Bills in the House.-Continued. H. B. No. 510 Act to appropriate the amount due John Boyd for animals ordered slaughtered by law........ H. B. No. 511 Act for relief of Henry McDonnell.. H. B. No. 539 Act to provide for a deficiency in the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Public Instruction.. H. B. No. 544 Act to appropriate $5,000 to provide and furnish a statue in marble or bronze of General James Shields, to be placed in that part of the hall of the House of Representatives at Washington city used as a national statuary hall.. H. B. No. 546 Act making an appropriation to reimburse Timothy Fitzpatrick for the loss sustained on account of the quarantine declared by the Live Stock Commissioners of the State of Illinois.. H. B. No. 547 Act to make an appropriation to reimburse Michael Keller for the loss sustained on account of the quarantine declared by the Livej Stock Commissioners of the State of Illinois...... H. B. No. 548 Act to make an appropriation to reimburse P. Kennedy for the loss sustained on account of quarantine declared by the Live Stock Commissioners of the State of Illinois.... H. B. No. 584 Act to make an appropriation to reimburse W. R. McLaren for balance due him for attendance upon the committee on elections, with the ballots in the election contest of Hon. C. P. Marshall and F. Willoughby, from the 22d senatorial district, to the 34th General Assembly H. B. No. 590 Act to appropriate the sum of ninety dollars, to pay the holder of 3 interest warrants, on bond 31 of Illinois, bank and internal improvement stock heretofore unpaid..................... H. B. No. 602 Act to appropriate the sum of $93.00 to pay Charles T. Bouillon for work and services rendered the State during the 34th General Assembly, 1885.... H. B. No. 633 Act making appropriations to the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary at Chicago H. B. No. 637 Act to appropriate the amount due John L. Barrick for animals ordered slaughtered in pursuance of law.. H. B. No. 658 Act to pay James Lillie damages suffered by him for a failure of the State of Illinois to perform its contract for work done under a contract on the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee..... H. B. No. 660 Act making appropriations for repairs and improvements in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet..... H. B. No. 661 Act to authorize the Commissioners of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet to purchase land for the use of said penitentiary, and to make appropriations therefor..... H. B. No. 665 Act to reimburse the county of Hardin for loss sustained by the burning of the court house in the village of Elizabethtown, in the county of Hardin, in the State of Illinois, May 19, 1881, and to enable said county of Hardin to rebuild, refurnish, repair and complete the same, and to appropriate two years' taxes therefor, accruing to the State from said county for A. D. 1887 and 1888... H. B. No. 669 Act to reimburse certain contractors on the State House for losses sustained by them in repairing the damage caused by fire therein on December 25, 1886.... H. B. No. 674 Act making appropriation for the payment of the scrip issued by the board of police commissioners of the city of East St. Louis for the payment of a police force appointed by said commissioners for the years 1867, 1868, 1870.. H. B. No. 678 Act to appropriate the amount due J. S. O'Neal for animals slaughtered in accordrnce to law. H. B. No. 680 Act for relief of William B. Hulse, of Douglas county, Illinois, and making an appropriation for his benefit... 3,000 00 1.238 00 500 00 5,000 00 357 00 111 18 1,135 11 150 00 90 00 93 00 30,000 00 475 00 35,651 16 72,000 00 8,000 00 2,482 00 75,000 00 156 00 350 00 Bills in the House.-Continued. H, B. No. 686 Act making an appropriation for the relief of Mrs. John F. Addiddell, whose husband was killed while in the service of the State, at Chester, Illinois, on March 29, 1883.... H. B. No. 691 Act to make an appropriation to reimburse Isaac Hoge, Sr., for damages done to his land and crops by a break in the bank of the Illinois and Michigan canal.... H. B. No. 700 Act making an appropriation to pay certain expenses incurred in the trial of Michael Mooney, for a crime committed in the penitentiary at Joliet... H. B. No. 405 Act to appropriate $5,000 to survey the Kaskaskia (or Okaw) river........ Total... 5,000 00 1,013 12 8,705 63 5.000 00 $4,332,866 06 BILLS IN THE SENATE. S. B. No. 7 To provide for the employment of convict labor in making school books, and for their free distribution to those entitled to admission in the public schools of the State, and for the appointment of a committee on text books and prescribing their duties. S. B. No. 8 To aid the Illinois Dairyman's Association in compiling, publishing and distributing its reports... S. B. No. 15 To provide for the maintenance and training of the dependent childof the State..... S. B. No. 19 For the relief of Mrs. R. H. Purdie, whose husband (private in Co. I, 4th Illinois Regiment, Illinois National Guard), was wounded while in sham battle by orders of his superior officers, and died in consequence thereof twenty-five days thereafter S. B. No. 29 For the ordinary and other expenses of the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane, at Elgin.... S. B. No. 34 In aid of the Illinois Horticultural Society... S. B. No. 48 For the necessary repairs and running expenses of the Illinois and Michigan Canal until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General Assembly.. fairs S. B. No. 85 For the State Board of Agriculture and county and other agricultural S. B. No. 91 For the ordinary expenses of the State Library of Natural History, S. B. No. 122 For the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind. 250,000 00 1,000 00 200,000 00 232,822 00 8,000 00 60,000 00 29,800 00 15,100 00 74,000 00 64,000 00 5,000 00 S. B. No. 143 For the repairs and completion of the Lincoln monument near S. B. No. 149 To the Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville.... 25,000 00 361,282 00 S. B. No. 150 For the support of the Illinois Insiitution for the Education of the 250,000 00 S. B. No. 173 To reimburse the county of Wayne for loss and damage to public buildings and the destruction of library and records by fire.... 25,000 00 etc... S. B. No. 186 To the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Normal. S. B. No. 181 To establish a State Industrial School for Girls, to establish a State 362,000 00 118,500 00 Bills in the Senate -Continued S. B. No. 230 To pay for furnishing the rooms occupied by the Appellate Court of the First District... S. B. No. 232 To compensate the heirs of George L. Simpson, for services performed for the State by him in his lifetime under contract from the Attorney-General S. B. No. 241 To pay a certain $500 State bond known as new internal improvement] interest stock due after 1877 S. B. No. 260 To provide for the employment of convict labor in the manufacture of blank books and printed blanks used in various counties. S. B. No. 289 For the payment of the officers and members of the next General Assembly, and for the salaries of the officers of the State govern ment S. B. No. 291 To provide for a survey of the swamp lands of the State and to provide for the appointment aud compensation of competent surveyors S. B. No. 310 For the payment of Samuel Stewart, for services rendered by himself and teams in the organization of the Fifty-sixth Regiment.... S. B. No. 320 For the expense of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet and to keep the prisoners employed........... 12,092 03 550 00 500 00 200,000 00 800,000 00 5,000 00 385 25 150,000 00 To provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State 844,550 00 Total appropriations, revenue fund.. $4,097,081 28 SCHOOL FUND. For distribution to counties, and for salary, clerk hire and office ex- Total Senate appropriations asked for.. Total House appropriations asked for. Grand total asked for.. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Mr. Leman introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 351, for "An act to establish a permanent meander line for the State of Illinois where the same borders upon Lake Michigan, and to establish a wharfing and obstruction line in Lake Michigan," and On motion of Mr. Leman, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and On motion of Mr. Leman, was referred to the committee on judicial department. Mr. Funk introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 352, for "An act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees across the lands of others, for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to provide for the organization of drainage districts, with power to construct and maintain levees, drains and ditches; to keep the same in repair, and to improve natural and artificial water-ways for such purposes by special assessment upon the property benefited thereby, and to repeal certain acts therein named," and On motion of Mr. Funk, the rules were suspended, and the bill was read at large a first time, and On motion of Mr. Funk, was referred to the committee on agriculture and drainage. Mr. Yost introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 353, for "An act concerning ejectment and forcible detainer,'' and On motion of Mr. Yost, the rules were suspended, and the bill was read at large a first time, and On motion of Mr. Yost, was referred to the committee on judicial department. Mr. Cochran introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 354, for "An act to regulate the sale of veal," and On motion of Mr. Cochran, the rules were suspended, and the bill was read at large a first time, and On motion of Mr. Cochran, was referred to the committee on agriculture and drainage. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS. By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Bell, the resolution concerning the "commission of claims," offered by Mr. Bell on February 16, 1887, was taken up for consideration. Mr. Bell moved to refer the aforesaid resolution to the committee on judiciary. Which motion prevailed. By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Orendorf, the resolution concerning "additional pages," offered by Mr. Orendorf, on March 18, 1887, was taken up for consideration. Mr. Orendorf moved to lay the aforesaid resolution on the table. Which motion prevailed. By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Southworth, the resolution concerning "additional pages," offered by Mr. Southworth, on March 9, 1887, was taken up for consideration, and On motion of Mr. Southworth, was ordered to lie on the table. By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Organ, the Senate passed to the order of READING BILLS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE FIRST TIME. Thereupon House Bill No. 316, for "An act to amend section one hundred (100) of an act entitled 'An act to extend the jurisdiction of county courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same, and to repeal an act therein. named,' approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874; as amended by an act approved May 22, 1877, in force July 1, 1877," was taken up, read at large a first time, and ordered to a second reading and to be printed without reference. READING BILLS OF THE SENATE THE SECOND TIME. By unanimous consent, on request of Mr. Garrity, Senate Bill No. 192, for "An act to create a board of trustees of the firemen's pension fund; to provide and distribute such fund for the pensioning of disabled firemen, and the widows and minor children of deceased firemen; to authorize, the retirement from service and the pensioning of members of the fire department, and for other purposes connected therewith, in cities having a paid fire department," was taken up for consideration and read at large a second time. Whereupon, the following amendments to the foregoing bill, offered by the committee on municipalities, were read and adopted, viz.: Amend section 2 by striking out the word "mayor," in the first line thereof, and inserting in place thereof, the words "city treasurer." Also, by striking out in the third line thereof, the words "his chief assistant," and inserting in place thereof, the words "the comptroller of said city." Amend section 3 by striking out the following words in the fifth and sixth lines thereof: "the sum of one dollar per month," and inserting in place thereof, the following words: "one per centum of the salary of such member; Provided, said one per centum shall not exceed twenty dollars per annum." Also, by striking out after the word city, in the ninth line thereof, the word "as," and inserting in place thereof, the following words: "who shall be.' Amend section 7 by inserting after the word "department," in the seventh line thereof, the following: "Provided, no such retirement on account of disability shall occur unless said member has contracted said disability while in the service of said department, or unless he shall, at the time of said retirement on account of such disability, have served for ten years continuously." Also, by inserting the following after the word "retirement" in the last line thereof: "Provided, that no pension paid under this act shall exceed the sum of one thousand dollars per annum." Amend section 8, by striking out after the word "therein," in the fifth line of said section the words "or while retired;" and by inserting after the word "cause," in the sixth line of said section the words "contracted in the service." Also, in the same section, after the word "retirement," in the eighth line thereof, insert the following words: "as heretofore provided." Also, by inserting after the word "retirement," in the eighteenth line of said section the following words: "Provided, the total payments to any one family shall not exceed an amount equal to one-half of the amount attached to the rank the deceased member held; and in no shall exceed the amount of one thousand dollars per annum." Amend section 10 by inserting after the word "retirement," in the fourteenth line thereof the following words; "Provided, no such payment shall exceed the sum of one thousand dollars per case 1 |
