, 1862-02-08

s9s q ySs III
Assembly a. lie enumeration 81 tits State; and the
the 1t euar ses.ion hoaca sfer he rea *
esid census are made, be apportloned among the |
eseral eountie. os Districts te be sstabished By
Section Was also adopted as fo1lowB:
SEC. 9. Senatorial and representative districts |
shall be composed Of compact, contiguous terri |
tory, bounded by county lines. and only one
senator allowed to each senatorial district, andnot
than three Representatives to any Representa-
tive dittrict PFurided, that counties having the
requisite population may haye additional senators
and representatives, and cities and towns having
the requisite Population may be divided into sepa-
rate districts.
Section 10 was then taken np:
Sec 10, Informing senatorial and representative
districts, counties containing population Of not
more than onefourth oyer the existing RATIO, ghall
form separate districts, and the excess stnn be
given to the nearest county or counties not hay1us
aseEator or representative, as the case may be,
which has the largest white population
Mr.. Fuller offered IN amendment to, the
section SO that it read as follows:
'tIn forming senatorial and representative
districts, counties containing J. population Of
not more than one-fouIth over, or less than
one-lourth under the existing ratio, shall form
separate districts, and counties shall not be
united III the same district further than is ne
cessary to make fair apportionmcnt; aud
where an excess occurs, it. shaH be gwen to
the nearest county or counties not having suf-
ficient population fora Senator or Representa-
tive, as tile case may be, which has the largest
white population
Mr. Hackcr, President, moved that the COM
nittee reconsider the yote by which it adopted
ever, Mr. Lawrence raised tic question OF or
der that the section had been passed upon:by
the Committee and House both, and therefore
the question was ont Of order.
The Chair sustained Mr. Lawrence's obicc-
ton.
r. Mr. OtMc1yeny, Mr. Thompson, Mr.. Dc
ment and Mr.. Duff debated the question Of
MI. Fullcr's substitute for Sec. 10. Pending
the debate, the Committee rose aud reported
progress, and the Convention adjourned.
'MR. wESTwORTn's AMESDEEST.
It is considered tonight that Mr.. Went
wortl's amendment is defeated virtually.
"John'' thinks there is more ssstnnp tail'
Of, and says the Convention is supreme in
everything except in its power to kill STUMP
taiI.'' He begins to think it can't do that. It
was amusing 10 sec lin range round yester-
day afternoon like big frisatc among i lot Of
gun boats. He Was trying to ind out the
submitted tomorrow IS i substitute for his
+ amendment. If any ono can succeed in pump
ipg them out Of the members Of the caucus
he's the man to do it.
send YOU the Judiciary system reported
from the Committee. It will not probably
pass as reported The County and Circuit
Clerks, aud County Judges may not 60 ont,
and the Recorders Court may be continued
until the terms Of its officers shall expire,
which will be but d few months after the new
courts go into operation.
THE JUDICIARY DEPAnTe1ESr.
court, IN circuit courts, in county courts all ol
which shall be courts Of 1ecord--and in Justices Of
be established in cities, when maj majority Of The
voters at any general election in said cities fol
State and county oflcerr shall 80 decide. But tne
ton Throughout tie State, and shall be created
established and conducted under the same genera
| 1aws. Aud said criminal courts shail DC uniform
in their Jurisdiction throughout the State, and =hal
be created, established and conducted under tht
| same general laws.
| SEc.2- The supreme court shall consist Of frt
judges, three OF whom shall form quorum. ant
lhe concurrence Of three Of said Judges shall in al
cases be necessary to a decision.
Sec. !. The State shall be divided into ti:'
| :trand divisions, as nearly equal a. may be; ami
the qualified electors of cach division shall elcc
SEC. 1. The judges Of the Supreme conrt sha!
| Of them shall be chief justice, which shall b.
determined by lot, in such manner as they ma,
agree.
SEC 5. The supreme court shall hold one tern
annually in cac. Of said grand divisions; the irs
Of which courts shall be held at Chicago In tn
1tss7at Ottawa II t|,e zeeona-as PEORIA II II
Vernon in The ffth grand divisions.
! SEC. 6. The euprc1ne court shall not have 0
exercise any original jurisdiction, but shall hay
appellate juTis sdiction in al cases provided for
ttls constitution and the laws Of this State hert
| after to be enacted.
sEc-7 Until after the first election for judge
l nr1 II HftstFf "A hof
of The first court IN each grand division the sa!
er4hl divisions shall be arranged as follows:
ba:.o. Boone. McIIrnrv. Lukc, Kane. DuPa.c au
Cook shall compose tic 1gEt graud division
side. Ter. Kendall viii Grrnay, iaSaIi..- Putunn
| E1rcau. Utnrv. Mercer Rock Island atld Ennhake
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