d such inferior courts
as the general assembly may establish. Judges of the supreme court, not
less than three nor more than five, one in each district, are elected by
the electors of the state at large, for six years. Circuit courts
consist of a judge for each judicial circuit, chosen by the electors
thereof, for six years; and a prosecuting attorney for the circuit, for
two years. Justices of the peace are elected for four years in the
townships.

There are elected in each county, a clerk of the circuit court, an
auditor, a recorder, a treasurer, a sheriff, a coroner, and a surveyor;
the first three for four years; the others for two years. The sheriff
and treasurer are eligible only four years in eight; the first three
eight years in twelve.

_Amendments_ must be agreed to by two successive legislatures, a
majority of all the members of each house concurring, and ratified by
the electors of the state.

Illinois.

Illinois was admitted into the union in 1818. The present constitution
is dated August 31, 1847.

_Legislature_--styled _general assembly_. Representatives are elected
for two years; must be twenty-five years of age; inhabitants of the
state three years, and of the county or district, one year; and have
paid a state or county tax. The number is never to exceed one hundred.
The districts are not limited to a single representative. The senate
consists of twenty-five members, elected in single districts, for four
years, one-half every two years; must be thirty years of age; citizens
of the United States; inhabitants of the state five years, of the county
or district, one year; and have paid a county or state tax.
Apportionments of senators and representatives are made after each
census, taken in 1855, and every ten years thereafter.

Quorum, two-thirds. Bills passed against the veto by a majority of all
the members elected to each house. If not returned within ten days, they
are laws, unless their return is prevented by adjournment; in which case
they must be returned on the first day of the next legislative session,
or they will be laws.

_Executive._ The governor is elected for four years, and is eligible
four years in eight. Age, thirty-five years; citizenship, fourteen
years; state residence, ten years. A lieutenant-governor.

A secretary of state and an auditor of public accounts are elected for
four years, and a treasurer for two years.

_Judiciary._ A supreme court of three judges, one