Secretaries, Printer,
and such Doorkeepers aud Messengers rs their
convenience snail require aud such members Of
convention shall be entitled 10 the same mileagd
for iravel,and members and Secretarie the sans
per diem allowance as is now paid 10 members os
the Eegisieture; and The Printer, Doorkeepsrs, &
Messengers Shall receive the same compensation
as the same officers receive fran the present. Gen.
eral Assembly. The amount due each person
shall lie certified by the President Of the conyen
ton to the Auditor of fublic Accounts,who shaft
issue warrants upon the Treasurer Of The State
and :he sanle shall be pl by tho Treasures in me
sru,e mannsr as other wauants are paid IL shall
be the duly Of the Secretary Of State 10 stte':d
said convention at the opanrg tn rsof, & he ana
all pnhlic ofisers snail furnish sech eanvsntiol
with all such papers, staseIuenis, hooks or other
public documents m heir possessions, as the said
convsnslop shall order or require and il ID al Be