The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-08-26
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


SPRiScrIELp, ILL.,, July l9rh, 1877.
DEAR StR:-'fhc Illinois Cuus;i:utionu
Convention is out Of its former glorious sea
Of uncertainty, aud j. NV doing '..fart
business IL has passed upon the article
orsauizing the Executive and State De
par,meuiS, und 81 much Of The Legislative
Department IS docs uol include the appor-
tinnmcnt.
The Governor il 10 he thirty five Years 81
aae--a citizen ofthc L. S.--hol5 his office
i,,r four ears, and have salary oil Sl50O
The Auditor, Treasurer and Secretary o.
State IRE made elective. The salary 81
the Aa.liiur is $1,000. per nnnum--uf the
Secretary $500. and his tenure ipcr year-.
Tie sqlary at the Treasury j. s;sa0, and
his tenure two years. All the general
elections (eAccpi or Judicial oii.ccrs) are
fixed on the Tuesday next after the frs;
". 'ndn. in N,vcmber, tiennaIly, Icing on
the same day Of the presidential election,
quadrenniallv.
Senators IRE To lie elected every four
,ears--be thirty Years IL ese,--and the
numter Is limited Ia iweni, 1--WE. Repre-
sel,a;isos are To be elected once in two
,cars--hc twenty -.ive wears ii s1e--flre
mum g Is limited L. sc:e n,s five, aud til
per diem of bath Scna;.Ts and X pre-
,ehtalise> j. !igci NJ s. o. AL tic pri;li-
inr,c p, ing, building aud distributing u. the
laws md journals IS I" nc iet tn the loaesi
responsible bidder. No deb, exceeding fiit.
thousand dollars can be contracted, except
in case Of imninen, public danger
The article on the Rish, ni sutirsgr, MT
urnlizes all !nreigncss vino .n.y he en-
titled Ia vote IL the ninp.ipa OF tire CDn-
-iilnri,n; bot provides that all lorcI-ner-
not entitled t. that right shall bcrane ciii-
zens Lcfrc they shall Lee entitled u the
right ii suffrage.
The article On Corporations provides
that every b-nk which shall he created
shall he submitted" the pcople--rhai sia'rI.
holders shall lie liable to the fall an. aIEt
IT al their property E.r their individual
s,och--4nd that M new State bsak ali
re created. mr. shall the old one, OF any
other. lie extended r. revived
!, alsn provides. thu, ii osiscr corpnra-
'ians stlsil i.c created un.isr general l4Es
never ~ sPe-ial statute
The Convention i NV engaged upom
the ar;it.e reported On tue Judiciary De-
pertinent II l. through 5 itn the Sprremlr
Court. ani partially ,:srpi.h with the Cam
IL Courts. The State j. 10 be div ibid into
t't.e .--na ni..-.-...~- in each of which
Supreme jtigc. : 20 be elected f.,r usne
ycars. with salary If twelve hundred
dollars per annani, ani one term each year
i /, be held IN each .rani disiSisa. Tn
Committee assignee. tni.se tax ei GREETING
the di,i-i.ns are .ie=-r<- L-an. Gregg.
Pratt. Peters. Harvey. Th..na-, iiar.an.
Calslweii at. isruan TIE pTD!rzie, anu
Cann:s Commissioner Curtis are io h.
abolished. and The Business ii iil"sc Co.:;s.
with p...,i n y. the Circuit Cs;;iri business
j. IL ie cns..i I'D 10 a Csusnty Court. Tn
CHE, Judge IS Ia be ia,.lge Of probate, and
10 li..c exclusive Jurisdictions in Ill civil
nniicrs: hc i tn ic chic. r'ge IN al isasi-
ness pertaining Ia C.siDis matters. and ia
thu LAST. he l. ;n have i.o associates, e.cc-
ted !ram The Tod, 81 Tie magistrates, and
al three L. IL chosen by the people.
On Saturday. the r.csilen. loft in con-
sequence of sickness, and Hon. z nd.~k
casey was elected president protein IL
i. a ms. di-ui;iel AM imposing presiding
aliifor. AMI dispatches business viii siesi
celebrity.
The Convention liss Il I'D IN the 25ii.
a da. Ut All .arnmeni-has limited the
members in their speeches e. fifteen niI,sie.
md TO one sprerh only an each que>ii"n--
Il Is not hciievrd Tint the ConYensi..n will
ADJOURN bc!ore the ,hirticth. Yours &c.
c. II.