Proposed Illinois Constitution Provisions on Eminent Domain and Militia
The draft outlines limits on eminent domain for corporations, jury rights in compensation cases, and mechanisms for amending the constitution. It also details militia composition, recruitment age limits, duties of officers, protections for soldiers, and preservation of state military relics, plus warehouse and grain regulation rules for public storage, weighing, shipping, and inspection.
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General Assembly
United States
Ilinois
Minority Representation and Municipal Railroad Subscriptions
The text outlines constitutional provisions on state funding limits, minority representation rules, and prohibitions on municipalities subscribing to railroads. It also restricts selling or leasing the Illinois and Michigan Canal without voter approval and bars state credit for railways or canals, with canal surplus possible for enlargement.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Illinois and Michigan
General Assembly
Illinois Constitution Schedule Adopts New Framework
The draft schedule sets the transition rules for preserving existing laws and offices while the new constitution is presented for ratification on the first Saturday of July 1870. It details the continuity of courts, offices, and recognizances, voting procedures, and apportionment for the first General Assembly, with aims to begin August 8, 1870.
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Secretary of State
Board of Election
New Constitution
Illinois Central
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Illinois
Illinois Central Railroul
House of Representatives
Ilinois
Legislative Department
Address to the People of Illinois in 1870 Constitution Debate
Judge Underwood and a special committee read a lengthy address endorsing a new Illinois constitution. The May 18 1870 speech outlines changes from limits on state government to executive and judicial reforms, taxation, counties, cities, banks, railroads, and public debt, urging adoption for a more efficient and economical administration.
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General Assembly
Ohio
New York
Cook
Illinois Central Railroad
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