Excerpt from Our State and Nation, or Civics Made Interesting, Practical and Comprehensible for Children: A Text Book on Civil Government for the Common Schools of Illinois The national government is in Washington District of Columbia, for its Chief officials are there, but its minor officials are scattered all over this, country and over other countries where they are needed. The state government is in Springfield, and minor state officials are scattered over the state where they are needed. The county government is at the county seat, and the town government meets at the Town House. The city government meets at the City Hall. The City or village government is made up of the officials that are elected by the people who live in the village or city. Its laws, called ordinances, are made by these officials, and provide rules for doing what needs to be done in the city or village that is not already taken care of by state laws, such as paving the Streets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Early History of Municipal Government in Illinois Special town charters IN illinois before 1850. Shawneetown is one of the oldest towns of the State,1 and occupies a beautiful situation on the western bank of the Ohio River, nine miles below the mouth of the Wabash River.2 The town derives its name from the Shawnee Indians, who had established a village at this place before the coming of the white.5 Shawneetown owes much of its importance to its location, and there seems to have been a ferry established here about 1800 or Actual settlement took place, however, somewhat later. In 1808 there was not a single house at this point.5 Shortly the question of the location of the town came before Congress and on April 50, 1110, an act was passed, providing, That a tract of land, in the illais Territory, at and including Shawnee Town, on the Ohio River, shall under the direction of the Surveyor General, be laid off in town lots, streets and avenues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from State and Local Government in Illinois: A Bibliography This bibliography has been designed to aid those persons who desire knowledge of problems, achievements, and processes of state and local government in Illinois, other than that embodied in statutes, court decisions, and reports of administrative agencies. The emphasis is on materials dealing at length with specific issues of state-wide significance. Social, economic, and political histories and similar studies have been added as necessary background but kept to a short list of outstanding works. Studies pertaining to a single unit of local government have generally been omitted, although exceptions have been made particularly in the case of the several significant studies of Chicago government and problems. Materials for inclusion in this bibliography are largely restricted to information on the practice of government in Illinois under the Constitution of 1870 up to September 1953 and only a few items relating to the period before 1900 have been listed. Although there is justification for including materials even back to the territorial laws, available resources dictated a limitation to more current materials. A cross reference system in the table of contents has been de vised to aid the user of this bibliography in locating works that touch on one or more subject matters. This alternative subject list ing should be searched by those persons desirous of making an exhaustive study of a particular problem area. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Actual Government in Illinois How may a civics teacher make vital the study of State and local government in Illinois? What are the essential facts with which the immature pupil should be familiar at the end of 'the course? What method of instruction will most quickly arouse his interest and give him the best train ing in citizenship? An earnest attempt has been made in this brief text book to suggest an answer, in part, to these important questions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Outline of Civil Government in Illinois and of Chicago Municipal Government The Object of this pamphlet is to present such facts as every youth in Illinois should know and which cannot be found elsewhere in print in so condensed a form. It is also the purpose so to arrange the subject matter that the reader will readily grasp the plan of our local government. Comment on the facts and further investigation is left for class work. The principal sources of information are the Constitution and the Statutes of Illinois, and the Ordinances oi' Chicago. These books should be in the reference library, and pupils should learn how to use them. Crawford's Civil Government of Illinois and Cook County has also furnished suggestions. The work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Government of Illinois, Its History and Administration The Secretary of State, 1903, and other years. A reg ister of state officials and a convenient manual of refer ence regarding the state and its government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Civil Government of Illinois and the U. S: Special Chapters on Chicago and Cook County; Brief Historical Sketches To describe in detail every part of the machinery of government of the State of Illinois, and of each political sub-division of the State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.