strictly in accordance with the rules and principles announced in the Article on the Legislative Department of this Constitution: Provided, that in case the Fede ral census aforesaid can not be ascertained prior to Friday, the twenty-third day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, then the said apportionment shall be based on the State census of the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in accordance with the rules and principles aforesaid. The Governor shall, on or before Wednesday, the twentyeighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, make official announcement of the said apportionment, under the great seal of the State; and one hundred copies thereof, duly certified, shall be forthwith transmitted by the Secretary of State to each county clerk, for distribution. § 14. The districts shall be regularly numbered, by the Secretary of State, commencing with Alexander county as number one, and proceeding thence northwardly through the State, and terminating with the county of Cook; but no county shall be numbered as more than one district, except the county of Cook, which shall constitute three districts, each embracing the territory contained in the now existing representative districts of said county. And on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the members of the first House of Representatives under this Constitution shall be elected, according to the apportionment fixed and announced as aforesaid, and shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

§ 15. The Senate, at its first session under this Constitution, shall consist of fifty members, to be chosen as follows: At the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, two Senators shall be elected in districts where the term of Senators expire on the first Monday of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, or where there shall be a vacancy, and in the remaining districts one Senator shall be elected. Senators so clected shall hold their office two years.

§ 16. The General Assembly, at its first session held after the adoption of this Constitution, shall proceed to apportion the State for members of the Senate and House of Representatives, in accordance with the provisions of the Article on the Legislative Department.

§ 17. When this Constitution shall be ratified by the people, the Governor shall forthwith, after having ascertained the fact, issue writs of election to the sheriffs of the several counties of this State, or, in case of vacancies, to the coroners, for the clection of all the officers the time of whose election is fixed by this Constitution or Schedule; and it shall be the duty of said sheriffs or coroners to give such notice of the time and place of said election as is now prescribed by law.

§ 18. All laws of the State of Illinois, and all official writings, and the Executive, Legislative and Judicial proceedings, shall be conducted, preserved and published in no other than the English language.

§ 19. The General Assembly shall pass all laws necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Constitution.

§ 20. The circuit clerks of the different counties having a population over sixty thousand, shall continue to be recorders (ex-officio) for their respective counties, under this Constitution, until the expiration of their respective terms.

§ 21. The judges of all courts of record in Cook county shall, in lieu of any salary provided for in this Constitution, receive the compensation now provided by law until the adjournment of the first session of the General Assembly after the adoption of this Constitution.

§ 22. The present judge of the Circuit Court of Cook county shall continue to hold the Circuit Court of Lake county until otherwise provided by law. § 23. When this Constitution shall be adopted, and take effect as the supreme law of the State of Illinois, the two-mill tax provided to be annually assessed and collected upon each dollar's worth of taxable property, in addition to all other taxes, as set forth in Article fifteen of the now existing Constitution, shall cease to be assessed after the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. $ 24. Nothing contained in this Constitution shall be so construed as to deprive the General Assembly of power to authorize the city of Quincy to create any indebtedness for railroad or municipal purposes, for which the people of said

city shall have voted, and to which they shall have given, by such vote, their assent, prior to the thirteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine: Provided, that no such indebtedness, so created, shall in any part thereof be paid by the State, or from any State revenue, tax or fund, but the same shallbe paid, if at all, by the said city of Quincy alone, and by taxes to be levied upon the taxable property thereof: And provided, further, that the General Assembly shall have no power in the premises that it could not exercise under the present Constitution of this State.

§ 25. In case this Constitution and the articles and sections separately submitted be adopted, the existing Constitution shall cease in all its provisions; and in case this Constitution be adopted, and any one or more of the articles or sections submitted separately be defeated, the provisions of the existing Constitution (if any) on the same subject shall remain in force.

§ 26. The provisions of this Constitution required to be executed prior to the adoption or rejection thereof shall take effect and be in force immediately.

Done in Convention at the Capitol, in the city of Springfield, on the thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-fourth. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.

William J. Allen,

John Abbott,
James C. Allen,
Elliott Anthony,
Wm. R. Archer,
Henry J. Atkins,
James P. Bayne,
R. M. Benjamin,
H. P. H. Bromwell,
O. H. Browning,
Silas L. Bryan,
H. P. Buxton,
Daniel Cameron,
William Cary,
Lawrence S. Church,
Hiram H. Cody,
W. F. Coolbaugh,
Alfred M. Craig,
Robert J. Cross,
Samuel P Cummings,
John Dement,
G. S. Eldridge,
James W. English,
David Ellis,
Ferris Forman,
Jesse C. Fox,
Miles A. Fuller,
John P. Gamble,
Addison Goodell,
John C. Haines,
Elijah M. Haines,
John W. Hankins,
Joseph Hart,
Abel Harwood,

Milton Hay,

CHARLES HITCHCOCK, President.

Samuel Snowden Hayes,
Jesse S. Hildrup,

Robert A. King,

ATTEST: John Q. Harmon, Secretary.

Jas. McCoy,

Charles E. McDowell,

William C. Goodhue,

Joseph Medill,
Clifton H. Moore,

Jonathan Merriam,

Joseph Parker,
Samuel C. Parks,

Peleg S. Perley,

J. S. Poage,
Edward Y. Rice,
James P. Robinson,
Lewis W. Ross,
William P. Peirce,
N. J. Pillsbury,
James M. Sharp,
Henry Sherrell,
Wm. H. Snyder,
O. C. Skinner,
Westel W. Sedgwick,
Charles F. Springer,
John L. Tincher,
C. Truesdale,
Henry Tubbs,
Thomas J. Turner,
Wm. H. Underwood,
Wm. L. Vandeventer,
Henry W. Wells,
George E. Wait,
George W. Wall,
R. B. Sutherland,
D. C. Wagner,
George R. Wendling,
Chas. Wheaton,
L. D. Whiting,
John D. Wilson,
Orlando H. Wright.

Daniel Shepard, First Assistant Secretary.

A. H. Swain, Second Assistant Secretary.

The question was then put upon the adoption of the report as the Constitution of the State of Illinois and its submission to the people for adoption or rejection, in the manner provided by the Convention, It was decided in the affirmative.

So the report was agreed to, as the Constitution of the State of Illi nois, and submitted to the people for adoption or rejection, in the manner provided by the Convention.

The President signed the Constitution and Schedule; and then the same was signed by the members, and attested by the Secretaries, as follows, to-wit:

CHARLES HITCHCOCK, President,

DANIEL SHEPARD, First Assistant Secretary.

A. H. SWAIN, Second Assistant Secretary.

The names of Messrs. Poage, James C. Allen, Dement, Coolbangh, Elijah M. Haines, Parker and Pierce were signed by virtue of the following powers of attorney, viz:

I hereby authorize and empower C. Truesdale to sign my name to the proposed Constitution.

SPRINGFIELD, May 2, 1870.

J. S. POAGE. SPRINGFIELD, May 6, 1870.

I do hereby appoint H. H. Cody, Esq., my attorney in fact, and do authorize him to subscribe my name to the Constitution, which shall be adopted by this Convention, now sitting for the purpose of revising, altering or amending the Constitution of the State of Illinois.

H. H. CODY, ESQ:

SIR-Please sign my name to the amended Constitution.

May 12, 1870.

TO THE HON. CHARLES HITCHCOCK,

J. C. ALLEN.

JOHN DEMENT.

CHICAGO, May 9, 1870.

DEAR SIR-I hereby authorize and request you to affix my signature to the new Constitution. Yours truly,

W. F. COOLBAUGH.

SPRINGFIELD, May 12, 1870.

I do hereby authorize and empower John C. Haines to sign my name to the amended Constitution, as proposed by this Convention.

ELIJAH M. HAINES.

HON. CHARLES HITCHCOCK:

SPRINGFIELD, May 13, 1870.

The undersigned hereby authorize you to sign our names to the enrolled copy of the revised Constitution of Illinois.

On motion of Mr. Cody,

JOSEPH PARKER,
WILLIAM P. PEIRCE.

Ordered that the members who have failed to sign the Constitution, be granted leave to do so, in presence of the Secretary of State, on or before the first day of July, A. D. 1870.

The hour of three o'clock having arrived, being the time fixed by the resolution submitted by Mr. Vandeventer, for the adjournment of the Convention sine die,

Mr. President Hitchcock addressed the Convention as follows:

MR. SECRETARY OF STATE:

In obedience to the command of the Convention, I deliver to you the enrolled Constitution of the State of Illinois, and charge that you preserve the same among the public records of the State.

GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION:

I am about to perform my last official duty as your presiding officer, by declaring the Convention adjourned without day. Before dissolving our relations, permit me to express my sincere gratitude for the constant and generous confidence you have ever manifested in me, and the considerate toleration by which you have relieved the arduous duties of the chair. Such confidence and such toleration are more grateful to me than any formal expression of approval. Gentlemen, you have with patience certainly, and with diligence and singleness of purpose, performed the work assigned you by the people of the State, and the results of your labors are about to be submitted to their approval or disapproval. Let us hope, as we well may, that they will understand that the organic law of a great

state ought to be so framed by its adjustment and its compromises even, as to meet the varied wants and be adapted to the varied interests of all the people of the State. If they shall so consider, we may still believe that your work will meet their favor.

Gentlemen, accept, each and all of you, my personal good wishes and farewell. A closing prayer was then offered by Reverend Mr. Robertson. And the President declared the Convention adjourned sine die. So the Convention, at 3 o'clock, P.M., adjourned without a day. JOHN Q. HARMON, Secretary.