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Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the special committee appointed to inquire Committee to and report relative to the disposition of the funds appro- to priated for the improvement of the Illinois river, when propriated. raised, be required to make inquiry, and report relative to money appropriated for the improvement of the Little Wabash river.

Mileage and Stationery.

WHEREAS the mileage, and allowance in lieu of stationery, Preamble. postage, etc., provided in the constitution, as well as in the act approved January 19, 1871, is due to each member of the general assembly for each session; therefore, be it

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Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring herein, That the members of the two houses elected to fill the vacancies which have occurred in the twenty-seventh general postage. assembly, are each entitled to the usual mileage, and allowance of fifty dollars in lieu of stationery, postage, etc., for this session.

Modification of Tariff.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That our senators in congress are instructed, Reduction of and our representatives requested, to use all honorable tariff on lumber, means to procure such a modification of the tariff as to permit lumber to be imported free from duty.

Office for Railroad Commissioners.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby instructed to fit up an office in the room lately occupied by the state auditor, for the use of the board of railroad and warehouse commissioners.

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vitation.

Peoria-Invitation to Visit.

WHEREAS the city of Peoria has presented to this gener assembly a proposition for the removal of the capitol to th place, and has tendered to us an invitation to visit that ey if said proposition is deemed worthy of attention; the fore,

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate on curring, That said invitation be and the same is here Accepting in- accepted, and Friday next designated as the day when w will visit Peoria: And, further, that when the two hou of this general assembly adjourn on Thursday, March 1871, they adjourn until their regular hour of meeting, spectively, on Monday, March 27, 1871.

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Perry Springs.

WHEREAS, from official reports made to this legislatur that there is a great scarcity of water at some of the st institutions located at Jacksonville, and that it will requi large sums of money to be drawn from the state treasury make such additions to the buildings as will make the comfortable to the inmates thereof, and to procure a su cient supply of water for their health; therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate curring herein, That a committee of three on the parte Committee to the House, and of two on the part of the Senate, be pointed to confer with the proprietors of Perry Spra located in Pike county, state of Illinois, and ascertain up what terms said place can be obtained by the state for th use of inmates of one of the asylums at Jacksonville, report the same to the legislature as soon as such informs tion can be obtained.

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Petrie, Joseph J.-Claim.

WHEREAS a memorial is now pending before congrees asking indemnity and remuneration for Joseph J. Petrie of Crawford county, Illinois, for services rendered and er penses incurred by him in conducting two expeditions the depth of winter in the years of 1849 and 1850, from the

cramento valley in the state of California, into the mounins on the waters of Deer creek, resulting in the deliverce of over seventy emigrants, men, women and children, 10, but for his generous humanity, would have met a misable death from privation and exposure; and, whereas, e legislature of California has addressed resolutions to ngress, respectfully urging the claim of said memorialist the premises; therefore,

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Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate conrring herein, That our senators in congress be instructed, Members d our representatives requested, to use all necessary and quested to urge norable efforts to secure an early and favorable considera- early approprían by congress of the memorial of the said Joseph J. etrie, for the services rendered and expenses incurred by m as aforesaid, whereby men, women and children were scued from a horrible death, and from privation and sufferg of the most revolting character.

Resolved, That the governor be requested to forward ch of our senators and representatives in congress a copy these resolutions.

Public Binder.

WHEREAS, on the 22d day of February, A. D. 1871, the -tablishment of the public binder, H. W. Rokker, was estroyed by fire, and therewith work performed by him as blic binder, under his contract with the state, to a conderable amount, was wholly destroyed by the fire, for hich said Rokker claims that he has received no pay from e state; now, therefore,

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate con

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rring herein, That the secretary of state, auditor and Work destroyeasurer, in their settlement with said Rokker, as state nder, under his contract with the state, be and they are ereby authorized to allow said Rokker in such settlement or all work done by him as such binder for the state, deroyed by fire, and for which he has received no pay, king as a basis for such allowance the contract price for ach work.

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Publication of Laws.

WHEREAS, the enactments of the twenty-seventh gene assembly have made great changes in our statute laws, it is desirable that the public officers throughout the st be made acquainted therewith at the earliest mome therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Sens concurring herein, That five hundred copies of the laws of th To be publish- twenty-seventh general assembly be published in pamphle ate distribution. form, with paper covers, for immediate distribution; that the secretary of state be and is hereby directed to fr ward one copy of same to the clerks of each of the cir and county courts in this state, and one copy to each ner ber of this general assembly: Provided, the same cas done within forty days after the adjournment of this gener assembly.

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Relief of J. W. Golden.

WHEREAS, James P. Golden, deceased, late a citizen d the county of Adams and state of Illinois, was, in the fi of 1870, by means of the false and fraudulent pretension of one Stephen M. Bellew, induced to accompany the s Bellew to the state of Texas, and was there, to-wit: in the county of Collin, in the state of Texas, on the 21st day October, A. D. 1870, by the said Bellew most inhuman and brutally murdered; and whereas, the said Bellew w afterwards in the state of Illinois suspected of the said crime of murder; and whereas, John W. Golden, the father of the said James P. Golden, at an expense of over five thou sand dollars, caused the said Bellew to be arrested and re turned to said Collin county, and there caused him, the said Bellew, to be indicted, and by a jury of said county co victed and condemned to death, for the murder of the said James P. Golden; therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, the Senate concurring herein, That the governor to this state is hereby authorized and requested to pay to the said John W. Golden, out of the moneys in his hands as contingent fund, all of such portion of the expense necess rily incurred by the said John W. Golden in the prosecu tion and conviction of said Stephen M. Bellew, as in the judgment of the governor, after a careful investigation, shall seem right and proper: Provided, the amount so paid shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars.

Road Law.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That the secretary of state is hereby author- 10,000 copies to be printed. ized and directed to cause to be printed ten thousand copies of the road law, passed by this general assembly, for the use of the commissioners of highways, and that he distribute the same among the county clerks of the state, in proportion to the number of congressional townships in such counties.

School Law.

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Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That the superintendent of public instruction is hereby authorized to cause twenty thousand copies of to be printed. the school law, with explanatory notes and index, to be printed for the use of the school officers, and that the secretary of state, under his direction, shall distribute the same.

Ship Canal at Niagara.

WHEREAS the prosperity of the state of Illinois is to be Preamble. measured by the value of its products at the sea board; and whereas, if the cost of transport of the cereals to tide water should be reduced ten cents per bushel, our products would command the markets of all western Europe; and whereas a movement has been recently inaugurated by the national board of trade at St. Louis, seconded by a commercial convention at Detroit, with a view of urging upon congress the necessity of the construction of a ship canal at Niagara, N. Y., connecting Lake Erie with Lake Ontario; therefore,

Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring herein, That in the judgment of this general assembly, the question Cheap transof cheap transportation is the question of first importance portation. to all producers.

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Resolved, That our members of congress are hereby Members earnestly requested to favor such appropriations for the quested to favor. construction of said canal as shall secure its immediate commencement and early completion.