...Constitution of 1869. Section 2 of article 3 of the Constitution of 1869 upon this subject provides: "No person or collection of persons, being one of...power properly belonging to either of the others, except in the in: stances hereinafter expressly directed or permitted." It will be noted that this...

...elections. ARTICLE III DISTRIBUTION OF THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT The powers of the government shall be divided into three distinct departments — the legislative, executive, and judicial; and no person or persons belonging to or constituting one of these departments shall exercise any of the powers properly...

...notwithstanding the explicit language of the 1870 Illinois Constitution, Art 3 : "The powers of the Government of this State are divided into three distinct departments...Judicial ; and no person, or collection of persons, being in one of these departments, shall exercise any power belonging to either of the others, except as...

...and parochial schools. ARTICLE II— DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS Sec. 1 . The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments,...except as hereinafter expressly directed or permitted. ARTICLE HI— LEGISLATIVE Sec. 1. Commencing with the regular session of the Legislature to be held...

...the people preserved this distinction by Art. II which provides: The powers of the government of the state are divided into three distinct departments, the legislative, executive and judicial; and the powers and duties of each are prescribed by this constitution.1 Art. V, Section 1 provides the...

...and "no persons, or collection of persons, charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any power...properly belonging to either of the others" except as the constitution expressly permits. The next article establishes the office and powers of an elected...

...Any government which claims the loyalty of the people must abide by this Bill of Rights and must be divided into three distinct departments: The legislative,...and judicial, and no person or collection of persons charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any...

...to another, and those which are executive to another. No person, or collection of persons, being of one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except in the instances hereinafter expressly permitted. The legislature shall consist of two branches,...

...elsewhere in the constitution. Wyoming's article 2 is representative: The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments:...and judicial, and no person or collection of persons charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any...

...judicial . . . and executive. Section 2. No person or collection of persons, beingone or belongingto one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others. Over the years, though, enforcement of these provisions had fallen victim to the attitude reflected...