...provisions. Section I of the schedule of the constitution expressly provides "that all laws in force at the adoption of this constitution, not inconsistent...force. The constitutional convention was composed of eminent and learned men, who gave the preparation of each section of each article of the constitution...

...That all laws in force at the adoption of this constitution, not inconsistent Opinion of the Court. therewith, .... shall continue to be as valid as if this constitution had not been adopted." From the view we have taken of the constitutional guaranties, the conclusion is inevitable that the...

...rights, actions, prosecutions, claims and contracts of this State, individuals or bodies corporate, shall continue to be as valid as if this Constitution had not been adopted. § 2. That all fines, taxes, penalties and forfeitures, due and owing to the State of Illinois under...

...Constitution, which provides that " all laws in force at the time of the adoption of this Constitution * * * shall continue to be as valid as if this Constitution had not been adopted; " and section 1675 of the Compiled Statutes, which declares that " so much of the common law of England...

...rights, actions, prosecutions, claims and contracts of this State, individuals or bodies corporate, shall continue to be as valid as if this Constitution had not been adopted. § 2. That all fines, penalties and forfeitures, due and owing to the State of Illinois under the present...

...rights, actions, prosecutions, claims and contracts of this State, individuals or bodies corporate, shall continue to be as valid as if this Constitution had not been adopted. § 2. That all fines, taxes, penalties and forfeitures, due and owing to the State of Illinois under...

...rights, actions, prosecutions, claims and contracts of this State, individuals or bodies corporate, shall continue to be as valid as if this Constitution had not been adopted. § 2. That all fines, taxes, penalties and forfeitures, due and owing to the State of Illinois under...

...rights, actions, prosecutions, claims and contracts, of this State, individuals, or bodies corporate, shall continue to be as valid as if this Constitution had not been adopted." Hence, the general school laws in force in the State when the new Constitution was adopted, remain...

...rights, actions, prosecutions, claims, and contracts of this state, individuals, or bodies corporate, valp}p. § 2. That all fines, taxes, penalties and forfeitures, due and owing to the state of Illinois under...

...rights, actions, prosecutions, claims and contracts of the state, individuals, or bodies corporate, shall continue to be as valid as if this constitution had not been adopted.' It is hardly necessary to say that, under the act of the general assembly, the authority to make a...