The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-21
THE CONVENTION.
Proceedings on Monday. April -.

The president appointcd.Mr. Wall mem
Der of the committee on schedule, III place
of Mr.. Billings, resigned.
Mr. Scdgwick submitted the following,
which wa, referred 10 the committee ON
public accounts and expenditures
ARTICLE
SgC.-- The general assembly shall not
appropriate, out Of the state treasury, or
in any manner aypcnd IN aud upon III"
new capitol grounds ana state house IN
process, of construction on said grounds, IN
order TO complete them, sum of money
exceeding. in the aggregate. four million.
OF dollars, including all sums Of money or
property heretofore appropriated or cN-
pended in aud upon sad ground, ana
building or contract, for the same, With
GU, fir, being authorized 10y the people
ofthi. state 10 make an increased ,cNpcndi-
turc, by submitting II proposition to u
vote Of the people at u general election,
naming the amount proposed ." b" ~
pended, which propo.iti for an nddlt-
ional expenditure shall have received u
majority of all the votes cast nt such grn-
crnl election,
Mr.. Church presented the following
which Wa. ordered 10 bc printed and 30
hc considered with the report of the come
mittcc on railroads;
Railroad, heretofore constructed, or
that may hctcaitcr hc constructed IN tui-
state, are hereby declared public highways.
and shall be- free 10 all person, aud for the
transportation of persons AMI property
thereon under such regulations ~ may be-
prescribed by law,
Mr.. Cody submitted resolution re-
qucsting the president to form additional
members 10 the committee ON revision and
adjustment, Adopted.
The convention then, in committee of
the whole Goodhucin the chair, proceeded
to consider the report, of the thu commit
| tee ON counties.
Section was reported ~ follows
Arr. -. Sec. /. No new county shall
be formed or established by the General
Assembly, which will reduce the county
or counties cor either of them from which
| IL shall bee taken, tu lr,, contents than TOO
square miles; nor shall any county lc
formed of lc,, contents; nor shall any line
thereof pass within lc,, than ton m..r, 3D..
| any county seat of the county ur cuuutir,
| proposed 10 be- divided,
Section . was, after debate, adopted 90,
follows:
Sec. .. NO county shall Doe divided, cor
have any part stricken thercirum, without
submitting the question toa vote of the
people of the county, nor unless majority
of all the legal voter, of the county voting
ON tho question shall vote for the same,
Section 3 was amended, and adopted IL,
follows:
Size 2. There shall Dee no territory
stricken from any county, unless II major
ity OF the voters living in such territory
shall petition for such division aud no ter
ritory shall be- added 10 any county with
out the consent of the majority of the vo-
tiers of the county TO which it is proposed
10 be added, but the portion 50 stricken of
and added to another county, or formed in
whole or part into new county shall be
holden for and obliged 10 pay It's proper
tion of the Indebtedness of the county from
which il has been taken.
A protracted discussion arose on the
fourth section, which, after amendment,
was adopted, as follows
Sec. 4. NocOunty seat shall be removed
until the point TO which il is proposed to
be- removed shall be- fixed by law, and
majority of the voters of the county voting
on the question shall have voted in favor
of its removal 70 such point Proridcd
That in all cases where a county seat has
been located twenty years, and in cases
where vote has been or may be taken 10
remove a county seat and has been or may ho
decided in the negative, and subsequent
effort Is made to remove to any point within
three miles of the same place, two-thirds
of all the voters voting on the question
shall be necessary to effect II removal of