§ 25. In case this Constitution and the Articles and Sections separately submitted, be adopted, the existing Constitution shall cease in all its provisions; and in case this Constitution be adopted, and any one or more of the Articles or Sections submitted separately, be defeated, the provisions of the existing Constitution, if any, on the same subject, shall remain in force.

§ 26. The provisions of this Constitution required to be executed prior to the adoption or rejection thereof, shall take effect and be in force immediately.

Done in Convention, at the Capitol, in the city of Springfield, on the 13th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-fourth.

ILLINOIS CENTRAL

RAILROAD.

Trains Leave Chicago from the Great Central Depot, Foot of Lake Street.

2

DAILY EXPRESS TRAINS

Leave Morning (Sundays excepted) and Evening (Saturdays excepted),

running through from

CHICAGO TO ST. LOUIS WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS Connecting at St. Louis for Kansas City, Leavenworth, St. Joseph, Atchison, Lawrence, Topeka, and all parts of the Southwest.

TIME AS QUICK AND FARE AS LOW as by any First Class Route.

2

DAILY EXPRESS TRAINS

Leave Morning (Sur days excepted) and Evening (Saturdays excepted),
running through from

CHICAGO TO CAIRO WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS,
Connecting at Cairo with Rail lines and Steamers for Memphis, Vicksburg, Mobile, New
Orleans, and intermediate points; connecting at New Orleans for Galveston,
Indianola, and all parts of Texas.

This is from 100 to 150 Miles the Shortest, and from 12 to 24 Hours the Quickest Route to all Points South.

2

DAILY

TRAINS

Leave Morning (Sundays excepted) and Evening (Sundays excepted) for

PEORIA, CANTON, WARSAW, AND KEOKUK, Connecting at Keokuk for Ottumwa, Eddyville, Pella, Monroe and Des Moines.

LOCAL TRAINS.

A Passenger Train leaves every afternoon (Sundays excepted) for Kankakee, Champaign, and intermediate Stations.

Seven_Trains leave Daily (Sundays excepted) for Fairview, Oakland, Kenwood, Hyde Park, Wood Lawn, and Oakwoods, suburban towns, south of Chicago, on the Lake shore.

Commutation Tickets, at Low Rates, are sold for all of these Trains.

ELEGANT DRAWING-ROOM SLEEPING CARS! For St. Louis and Cairo, attached to all Night Trains.

Baggage Checked Through to all important points. For Tickets and information apply at the Great Central Depot.

W. P. JOHNSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent.

M. HUGHITT, Gen'l Supt.