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thereof,' approved June 11, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, by amending section one (1) thereof."

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

A message from the Governor, by William L. Sullivan, Secretary to the Governor :

Mr. Speaker-I am directed by the Governor to lay before the House of Representatives, the following communication:

STATE OF ILLINOIS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. SPRINGFIELD, April 15, 1915.

Gentlemen of the Forty-ninth General Assembly:

I transmit to you herewith for your consideration report of the commission appointed to revise and codify the building laws of the State of Illinois, authorized by the Forty-seventh General Assembly.

Respectfully submitted,

E. F. DUNNE, Governor.

The foregoing message from the Governor was received and ordered placed on file.

A message from the Senate by Mr. Paddock, Journal and Executive Secretary:

Mr. Speaker-I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has concurred with the House in the passage of a bill of the following title:

HOUSE BILL No. 284.

A bill for "An Act to legalize and validate the annexation of tracts of lands to cities, villages and incorporated towns in certain cases." Passed by the Senate April 15, 1915, by a two-thirds vote.

A. E. EDEN, Secretary of the Senate.

A message from the Senate by Mr. Paddock, Journal and Executive Secretary:

Mr. Speaker-I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has adopted the following joint resolution, in the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives, to wit:

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 22.

Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That when the two House adjourn on Friday, April 16, 1915, they stand adjourned until Wednesday, April 21, 1915, at 10:00 o'clock a. m. Adopted April 15, 1915.

A. E. EDEN, Secretary of the Senate.

Mr. Dudgeon moved that the House concur with the Senate in the adoption of the foregoing Senate Joint Resolution No. 22,

And the motion prevailed.

Ordered that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof.

By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Holaday, House bills numbered 58, 67, and 68, in Committee of the Whole House, were made a special order for consideration on Friday, April 23, 1915.

The House proceeding upon the order of House bills on third reading, by unanimous consent, Mr. Smejkal called up House Bill No. 76 in the order of third reading; and House Bill No. 76, a bill for "An Act making an appropriation of the sum of seventeen hundred (1700) dollars to reimburse Cornelius Donovan for money expended and to be

expended in the management and maintenance of the Rock IslandMoline Free Employment Office during the biennium ending with June 30, 1915,"

Having been engrossed and all amendments adopted thereto having been printed, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 128; nays, 0. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs.

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This bill expressing an emergency in the body of the Act, rendering it necessary that it shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval, and having received the votes of two-thirds of the members elected, was declared passed.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof and ask their concurrence therein.

By unanimous consent, Mr. Smejkal called up House Bill No. 235 in the order of third reading; and House Bill No. 235, a bill for "An Act making an appropriation of the sum of three thousand, six hundred and eleven dollars and ten cents ($3,611.10) to the widow of Alonzo K. Vickers, deceased, late Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois," Having been engrossed and all amendments adopted thereto having been printed, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 119; nays, 10.

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This bill having received the votes of a constitutional majority of the members elected, was declared passed.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof and ask their concurrence therein.

By unanimous consent, Mr. Smejkal called up House Bill No. 165 in the order of third reading; and House Bill No. 165, a bill for "An Act to make an appropriation for the benefit, aid and maintenance of the Illinois Firemen's Association,"

Having been engrossed and all amendments adopted thereto having been printed, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 122; nays, 2. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs.

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This bill having received the votes of a constitutional majority of the members elected, was declared passed.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof and ask their concurrence therein.

By unanimous consent, Mr. Smejkal called up House Bill No. 209 in the order of third reading; and House Bill No. 209, a bill for “An Act for an appropriation to meet a deficit in the appropriation for incidental expenses of the office of Auditor of Public Accounts,"

Having been engrossed and all amendments adopted thereto having been printed, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 124; nays, 14. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs.

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This bill expressing an emergency in the body of the Act, rendering it necessary that it shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval, and having received the votes of two-thirds of the members elected, was declared passed.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof and ask their concurrence therein.

By unanimous consent, Senate Bill No. 227, a bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to amend an Act concerning circuit courts and to fix the time for holding the same in the several counties in the judicial circuits of the State of Illinois, exclusive of the county of Cook,' approved May 24, 1879, in force July 1, 1879, approved June 11, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, as amended by subsequent Acts, by amending section 6 thereof,"

Having been printed, was taken up, read at large a first time and ordered to a second reading without reference.

The Speaker asked and obtained unanimous consent to add two additional members to the Committee on Fish and Game, and designated Messrs. Scholes and Maucker as such additional members.

Mr. Cooper moved to reconsider the vote by which the House on yesterday refused to concur in the report of the Committee of the Whole House on House Joint Resolution No. 7, and then moved that further consideration of his motion to reconsider be postponed,

And the question being on the motion to postpone consideration of the motion to reconsider, it was decided in the affirmative.

By unanimous consent, Messrs. Campbell and Farrell asked and were excused from further attendance at today's session, on account of sickness.

By unanimous consent, the members of the sub-committees on Appropriations, Industrial Affairs, Public Utilities and To Visit State Institutions, were excused from attendance at the sessions during the remainder of this week.

By unanimous consent, the special order of House Bill No. 562, set for today, was postponed until tomorrow.

The House proceeding upon the order of resolutions, Mr. Fieldstack offered the following resolution, which was referred, under the rules, to the Committee of the Whole House:

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 15.

Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein, That there shall be submitted to the electors of this State for adoption or rejection at the next election of the members of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois a proposition to amend Article IX of the Constitution by adding thereto an additional section to be known as section 14 of Article IX, as follows:

"Article IX. Sec. 14. From and after the date when this section shall be in force the powers of the General Assembly over the subject matter of the taxation of personal property shall be as complete and unrestricted as they would be if sections one (1), three (3), nine (9), and ten (10), of this article of the Constitution did not exist: Provided, however, that any tax levied upon personal property must be uniform as to persons and property of the same class within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same, and all exemptions from taxation shall be by general law, and shall be revocable by the General Assembly at any time."

Mr. Purdunn offered the following resolution, which was referred, under the rules, to the Committee on Civil Service:

HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 77.

WHEREAS, It appears from a recent publication in the press, that at a court trial held in the county of Cook, wherein two or more civil service employees were being prosecuted on a criminal charge of assault, on an insane inmate, of the Chicago State Hospital, that the managing officer of said institution designated the men charged with the offense, as "roughnecks;" and,

WHEREAS, Members of sub-committees visiting State institutions were informed, by one superintendent, that the average length of service of attendants and domestics was four months and by another superintendent, that 90 per cent of the employed changed during a period of twelve months; and furthermore, by another superintendent, that it was easier to go along with inefficient help than it was to file charges against them with the Civil Service Commission and prosecute the complaints; therefore, be it Resolved, That in order that the institutions of the State may be able to secure more reliable and more humane employees of a certain class, that a committee of five members of this House be appointed by the Speaker to investigate the proposition of removing from the provision of the Civil Service Law all attendants, domestics and laborers employed in the various State and charitable institutions and all domestics and laborers employed in the University and normal schools of the State and place the employment of such help in the hands of the managing officer of each institution, in order that some one person may be responsible for their employment;

Resolved, That said committee shall report their recommendations to the House within ten days from date.

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