The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-10-01
WHOLE NO. l149.
The Illinois ConsIitWGon.

We Sife DSlOW SOtnS vi the features OF
the new constitution for Illinois, which
has been submitted TO the people for APP.
Proval or rejection:
The General Assembly is 10 consist of
a Senate Of twenty-five members, and a
House OF Representatives ofseventy.fye
members, until the population Of the
State shall reach a million, after which
the number may be increased by the ad.
ditiOn Of FIVE members TO the House. and
hive more for every addition Of 500, 900
inhabitants thereafter, until the whole is
100. The Senators are elected for four
years, the term of one. half expiring eve.
ry W years. The Representative are
TO be elected for two years.-The Leg.
islature is TO meet once in two years.
A Senator must be 80 years old, a citi-
zen oftbe United States, FIVE years an
inhabitant of the State, and a resident
one yearin his district next before his
election.
A Representative must be 25 years
old, a citizen ofthe United States, three
years an inhabitant of tie State, and a
resident of the district one year next be-
fore his election.
No person elected to the General AS
sembly, is eligible to receive any civil APP
pointment in the State, or to the Senate
of the United States, from tho Governor,
and Senate, or the General Assembly,
during The term for which he shall have
been elected, and the votes given for
such are made void. No member of
either house TO be directly or indirectly
interested in any contract with the State
or county, authorized by law during the
time for which they shall have been cleo.
ted, or within one year thereafter.
Senatorial and Representative districts
arerequired to be composed of contiguous
territory bounded by county lines, and
where district comprises more than one
county, the Representatives shall be cleo
ted by the votes of the whole districts.
Cities and towns containing the requisite
population may be erected into seperatc
districts. The Senatorial districts must
be single.
The pay of members, to be two dollars
a day for the first forty-two days of the
session. and one dollar a day for the resi-
due of the time, with 10 cents a mile tray
ell and no more.
The General Assembly shall not grant
divorces, but may authorize the Courts
to grant them.
Taxes shall be levied to pay the inter-
est on the debt of the State, shall be ir-
repealable until the debt is paid.
The Governor is elected for four years.
He must be t~hirty-fve years old, have
been a citizen of the United States four
teen years, and ten years a resident of
the State. He is ineligible more than
four years in eight. He must reside at
the seat of government. His salary is
s., 500 year.
The Auditor and Treasurer are elected
by the voters of the State, the first for
four years and the second for two.
The Judiciary consists Of Supreme
Court, and inferior tribunals-the Judges
to be elected by the people The Su-
preme Court consists of three judges, to
be elcted by general ticket for nine years,
one to go Out every three years, thejudge
having the longest term to be the first
Chief Justice, and after that the oldestin
commission. They may be removed for
causes net Improbable, by a vote oftwo-
thirds Of the members elected to each
branch of the General Assembly. Tho
State is divided into three districts, and
the Legislature may provide for the cleo
ton Of one of the judges in each. The
Clerks and District Attorneys are to be
elected by the people in each district.
A capitation tax of not over one dollar
and not under so cents may be levied on
free white males above 81. Provision
must be made for levying taxes equally
upon the property of individuals and
corporations.
No State Bank shall be established,
nor shall the State hold stock or be in any
way liable for any Banking Company to
be created. No Bank charter to be valid
until submitted to the vote of the people
and sanctioned.
The printing presses shall be free to
examine the acts of any officer of gov
eminent, and when the matter published
is proper for public information, the truth
may be given in evidence, in justification,
and in all indictments for libel the jury
may determine the law and fact under
the direction ofthe Court.
Any person who shall fight a duel, or
send or accept a challenge tor that pur-
pose, shall be deprived Of the right t
hold any Office of honor or profit in the
State, and may be punished otherwise,
as the Legislature may by law prescribe.
-Cm. Gaz.
The RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.-The able
London correspondent Of the National
Intelligencer furnishes the following com
parative view of the representative sys-
TEN of government as practiced in the
three countries ofmost importance in the
world, in a commercial, political and
moral view. Thus
"In Great Britain a population of26,-
I7I1,O59, in 1910 contained l,066,S60
electors, or about one person in every25
had a vote.
ain the United States, a population of
17,06S,2 5S IN 1910 gave 2,4O3,4s5 votes
at the Presidential election or about n
in every seven had a vote.
"In France a population of25, 000, 900,
contains about 000 moo. or very uearlv