The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-28

counties not having township organization
shall immediately take effect and be in force
in such county. No two townships shall have
the same name, and the day of holding the
annual township meeting shall be uniform
throughout the state.
SIC. ). At the first election of county judg-
Is under this constitution there shall be elect
ell in each of the counties of this state, not
under township organization. three officers.
who shall be styled ''The Board of County
Commissioners" who shall hold sessions for
the transaction of county business as shall be
provided 10y law. One of said commissioners
shall hold his ofiice for one year, one for two
years, and one for three years, 10 be deter
mined by lot; and every year thereafter one
such officer Shall be elected IN each OF said
counties for the term of three years.
SEC. :. The county affairs OF Cook county
shall be managed 10y a board OF commission
ers of fifteen persons, ten OF whom shall be
elected from the city of Chicago, and five from
towns outside of said city, in such manner as
may be provided bv law.
COUNTY OFFICERS AND THEIR COMPENSATION.
SEC. s. In each county there shall be elected
the following county officers: County Judge,
sheriff, county clerk, clerk of the circuit court
(who may be e,-oriicio recorder of deeds, eX-
cept IN counties having sixty thousand and
more inhabitants, in which counties record
er of deeds shall he elected at the general
election in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two,) treasurer,
surveyor and coroner. each of whom shall en-
ter upon the duties of his Office. respectively,
on the first Monday of December after their
election: and they shall hold their respective
offices tor the term of four years, except the
treasurer, sheriff and coroner. who shall hold
their office for two.:.years and until their sue
cessors shall he elected and qualified. 10y
SEC. 8. The clerks of ali the courts of
record, the treasurer, sheriff, coroner and re-
corder OF deeds of Cook county, shall receive
as their only compensation tor their services,
salaries to he fixed by law, which shall in no
case be as much rs the lawful compensation
ct a Judge Of the circuit court of said coun.
ty, and shall be paid, respectively, only out of
the fees of the office actually collected. All
fees, perquisites and cmoluments (above the
amount of said salaries) shall be paid into the
county treasury. The number of the depu-
ties and assistants of such officers shall be de-
termined by rule of the circuit court, to be
entered Of record, and their compensation
shall be determined by the county board.
SEC. 10. The county board, except AS pro-
vided in section nine of this article, shall fix
the compensation OF all county officers, with
the amount of their necessary clerk hire, sta
tionery fuel and other expenses, and in all
cases where fees are provided for said com.
pcnsation shall be paid only ont of and shall
i'll no instance exceed the fees actually col.
lected; they shall not allow either Of them
more per annum than fifteen hundred dollars
in counties not exceeding twenty thousand
inhabitants: two thousand dollars in counties
containing twenty thousand and not exceed
ing thirty thousand inhabitants: twenty-five
hundred dollars in counties containing thirty
r thousand and not exceeding fifty thousand in
habitants three thousand dollars in counties
containing fifty thousand and not exceeding
seventy thousand inhabitants thirty-fve hun
dred dollars in counties containing seventy
thousand and not exceeding one hundred
thousand inhabitants and four thousand dol
lars in counties containing over one hundred
thousand and not exceeding two hundred and
fifty thousand inhabitants; and not more than
one thousand dollars additional compensation
for each additional one hundred thousand in.
habltants: PrOoide3, that the compensation of
no officer shall he increased or diminished
during his term of office. All fees or allow
ances by them received, in excess of their said
compensation, shall be paid into the county
treasury.
SEC. II. The fees Of township officers, and
OF each class of county officers shall be uni
form in the class of counties to which they
respectively belong The compensation here.
in provided for shall apply only to officers
hereafter elected, but all fees established by
special laws shall cease at the adoption of this
constitution, and such officers Shall receive
only such fees as are provided by general law.
SEC. II. A i laws fixing the fees Of state,
county and township officers shall terminate
with the terms, respectively, of those who
may be IN Office at the meeting of the first
general assembly after the adoption of this
constitution; and the general assembly shall,
by general law, uniform in its operation, pro.
vide tor and regulate the fees of said officers
and their successors, so as to reduce the same
to reasonable compensation for services &C.
ITALY rendered. But the general assembly
may, by general law, classify the counties by
population into not more than three classes,
and regulate the fees according to chss.
Tins article shall not be construed as dc.
prlvlng the general assembly of the power to
reduce the fees of existing officers
SAC -. Every person who is elected or ap-
pointed to any office in this state, who shall
be paid in whole or in part by fees, shall he
required by law to make sem-annual report
under oath, to some officer to be designated
by law, o! all his fees and emoumcnts.
ARTICLE NJ.
CORPORATIONS
SEC. |. No corporation shall be created l,v spe
eiai laws, or ITS charter extended, changed or
amended, except those ior charitable cducntionnI
Pehal or re,ormatorv purposes, which ar. to be
ana remain under the patronage and control of the
state but the general assembly shall rrovio, l.,