Weightman v. Clark
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
By the Constitution of Illinois, adopted in 1848, counties were recognized as existing political subdivisions of the State, and the General Assembly was authorized to provide by a general law for a township organization, under which any county might come, whenever a majority of the voters should, at any general election, so determine. If a county did adopt a township organization, the management of its fiscal affairs by the county court might be dispensed with, and the business of the county transacted in such manner as the General Assembly should provide. Art. 7, sect. 6. Under the authority…
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