one. The exercises will be held Monday, June the Fourteenth, Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen, at three o'clock, corner of Tenth and Monroe Streets. The President of the Senate presented the following communication which was read and ordered spread upon the Journal: [SEAL.] JOHN SIMAN, City Clerk. CITY OF CHICAGO. May 28, 1915. Hon. Barratt O'Hara, President of the Senate, Springfield, Illinois. DEAR SIR: By direction of the City Council of the City of Chicago, I transmit herewith copy of a resolution adopted by said city council on Monday, May 24, 1915, expressing the sense of the city council against the passage of House Bill No. 142 providing for court reporters in each branch of the Municipal Court of Chicago. Very truly yours, (Signed) JOHN SIMAN, City Clerk. [COPY.] Resolved, That it is the sense of this council that the bill known as House Bill No. 142, pending before the State Legislature, providing for civil service court reporters of each branch of the Municipal Court, should not pass because of the heavy expense which would be placed upon the city in the event of its passage, and that the city clerk forward a copy of this resolution to the proper authorities at Springfield for consideration. At the suggestion of the President of the Senate the Senate ordered that the Senate hold two sessions, and if necessary three sessions, today to consider reading Senate bills the third time. On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 26, for "An Act making an appropriation for the salary of an agricultural advisor for incorporated soil and crop improvement associations, or like associations with like purposes, of the State of Illinois," Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives together with the Senate amendments adopted thereto, was taken up and read at large a third time, And the question being, "Shall this bill pass together with the Senate amendments thereto ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 38; nays, 0. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Nays-0. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the adoption of the Senate amendments to the bill. On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 841, for "An Act in relation to procuring of site and erection of armory for the use of the Illinois National Guard and making an appropriation therefor," Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives 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, 30; nays, 1. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof. On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 528, for "An Act making an appropriation to meet the deficiencies in the appropriations to the Board of Commissioners of State Contracts for the purchase of printing paper and stationery, for public printing, and for public binding under contract by the State of Illinois," Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives together with the Senate amendments adopted thereto, was taken up and read at large a third time, And the question being, "Shall this bill pass together with the Senate amendments thereto ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 41; nays, 2. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Campbell Jewell Nays-2. This bill, expressing an emergency in the body of the Act, rendered it necessary that it should go into effect immediately, 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 Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the adoption of the Senate amendments to the bill. On motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 468, for “An Act making an appropriation for the erection of an armory in the village of Oak Park," Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, 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, 27; nays, 6. Abt Austin The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Baldwin Bardill Broderick Canadar Boehm Campbell The following voted in the negative: Messrs. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary in form the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. On motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 489, for "An Act in relation to procuring of a site for the erecting of an armory building for the use of the Illinois National Guard, and making an appropriation therefor, and for the purchase of site and construction of armory building at Sterling, Illinois," Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, 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, 33 [31]; nays, 3. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. On motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 515, for "An Act in relation to procuring of site and for the erection of an armory for the use of the organization of the Illinois National Guard at Kankakee," Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, 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, 32; nays, 3. Abt Austin The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Baldwin Barr Broderick Canaday Carroll The following voted in the negative: Messrs. Boehm Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. On motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 136, for “An Act to make an appropriation to construct an armory in the city of Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois," Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, 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, 32; nays, 1. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. The following voted in the negative: Mr. Boehm Nays—1. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. Ön motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 387, for "An Act to provide for the erection of an armory building for the use of the Illinois National Guard at Jacksonville, Illinois, and to make an appropriation therefor," Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, 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, 30; nays, 3. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Hull Meeker Nays-3. Coleman Denvir Ettelson The following voted in the negative: Messrs. Boehm Campbell Tossey Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. On motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 334, for "An Act for an appropriation to complete the Eighth Infantry Armory at Chicago," Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, 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, 30; nays, 2. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Olson Roos Smith Swanson Womack Yeas―30. Nays-2. Cliffe Boehm The following voted in the negative: Messrs. Campbell Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. House Bill No. 694, a bill for "An Act to provide for the installation and extension of equipment in the light, heat and power plant and in the Capitol building at Springfield, Illinois, and making an appropriation therefor," Was taken up and read at large a second time, And the question being, "Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative. House Bill No. 856, a bill for "An Act to provide for the erection. of statutes, or other monumental commemoration, to General Ulysses S. Grant and other Generals from Illinois who commanded the Army, a corps or divisions during the campaign and seige of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and to make appropriation therefor," Was taken up and read at large a second time, And the question being, "Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 912, a bill for “An Act for an appropriation for the repair and re-arrangement of the interior of the Capitol Building," Was taken up and read at large a second time, And the question being, "Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 930, a bill for "An Act making appropriations for the ordinary and other expenses of the State charitable institutions herein named," Was taken up and read at large a second time, And the question being, "Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 605, a bill for "An Act making an appropriation for county fairs or other agricultural societies of the State of Illinois," Was taken up and read at large a second time, together with the following amendment thereto (which has been printed), reported from the Committee on Appropriations, May 27, 1915: AMENDMENT No. 1. In section 1, lines 2 and 3 of the printed bill, strike out the words and figures "eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000)," and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures: one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). The question being, "Shall the report of, and the amendments reported from, said committee be adopted ?" it was decided in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Curtis, the further consideration of the bill was postponed, the bill to retain its place on the calendar. On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 929, a bill for “An Act making appropriations for the State charitable institutions herein named," Was taken up and read at large a second time, together with the following amendments thereto (which have been printed), reported from the Committee on Appropriations: AMENDMENT No. 1. Page 1, in section 1, lines 6, 7, and 8 of the printed bill, strike out the words and figures "one million nine hundred fifty-five thousand six hundred thirty-two dollars and eight cents ($1,955,632.08), and insert in lieu thereof the following words and figures: one million nine hundred ninety thousand two hundred eighty-two dollars and eight cents ($1,990,282.08). AMENDMENT No. 2. Strike out all of line 3, page 2, under the head of Kankakee State Hospital. AMENDMENT No. 3. Page 3, under the head of Chicago State Hospital, add the following line: 5 For amusement hall..... ...$45,000.00 |