§ 40. Until there shall be a new apportionment of senators and tives, the senate shall be divided into senatorial and representative d the senators and representatives shall be apportioned among the tricts, as follows, viz:

SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.

1. The counties of Alexander, Union, Pulaski, Johnson, Massac Hardin shall constitute the first senatorial district, and shall be enti senator.

2. The counties of Gallatin, Saline, Williamson, Franklin and V constitute the second senatorial district, and be entitled to one senato 3. The counties of Jefferson, Wayne, Marion and Hamilton shall the third senatorial district, and be entitled to one senator.

4. The counties of Washington, Perry, Randolph and Jackson sh tute the fourth senatorial district, and be entitled to one senator.

5. The counties of St. Clair and Monroe shall constitute the fifth district, and be entitled to one senator.

6. The counties of Madison and Clinton shall constitute the sixth district, and be entitled to one senator.

7. The counties of Christian, Shelby, Montgomery, Bond and Fay constitute the seventh senatorial district, and be entitled to one senat 8. The counties of Effingham, Jasper, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, and Wabash shall constitute the eighth senatorial district, and be entitl senator.

9. The counties of Edgar, Clark and Crawford shall constitute senatorial district, and be entitled to one senator.

10. The counties of Vermilion, Champaign, Piatt, Moultrie, C Cumberland shall constitute the tenth senatorial district, and be entitl senator.

11. The counties of Tazewell, McLean, Logan, De Witt and Mac constitute the eleventh senatorial district, and be entitled to one senato 12. The counties of Sangamon, Menard and Mason shall consti twelfth senatorial district, and be entitled to one senator.

13. The counties of Macoupin, Jersey, Greene and Calhoun shall co the thirteenth senatorial district, and be entitled to one senator.

14. The counties of Morgan, Scott and Cass shall constitute the fou senatorial district, and be entitled to one senator.

15. The counties of Adams and Pike shall constitute the fifteenth se district, and be entitled to one senator.

16. The counties of McDonough, Schuyler, Brown and Highland sh stitute the sixteenth senatorial district, and be entitled to one senator. 17. The counties of Hancock and Henderson shall constitute the seve senatorial district, and be entitled to one senator.

18. The counties of Fulton and Peoria shall constitute the eighteent torial district, and be entitled to one senator.

19. The counties of Rock Island, Henry, Mercer, Warren, Knox and shall constitute the nineteenth senatorial district, and be entitled to one s

20. The counties of La Salle, Bureau, Putnam, Marshall, Woodford ingston and Grundy shall constitute the twentieth senatorial district, entitled to one senator.

21. The counties of Du Page, Kendall, Will and Iroquois shall con the twenty-first senatorial district, and be entitled to one senator.

22. The counties of Ogle, Lee, De Kalb and Kane shall constitute the tw second senatorial district, and be entitled to one senator,

he counties of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll and Whiteside shall the twenty-third senatorial district, and shall be entitled to one

he counties of McHenry, Boone and Winnebago shall constitute the ourth senatorial district, and shall be entitled to one senator.

he counties of Cook and and Lake shall constitute the twenty-fifth senistrict, and be entitled to one senator.

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.

he counties of Union, Alexander and Pulaski shall constitute the first ntative district, and be entitled to one representative.

le counties of Massac, Pope, and Hardin shall constitute the second retive district, and be entitled to one representative.

e counties of Gallatin and Saline shall constitute the third representarict, and be entitled to one representative.

e counties of Johnson and Williamson shall constitute the fourth reprees district, and be entitled to one representative.

> counties of Jackson and Franklin shall constitute the fifth representarict, and be entitled to one representative.

e counties of Marion, Jefferson, Wayne and Hamilton shall constitute representative district, and be entitled to three representatives; Proat no county in said district shall have more than one of said represenand the county from which a senator shall be selected shall not be ena representative residing in said county.

e county of White shall constitute the seventh representative district, ntitled to one representative.

e counties of Wabash and Edwards shall constitute the eighth repree district, and be entitled to one representative.

e counties of Lawrence and Richland shall constitute the ninth repredistrict and be entitled to one representative.

he counties of Crawford and Jasper shall constitute the tenth represen= district, and be entitled to one representative.

he county of Coles shall constitute the eleventh representative district, titled to one representative.

he county of Clark shall constitute the twelfth representative district, titled to one representative.

he counties of Cumberland, Effingham and Clay shall constitute th representative district, and be entitled to one representative.

e county of Fayette shall constitute the fourteenth representative disbe entitled to one representative.

e counties of Montgomery, Bond and Clinton shall constitute the fifpresentative district, and be entitled to two representatives.

e counties of Washington and Perry shall constitute the sixteenth ative district, and be entitled to one representative.

e county of Randolph shall constitute the seventeenth representative nd be entitled to one representative.

e county of Monroe shall constitute the eighteenth representative nd be entitled to one representative.

e county of St. Clair shall constitute the nineteenth representative disbe entitled to two representatives.

e county of Madison shall constitute the twentieth representative dishall be entitled to two representatives.

e county of Macoupin shall constitute the twenty-first representative d be entitled to one representative.

22. The counties of Jersey and Greene shall constitute the twe representative district, and be entitled to two representatives.

23. The county of Scott shall constitute the twenty-third represe trict, and be entitled to one representative.

24. The county of Morgan shall constitute the twenty-fourth rep district, and be entitled to two representatives.

25. The counties of Cass and Menard shall constitute the twentysentative district, and be entitled to one representative.

26. The county of Sangamon shall constitute the twenty-sixth rep district, and be entitled to two representatives.

27. The counties of Mason and Logan shall constitute the twen representative district, and be entitled to one representative.

28. The county of Tazewell shall constitute the twenty-eighth r tive district, and be entitled to one representative.

29. The counties of McLean and De Witt shall constitute the tw representative district, and be entitled to one representative.

30. The county of Vermilion shall constitute the thirtieth repre district, and be entitled to one representative.

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31. The county of Edgar shall constitute the thirty-first represen trict, and be entitled to one representative.

32. The counties of Champaign, Piatt, Moultrie and Macon shall the thirty-second representative district, and be entitled to one repre 33. The counties of Shelby and Christian shall constitute the th representative district, and be entitled to one representative.

34. The counties of Pike and Calhoun shall constitute the thirtypresentative district, and be entitled to two representatives.

35. The counties of Adams, Highland and Brown shall constitute t fifth representative district, and be entitled to three representatives. 36. The county of Schuyler shall constitute thirty-sixth representa trict, and be entitled to one representative.

37. The county of Hancock shall constitute the thirty-seventh repre district, and be entitled to two representatives.

38. The county of McDonough shall constitute the thirty-eighth rep tive district, and be entitled to one representative.

39. The county of Fulton shall constitute the thirty-ninth representa trict, and be entitled to two representatives,

40. The county of Peoria shall constitute the fortieth representative and be entitled to one representative.

41. The county of Knox shall constitute the forty-first representat trict, and be entitled to one representative.

42. The counties of Warren, Mercer and Henderson shall consti forty-second representative district, and be entitled to two representati 43. The counties of Rock Island, Henry and Stark shall constitute th third representative district, and be entitled one representative.

44. The counties of Whiteside and Lee shall constitute the forty-fo presentative district, and be entitled to one representative.

45. The counties of Carroll and Ogle shall constitute the forty-fifth sentative district, and be entitled to one representative.

46. The counties of Jo Daviess and Stephenson shall constitute th sixth representative district, and be entitled to two representatives. 47. The county of Winnebago shall constitute the forty-seventh rep tive district, and be entitled to one representative.

48. The counties of Putnam, Marshall and Woodford shall constit forty-eighth representative district, and be entitled to one representativ

49. The counties of La Salle, Grundy, Livingston and Bureau shall constitute the forty-ninth representative district and be entitled to two representatives. 50. The counties of Du Page, Kendall, Will and Iroquois shall constitute the fiftieth representative district, and be entitled to three representatives. 51. The counties of Kane and De Kalb shall constitute the fifty-first representative district, and be entitled to two representatives.

52. The counties of Boone and McHenry shall constitute the fifty-second representative district, and be entitled to two representatives.

53. The county of Lake shall constitute the fifty-third representative district, and be entitled to one representative.

54. The county of Cook shall constitute the fifty-fourth representative district, and be entitled to two representatives.

§ 41. Until the general assembly shall otherwise provide the clerks of the county commissioners' courts in each of the aforesaid senatorial districts, and in such of the representative districts as may be composed of more than one county, shall meet at the county seat of the oldest county in said district, within thirty days next after any election for senator or representative therein, for the purpose of comparing and canvassing the votes given at such election; and ths said clerks shall in all other respects conform to the laws on the subject in force at the time of the adoption of this constitution.

ARTICLE IV.

OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

§ 1. The executive power of the state shall be vested in a governor. § 2. The first election of governor shall be held on Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1848; and the next election shall be held on Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, A. D. 1852; and thereafter an election for governor shall be held once in four years, on Tuesday next after the first Monday of November. The governor shall be chosen by the electors of the members of the general assembly, at the same places and in the same manner that they shall respectively vote for members thereof. The returns for every election of governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, by the returning officers, directed to the speaker of the house of representatives, who shall open and publish them in the presence of a majority of the members of each house of the general assembly. The person having the highest number of votes shall be governor; but if two or more be equal and highest in votes, then one of them shall be chosen governor by joint ballot of both houses of the general assembly. Contested elections shall be determined by both houses of the general assembly, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.

§ 3. The first governor shall enter upon the duties of his office the second Monday of January, A. D. 1849, and shall hold his office until the second Monday of January, A. D. 1853, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified; and thereafter the governor shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified; but he shall not be eligible to such office more than four years, in any term of eight years, nor to any other office until after the expiration of the term for which he was elected. § 4. No person except a citizen of the United States shall be eligible to the office of governor; nor shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years, and been ten years a resident of this state and fourteen years a citizen of the United States.

§ 5. The governor shall reside at the seat of government, and receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum; which shall not be increased or dimin

ished; and he shall not, during the time for which he shall have been elected, receive any emolument from the United States, or either of them.

§ 6. Before he enters upon the duties of his office he shall take the following oath or affirmation, to wit: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the duties appertaining to the office of governor of the state of Illinois; and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of this state; and will also support the constitution of the United States."

§ 7. He shall, from time to time, give the general assembly information of the state of the government, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall deem expedient.

§ 8. The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after conviction, for all offences, except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. Upon conviction for treason, he shall have power to suspend the execution of the sentence until the case shall be reported to the general assembly at its next meeting, when the general assembly shall pardon the convict, commute the sentence, direct the execution thereof, or grant a further reprieve. He shall, biennially, communicate to the general aasembly each case of reprieve, commutation or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime for which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of commutation, pardon or reprieve.

§ 9. He may require information in writing from the officers in the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

§ 10. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the general assembly by proclamation, and shall state in said proclamation the purpose for which they are to convene; and the general assembly shall enter on no legislative business except that for which they were specially called together.

§ 11. He shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of this state and of the militia, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.

§ 12. The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, (a majority of all the senators concurring,) appoint all officers whose offices are established by this constitution, or which may be created by law, and whose appointments are not otherwise provided for; and no such of ficer shall be appointed or elected by the general assembly.

§ 13. In case of disagreement between the two houses with respect to the time of adjournment, the governor shall have power to adjourn the general assembly to such time as he thinks proper: Provided, it be not to a period beyond the next constitutional meeting of the same,

§ 14. A lieutenant governor shall be chosen at every election of governor, in the same manner, continue in office for the same time, and possess the same. qualifications. In voting for governor and lieutenant governor the electors shall distinguish whom they vote for as governor and whom as lieutenant gov

ernor.

§ 15. The lieutenant governor shall, by virtue of his office, be speaker of the senate; have a right, when in committee of the whole, to debate and vote on all subjects, and whenever the senate are equally divided, to give the casting

vote.

§ 16. Whenever the government shall be administered by the lieutenant governor, or he shall be unable to attend as speaker of the senate, the senators shall elect one of their own number as speaker for that occasion; and if, during the vacancy of the office of governor, the lieutenant governor shall be impeached,