tain a laboratory for the production of hog cholera serum and other biological products for free distribution to the live stock producers of the State of Illinois, and making an appropriation therefor," approved June 10, 1909, in force July 1, 1909, be and the same is hereby amended by amending the title to be known as sections 3a, 3b1, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, which title and sections to be known as sections 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, which title and sections when amended and the new sections when added shall read as inserted at length herein. SEC. 2. The title of this Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ‘An Act to establish and maintain a laboratory for the production of hog cholera serum and other biological products for sale and distribution to live stock producers." SEC. 1. That there be established in this State an institution to be known as "the State Biological Laboratory" the purpose of said institution shall be for the production and manufacture of biological products for sale and distribution to live stock producers. SEC. 3a. The Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a director of said State Biological Laboratory who shall hold office for a term of four years and until his successor shall be appointed. He shall have the management and control of said laboratory. He shall receive a salary of three thousand ($3,000) dollars per year. Said director shall, on application, furnish said serum to any person for use within his own herd only, together with specific instructions for use of same at the approximate cost of manufacture and such cost shall be stated on the pack age. SEC. 3b. In the sale of said hog cholera serum, the director of said laboratory shall act under the regulations and direction of the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners. The money received for said serum shall be paid into the State treasury and the treasurer shall keep said money as a separate fund to be known as the serum fund, and the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners shall pay from said fund all expenses directly connected with the maintaining of the State Laboratory and the manufacture, purchase and distribution of said serum. SEC. 3c. It shall be the duty of the director of said laboratory to recommend to the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners a standard degree of potency of hog cholera serum for successfully treating, curbing, and controlling hog cholera. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer for sale or distribute in any manner any hog cholera serum, except such as shall be certified by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, and except upon compliance with the provisions hereof. Any person, firm, company or corporation, before selling or offering for sale within this State any hog cholera serum, shall first make application to the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners for permission to sell the same. Such application shall give the name of said person, firm, company or corporation, with its place or places of business. Such other information and samples of serum as may be required by the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners shall be furnished by such applicant for permission to sell hog cholera serum. If the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners is satisfied with said application, and if the director of said laboratory shall so recommend, said board shall issue to the applicant a permit to sell hog cholera serum within the State for a period of one calendar year or such part thereof as shall be deemed advisable by said board. Said permit may be revoked and cancelled by the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners at any time after the issue thereof when satisfied that the terms and conditions under which it was issued have been or are being violated. No hog cholera serum shall be sold, offered for sale or for use, or be used in this State which is below the standard test of potency established by the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners; and said State Board of Live Stock Commissioners shall not establish any such standard of potency below that fixed by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry: Provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to serum used for experimental purposes at the place of manufacture of hog cholera serum under the direction of the manager of such manufacturing establishment. SEC. 3d. The director of said laboratory is authorized to procure virulent blood or virus from cholera infected hogs and to distribute the same at approximate cost for use in connection with hog cholera serum, the money received for such virulent blood or virus to be paid into the State treasury and become a part of the serum fund as provided in section 3b. No person, firm, company or corporation shall distribute or sell any portion of virulent blood or virus from cholera infected hogs without a permit so to do from the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners and such sale or distribution shall be made under such rules and regulations as said State Board of Live Stock Commissioners may establish therefor. No person shall be entitled to such a permit to use virulent blood or virus from cholera infected hogs unless he has received specific instructions in reference to such use of such virulent blood or virus, satisfactory to the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners and the director of said laboratory, and any such permit may be cancelled by the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners at any time for sufficient cause: Provided, that the restrictions in this section mentioned shall not apply to official work of representatives of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry; but all virulent blood or virus used by such persons shall be reported to the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners as they may require. Any person, firm, company, or corporation violating the terms in this section stated shall be punished as provided for in section 3g, of this Act. SEC. 3e. The director of said laboratory or his duly qualified deputies or assistants are herein authorized to seize and forward to the said laboratory for examination, samples of any serum or virus used or kept for use or for sale within this State, at any time or at any place, under the police and health regulations in force in this State. The director of the State Laboratory shall have power to condemn or destroy any serum or virus which he deems to be unsafe for use. SEC. 3f. No person, firm, company or corporation shall sell or keep or offer for sale, within the limits of this State, any hog cholera serum or hog cholera virus, without a permit so to do first obtained from the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners pursuant to the provisions of section 3e of this Act. And no person, firm, company or corporation holding such a permit shall sell, or keep or offer for sale, any hog cholera serum which is below the standard of potency fixed and established by the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners as provided herein. Sec. 3g. Any person, firm, company or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Act, and every member of any unincorporated company or firm, and the officers, directors, and managers of any corporation violating any of the provisions of this Act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than one hundred ($100) dollars nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days or more than one hundred fifty (150) days, or both, in the discretion of the court. And every person convicted of a second such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail only, for a period not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one year, in the discretion of the court. Non-concurred in by the House, June 19, 1915. B. H. MCCANN, Clerk of the House. A message from the House by Mr. Vogel, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President-I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has concurred with the Senate in the passage of bills of the following titles, to wit: SENATE BILL No. 466. A bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act entitled an Act in regard to tax title and providing for the reconveyance of tax titles and fixing a penalty for failure or refusal to reconvey,' approved June 14, 1909, in force July 1, 1909, by amending section one (1) thereof.” SENATE BILL No. 551. A bill for "An Act making an appropriation of an additional sum for the completion of an armory for the use of the Second Regiment Infantry, Illinois National Guard, at Chicago, now under construction." SENATE BILL No. 515. A bill 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." SENATE BILL No. 261. A bill for "An Act to amend section 146 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to justices of the peace and constables,' approved June 26, 1895, in force July 1, 1895." SENATE BILL No. 196. A bill for "An Act to amend section one (1) of 'An Act to revise the law in relation to fences,' approved March 21, 1874, in force July 1, 1874.” SENATE BILL No. 339. A bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges,' approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, by amending section 50, paragraph 7, and by adding a new section to be known as 99b." Passed the House, June 19, 1915. B. H. MCCANN, Clerk of the House. A message from the House by Mr. Vogel, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President-I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has concurred with the Senate in the passage of a bill of the following title, to wit: SENATE BILL No. 299. A bill for "An Act to permit any insurance corporation, company, association or other organization authorized to do an insurance business in this State to deposit securities with the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois, to substitute other securities therefor, and to authorize the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois to certify to such deposits." Passed the House, June 19, 1915. B. H. MCCANN, Clerk of the House. The President of the Senate announced that the Executive Committee had appointed the following as a committee provided for by Senate Resolution No. 71, Messrs. Olson, Dailey, Harris, Carroll and Broderick. The President of the Senate announced that the Executive Committee had appointed as committee on the part of the Senate provided for by Senate Joint Resolution No. 31, Messrs. Latham, Broderick, Sullivan and Abt. By unanimous consent, Mr. Curtis offered the following resolution: SENATE RESOLUTION No. 74. WHEREAS, The room occupied by the President pro tempore of the Senate has been refurnished for him during this session, and for his exclusive use; therefore, Resolved, That the Secretary of State is hereby instructed and directed to keep and preserve the said room for the use of the President pro tempore of the Senate unless he shall agree to its temporary occupancy by the chairman of the Railroad Committee of the State Board of Equalization. On motion of Mr. Curtis, the rules were suspended and the foregoing resolution was taken up for consideration, and, on his motion, was adopted. The President of the Senate announced the appointment of E. A. Hoffman from June 14th to June 30th, 1915, as Chaplain of the Senate. A message from the House by Mr. Vogel, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President-I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has adopted the following Conference Committee report: To the Honorable, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives: We, the undersigned Committee of Conference, appointed to consider the differences between the two Houses, in relation to the Senate amendments to House Bill No. 948, a bill for "An Act making appropriations for the five State Normal Schools of Illinois," beg leave to report that we recommend the following as the action to be taken by the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively: We recommend that the House concur with the Senate in Amendment No. 6. We recommend that the Senate recede from Amendments No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. Amend Amendment No. 10 as printed in the Senate, line 2, by striking out the figures, $33,000.00 and insert in lieu thereof $30,000.00. Amend printed bill in Senate, section 1, page 4, line 80, by striking out the words and figures, two hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($293,000.00) and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures, three hundred three thousand dollars ($303,000.00). Amend printed bill in Senate, section 1, page 9, by inserting after line 148 the following: 1481⁄2 For Assembly Hall and gymnasium of fireproof construc- .$135,000.00 Amend printed bill in Senate, section 1, page 9, lines 152 and 153, by striking out the words and figures, three hundred three thousand five hundred ninety dollars ($303,590.00) and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures, four hundred thirty-eight thousand five hundred ninety dollars ($438,590.00). Amend printed bill in Senate, section 1, page 12, after line 79, by inserting a new line as follows: 791⁄2 For the erection and construction of a girls' dormitory or . $95,000.00 Amend printed bill in Senate, section 1, page 13, line 31, by striking out the words and figures, four hundred nine thousand, eighty-five dollars and twelve cents ($409,085.12) and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures, five hundred four thousand, eighty-five dollars and twelve cents ($504,085.12). Amend printed bill in Senate, section 1, page 16, after line 86 by inserting the following: 862 For the construction of a building for school of arts.. $95,000.00 Amend printed bill in Senate, section 1, page 16, line 88, by striking out the words and figures, two hundred thirty-six thousand, four hundred ninetyfour dollars ($236,494.00) and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures, three hundred twenty-three thousand, eight hundred thirty-four dollars ($323,834.00). Amend printed bill in Senate, section 1, page 19, after line 67, by inserting the following: 672 For addition to main building and enlargement of present assembly room . $10,000.00 Amend printed bill in Senate, section 1, page 19, after line 66, by inserting the following: 662 For general repairs on buildings and engine room and for two new boilers.. . $5,000.00 Amend printed bill in Senate, section 1, page 19, line 69, by striking out the words and figures, two hundred fifty-nine thousand nine hundred sixty dollars ($259,960.00) and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures, two hundred seventy-four thousand, nine hundred sixty dollars ($274,960.00). Amend printed bill in Senate, page 19, line 1, by striking out figures, $293,000.00, and insert in lieu thereof the figures, $303,000.00. Amend printed bill in Senate, page 19, line 2, by striking out the figures, $303,590.00, and insert in lieu thereof the figures, $438,590.00. Amend printed bill in Senate, page 19, line 8, by striking out the figures, $409,085.12, and insert in lieu thereof the figures, $504,085.12. Amend printed bill in Senate, page 19, line 4, by striking out the figures, $236,494.00, and insert in lieu thereof the figures, $323,834.00. Amend printed bill in Senate, page 19, line 5, by striking out the figures, $259,960.00, and insert in lieu thereof the figures, $274,960.00. Amend printed bill in Senate, page 19, line 6, by striking out the figures, $1,502,129.12, and insert in lieu thereof the figures, $1,844,469.12. All of which is respectfully submitted. EDWARD D. SHURTLEFF, JAMES C. HARVEY, JOHN P. DEVINE, Committee on behalf of the B. H. MCCANN, Clerk of the House. A message from the House by Mr. Vogel, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President-I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has adopted the following Conference Committee report: We, the undersigned Committee of Conference, appointed to consider the differences between the two Houses with relation to the Senate amendments to House Bill 994, being a bill for "An Act concerning fees and salaries and to classify the several counties of this State with reference thereto, approved March 29, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, and as amended," to amend and revise section 3 of said Act, beg leave to report that we recommend the following as the action to be taken by the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively: We recommend that the Senate recede from Amendments Nos. 1, 2 and 3. All of which is respectfully submitted. E. J. HUGHES, PAUL W. ABT, EDWARD C. CURTIS, R. J. BARR, Committee on behalf of the Senate. Adopted by the House, June 19, 1915. THOS. N. GORMAN, Committee on behalf of the B. H. MCCANN, Clerk of the House. A message from the House by Mr. Vogel, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President-I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has adopted the following Conference Committee report: We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference, appointed to consider the difference between the two Houses, in relation to the Senate amendments to House Bill No. 663, in Senate, being a bill for "An Act to amend sections 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 17, 21, 39, 39a, 40, and 40a of an Act entitled, 'An Act to prevent fraud in the sale of dairy products, their imitation or substitutes, to prohibit and prevent the manufacture and sale of unhealthy, adulterated or misbranded foods, liquors or dairy products, to provide for the appointment of a State Food Commissioner and his assistants, to define their powers and duties and to repeal all Acts relating to the production, manufacture and sale of dairy and food products and liquors in conflict herewith,' approved May 14, 1907, and in force July 1, 1907, as amended by subsequent Acts," |