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ARTICLE XIII.

Warehouse.

.evators or storehouses where grain or other for a compensation, whether the property rate or not, are declared to be public ware

ner, lessee or manager of each and every situated in any town or city of not less than Isand inhabitants, shall make weekly state

before some officer to be designated by law, ne posted in some conspicuous place in the rehouse, and shall also file a copy for public uch place as shall be designated by law, which correctly set forth the amount and grade of each of grain in such warehouse, together with such as may be stored therein, and what warehouse Deen issued, and are, at the time of making such standing therefor; and shall, on the copy posted use, note daily such changes as may be made in id grade of grain in such warehouse; and the difof grain shipped in separate lots shall not be inferior or superior grades without the consent of consignee thereof.

he owner of property stored in any warehouse, or receipt for the same, shall always be at liberty to ch property stored, and all the books and records. house, in regard to such property.

All railroad companies and other common carriers 1 shall weigh or measure grain at points where it is nd receipt for the full amount, and shall be responsible elivery of such amount to the owner or consignee it the place of destination.

All railroad companies receiving and transporting bulk or otherwise, shall deliver the same to any conhereof, or any elevator or public warehouse to which it consigned, provided such consignee or the elevator or warehouse can be reached by any track owned, leased i, or which can be used, by such railroad companies and lroad companies shall permit connections to be made

to an amount equal to his or her respective shares so held, for all its liabilities accruing while he or she remains such stockholder.

Sec. 7. The suspension of specie payments by banking insti tutions, on their circulation, created by the laws of this State, shall never be permitted or sanctioned. Every banking association now, or which may hereafter be, organized under the laws of this State, shall make and publish a full and accurate statement of its affairs (which shall be certified to, under oath, by one or more of its officers) as may be provided by law.

Sec. 8. If a general banking law shall be enacted, it shall provide for the registry and countersigning, by an officer of State, of all bills or paper credit designed to circulate as money, and require security, to the full amount thereof, to be deposited with the State Treasurer, in United States or Illinois State stocks, to be rated at ten per cent below their par value; and in case of a depreciation of said stocks to the amount of ten per cent below par, the bank or banks owning said stocks shall be required to make up said deficiency by depositing additional stocks. And said law shall also provide for the recording of the names of all stockholders in such corporations, the amount of stock held by each, the time of any transfer thereof, and to whom such transfer is made.

Railroads.

Sec. 9. Every railroad corporation organized or doing busimess in this State, under the laws or authority thereof, shall have and maintain a public office or place in this State for the transaction of its business, where transfers of stock shall be made, and in which shall be kept, for public inspection, books in which shall be recorded the amount of capital stock subscribed, and by whom; the names of the owners of its stock, and the amounts owned by them respectively; the amount of stock paid in, and by whom; the transfers of said stock; the amount of its assets and liabilities, and the names and places of residence of its officers. The directors of every railroad corporation shall annually make a report, under oath, to the auditor of public accounts, or some officer to be designated by law, of all their acts and doings, which report shall include such matters relating

to railroads as may be prescribed by law. And the General Assembly shall pass laws enforcing by suitable penalties the provisions of this section.

Sec. 10. The rolling stock, and all other moveable property belonging to any railroad company or corporation in this State, shall be considered personal property, and shall be liable to execution and sale in the same manner as the personal property of individuals, and the General Assembly shall pass no law exempting any such property from execution and sale.

Sec. 11. No railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property or franchises with any other railroad corporation owning a parallel or competing line; and in no case shall any consolidation take place except upon public notice given of at least sixty days, to all stockholders, in such manner as may be provided by law. A majority of the directors of any railroad corporation, now incorporated or hereafter to be incorporated by the laws of this State, shall be citizens and residents of this State.

Sec. 12. Railways heretofore constructed or that may hereafter be constructed in this State, are hereby declared public highways, and shall be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property thereon, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law. And the General Assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this State.

Sec. 13. No railroad corporation shall issue any stock or bonds, except for money, labor, or property actually received and applied to the purposes for which such corporation was created; and all such dividends, and other fictitious increase of capital stock or indebtedness of any such corporation, shall be void. The capital stock of no railroad corporation shall be increased for any purpose except upon giving sixty days public notice, in such manner as may be provided by law.

Sec. 14. The exercise of the power and the right of eminent domain shall never be so construed or abridged as to prevent the taking, by the General Assembly, of the property and franchises of incorporated companies already organized, and subjecting them to the public necessity the same as of individuals. The right of trial by jury shall be held inviolate in all trials

of claims for compensation, when, in the exercise of the said right of eminent domain, any incorporated company shall be interested either for or against the exercise of said right.

Sec. 15. The General Assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs on the different railroads in this State, and enforce such laws by adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeiture of their property and franchises.

ARTICLE XII.
Militia.

Section 1. The militia of the State of Illinois shall consist of all able-bodied male persons, residing in the State, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, except such persons as now are or hereafter may be exempted by the laws of the United States or of this State.

Sec. 2. The General Assembly, in providing for the organization, equipment and discipline of the militia shall conform as nearly as practicable to the regulations for the government of the armies of the United States.

Sec. 3. All militia officers shall be commissioned by the Governor, and may hold their commissions for such time as the General Assembly may provide.

Sec. 4. The militia shall, in all cases except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at musters and elections, and in going to and returning from the same.

Sec. 5. The militiary records, banners and relics of the State shall be preserved as an enduring memorial of the patriotism and valor of Illinois, and it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide by law for the safe-keeping of the same.

Sec. 6. No person having conscientious scruples against bearing arms shall be compelled to do militia duty in time of peace: Provided, Such person shall pay an equivalent for such exemption.