, 1870-05-13
within the Jurisdiction of tho body in,r,.;1-

porate purposes; but the General AssenS
ahan require that all the taxable property Mi
in the lnnita Of municipal eorposafions shs
be taxed for the payment Of debts contractt
urdeE the authority of law. such taxes to
uniform IN respect to persons md proper
within the jus7dic.iou OF the body imposif
} the same. Private property shan not bo liat
! to be taken Or sold for The payment OF Il
corporate debts of = municipal corporation.
SEC H. No person who is in default. as cc
lector OF custodian Of money or properly B
longing 10 4 municipal corporation, shall |
eligible to anF office In or Under such cu=por
ton Tho fees. salary or compensation of I
municipal officer who ia elected or appoint,
for a definite term Of Office, shall I,s Increase
or diminished during SUCH term.
Sec IL. No county, city, township, scho
district Or other municipal corporation shall
allowed to become indebted in any manner
!or any purpose to IN amount, including e1is
mg Indebtedness, in the aggregate exceedir
i've per cenfum on tho value Of the taxab
property therein, to be aseertained by the h
assessment for State and county taxes, prev
Gus 70 the mourning Of such indebtedness
any county, city, school district, nr.otI1sr m,
hetpal eotnofatlon lncuu1ue, any indabte Inc.
- Aforesaid, shaN bafore or at tho tizne Of d
1ng 20 pfoslue tor the collection OF diret
annual ta1 sufficient to pay the interest q
such dabt, IS it falls due, and also to pay h.
discharge the principal thereof within TWEEN,
years from the time Of eontractinc .he aayn
This section shall not be construed to preYe1
any county, city, township, school listrss, {
othe1 municipal corporation from issuing the
bombs In compliance with any vote OF Tie pet
Pile which may have been had prior to tt
adoption Of this constitution in pursuance {
any Law providing therefor.
ARTICLE Z [Sepazate azttctel
| Counties.
I SECTION l. No new county shall be forme
or established BY the General Assembly whic
Will reduce tho county or counties, or either 0
them, from which it ehaIl be taken to less cor
tents than four hundred SQUARE miles; no
shall any county be formed Of less contents
nor shau any line thereof pass within les,
than ten miles OF any county seat of tht
ecounty or counties proposed to be divided
SEC. 4 No county shall be divided, or have
any part stricken therefrom, without submit.
~ .I1ng the question to vote Of the people Of
the county. nor unless msjutity Of ali the
legal voters OF the county voting On the ques-
hon, shall vote for the sane.
SEC j. There shall be no territory stricken
from my county unless 3 majority Of the
voters LIVING in such territory shall petition for
81 suen division; and no territory shall be added
70 any county without the consent Of the ma
lorlty OF the voters of the county to which it
Is proposed to be added. But the portion so
STRICKEN OH and added to another county, or
FORMED In whole or in part into new county,,
snan Do holden for and obliged to,pay its pro-
from which it has been taken.
County Seats.
SEC. l. No county seat shall be removed
untu the point to which it il proposed to be re-
moved shall be fixed in pu1auance OF law. and
palor1ty OF the voters Of the county, to ba
vided by general Law, shall haye voted in favor
o. Is removal to such point; and no person
shall vote on such question who has not re-
s1ded IN the county six months, and in tho
election precinct ninety days next preceding
sacn election Ihe question OF the removal
OF county seat shau not be- oStener submit
ted than once in ten years to vote OF the
people,
County Gore7nnezk
SEC s. The General Assembly shall provide
by general Law, for township organization. m
DER which any county may organize whenever
voting at any general election, shall SO deter
nlne. and whenever auy county shaN adopt
township organization, 20 much OF this cousti-
tuition Al provides for the management OF the
hscal rs conce.ns of the said county BY tho Board
OF County Commissioners NAV be Gispensri1
with, and the affairs Of said county nav be-
transacted in such manner IS the General As
sembly may provide. And in any county that
shal have adopted township organization. the
question Of continuing tho same may be- sub
mltted to vote Of the electors Of such coun-
y 1t general election, in the manner that
now is or msy be provided by law; and Il q
majority Of all the votes cast upon that ques-
non shall be against township organization.
then such organization shall cease in said
county; and III laws in force in relation to |
e6ont!es e6o19 not having township organization,
Y e. such county. No two townships shall have
sne same name, and the day Of holding tho !
annual township meeting ahau be uniform
throughout the State @@.
SEC e. Afthe first election of County Judges
nader thus constitution, thero shall be elected
\ each Of the counties OF this State, not IN
1er township organization, three officers, who
NAL be styled '4The Board OF County Com
n1ss1onets," Who shall hold sessions for the
Iansactlon OF county business as shall ba pro-
'lded by law. One Of said Commissioners shall
aoid @ nus office for one year, one for TIVE years,
ma one for three years, to be determined by
Of :! and every year thereafter one such officer
hall be elected in each Of said counties for the
e1n OF three years.
SEC. 2 The county Affairs Of Cook County
hall be managed by Board OF Commission
iected from the city Of Chicago, and dvefrom
owns ontside at said city, in snch q maunar
. may be provided By law.
County Officers and their Compensation
SEC. 8. In each county there shall be elected
ae following county officers: County Judge,
herin, County Clerk, Clerk Of the Circuit
ourt (1ho may be e1-QUFcio Recorder Of
leeds, except in counties having 60,000 and
!otr inhabitants, IN which counties I Recorder
Deeds shall be elected at the general elec-
on in 1879. Treasurer, Surveyor, and Coro- ;
er, each OF whom shall enter upon tire duties
! his office, respectively, on the first Monday
I December after their election; and they
ball hold their respective Offices for the term
nd Coroner, Who shsll hold their office for two
ears and until their successors ehall be elect
d and qualified,
SEC, g. The Clerks of III the Courts Of Rec
1o. the Treasurer, Sheriff, Coroner and Re-
er1er Of Deeds Of Cook County, shall receive
9, sner only compensation for their services,
alar1es TO be fixed BY law, which shall in no
ase De as much as the lawful compensation OF
Judge Of the Circuit Court Of said county,
No snau De paid, respectively, only out Of the
ees of the Office actually collected. AL fees,
erqula1tes, and eInoluments (above the
oonty Treasury. Tbs number OF the depu-
es and assistants OF such officers shall be
etermined by rule Of the Circuit Court. to be
otefeu OF record, and their compensation ahau :
determined By the County Board.
PEG ~. The County Board, except as pro-
le compensation OF MI county officers, with
10 amount Of their necessary clerk hire, sta
onery. fuel, and other expenses, and in all
.ses where fees are provided for, said COM
ensation shall be paid only out Of, and shall
no instance exceed the fees actua1ly COLLECT
e. anrnm than fiftean b1ndred ~ 1d deI,,,a n'o;e
,unties not W exceeding tWentr % ihorsand % IN ~
abitanta two thousand dollars IN co1nties E
liirty tdo1sand inhabitants. tWantrf;Sa nes h4n
red do1lara IN cfnnties co1t,;n;,,tr fh;.+., 49,.
Iud and not eycee3n<, ST. tiatSssnd ~ tsh iu1
nts. tbrre t5onsanJ Jo1i55rs |Iounu y, nu,au-
ming ffty thonsanI and 11ot - a1caa51St so
,ty thousand inhabitants; thirty-fiye hundred
ol!a1s N counties containing seventy thou
and ~, oqb thaaaan1 nuu tapasa9o
unties eonta;n;nr avcr ons %n1Iras das ttos,s,n u