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J Lively, M. M. Martha J. Elder McCurdy. James Mary McMillen
( Elizabeth E. Thompson Marissa Sec. 29 Pres. ..
46
Sarah J. Brown
Miles, William H. Lucy Lisley
32 Wife of W. H. Miles
Mearns, Robert Marissa Dlr. in Agricultural Imp. Scotland 75
Johanna Kribben Eidmann, Louis F. Catharine Koob Fries, John
Fayetteville Died Dec'r 1862
lat Wife of Jolin Fries Sec. 31 Pr.
Baden, 64
Fayet eville Mascoutah
10. Farmer and Stock Raiser 10 Wife of August Funck
H. Damstadt, G 59 St. Louis, Mo. 59 St. Clair Co. 111 40 H. Damstadt, G 58 St. Clair Co. 111 63
Margaret Watt { Jannette McMillen J Nixon, John
Martha Ramsey Į Nevin, George
Marissa
Old Ma- Hotel and Saloon rissa 44 Wife of John Orth
Bavaria, Ger. 65
67
Karch, Charles Mary Heberer Klingel, Lonia ¿ Catharine Seibert Laux, Peter Catharine Scheide j Nicol, Martin Charlotte Voss § Rayhill, John J.
Mascontah Died Nov. 1865 Wife of John J. Rayhill Sec. 30 Farmer & Stock Raiser Fayetteville " 30 Wife of Peter Seibert
H. Darmstadt,(1 52 St. Clair Co. III 48 " 16
Mascoutah Masc. Teaclier
40
Steinheimer, Hanette ( Strassinger, Henry Sr. OM Ma- General Merchant [Sr 54 =
Schenck, Margareta Emile Ruebert
Died Jan.
Wells, Jolın W.
W. Ils, Ella A.
73
Sec. 3 Farmer and Stock Raiser II. Drmsdt. Ger 47 52 " Jennie M. Hamilton
White, Narah C. ( Wilson, Robert H.
Mary Guthbertson Willa, A. H.
.1
St. Clair Co. Ill. 33 Jefferson Co. 0. 36 Chester Dist.S.C 57 22 Farmer and Stock Raiaer Co. Antrim, Ire 52 22. Wife of George Nevin
Elizabeth Friesz Griffin, Ed. M.
" 17 Wife of Elijah Cannady DeKalb Co. Mo 74 H. Damstadt, G 48 33
Elizabeth Leibig
Died Dec'r 15, '74 Ist Wife of John Barth
Minister United Presby' Ch. Fairfi ld Dis.S.C 55
Druggist & Lum. Merch. St. Clair Co. FII. 47
Hancock Co. In 74 Prussia 74
P. H. Schmidt
Died July 19, '55 Lite Wife of N. Perrin
Switzerland 44
Mer. & Dir. in Agr, Imp Wife of Jolin Pausch
Died May 14, '77 1st Wife of Henry Seiter Sec. 8 Prea. "
Fannie Padfield Tincher, W. F. Alice A. Anderson J Wadsworth, John Sarah Hill
" 16 Wife of Jolin Wadsworth Greene Co., Tn. 49
Hannah K. Campbell
Live y Machine Shop and Agricul- 48
Mary A. McIlwain
Banker & Hard' Merch. St. Clair 56
44
Wife of Phil Kirchkoefer St. Clair Co., 11 44
Rhein Pfaltz, G 33 Cologne, Prus. 40 St. Clair Co. IlI 47 Clinton Co., III 70 H. Damstadt, G 36 Bavaria, Ger. 46
j Nelson, George Catherine B. White Nairn, Hugh
16 Farmer and Stock Raiser Nassau, Ger. 52
Nassau, 54!
( Rebecca L. Whitmare) 5 Sternemann, Stephen Margaret A. Hoe .e = Sec. 15 Farming & Stock Raising Co. Antrim, Ire 52 Died Sept. 21, '73 Late hus. of Mary Stuart 50
Wife of M. W. Borders
TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 6, WEST.
TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 6 WEST .- [CONTINUED.]
NAME.
P. OFFICE.
RESID.
OCCUPATION. .
NATIVITY.
Setild
NAME.
P. OFFICE.
RESID.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
§ Burgard, Conrad
St. Libory "
Sec'n 11 11
Farmer and Stock Raiser St. Clair Co., II1 48
§ Moss, Herman
Fayettevl. ¥
Sec. 9 Fmnr. & Propr. Saw Mill Hanover, Ger. Sec. 9 Wife of Herman Moss
[ Baalmann, Anton Catharine Rutter
Wsh. co. 1
2 R. 5, W. Farmer & Justice Peace Wash. Co., Ill.
Meinert, Henry
Fayett. Shoemaker
St. Louis, Mo. Lumach Sax. G 78 St. Clair Co. Ill 47
[ Erb, George
Fayettevl.
Sec'n 6 Wife of Anton Baalman St. Clair Co., Ill 47 Sec'n . 6 Farmer and Stock Raiser H. Drmsdt, Ger 54 Wife of George Erb Propr. Drmstadt Mills
[ Niese, John Mary Rank Poelmann, Theo.
-
St. Libory
St. Lib General Merchant
Hanover, Ger. 65
Regina M. A. Voskamp
=
Wife of Geo. M. Eckert
Hanover, Ger. 50
Rembe, Charles
Fayettevl.
Fayett. Physician and Surgeon Dmsdt General Merchant =
Hesse Cassel, G 78 Nassau, Ger. 57
( Franke, Joseph Rosa Klock
St. Libory
St. Lib.
Blacksmith
62
§ Rieth, Joseph
[man Darmstadt
Wife of Joseph Rieth
Wash. Co., III. 57 St. Clair Co. Il1 58 Germany 48
18
=
Wife of Aug. B. Hoff
Post Master
3
St. Clair Co., Ill 38
{ Mary Wilkins
51 S Stein, Adolph
St. Libory "
St. Lib Harness Maker and J. P. Hanover, Ger. 68 Mary Brueckner
Wife of Adolph Stein
St. Clair Co. Il1 48
Catharine Dierker Harwerth, Bernard Elizabeth Hundelt
=
Wife of C. D. Hansman Sec. 24 Farmer and Stock Raiser St. Clair Co., Ill 52 Sec. 24 Wife Bernard Hawerth Sec. 24 Retired Farmer
Wash. Co., Ill. Hanover, Ger. 83
57 Voskamp, Henry
General Merchan
St. Clair Co. Il1 58
Harwerth, William Adel. Schniederjans Kreikemeyer, Adolph Gertrude Hartlage Lehr, John
Deceased Fayettevl.
Fayett. General Blacksmithing
Westphalia, Pr. 70
Weber, August
Farmer
Wife of Angust Weber
Dmsdt Pr. Drmsdt. Hot.
H. Drmstdt, Gr 67
Maria M. Friefenbach
Darmstadt =
Wife of John Lehr
47
St. Libory Died Ang. St. Libory Fayettevl. =
10, '80 Father Bernard Rutter St. Lib Mother
Fayettevl.
Fayett. Teacher and Farmer
St. Clair Co., Ill 50 Baden, Ger. 74
St. Louis, Mo. 69 Vahlkamp, Stephan Elizabeth Rank
66
Wife of S. Vablkamp
Strassburg, Ger 48
Lt. Wife Wm. Harwerth
46
[ Wasem, Valentine, Jr. Charlotte Karch
¥ Agt. Agr. Imp. & Mchy. Rhinish Bav. G 50 Wife of Val. Wasem
St. Clair Co. Il1 48
53
58
Mary Schoenebanm
44
"
Magdalene Waeltz " Eckert, George Martin Darmstadt |Darm.
St. Clair Co. Il1 49 H. Drmsdt, Ger 37
Anna Rutter
Wife of Theo. Poelmann St. Clair Co, Il1 57
Fischer, F. X. Helena Wagner / Hoff, August B. Rose Hirsch
Darmstadt
Dmsdt Physician and Surgeon
Wife of. F. X. Fischer
St. Clair Co. Il1 53 Basle, Switzer'd 69 Posen, Prussia 73 Rutter, Henry
C. Sander (Nee Mass-
(Rutter, Bernard
( Gertrude Klaasmeier ( Sraubinger, Benedict
Sec. 8 Farmer and Stock Raiser Suavia, Prussia 54 Sec. 8 Wife Benedict Straubin- St. Clair Co. III 50 Fayett. Farmer & Sal. Kpr. [ger Hanover, Ger.
§ Heimberger, R. U. Hermann, Anna. Hausman, C. D.
Wife R. U. Heimberger Bohemia
67
Fmr. & Prop. Okaw Hse Westphalia, Pr. 48
47
Bertha Morlock
Sec. a. T Wife of Conrad Burgard
Boot and Shoe Maker Wife of John Niese
51
Wife of J. Franke
St. Lib General Merchant
Wife of Ad'Iph Kreikemeyer St. Clair Co., Ill 57 Lucinda A. Griffin
REVISED CONSTITUTION OF ILLINOIS.
PREAMBLE.
We. the people of the State of Illinois-grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding generations-in order to form a more perfect government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the bless- ings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity; do ordain and establish this constitution for the State of Illinois.
ARTICLE I. BOUNDARIES.]
The boundaries and jurisdiction of the State shall be as follows, to wit: Beginning at the mouth of the Wabash river; thence up the same, and with the line of Indiana, to the northwest corner of said State; thence east, with the line of the same State, to the middle of Lake Michigan ; thence north, along the middle of said lake, to north latitude 42 degrees and 30 minutes ; thence west to the middle of the Mississippi river, and thence down along the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ohio river, and thence up the latter river, along its northwestern shore, to the place of beginning : Provided, that this State shall exer- cise such jurisdiction upon the Ohio river as she is now entitled to, or such as may hereafter be agreed upon by this State and the State of Kentucky.
ARTICLE II.
BILL OF RIGHTS.
I. Inherent and Inalienable Rights. 2. Due Process of Law.
3. Liberty of Conscience Guaranteed.
4. Freedom of the Press-Libel.
5. Right of Trial by Jury.
6. Unreasonable Searches and Seizures.
7. Bail allowed-Writ of Habeas Corpus.
8. Indictment required-Grand Jury Abolished.
9. Rights of Persons Accused of Crime.
to. Self-Crimination-Former Trial.
¿ II. Penalties proportionate - Corruption - For- feiture.
2 12. Imprisonment for Debt.
13. Compensation for Property taken.
14. Ex post facto laws-Irrevocable Grants.
15. Military Power Subordinate.
16. Quartering of Soldiers.
17. Right of Assembly and Petition.
18. Elections to be Free and Equal.
19. What Laws ought to be.
2 20. Fundamental Principles ..
{ I. All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent and inalien- able rights-among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. To secure these rights and the protection of property, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
2. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law. 3. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without dis- crimination, sball forever be guaranteed ; and no person shall be denied any civil or political right, privilege or capacity, on account of his religious opinions; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be construed to dispense with oaths or affirmations, excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the State. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship against his consent, nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.
& 4. Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, leing responsible f'or the abuse of that liberty; and in all trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, when published with good motives and for justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient defense.
& 5. The right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed shall remain inviolate ; but the trial of civil cases before justices of the peace by a jury of less than twelve men, may be authorized by law.
¿ 6. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and no warrant shall Issue withont probable cause, supported by affidavit, particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or things to be seized.
¿ 7. All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses, where the proof is evident or the presumption great; and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
2 8. No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense, unless on indictment of a grand jury, except in cases in which the punishment is by fine, or imprisonment otherwise than in the penitentiary, in cases of impeachment, and in cases arising in the army and navy, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger : Provided, that the grand jury may be abolished by law in all cases.
¿ 9. 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 attend- ance 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.
¿ Io. No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to give evidence against him- self, or be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense.
¿ II. All penalties shall be proportioned to the nature of the offense; and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate; nor shall any person be transported out of the State for any offense committed within the same.
¿ 12. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon refusal to deliver up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law; or in cases where there is strong presumption of fraud.
¿ 13. Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compen- sation. Such compensation, when not made by the State, shall be ascertained by a jury, as shall be prescribed by law. The fee of land taken for railroad tracks, without consent of the owners thereof, shall remain in such owners, subject to the use for which it is taken.
? 14. No ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contract, or making any irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities, shall be passed.
{ 15. The military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power.
16. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war except in the manner prescribed by law.
¿ 17. The people have the right to assemble in a peaceable manner to consult for the common good, to make known their opinions to their representatives, and to apply for redress of grievances.
¿ 18. All elections shall be free and equal.
2 19. Every person ought to find a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries and wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or reputation; he ought to obtain, ly law right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay.
¿ 20. A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of civil government is abso- lutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty.
ARTICLE III.
DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
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.
ARTICLE IV. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
I. General Assembly elective.
2. 'T'ime of Election-Vacancies.
3. Who are Eligible.
4. Disqualification by Crime.
5. Oath taken by members.
6. Senatorial Apportionments.
7. & 8. Minority Representation.
9. Time of meeting -General Rules.
Io. Secretary-Adjournment -- Journals, Protests. Ir. Style of Laws.
12. Origin and passage of Bilis.
13. Reading-Printing - Title-Amendments.
14. Privileges of members.
15. Disabilities of members.
16. Bills making Appropriations.
17. Payment of money-Statement of Expenses.
¿ 18. Ordinary Expenses-Casual Deficits-Appro- pnarions limited.
2 19. Extra Compensation or Allowance.
20. Public Credit not loaned.
@ 21. Pay and mileage of members. 22. Special Legislation prohibited. 23. Against Release from Liability.
24. Proceedings on Impeachment.
8 25. Fuel, Stationery, and Printing. 26. State not to be sned.
27. Lotteries and Gift Enterprises.
28. Terms of Office not Extended.
29. Protection of operative mioers.
2 30. Concerning Roads-public and private.
31. Draining and Ditching.
32. Homestead and Exemption Laws.
¿ 33. Completion of the State House.
¿ I. The legislative power shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives, both to be elected by the people.
ELECTION.
¿ 2. An election for members of the General Assembly shall be held on the Tuesday .. next after the first Monday in November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy, and every two years thereafter, in each county, at such places therein as may be provided by law. When vacancies occur in either house, the governor, or person exercising the powers of governor, shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
ELIGIBILITY AND OATH.
¿ 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, or a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-one years. No person shall be a senator or a representative who shall not be a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have been for five years a resident of this State, and for two years next preceding his election a resident within the territory forming the district from which he is elected. No judge or clerk of any court, secretary of state, attorney general, state's attorney, recorder, sheriff, or collector of public revenue, member of either house of congress, or person holding any lucrative office under the United States or this State, or any foreign government, shall have a seat in the general assembly : Provided, that appointments in the militia, and the offices of notary public and justice of the peace, shall not be considered lucrative. Nor shall any person, holding any office of honor or profit under any foreign government, or under the government of the United States, (except postmasters whose annual compensation does not exceed the sum of $300,) hold any office of honor or profit under the authority of this State.
¿ 4. No person who has been, or hereafter shall be, convicted of bribery, perjury or other infamous crime, nor any person who has been or may be a collector or holder of public moneys, who shall not have accounted for and paid over, according to law, all such moneys due from him, shall be eligible to the general assembly, or to any office of profit or trust in this State.
¿ 6. Members of the general assembly, before they enter upon their official duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation :
" I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the consti- tution of the State of Illinois, and will faithfully discharge the duties of senator ( or representative) according to the best of my ability ; and that I have not, knowingly or intentionally, paid or contributed anything, or made any promise in the nature of a bribe, to directly or indirectly influence any vote at the election at which I was chosen to fill the said office, and have not accepted, nor will I accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing. from any corporation, con pany or person, for any vote or influence I may give or withhold on any bill, resolution or appropriation, or for any other official act."
This oath shall be administered by a judge of the supreme or circuit court, in the hall of the house to which the member is elected, and the secretary of state shall record and file the oath subscribed by each member. Any member who shall refuse to take the oath herein
prescribed, shall forfeit his' office, and every member who shall be convicted of having sworn falsely to, or of violating, his said oath, shall forfeit his office, and be disqualified thereafter from holding any office of profit or trust in this State.
APPORTIONMENT-SENATORIAL.
¿ 6. The general assembly shall apportion the State every ten years, beginning with the year 1871, by dividing the population of the State, as ascertained by the federal census, by the number 51, and the quotient shall be the ratio of representation in the senate. The State shall be divided into 51 senatorial districts, cach of which shall elect one senator, whose term of office shall be four years. The senators elected in the year of our Lord 1872, in districts bearing odd numbers, shall vacate their offices at the end of two years, and those elected in districts bearing even numbers, at the end of four years ; and vacancies occurring by the expiration of term, shall be filled by the election of senators for the full term. Senatorial districts shall be formed of contiguous and compact territory, bounded by county lines, and contain as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants; but no district shall contain less than four-fifths of the senatorial ratio. Counties containing not less than the ratio and three-fourths, may be divided into separate districts, and shall be entitled to two senators, and to one additional senator for each number of inhabitants equal to the ratio, contained by such counties in excess of twice the number of said ratio.
NOTE .- By the adoption of minority representation, 22 7 and 8, of this article, cease to be a part of the constitution. Under 2 12 of the schedule, and the vole of adoption, the following section relating to minority representation is substituted for said sections :
MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
¿2 7 and 8. The house of representatives shall consist of three times the number of the members of the senate, and the term of office shall be two years. Three representatives shall be elected in each senatorial district at the general election in the year of our Lord, 1872, and every two years thereafter. In all elections of representatives aforesaid, each qualified voter may cast as many votes for one candidate as there are representatives to be elected, or may distribute the same, or equal parts thereof, among the candidates, as he shall see fit ; and the candidates highest in votes shall be declared elected.
TIME OF MEETING AND GENERAL RULES.
¿ 9. The sessions of the general assembly shall commence at 12 o'clock noon, on the Wednesday next after the first Monday in January, in the year next ensuing the election of members thereof, and at no other time, unless as provided by this constitution. A majority of the members elected to each house shall constitute a quorum. Each house shall deter- mine the rules of its proceedings, and be the judge of the election returns and qualifica- tions of its members ; shall choose its own officers ; and the senate shall choose a temporary president to preside when the lieutenant-governor shall not attend as president or shall act as governor. The secretary of state shall call the house of representatives to order at the opening of each new assembly, and preside over it until a temporary presiding officer thereof shall have been chosen and shall have taken his seat. No member shall be expelled by either house, except by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to that house, and no member shall be twice expelled for the same offence. Each house may punish by imprisonment any person, not a member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house by disorderly or contemptuous behaviour in its presence. But no such imprisonment shall extend beyond two hours at one time, unless the person shall persist in such disorderly or contemptuous behaviour.
¿ 10. The doors of each house and of committees of the whole, shall be kept open, except in such cases as, in the opinion of the house, require secrecy. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days, or to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. Each house shall keep a journal of its pro- ceedings, which shall be published. In the senate at the request of two members, and in the house at the request of five members, the yeas and nays shall be taken on any question, and entered upon the journal. Any two members of either house shall have liberty to dis- sent from and protest, in respectful language, against any act or resolution which they think injurious to the public or to any individual, and have the reasons of their dissent entered upon the journals.
STYLE OF LAWS AND PASSAGE OF BILLS.
¿ II. The style of the laws of this State shall be : Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly.
¿ 12. Bills may originate in either house, but may be altered, amended or rejected by the other ; and on the final passage of all bills, the vote shall be by yeas and nays, upon each bill separately, and shall be entered upon the journal; and no bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to each house.
¿ 13. Every bill shall be read at large on three different days, in each house; and the bill and all amendments thereto shall be printed before the vote is taken on its final passage ; and every bill, having passed both houses, shall be signed by the speakers thereof. No act hereafter passed shall embrace more than one subject. and that shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be so expressed ; and no law shall be revived or amended by reference to its title only, but the law revived, or the section amended, shall be inserted at length in the new act. And no act of the general assembly shall take effect until the first day of July next after its passage, unless, in case of emergency, (which emergency shall be expressed in the preamble or body of the act), the general assembly shall, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, otherwise direct.
PRIVILEGES AND DISABILITIES.
¿ 14. Senators and representatives shall, in all cases, except treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the general assembly, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house, they shall not be questioned in any other place.
¿ 15. No person elected to the general assembly shall receive any civil appointment within this State from the governor, the governor and senate, or from the general assembly, during the term for which he shall have been elected; and all such appointments, and all votes given for any such members for any such office or appointment, shall be void; nor shall any member of the general assembly be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract with the state, or any county thereof, authorized by any law passed during the term for which he shall have been elected, or within one year after the expiration thereof.
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