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The Twenty-first district shall be composed of the counties of Marion, Clinton, Washington, St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph and Perry.

The Twenty-second district shall be composed of the counties of Jackson. Union. Alexander, Pulaski, Johnson, Williamson, Saline, Pope and Massac.

ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DISTRICT.] [Section 151, original act.] Section 2. One representative to the Congress of the United States shall be elected in each of the districts before enumerated, on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, in the year of our Lord 1894, and one in each of said districts every two years thereafter; such election shall be held and the returns thereof made and canvassed in the manner provided by law.

DEFINES WARD IN CHICAGO.] [Section 151a. original act.] Section 3. Wherever the words "ward" or "wards" in the city of Chicago are used in this act they shall be construed as meaning the wards as existing in said city at the time of the passage of this act. REPEAL.] [Section 151b, original act.] Section 4. An act entitled "An act to apportion the State into twenty congressional districts and establish the same, and provide for the election of representatives therein," approved April 29, 1882, in force July 1, 1882 is hereby repealed.

ARTICLE XVI.

SENATORIAL AND REPRESENTATIVE APPORTIONMENT.

APPORTIONMENT.] [Section 152, original act.] Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections one (1) and two (2) of an act entitled "An act to apportion the State of Illinois into Senatorial districts, and to repeal certain acts therein named." approved June 15. 1893, and in force July 1, 1893, be amended to read as follows:

Section 1. That the State of Illinois be and it is hereby divided into Senatorial districts as provided in the Constitution of the State of Illinois, each of which districts shall be entitled to one Senator and three Representatives as follows, to-wit:

First-The First. Second and Fifth wards in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the First District.

Second-The Tenth ward and that part of the Twelfth ward lying west of the center line of Robey street in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Second District.

Third-The Thirty-first, Thirty-third and the Thirty-fourth wards in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Third District.

Fourth-The Twenty-eighth and the Twenty-ninth wards and that part of the Sixth ward lying west of the South Fork of the South

Branch of the Chicago river in the city of Chicago and the town of Cicero, all in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Fourth Dis

trict.

Fifth The Thirtieth and Thirty-second wards in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Fifth District.

Sixth-The Fifteenth, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh wards in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Sixth District.

Seventh-The towns of Thornton, Bloom, Rich, Bremen, Orland, Lemont, Palos, Worth, Lyons, Proviso, Leyden, Elk Grove, Schaumburg, Hanover, Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Northfield, New Trier and Riverside, and those parts of the towns of Calumet, Norwood Park, Maine, Niles and Evanston lying outside of the city of Chicago, all in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Seventh Dis

trict.

Eighth--The counties of Lake, McHenry and Boone shall constitute the Eighth District.

Ninth The Third and Fourth wards and that part of the Sixth ward lying east of the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago river, in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Ninth District.

Tenth --The counties of Winnebago and Ogle shall constitute the Tenth District.

Eleventh-The Thirteenth and Fourteenth wards in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Eleventh District.

Twelfth The counties of Stephenson, Jo Daviess and Carroll shall constitute the Twelfth District.

Thirteenth-The Seventh and Eighth wards in the city of Chicago. in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Thirteenth District.

Fourteenth-The county of Kane shall constitute the Fourteenth

District.

Fifteenth The Ninth ward and that part of the Eleventh ward lying south of the center line of Lake street, and west of the center lines of Sheldon street and Loomis street, and that part of the Twelfth ward lying east of the center line of Robey street in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Fifteenth District.

Sixteenth-The counties of Kankakee and Iroquois shall constitute the Sixteenth District.

Seventeenth-The Sixteenth and Seventeenth wards and that part of the Eleventh ward lying north of the center line of Lake street, in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Seventeenth District.

Eighteenth-The counties of Ford, Livingston and Woodford shall constitute the Eighteenth District.

Nineteenth-The Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards and that part of the Eleventh ward lying south of the center line of Lake street and east of the center line of Sheldon street and Loomis street in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Nineteenth District.

Twentieth-The counties of Knox, Marshall, Putnam and Stark shall constitute the Twentieth district.

Twenty-first-The Twenty-first, Twenty-second and Twenty-fifth wards in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Twenty-first district.

Twenty-second-The counties of McLean and Tazewell shall constitute the Twenty-second district.

Twenty-third The Twentieth. Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards, in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Twenty-third district.

Twenty-fourth-The county of Peoria shall constitute the Twentyfourth district.

Twenty-fifth-The counties of Will and DuPage shall constitute the Twenty-fifth district.

Twenty-sixth-The counties of McDonough, Warren and Fulton shall constitute the Twenty-sixth district.

Twenty-seventh The county of La Salle shall constitute the Twenty-seventh district.

Twenty-eighth--The counties of Hancock, Henderson and Mercer shall constitute the Twenty-eighth district.

Twenty-ninth-The counties of DeKalb, Kendall and Grundy shall constitute the Twenty-ninth district.

Thirtieth-The counties of Champaign, Piatt and Moultrie shall constitute the Thirtieth district.

Thirty-first-The counties of Bureau, Whiteside and Lee shall constitute the Thirty-first district.

Thirty-second-The counties of Mason, Cass, Brown and Schuyler shall constitute the Thirty-second district.

Thirty-third The counties of Rock Island and Henry shall constitute the Thirty-third district.

Thirty-fourth-The counties of Morgan, Scott and Pike shall constitute the Thirty-fourth district.

Thirty-fifth-The counties of Vermilion and Edgar shall constitute the Thirty-fifth district.

Thirty-sixth-The counties of Green, Macoupin, Jersey and Calhoun shall constitute the Thirty-sixth district.

Thirty-seventh The county of Adams shall constitute the Thirtyseventh district.

Thirty-eighth-The counties of Madison and Bond shall constitute the Thirty-eighth district.

Thirty-ninth-The county of Sangamon shall constitute the Thirtyninth district.

Fortieth-The counties of Douglas, Coles and Clark shall constitute the Fortieth district.

Forty-first -The counties of Macon, DeWitt and Logan shall constitute the Forty-first district.

Forty-second-The counties of Fayette. Effingham, Clinton and Marion shall constitute the Forty-second district.

Forty-third The counties of Christian, Montgomery and Shelby shall constitute the Forty-third district.

Forty-fourth-The counties of Clay. Wayne, Edwards, Wabash and Lawrence shall constitute the Forty-fourth district.

Forty-fifth-The counties of Jasper, Crawford. Cumberland and Richland shall constitute the Forty-fifth district.

Forty-sixth-The counties of Jefferson, Hamilton and White shall constitute the Forty-sixth district.

Forty-seventh- The counties of Washington, Perry, Franklin and Williamson shall constitute the Forty-seventh district.

Forty-eighth-The counties of Monroe. Randolph and Jackson shall constitute the Forty-eighth district.

Forty-ninth-The county of St. Clair shall constitute the Fortyninth district.

Fiftieth The counties of Union. Alexander, Pulaski and Massac shall constitute the Fiftieth district.

Fifty-first The counties of Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Gallatin and Saline shall constitute the Fifty-first district.

WARD DEFINED.] Section 2. Wherever the word "ward" or "wards," "street" or "streets" in the city of Chicago are used in this act they shall be construed as meaning the ward or wards or street or streets as existing in said city of Chicago on the first day of December, A. D. 1897.

ARTICLE XVII.

JUDICIAL APPORTIONMENT.

Supreme Court.

DISTRICTS.] [Article VI, section 5 of Constitution.] The State shall be divided into seven districts for the election of judges, and until otherwise provided by law they shall be as follows:

First District. The counties of St. Clair, Clinton, Washington, Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash. White, Hamilton, Franklin. Perry, Randolph, Monroe, Jackson, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin. Hardin. Pope, Union, Johnson, Alexander, Pulaski and Massac.

Second District. The counties of Madison, Bond. Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Crawford. Jasper, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, Macoupin, Shelby, Cumberland, Clark, Greene, Jersey, Calhoun and Christian.

Third District The counties of Sangamon. Macon, Logan, DeWitt, Piatt, Douglas, Champaign, Vermilion, McLean, Livingston, Ford, Iroquois, Coles, Edgar, Moultrie and Tazewell.

Fourth District.-The counties of Fulton, McDonough, Hancock. Schuyler, Brown, Adams, Pike, Mason. Menard, Morgan, Cass and Scott.

Fifth District. The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, Mercer. Henry, Stark, Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle, Grundy and Woodford.

Sixth District. The counties of Whiteside. Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry. Kane, Kendall, DeKalb, Lee, Ogle and Rock Island.

Seventh District. The counties of Lake, Cook, Will, Kankakee and DuPage.

The boundaries of the districts may be changed at the session of the general assembly next preceding the election for judges therein, and at no other time: but whenever such alterations shall be made the same shall be upon the rule of equality of population, as nearly as county boundaries will allow, and the districts shall be composed of contiguous counties, in as nearly compact form as circumstances will permit. The alteration of the districts shall not affect the tenure of office of any judge.

Circuit Courts.

Be it enacted

CIRCUITS. [Chapter 37, Section 73. Section 1. by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in lieu of the circuit courts provided by law and now existing, the State of Illinois, exclusive of the county of Cook, shall be and the same is hereby divided into judicial circuits as follows: First Circuit-The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Pope, Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline.

Second Circuit-The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, Richland, Lawrence and Crawford.

Third Circuit-The counties of Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair, Madison, Bond, Washington and Perry.

Fourth Circuit-The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian.

Fifth Circuit-The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, Cumberland and Coles.

Sixth Circuit-The counties of Champaign, Douglas, Moultrie, Macon, DeWitt and Piatt.

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