Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-02-12
Congressional apporsionmep,

The following Is the Republican caucus
bill for arPorticnirS the State into C.n
gressiunal districts, which d ult.es, will
he forced through both Houses under the
party lash:
SECTION l. Be itenac'el by the nscrIe
of the state uf Illinois. represented ia tho
General Assembly, That lur the ruru-,Ss
OF elec'ing thirteen representatives 20 the
house II Representatives O.! the e lurfe.s 4
the United States, g. which nug,ier tho
state Il Illinois l. eujitlsd, under tie ceu
sus taken hy the authority Of the govern
mert 81 the United States, l. r the wear cp,.
Thousand eight hundred and sixtv. the Eel
lowing districts sha.i lie aud are hereby
established, to be siylei and known ~ d..
tricts numbered fret, secord, third, fourth.
fifth, s'Xth, seventh, eight. ninth, tenth.
eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth.
The first disiricI shall be camposed If
the Counties ct Lake, McIIenry, B,ope
Winnebagn, Kane and DekaIb.
). The second distinct shall be COMPOSED
OF the c"uHties of 10 Dayiess. Stepbenson
Carol, Or e, Lee aud WhIteside
!. The third district shall lie cumpossd
"l the counties of Rock Island. Mercer.
Henderson, Warren, Hauepck and Adams
The fourth district shall he cumunsed
oi the coun.i-s of Henry, Knox. Fuftyn.
Mcponuush, Mason, Schuyler and Cass.
y. The fifth district shall he composed Of
the cnuatIes Ui Bureau; Putnam, Marshall
Stark, Peoria. Woodford ana TazeWen.
:. The sixth district shall be composed
II the counties 81 LaSalle. Kendall. Grun
dy, DuPage, viii. and the foiluwing towns
ln the county OF Cook, viz Lamont. Pnlns.
Oriand. Rob, Bhfum. Tn lTntln, Bremen.
Lyons. PrOvisO. Cicero. Lake anjWurth.
Q. Ihe seventh district shall be compos
ed oi the following towns in the county of
Cook, VIZ: South Chicago, West Chicago.
North chicago. Lake View, Evanston, New
Irier, Nnrthteld. Wheeling, Palatine Bar.
lngtvn. Hanover, Schaumherg. Elk Groye
Maine, Niles, Leyden and Jeifersou.
y The eight district shall be composed
2i the Counties Of Kaukakee, Iruauois.
Ford, ChampHign, Nermiliian. Douglas
Coles, Edgar, Cumberland and Clark.
10 The ninth district shall be comtosed
OF the counties of Menard, Livingston.
Mclean, Dewitt, Logan, Sangamon
christian, Macon, Moultrie and Plat.
Al. Ihe tenth district shall be composed
OF The COUNTIES Of Macuupin, Jersey. Greene
calhoun, Morgan, Scott, Pike and
Brown.
IL Tie eleventh distri let shall be com
posed OF the counties uf Washington Perry
Montg"mery, BIEd, Clinton, Madison, 81.
Clair and Monroe.
10 The twelfth district shall be com
posed OF the counties If Watash. Edwards
Wayne, Shelby, Fayette, jefferson. Marion
Lawrence. RichIand, Clay, Carwford, Jas
per and bingham.
ii: The thirteenth distric, shall be com
posed OF the counties of Alexander. Pulas
X. Massac, Union, Jacks, n. P,pe. Hardin.
Ga'latin, Saline, William.on. johnson
franklin, Hamilton. White and Randolph.
10 One representative to congress of
the United States shall be elected In each
OF the districts before enumerated on the
Tuesday after the FIRST Monday Of Novem-
Der, IN the year ofour Lord. one thousand
eight hundred and sixty two, and oae in
each OF said districts every two wears there.
alter, Such elections shall be held and
return thereof made aud canvassed as Is
no" provided by law in such cases.