to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved June 12, 1909, as amended." Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass, and that it be ordered to a first reading. Under the rules the bill was ordered to a first reading. Mr. Wood, from the Committee on Education, to which was referred a bill, House Bill No. 617 for "An Act to amend section 5 of ‘An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved and in force June 12, 1909, as, amended by an Act approved June 28, 1915, in force. July 1, 1915." Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass, and that it be ordered to a first reading. Under the rules the bill was ordered to a first reading. Mr. Essington, from the Committee on Canals and Waterways, to which was referred a bill, House Bill No. 656, for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to create sanitary districts and to provide for sewage disposal,' approved June 22, 1917, as amended by adding thereto four additional sections to be known as sections 19, 20, 21 and 22." Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass, and that it be ordered to a first reading. Under the rules the bill was ordered to a first reading. Mr. Dailey, from the Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred a bill, House Bill No. 185, for "An Act to accept for the State of Illinois the donation of certain land known as Creve Coeur Park." Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass, and that it be ordered to a first reading. Under the rules the bill was ordered to a first reading. Mr. Cuthbertson, from the Committee on Banks, Building and Loan Associations, to which was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 293, for "An Act in relation to credit unions." Reported the same back with amendments thereto, and recommended that the amendments be adopted, and that the bill as amended do pass, and that it be ordered to a first reading. Under the rules the bill was ordered to a first reading, and the amendments were ordered printed. On motion of Mr. Dailey, Senate Bill No. 428 on the order of third reading, was laid on the table. Mr. Joyce, from the Committee on Municipalities, to which was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 465, for "An Act to amend section 11* of Article XI of 'An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages,' approved April 10, 1872, as amended.” Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass, and that it be ordered to a first reading. Under the rules the bill was ordered to a first reading. At 6:30 o'clock p. m., on motion of Mr. Dailey, the Senate took a recess until 8:30 o'clock p. m. 8:30 O'CLOCK P. M. The Senate reconvened. The Senate resumed the consideration of House Bill No. 743, a bill for "An Act to provide for the ordinary and contingent expense of the State government until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next regular session of the General Assembly." On the order of second reading, which was pending at the time the last recess was taken. Mr. Barr offered the following amendments to the bill, which were adopted: AMENDMENT No. 112. Amend printed House Bill No. 743 in Senate, in section 1, page 37, paragraph (60), by striking out line 38 and inserting in lieu thereof the following words and figures: "To the Illinois State Teachers' Association.. AMENDMENT No. 1121⁄2. $4,000 Amend in section 1, page 36, paragraph (60), line 7, by striking out the figures "900,000" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "904,000". AMENDMENT No. 113. Amend on page 39 by inserting a new paragraph after line 41, to read as follows: "For repairing, strengthening and changing approaches to bridge AMENDMENT No. 114. Amend in section 1, page 62, paragraph (87), line 25, by striking out the figures "481,408.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "623,091.00". AMENDMENT No. 115. Amend in section 1, page 63, paragraph (87), line 34, by striking out the figures "531,608" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "673,291”. AMENDMENT No. 116. Amend on page 52, section 1, sub-section 71, by striking line 17 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "2 Railroad inspectors @$2,400.. $4,800 per annum" Mr. Dunlap offered the following amendment to the bill, which was adopted: AMENDMENT No. 117. Amend on page 41 by striking out all of line 3 under "Sanitary Engineering". Mr. Wright offered the following amendment to the bill, which was adopted: AMENDMENT No. 118. Amend by inserting on page 42, line 3, after the word "librarian” the words "and file clerk". Mr. Wright offered the following amendments to the bill, which were adopted: AMENDMENT No. 119. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 43, paragraph (62), line 10, by striking out the figures "130,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "80,000.00". AMENDMENT No. 120. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 43, paragraph (64), line 8, by striking out the figures "935,440" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "871,140.” AMENDMENT No. 121. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page '44, paragraph (65), line 13, by striking out the figures "8,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "6,000.00”. AMENDMENT No. 122. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 44, paragraph (65), line 17, by striking out the figures "62,900" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "60,900". AMENDMENT No. 123. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 45, paragraph (66), line 10, by striking out the figures "8,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "6,000.00.” AMENDMENT No. 124. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 45, paragraph (66), line 14, by striking out the figures "63,850" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "61,850." AMENDMENT No. 125. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 45, paragraph (67), line 2, by striking out the figures "205,120.00” and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "185,520.00". AMENDMENT No. 126. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 45, paragraph (67), line 11, by striking out the figures "3,500" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "4,200”. -69 S J AMENDMENT No. 127. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 46, paragraph (67), by striking out all of line 29. AMENDMENT No. 128. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 46, paragraph (67), line 30, by striking out the figures "17,500" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "10,000". AMENDMENT No. 129. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 46, paragraph (67), line 32, by striking out the figures "30,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "20,000.00." AMENDMENT No. 130. Amend House Bill No. 743 as printed in the Senate, section 1, page 46, paragraph (67), line 35, by striking out the figures "273,620” and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "244,020”. Mr. Lantz offered the following amendment: AMENDMENT No. 131. Amend printed House Bill No. 743 in Senate, on page 51, section 1, sub'section 71, by striking line 11 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "3 Private Secretaries @ $3,000.. .$9,000 per annum." Mr. Glenn offered the following as a substitute for Mr. Lantz's amendment: Amend House Bill No. 743 by striking out all of line 11 on page 51. Mr. Lantz moved that the substitute lie on the table. And the yeas and nays being called, the motion was decided in the negative by the following vote: Yeas, 9; nays, 28. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. The question then being, "Shall the substitute amendment be adopted?" it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Lantz offered the following amendments to the bill, which were adopted: AMENDMENT No. 132. Amend on page 51, section 1, sub-section 71, by adding after line 6 the following: "3 Assistant Commerce Commissioners @ $5,000......$15,000.00 per annum.” AMENDMENT No. 133. Amend on page 53, section 1, sub-section 71, rate section, by striking line 14 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Court Reporting. $25,000 per annum." AMENDMENT No. 134. Amend on page 54, section 1, sub-section 71, line 20, by striking the figures "$150,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$100,000.00.” AMENDMENT No. 135. Amend section 1, page 51, paragraph (71), line 9, by striking out the figures "1,500" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "1,800." AMENDMENT No. 136. Amend section 1, page 51, paragraph (71), line 2, by striking out the figures "890,160.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "879,560.00." AMENDMENT No. 137. Amend section 1, page 53, paragraph (71), line 16, by striking out the figures "62,200.00" and inserting ìn lieu thereof the figures "55,000." AMENDMENT No. 138. Amend section 1, page 53, paragraph (71), line 17, by striking out the figures "125,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "90,000.00." AMENDMENT No. 139. Amend section 1, page 54, paragraph (71), line 21, by striking out the figures "1,242,360" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "1,139,560." AMENDMENT No. 140. Amend on page 54, paragraph (73), after line 5, by inserting a line to read as follows: "1 Inspector who is a registered pharmacist.. .$2,100 per annum" and in line 7, by striking the figures "$26,100" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures “$24,000.” Mr. Wright offered the following amendments, which were adopted: AMENDMENT No. 141. Amend section 1, page 54, paragraph (72), line 10, by striking out the figures "10,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "8,000.00." AMENDMENT No. 142. Amend section 1, page 54, paragraph (72), line 14, by striking out the figures "81,790" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "79,790." |