APPROPRIATIONS.

AGRICULTURE-STATE BOARD.

81. Appropriations for 1879 and 1880. 8 2. When and how drawn.

3. Payment to district and county boards.

AN ACT making an appropriation for the State Board of Agricul ture, and the County and other subordinate boards of agriculture. Approved May 24, 1879. In force July 1, 1879.

SECTION 1. [APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1879 AND 1880.1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there be and is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Agriculture, the sums following, to-wit: For the payment of premiums at the annual State fair, the sum of three thousand dollars, per annum, for the years 1879 and 1880; and for the use of county, district or other subordinate agricultural boards, the sum of one hundred dollars, per annum, each, for the years 1879 and 1880. For the salary of the secretary, the sum of two thousand dollars per annum for the years 1879 and 1880. For clerk hire, the sum of one thousand dollars, per annum for the years 1879 and 1880. For porter, the sum of six hundred dollars, per annum, for the years 1879 and 1880. For curator, the sum of six hundred dollars, per annum, for the years 1879 and 1880. For the museum, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, per annum for the years 1879 and 1880. For the expense of collecting and publishing monthly crop statistics, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum for the years 1879 and 1880. For the purchase of books, maps and charts, the sum of five hundred dollars per annum, for the years 1879 and 1880. For repairs, postage, expressage and other incidental office expenses, the sum of five hundred dollars, per annum for the years 1879 and 1880.

$ 2. [WHEN AND HOW DRAWN.] That on the order of the president, countersigned by the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, and approved by the Governor, the State Auditor shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer in favor of the Treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture for the sums herein appropriated: Provided, That each warrant shall show the Agricultural Board for whose benefit the same is drawn, and that no warrant shall be drawn in favor of any agricultural board unless the order aforesaid be accompanied by a tificate of the State Board of Agriculture, showing that such subordinate district or county agricultural board have held an agricultural fair during the preceding year in compliance with the rules and regulations, as provided for by law: Provided, further, That no part of the moneys herein provided for shall be drawn from the public treasury prior to the first day of July A. D. 1879.

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83. [PAYMENT TO DISTRICT AND COUNTY BOARDS. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture to pay over to the proper officer of the subordinate district or county agricul

tural board the sum received for its use and benefit, as aforesaid, and to make a biennial report to the Governor of all such appropriations received and disbursed by him.

AN ACT authorizing the sale of lands owned by the State of Illinois, and known as the Illinois Agricultural College Farm, at Irvington, and to appropriate money to discharge the liens thereon. Approved and in force May 31, 1879.

SECTION 1. [LANDS TO BE SOLD. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all the lands connected with and adjacent to the Illinois Agricultural College, situate in the town of Irvington, county of Washington, State of Illinois, belonging to the State of Illinois, being five hundred and sixty (560) acres, more or less, the title to which was vested in the State by virtue of the decree of the circuit court of Washington county, rendered at the April term thereof, 1878, shall be sold as hereinafter provided and set forth:

§ 2. APPRAISERS-COMPENSATION. That three (3) competent, disinterested men shall be duly appointed by the Governor of the State to appraise said lands at a fair valuation, at a time prior to such sale. Said appraisers shall be duly sworn to discharge the duties imposed upon them by this act in a fair and impartial manner, and shall each receive the sum of twenty (20) dollars in full for such service, and mileage at the rate of ten (10) cents a mile from the place of their residence to Irvington and return, said mileage to be properly certified under oath. Said appraisers shall return, without delay, such appraisement made to the Auditor of Public Accounts.

§ 3. [AUDITOR TO ADVERTISE AND SELL.] That the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois, is hereby empowered to advertise and sell said lands, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth in this act, and shall report without delay to the Governor of the State all his proceedings under this act.

§ 4. [SUBDIVISION INTO TRACTS, ETC.] The Auditor shall, prior to such sale, cause said lands to be subdivided into lots or tracts of such size as will, in his judgment, sell most advantageously; and shall sell each tract separate, unless it shall appear from bids made at such sale, that two or more tracts can be sold in a body for as great a sum as if sold separately.

§ 5. [DEEDS-MORTGAGE.] That upon making such sale the Auditor shall, in behalf of the State, execute to the purchasers deeds for the

property sold; and shall take from such purchasers mortgage upon the property sold, running to the people of the State of Illinois to secure the deferred payments of purchase money and interest. Said mortgage shall contain a provision that if default is made in the payment of any of the annual installments of interest or principal, the whole amount of the deferred payments shall immediately become due and payable.

§ 6. [TIME OF SALE-NOTICE.] That said sale shall be held as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, and thirty (30) days notice of such sale, shall be given by the Auditor by publication in one or more newspapers in said Washington county, in at least one daily newspaper in the cities of Springfield and Chicago, Illinois, stating the time, place and terms of sale, and a description of the property to be sold.

§ 7. MANNER OF SALE.] That said lands shall be sold to the highest and best bidder, at some convenient place on or near said lands, at the date and hour elected by said Auditor in said advertisements, on the following named terms to-wit: One-fifth (1-5) of the purchase money to be paid cash in hand; the unpaid balance to be paid in annual installments of one (1), two (2), three (3), and four (4) years, the purchaser to give negotiable notes drawing interest at the rate of six (6) per centum, payable annually, secured by mortgage on the lands so sold. Provided, such sale shall not be made, for a less sum than two-thirds of the amount of the appraisement.

§ 8. [PAYMENT APPLICATION OF FUND.] That immediately upon the conclusion of said sale, the purchase money together with the money in payment of said notes when due, shall be paid into the treasury of the State of Illinois, and after reserving therefrom sufficient to pay the expenses of sale, and the amount expended to discharge liens, and incumbrances, upon the property, the residue to be applied to educational purposes as may be hereafter provided by law, in conformity to the requirements of the act of Congress, and the ordinance of 1818, under which the seminary lands were granted to the State.

9. WHEREAS, Said lands are encumbered by a trust deed and certain judgment liens, there is hereby apppropriated a sufficient amount to pay the amount due for principal and interest of the note for two thousand ($2,000) dollars, secured by trust deed upon said premises, and also the judgments (interest and costs) rendered in the Circuit Court of Washington county, in said decree mentioned as follows: One in favor of Fannie F. Rice for four hundred and twenty-six dollars and 99-100 ($426 99); one in favor of D. W. Phillips for one thousand and twelve dollars and 34-100 ($1,012 34); one in favor of George H. French for nine hundred and thirty-eight 78-100 dollars ($938 78); one in favor of George W. Ash for twelve hundred and seventy dollars ($1,270), and that warrants therefor, be drawn in favor of the holder of the note, secured by said trust deed, and of said secured judgments payable out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

APPROPRIATION TO PAY INDEBTEDNESS.]

§ 10 [EMERGENCY.

WHEREAS, It is desirable that the relief asked for in this act should be granted immediately, therefore, an emergency is declared to exist and this act shall be in force from and after its passage,

APPROVED May 31st, 1879,

STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

BLIND-EDUCATION OF THE.

§ 1. Appropriations for expenses, etc.

82. How drawn.

AN ACT making appropriations for the expenses of the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind. Approved May 31, 1879. In force July 1, 1879.

SECTION 1. [APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES FOR 1880 AND 1881.] Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there be and are hereby, appropriated to the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind, for ordinary expenses, the sum of twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000), for the year 1880; and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the year 1881; and for repairs and improvements the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum; the foregoing amounts to be paid quarterly, in advance, from the first day of July, 1879, to the expiration of the first fiscal quarter, after the adjournment of the next General Assembly; and for the purchase of books, maps and other educational and mechanical appliances, to be distributed gratuitously to such pupils leaving the institution as are not able to pay for the same, the sum three hundred dollars, per annum, and for new fronts to and for resetting the present boilers the sum of seven hundred and eighty-four ($784) dollars; and for pipes, stand-pipe, hose and connections to protect the building against destruction by fire the sum of eight hundred and fifty ($850) dollars and for dining-room and kitchen the sum of twenty-four hundred ($2,400) dollars.

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§ 2. [How DRAWN.] The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury for said sums, upon the orders of the board of trustees of said institution signed by the president, and attested by the secretary of said board of trustees, with the seal of the institution subject to the limitations and conditions prescribed by law in an act to regulate the State Charitable Institutions, approved April 15th, 1875.

APPROVED May 31st, 1879.

§ 1. Appropriates $4,951.

CAIRO QUARANTINE.

82. When and how drawn.

AN ACT making appropriation to re-imburse the city of Cairo for expense of quarantine, under direction of the State Board of Health. Approved May 20, 1879. In force July 1, 1879.

WHEREAS, During the prevalence of the yellow fever epidemic in the southern portion of the country during the summer and fall of last year, the city of Cairo, under advice and direction from the State Board of Health, and through an honest desire to prevent the scourge from entering the state, established and maintained a quarantine at considerable expense to said city and which quarantine resulted of greater benefit to the people of the state at large than to the citizens of said city of Cairo, and,

WHEREAS, The said city of Cairo, in addition to the expense incurred for quarantine was under a very heavy expense in caring for the sick and distressed, during the prevalence of the epidemic, receiving no assistance from any quarter therefor, and

WHEREAS, It seems proper and right that the said city of Cairo should be re-imbursed by the State for the expenditures made in connection with the quarantine so established and maintained as above, therefore,

SECTION 1. [APPROPRIATES $4,951.] Be it enacted by the People of of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, that the sum of four thousand nine hundred and fifty-one ($4,951) dollars, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to re-imburse the said city of Cairo, as above set forth.

$ 2. [WHEN AND HOW DRAWN.] The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the treasury, payable to the treasurer of the said city of Cairo, for the sum above appropriated.

AN ACT making appropriations 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. Approved May 21, 1879. In force July 1, 1879.

SECTION 1. [APPROPRIATES $30,000 YEARLY.] Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That for the purpose of making necessary repairs and providing means to put and keep the Illinois and Michigan Canal in navigable condi