, 1862-04-25


any county to the supreme court held in the
! division which Includes such county, or by
| agreement of the parties, to the supreme
! court Ii any other division.
SEC. 20. ALI judicial officers shall be COM
1nissioned by the Governor.
SEC. II. In all counties in this State
! having a population exceeding thirty five
thousand, there shah be Gle ted, at the gener~
al election for State and county officers, re-
! coIder OF deeds and conveJa1ceS, and iu coun-
| ties having population exceeding onehnn-
dred thousand, there shall be elected pro-
1atc judge and probate clerk, who shall mold
their Office lor four years, and until their suc~
/ csssors shall be elected and On, ,lifed, and who
shall perform snch duties and receive such
! compensation iu fees as shall be prescribed by
! law: Piosides7, that in the last nanetl coun~
tit no person shall fo!d any county office Gre
| ated by this constitution, except that Of
Judge or Justice Of the peace for two SUCCESS
! i've fer1us.
SEC. -. - There shall be established in each
! county IN this State court, to be called
] county court, the organization aud jurlsdic-
| tion Of which shall be Uniform throughout
! the state.
SEC a3 The said county court shall cou-
! sist Of one judge, who shall be elected By the
| qualified voters OF each county, and hold his
Office for the term of four Years, and until his
Successor shall be elected and qualified, and
he shall receive such compensation, to be paid
| y
Z! scrihed by law.
SEC. u The said courts shall have probate
!: jurisdiction, ard such other civil jurisdiction
as may be conferred by law, and also jurisdic-
/! ton in criminal cases not extending 10 death
! OF imprisonment IN the penitentiarF, without
| any presentmeut OF Indictment from 4 grand
;uTy: Prer5dd, That said Jurisdiction shall
not extend to any order for the sale Of real es-
tate, except fpr taxes, or to any proceeding Or
suit affecting the title to real estate, OF to any
! f11 far fI,.,f c1,
Ncious prosecutions or seduction.
SEC Is. The said court shall have exclusive
| appellate Jurisdiction in ali cases arising in
Justices courts, aud appeals and writs Of error
may be taken and prosecuted theyefren to the
circuit and supreme courts: and iDjuncions
teturnable to the circuit court may be granted
in such manner as may be provided by law.
SEC. 2j. There shall be elected in each coun-
| t., BY the qualified yoters thereof, q clerk OF
the county court, and q county attorney, who
! shall hold their respective Offices for the term
| Of four years, and until their SUCCESSORS shall
be elected and qualified, whose duties and
compensation shall be regulated by laW.
| sEc. p. There shall be elected by the quail
coroner, who shall bold their respective Offices
for the rcrm Of tHo years, and until thelE sue
| cessors shall be elected and qualified.
Sec 28- Two Justices shall be elected in
each county rot having township ofyaniza-
tior, by the qualified electors thereof, and shall
hold their offices ior the term OF four years,
and until their Successors shall be elected and
qualified, and who, together with the county
judge, shall form acourt for tic management
of tie business Of the counties, ana shall hold
euch teruls, perform such duties and receive
such compensation as may be prescribed by
i law.
SEC. %. There shall be elected il each conn
~ in this State, in such dis;ricts;4s the general
assembly may direct, By the quailiied electors
thereof, competent number of Justices of the
GtlrH ht31 tfftAf f5,tf
uffour years, aGd until their SUCCESSORS shall
be eiccIed and qa11lded and perform such
duties, and rtceive such compensation, and
exercise such jurisdiction SIS may be prescribed
by law. But The Jurisdiction Of sucu justices
| silallsbc uniform throughout the Slltc, and
shall be limited to cases where the Judgment
shall not exceed one hundred dollars Pio5sd-
et:, that tho general assembly shall have power
to confer jurisdiction upon Justices oi the
peace to punish By Imprisonment for time
not exceeding thirty days.
SET. 80. The election Of officers and the
filling Of all vacancies that may happen by
Death, resignation, removal, or failure TO quail
ity, not provided for By this constitution, SHALL
& bt 10 & such manner u The general assembly
sl,ai} be elected BY the gcncrai nsscmb'y.
SEC. il. County judges, clerks, shsrias,
ana othcr county Officers, Tor wiallu1 nr-lett
of duty, or misdemeanor in Office, shall be lia-
bic to urcScntmeut or Indictment, By q gFaud
conviction shall be removed from olli:e.
Sec. j. AL process, wits and Other pro-
j | ceedins5 shall run in the name and style Of
"Thc People Of the State Of Illinois," all
prosecutions shall be carried on III the name
and by the authority of the Penple of the
statc OF Illinois, and Conclude, ''as,ainst the
: pyass and dignity Of thu pvople Of the State
: | 0I Illinois. y
SEC. IS. Tho general assembly shall in,-
: | pose tax On ali civil suits, except suits be-
tu1ea fund to be applied toward the payment
OF TIE salaries Ct judges and Other expenses
TT courts, and which tax shall be unlfor1a
. 1llouG bout the State.
/ Sc. y. Tho amount arising from said tax,
so imposed upon suits, in the county courts
; shall By paid into thc county trcasury, to hs
} applied toward Ihe Payment Of the sala,iys o
: the county Judges aud county attorneys, and
any excess after the payment OF their salaries
together with taxes imposed upon suits in t.,e
| supreme and tlrcult courts, shall bt paid irtC
, the State trelsnry+
ARTICLE VII.
REVENUE
SEtTIos l. The general assemble, whcacvc,
it ehall be deemed necessary, shall cause to bc
collected from a11 aple-bodlcd, free white u,al1
Inhabitants Of this State, over the age o
!, twenfy-one years, and under the age Of sixty
:, | years, 4 capitutiun tax Of not less tnan hit,
cents, nor more than one dollar each
: for leyJing tax BY valuation, SO that crerE
I, person and corporation shall pay a tax in pro
i portion to the value of the property Of such
: person or corporation-such value to be as
| certalncd by some officer to be elected OF ap
, pointed, in such manner as the general assen
: hly shall direct; but the general assembly
: shall have power to tax pcddlers aue,ionccrs
: brokers, hawkers, merchants, commits sion
> merchants, showmen, jusglers, inn-keepers
: grocery-keopers, toll~brldges and ferries, and
l i%ir. fr,-
e privileges.
: SEC: ., The property of the State and o.
G counties, real and personal, and such othe.
property as tl'c General Assembly may deem
!, necessary for school, religious and charitable
purposes, may by general law, be exempted
, SEC, !. Tie corporate authorities of coun,
1 ties, cities, towns, villages, school districts
and townships, may be vested, by genera
> 1aT,s"ith power TO assess and colltc. iixcs fol
, corpoFate purposes, and such taxes shall BIZ
Uniform IN respect to persons and property
: within the limits Of the corporate body I'M
! posing the same; and tic General Assembly
shall require that all property within tiie
:, limits Of municipal corporations, belonging
: to individuals OF corporations, shall be taxed
t for the payment Of debts contracted under au
u thority Of law.
q sEc :. The General Assembly mar provide
!, for thetaxaton ofany otherpropertv or subject:
! not herein specified, in such manner rs may
I n
, ! aS fixed in this constitution.
: Sec. 6. The General Assembly may provide
that aH taxes and assessments for State, COIN
q II, city, school, or anF other purpose, may b.
collected by the same persun.
SEC. :. Hereafter no purchaser of any land
! or town lot, ut any sale of lands or town lots
for lakes due either to this State or any conn
fy, or Incorporated Town or city within thu
SAM; or at any sale for taxes or i,yic5 author
lZcd 'hy the laws Of this State, s5l be entitled
! 10 deed tUr tho lind or town lot so pur
chased Entl1 lie or Sic shall have compile,
i With the following conditions, to-wh: Sue,
purchaser shall scTVc, or c.i,se tu BIZ served,
written Eotlce OF such purchase on every pc-
{ son in l'oEsf ssjon Of such land Or tDgu lot
1T le::st three months before the expiration 0
tlst tine Ct redemption on stieh slle. ia wt::c'
z notlte h. shall state when he purchased til
latstl TT town lnt, the description Of the Ian,
s OF town lot he has purchased, aud when til,
: tims: al redemption will expire. In like ulaa
|, ncr he shall serve On the person or persons il
: whose pansc Or nanles such land or lot i
taxed, similar written notice, If such peT:ol
0 or persons shall reside in the county wher
: such lar d or lot shall be situated and in th
y event that the person or persons in who's
q name or names the land or lot is taxed, d,
q not reside in the county, such rurchas.
{ shall Publish such notice in some net:
$ paper printed in such county; and il n
> newspaper is printed in the county, then il
I, the nearest newspaper that is published in til
I State to the county in which such land or 10
is situated, WHICH notice shall be inserted thru
c times, the last time not lees than thrc,
d months before the time Of redemption slal
expire Every snch purchaser, BIZ himself O.
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