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PATENTS.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That our representatives in Congress be requested and our senators be instructed to use their influence to prevent the extension of patents that may have expired; and

Resolved, further, That the secretary of state be instructed to forward a copy of these resolutions to each of our senators and representatives in Congress.

PENSIONS, 1812.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein, That our senators in Congress be instructed and our representatives be requested to favor the passage of an act of Congress granting pensions to all of the surviving soldiers of the war of 1812, and to their surviving widows, without any regard to the time said soldiers served or to the date of the marriage of the surviving widow of soldiers who have died.

Resolved, That the secretary of state transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of the senators and representatives in Congress from the State of Illinois.

PENSIONS, 1846, 1847, 1848.

Resolved by the Senate of the State of Illinois, the House of Representa tives concurring therein, That the United States senators from this state be instructed and the representatives in Congress from this state be requested to use all means in their power to secure the speedy passage of a bill now pending in the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act granting pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the war of 1846, 1817 and 1848, with Mexico, and the widows of deceased soldiers and sailors."

PENSIONS-LATE WAR.

WHEREAS, a bill is now before the federal Congress providing that pensions on account of death, wounds received or disease contracted in the service of the United States since March 4, 1861, which have been granted, or which shall hereafter be granted on application filed pre

vious to January 1, 1875, shall commence from the date of death or discharge; also, providing for the payment of arrears of pensions; therefore,

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That our senators be instructed and our representatives in Congress be requested to vote for and use their influence to secure the passage of said bill as a just recognition of the services of the soldiers of the late

war.

Resolved, That the secretary of state be instructed to transmit a copy of this preamble and resolutions to our senators and representatives.

REFUNDING ACT.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That the secretary of state is hereby directed to have 1,000 copies printed of an act entitled "An act to declare and constitute the state of Illinois sole trustee of that portion of the state tax, levied, assessed and collected for the year 1873, in excess of 2 thereof, and to provide exclusive remedies for the complete refunding of the same to the taxpayers of the state who have paid such excess, and for the protection of the tax-payers entitled thereto, and of counties, and of all officers or persons connected with the collection, custody or payment thereof," and that he send a printed copy thereof to all county clerks, county treasurers and county collectors in this state, and distribute the remainder to the executive officers of the state and members of the General Assembly.

RULES.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein. That a joint committee on rules be appointed, to consist of three on the part of the Senate and five on the part of the House.

STATE INSTITUTIONS.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That all reports of state institutions made by virtue of joint resolutions of Senate and House be printed for the use of House and Senate.

SWAMP LANDS.

WHEREAS in section 2, of the act of Congress, approved March 2, 1855, (see vol. 10 U. S. Statutes at large, p. 634); which act was amendatory to the act approved September 28, 1850, entitled "An act to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits," it was provided that upon due proof of the agent of the state or states, before the commissioner of the general land office, that any lands purchased subsequent to the 28th of September, 1850, were swamp lands, within the meaning of the swamp land act of September 28, 1850, the purchase money should be paid over to the state or states, and where the lands have been located by warrants or scrip the said state or states should be authorized to locate a quantity of like amount upon any portion of the public lands subject to entry at $1 25 per acre or less, and patents shall issue therefor and upon the terms and conditions enumerated in the act aforesaid; and whereas by act of the legislature of the state of Illinois, approved June 22, 1852, section 1, it was provided "That all the swamp and overflowed lands granted to the state of Illinois by the act of Congress entitled 'An act to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits,' approved September 28, 1850, be and the same are hereby granted to the counties respectively in which the same may lie or be situated, etc.;" and whereas the said grant of the state of Illinois to the several counties is to a large extent inoperative on account of the rules and decisions of the commissioner of the general land office under which none of the counties have been thus far able to locate the scrip to which they are entitled; therefore,

Be it resolved, (the Senate and the House concurring therein), That the Congress of the United States be requested, by resolution or otherwise, to instruct the commissioner of the general land office to authorize the location of said scrip issued and to be issued under said act of March 2, 1855, upon any government land subject to entry at $1 25 per acre, lying in any of the states or territories of the United States.

Resolved, That the governor of this state be authorized to appoint a state agent, whose duties it shall be to look after the general interests of the state of Illinois growing out of the swamp land act of September 28, 1850, and the amendments thereto: Provided, this state agent so appointed, shall not in any manner interfere with or annul any bargain, contract or agency made by any county in said state with any person or persons for the purpose of protecting the interests of the said county under the said swamp land act: And, provided. that said state agent so appointed shall make no charge against the state of Illinois for any services he may render under this resolution.

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