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... Members and officers of each General Assembly 1st to 41th - Biographical sketches members of the 44th General Assembly .. 241-273 Counties of Illinois - Origin and evolution - Dates of formation - Original boundary lines with maps ...
... Members and officers of each General Assembly 1st to 41th - Biographical sketches members of the 44th General Assembly .. 241-273 Counties of Illinois - Origin and evolution - Dates of formation - Original boundary lines with maps ...
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... members ; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day , and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members , in such manner and under such penalties as ...
... members ; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day , and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members , in such manner and under such penalties as ...
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... members elected was then required to pass it over their objection . Of local government under the Constitution of 1818 , the county was the unit , but with the exception of the sheriff , coroner and county commissioners , all officers ...
... members elected was then required to pass it over their objection . Of local government under the Constitution of 1818 , the county was the unit , but with the exception of the sheriff , coroner and county commissioners , all officers ...
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... Members . 15 . 16 . Disabilities of Members . Appropriations . 17. Payment of Money - Statement of Ex- penses . 1. The legislative power shall be vested in a General Assembly , which shall consist of a Senate and House of ...
... Members . 15 . 16 . Disabilities of Members . Appropriations . 17. Payment of Money - Statement of Ex- penses . 1. The legislative power shall be vested in a General Assembly , which shall consist of a Senate and House of ...
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Illinois. Office of Secretary of State. 5. Members of the General Assembly , before they enter upon their official ... member is elected , and the Secre- tary of State shall record and file the oath subscribed by each member . Any member ...
Illinois. Office of Secretary of State. 5. Members of the General Assembly , before they enter upon their official ... member is elected , and the Secre- tary of State shall record and file the oath subscribed by each member . Any member ...
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Page 110 - Jso county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 91 - In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to appear and defend in person and by counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation and to have a copy thereof, to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed.
Page 101 - If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members elected to that house shall agree to pass the bill it shall be sent together with the objections to the other house by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by twothirds of the members elected to that house, it shall become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor.
Page 91 - The powers of the government of this State are divided into three distinct departments — the legislative, executive and judicial ; and no person, or collection of persons, being one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except as hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.
Page 74 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
Page 96 - The General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say : Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and of constables; For the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors...
Page 214 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 84 - That thirty-six sections, or one entire township, which shall be designated by the President of the United States, together with the one heretofore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for the use of a seminary of learning, and vested in the legislature of the said state, to be appropriated solely to the use of such seminary by the said legislature.
Page 97 - The sale or mortgage of real estate belonging to minors or others under disability...
Page 108 - That section numbered sixteen, in every township, and, when such section has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the state, for the use of the inhabitants of such township, for the use of schools.