JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Adjournment-Sine Die.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That this special session of the general sine die. assembly adjourn sine die on Tuesday, the twenty-fourth October 24, 1871. instant, at eleven o'clock A. M.

Adjournment-Temporary..

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the general assembly will adjourn April 17 to No on Monday, April 17th, A. D. 1871, until the 15th day of vember 15, 1871. November, A. D. 1871, at twelve o'clock, meridian; and that during such recess, no member, officer or employè shall receive any per diem compensation.

Adjourned Session.

Chicago.

WHEREAS the corporate authorities and citizens of the Invitation from city of Chicago have extended to this general assembly an invitation to hold its adjourned session in said city, offering for that purpose suitable halls, executive and committee rooms, free of expense to the state; therefore,

vitation.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, and consenting hereto, That the invita- Accepting intion of the city and citizens of Chicago, aforesaid, be and the same is hereby accepted, and that the adjourned session of the present general assembly, if any such there shall be, be held in said city, upon the conditions proposed in the said invitation.

Preamble.

Adjutant General's Report.

WHEREAS there are near four hundred copies of the adjutant general's reports now in his office which have been paid for by the state, subject to distribution; therefore, Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein, That one copy of the adjutant general's To be distribu- report (1865 and 1866) be distributed to each member of ted to members the twenty-seventh general assembly and their elective offand officers. cers, and that the adjutant general is hereby directed to

forward the same in accordance with their instructions.

Books for Courts in Cook County.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the secretary of state is hereby of instructed and authorized to forward to the clerk of each state to forward court of record, in Cook county, to the judge of the

Secretary

copies.

supreme court elected in the seventh district, to the judge and attorneys of the several courts in Cook county, and the Chicago law library, who are entitled by law to receive them, one copy each of the supreme court reports, digest, statutes, laws, journals, and legislative reports, so far as the same can be supplied from books now in the secretary of state's office.

Preamble.

Secretary

Books Stored in State House.

WHEREAS there is at this time a larger number of books stored in the basement and other portions of the state house than will be needed for the use of the state; and whereas, many of said books cannot be had from any other source; and, whereas, in consequence of the destruction of the principal libraries in Chicago, by the late fire, such books are greatly needed by the business and professional men of said city; therefore,

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the secretary of state be and he is of hereby directed to make an inventory of the surplus laws, state to make journals and reports stored in the basement of the state house, specifying the number, kind and cost of such books, and report the same to the governor, who shall direct what

inventory.

portion of said books shall be reserved for public use, and the balance of such books the secretary of state is hereby authorized to sell in such manner as the governor may pre- To be sold. scribe, to such professional and business men of the state as may desire to purchase the same, at cost price, and deposit the proceeds in the state treasury; and he shall make report of his doings to the general assembly by the first day of December next: Provided, that not more than one copy of each book shall be sold to any one person: Provided, that the copies of the reports of the State Agricultural Society, excepting those needed for use in the state library, be turned over to the secretary of the State Agricultural Society, for the effecting of exchanges with other societies.

Canvass of Votes for State Officers.

Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring herein, That the two houses meet in joint session in the House of Joint session. Representatives, on Saturday, the seventh day of January, instant [1871], at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of canvassing the returns of the election for state treasurer and state superintendent of public instruction.

Governor to

Carbondale

Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring herein, That the governor be and he is hereby instructed to sell to the city of Carbondale the bonds of said city now in his sell to city of possession, issued by the said city for the use and benefit of the Illinois Normal University, at Carbondale, in accordance with the provisions of "An act to appoint commissioners to construct the Southern Illinois Insane Asylum and the Southern Illinois Normal University, and to make appropriations therefor," approved April 13th, 1871, for no less than thirty thousand dollars, in full, of said bonds and the interest that may have accrued thereon; which amount, when so paid, shall be transferred to the commissioners of the said Southern Illinois Normal University, located at Carbondale, to be used by them in the construction and completion of the same: Provided, that said sum of thirty thousand dollars be paid on or before the 1st day of July,

1872.

thanks.

Chicago Sufferers-Aid for.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the thanks of the People of the Resolution of State of Illinois, by this general assembly, are hereby tendered to the people everywhere, who, by their promptitude and generous liberality, have so nobly provided for the immediate necessities of the afflicted people of Chicago.

tariff.

Chicago-Building Material.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That our senators in congress be in

Reduction of structed, and our representatives requested, to support any measure having for its object the reduction of the tariff on lumber and other building material to be used in rebuilding the city of Chicago.

Preamble.

Chicago Conflagration.

WHEREAS, the most destructive conflagration known in history has recently swept over the city of Chicago, destroying untold millions of dollars' worth of property, and the homes of more than a hundred thousand people, occasioning a frightful loss of human life, and producing the greatest suffering; and whereas, this appalling calamity has left houseless and penniless many thousands of people, whose destitute condition and great misfortunes now appeal to the civilized world for material aid and christian sympathy; and whereas, this unparalleled disaster constitutes "an extraordinary occasion" in the affairs of the state, requiring the convening of the two houses of the general assembly in special session, to consider measures of relief; therefore, be it Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring herein, Resolution of That we do hereby extend to all the sufferers by this great conflagration the most earnest and heartfelt sympathies of the whole people of the state of Illinos; that while profoundly sympathizing with the people of Chicago in this their great affliction and hour of need, we will also extend to them material aid to the extent of our powers under the constitution, and as far as the resources of the state will admit.

sympathy.

Resolved, That the secretary of state be requested to forward to the mayor of Chicago a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution.

Dam in Calumet River.

WHEREAS the completion of the deep cut in the Illinois Preamble. and Michigan Canal obviates the necessity of continuing the dam which has heretofore made the Calumet river a feeder to said canal; and whereas said dam has for years caused an overflow of large tracts of land in the counties of Lake and Porter, in the state of Indiana; and whereas the governor of Indiana has sent a commission to this general assembly requesting the removal of said dam; and whereas justice and good amity to our neighboring state of Indiana, to which the state of Illinois feels under deep obligations for its courtesy and kindness in permitting the construction and continuance of said dam; therefore,

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Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring herein, That Commissioners the canal commissioners are hereby instructed to cause the moval. removal of said dam without unnecessary delay.

Dykes in Mississippi River.

WHEREAS a memorial to congress has been numerously Preamble. signed by leading citizens of Missouri and Illinois, asking congress to make an appropriation of one million and a half of dollars to be immediately expended in the construction of permanent dykes in the Mississippi river, between the mouth of the Missouri river and Cairo, at different points, now difficult and dangerous to navigation on account of said sand bars, wrecks of vessels and other hidden obstructions in the channel; and whereas, the system of permanent dykes has proved to be the only really effective means of diverting and controlling the waters of the Mississippi, and that this legislature is fully convinced that by confining the current of the river to a rocky shore in every instance where nature has furnished one, and that by straightening and deepening the channel by means of dykes, where it has a tendency to spread out, a depth of water can be obtained sufficient to float, during the whole season of navigation, vessels of eight and ten feet draught, from the mouth