The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-20
CONSTITUTIONAL CON-
VENTlON.
COUNTIES AND COUNTY SEATS.
DEATH OF THE HON. CHAs. EN-.
NlERNON,

in the constitutional Convention yes
tcrddy afternoon, Mr.. Scheduled said
shat he sought some method by which
many Of the county seat questions now
vcxing many of the counties of the State;
il would be better for all parties.
Mr.. Underwood said tibet there was now
aprovision requiring removals to be made
under general laws, which would obviatc
many objections. lie thought that county
seats should he made more permanent.
The action rs amen led was adopted.
On the motion of Mr.. Atkins the sixth
section was commended that the Office Of
Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Deed. may
be- dcvidcd in AL counties containing not
more than 10000 inhabitants.
The following is the article n adopted
AETiCLE-CoUNfIES
SECTION !. No new county shall be
formed or established by the General A.
scnbly which will reduce the county or
counties, or either of them, from which it
shall bc taken. 10 less contents than four
hundred square miles nor shall any line
thereofpass within less than ten miles Of
any county seat of the county or counties
proposed to be provided.
SIC. 2 No county shall be divided, or
have any part stricken therefrom, without
submitting the question toa vote of the
people of the county nor unless major
ity Of all the legal voters Of the county
voting on the question, shall vote for the
same.
SEC. 3. There shall be no territory
stricken from any county unless Il mnjor
ity of the voters living in such territor.
shall petition for such division and no
territory shall be added TO any county
without the consent of the majority of the
voters of the county To which IL sproposed
TO be- added.
SEc. 4. No county sen, shall be- re-
moved until the point to which 1t !, pro.
posed TO be removed shall lc iiiodby law,
and majority of the voters of the county,
voting on the question, shall have voted
in favor of its removal 10 such point:
Prorid,d, that in all cases whore a
county seat has been located twenty
ycars, and In cases where u
vote has been or may be taken 90
remove u county seat, and has been or may
be- decided in the negative, and sub,c-
qucnt effort Is made 10 remove to any point
within three miles of the same plao", two
thirds of all the voters voting on the quos-
ton shall BE- necessary to effect u removal
Of such county seat.
sNt's " IN 'H'u county lHfE' NtlAll wv
elected the following county officers;
County Judge, Sheriff, County Clerk,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court, (who may, cy-
cept in ~ counties having more than 5000
inhabitants, be cx-oflicio Recorder Of
Deeds Treasurer, Surveyor and Coroner,
each Of whom shall hold his office for the
term Of two years, and until their success
sors shall be elected and qualified.
Pending the consideration of the 9Th
section, a dispatch was received announc-
ing the deaf Of the Hon. Charles Elmer
son. delegate from Macon county.
Mr. Warwood his colleague, offered ap-
| propria,c resolutions Of respect.
Eulogics were delivered by the follow
ing gentlemen: llarwood, Pierce Moore,
Wrndling, Cromwell aud Parks.
The Convention then adopted the reso-
lution. of Mr.. Ilarwood, and, in accord
ancc Herewith, adjourned.