Section 2.
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Each county of the state shall be divided into so many compactly located magisterial districts as may be deemed necessary, not less than three: provided, that after these have been formed no additional districts shall be made containing less than thirty square miles. Each magisterial district shall be known as ________ magisterial district of ________ county. In each district there shall be elected one supervisor, three justices of the peace, one constable, and one overseer of the poor, who shall hold their respective offices for the term of two years. All regular elections for magisterial district officers shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, and all officers so elected shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first day of January next succeeding their election. The supervisors of the districts shall constitute the board of supervisors for that county, whose duty it shall be to audit the accounts of the county, examine the books of the commissioners of the revenue, regulate and equalize the valuation of property, fix the county levies for the ensuing year, and perform any other duties required of them by law.
Each county of the state shall be divided into so many compactly located magisterial districts as may be deemed necessary, not less than three: provided, that after these have been formed no additional districts shall be made, containing less than thirty square miles; each magisterial district shall be known as ____________, magisterial district, of ____________, county. In each district there shall be elected one supervisor, three justices of the peace, one constable, and one overseer of the poor, who shall hold their respective offices for the term of two years. All regular elections for magisterial district officers shall take place on the fourth Thursday in May, and all officers so elected shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first day of July, next succeeding their election. The supervisors of the districts shall constitute the board of supervisors for that county, whose duty it shall be to audit the accounts of the county, examine the books of the commissioners of the revenue, regulate and equalize the valuation of property, fix the county levies for the ensuing year, and perform any other duties required of them by law.
Each county of the State shall be divided into so many compactly located townships as may be deemed necessary, not less than three: Provided, that after three have been formed no additional township shall be made containing less than thirty square miles. Each township shall be known as the township of ____________, in the county of ____________, and may sue and be sued by such title. In each township there shall be elected annually; one Supervisor; one Township Clerk; one Assessor; one Collector; one Commissioner of Roads; one Overseer of the Poor; one Justice of the Peace, who shall hold his office three years; one Constable, who shall hold his office three years: Provided, that at the first election held under this provision there shall be three Justices of the Peace and three Constables elected, whose terms shall be one, two, and three years, respectively. All regular elections for township officers shall take place on the fourth Thursday in May, and all officers so elected shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first day of July next succeeding their election. The supervisors of each Township shall constitute the Board of Supervisors for that county, and shall assemble at the Court-house thereof on the first Monday in December in each year, and proceed to audit the accounts of said county, examine the books of the Assessors, regulate and equalize the valuation of property, fix the county levies for the ensuing year, apportion the same among the various townships, and perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by law.