thereof as may be necessary, to purchase the land and to properly repair the tomb of Elias Kent Kane, located on the bluff across the Mississippi river from Kaskaskia, in Randolph county. § 2. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, the Governor shall appoint three commissioners, to whom no compensation for services or expenses shall be paid, and said commissioners shall make full report to the Governor of their acts and doing hereunder. § 3. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants on the Treasurer, on the presentation of proper vouchers certified by said commissioners and approved by the Governor, for the payment of said repairs to the extent of said appropriation hereby made, when said repairs are completed. APPROVED June 4, 1907. Preamble. 1. Appropriates $6,000. (HOUSE BILL NO. 10. § 2. Commissioners to administer actexpenditures, how certified and paid. APPROVED MAY 23, 1907.) AN ACT making an appropriation for constructing and erecting a monument in Riverview Park, at Quincy, Illinois, to the memory of General George Rogers Clark. WHEREAS, General George Rogers Clark, with prophetic vision, was enabled, during the revolutionary period of our history, to see, in that great region lying between the Ohio, the great lakes, and the Mississippi, a territory of most strategic value, boundless wealth and wondrous opportunity, and who by the authority of a council of Virginia statesmen, composed of Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, and George Wythe, at almost inconceivable peril to himself and his followers, swept it free from marauding band and lurking foe, and organized it as a county of the Old Dominion, through the munificence of that commonwealth, and by the provisions of the ordinance of 1787, drafted by Jefferson, it became the Northwest Territory, a portion, in 1809, was made the Territory of Illinois, and from this conception, was born, in 1818, Illinois, fairest of the sisterhood of states. More than a century has gone by, and as yet no fitting tribute to the memory and achievements of this remarkable man has been established, therefore: SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there be, and hereby is appropriated the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to be expended in the construction and erection of a suitable monument in memory of the said General George Clark, said monument to be erected on the east bank of the Mississippi river in Riverview Park, in the city of Quincy, which bold promontory is the most western point of high land in all Illinois. The design, construction and erection of said monument shall be under the supervision and construction of a commission of five members, not more than three members to be of any one political party, to be appointed by the Governor, who shall serve without pay except for their actual expenses. All bills for expenditures within in this appropriation shall be paid upon certificates of approval signed by at least three members of said commission, and by the Governor, and the Auditor shall issue his warrant for the same out of any money not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED May 23, 1907. NATIONAL GUARD-OVERCOATS AND UNIFORMS. § 1. Appropriates $90,000. (HOUSE BILL NO. 292. APPROVED JUNE 4, 1907.) AN ACT to provide for the purchase of overcoats, dress and service uniforms, and pea-jackets for the Illinois National Guard and the Illinois Naval Reserve. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay for the manufacture and purchase of overcoats, dress and service uniforms, and pea-jackets for the Illinois National Guard and the Illinois Naval Reserve. § 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant for the sum herein specified, upon the presentation of proper vouchers, certified to by the Adjutant General and approved by the Governor, and the Treasurer shall pay the same out of the money hereby appropriated. § 1. APPROVED June 4, 1907. NATIONAL GUARD-SECOND INFANTRY AND CAMP LOGAN. Appropriates $35,000 for armory § 2. How drawn. site for Second Infantry. Appropriates $9,000 for additional ground for Camp Logan. (HOUSE BILL No. 293. APPROVED JUNE 4, 1907.) AN ACT to purchase armory site for Second Infantry, Illinois National Guard, and sixty (60) acres additional ground for Camp Logan, Illinois. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purchase of lots ten (10), thirteen (13), fourteen (14), fifteen (15), and the west half of sixteen (16), in block forty-two (42) in Carpenter's addition to Chicago in the west one-half of the southeast quarter of section eight (8), township thirty-nine (39), north, range fourteen (14), east of the third (3rd) principal meridian, in Cook county, Illinois, now occupied by armory building owned by the Second Infantry, Illinois National Guard, and that the further sum of nine thousand dollars ($9,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purchase of sixty (60) acres of additional ground located on the west side and adjoining Camp Logan, Illinois. § 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant for the sum herein specified, upon the presentation of proper vouchers, certified to by the Adjutant General and approved by the Governor, and the Treasurer shall pay the same out of the money hereby appropriated. APPROVED June 4, 1907. NATIONAL GUARD-SEVENTH INFANTRY, ARMORY. 1. Appropriates $150,000 for armoryproviso. § 2. How drawn. (HOUSE BILL NO. 510. APPROVED JUNE 5, 1907.) AN ACT to appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of constructing an armory building for the use of the Seventh Infantry, Illinois National Guard, located in Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, provided that there shall be deeded to the State suitable ground upon which to erect said armory, the site to be approved by the Governor and Adjutant General. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay for the erection of an armory for the use of the Seventh Infantry, Illinois National Guard, located in Chicago, Cook county, Illinois: Provided, however, that there shall be deeded to the State suitable ground upon which to erect said armory, the site to be approved by the Governor and Adjutant General. § 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the sum herein specified, upon the presentation of proper vouchers, certified to by the Adjutant General and approved by the Governor, and the Treasurer shall pay the same out of the money hereby appropriated. APPROVED June 5, 1907. PENAL AND REFORMATORY-SOUTHERN PENITENTIARY. § 1. Appropriates $200,000 per annum for ordinary expenses-$30,700 § 2. How drawn. (HOUSE BILL No. 571. APPROVED JUNE 4, 1907) AN ACT making appropriations for the ordinary and other expenses of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Chester, Illinois. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the same are hereby appropriated to the Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Chester, for the purposes hereinafter named, and no other: For ordinary expenses for the two years ending June 30, 1909; $200,000.00 per annum. For maintaining library and furnishing chapel, $350.00 per annum For expenses enforcing parole law, $5,000.00 per annum. For the construction and equipment of a dining hall for prisoners, $20,000. § 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrants upon the State Treasurer for the moneys herein appropriated, upon the order of the board of commissioners of said penitentiary, and attested by the secretary with the seal of the institution attached, and approved by the Governor. APPROVED June 4, 1907. PENAL AND REFORMATORY-STATE PENITENTIARY. 1. Appropriates $240,000 per annum | for ordinary expenses-$16,000 per annum for items enumerated. § 2. How drawn. (HOUSE BILL No. 868. APPROVED JUNE 4, 1907.) AN ACT to make appropriation for ordinary and other expenses of the Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby appropriated to the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, for the purposes hereinafter named and no other. For ordinary expenses for the year ending June 30, 1908... $ 240,000 240,000 20,000 12,000 § 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants on the State Treasurer for the amounts herein appropriated, quarterly in advance, in so far as it relates to the appropriations for ordinary expenses, upon the order of the board of commissioners of said penitentiary, signed by the president and attested by the secretary, with the seal of the institution and the approval of the Governor thereto attached: Provided, that no part of such sums shall be due and payable to said institution until a detailed statement of receipts from all sources, together with a detailed statement of the expenditures, accompanied by the original vouchers, is filed with the Auditor of Public Accounts for all previous expenditures incurred, and such detailed statement of receipts and expenditures shall show the balance on hand at the beginning of the period for which such statement is made, the total amounts received and expended, and the balance on hand at the close of the quarter for which the same is made; and the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants on the State Treasurer for the sums herein appropriated for the special purposes upon the order of the board of commissioners when accompanied by itemized bills of particular(s), signed by the president and attested by the secretary, with the seal of the institution, and the approval of the Governor thereto attached, certifying that the expenditures mentioned in said bill of particulars have been made and that the amount is due and payable. AN ACT creating a commission and providing for the acquisition of land for the re-location of the Illinois State Penitentiary and the Illinois Asylum for Insane Criminals, and for the building of a new Illinois State Penitentiary and a new Illinois Asylum for Insane Criminals at or near the city of Joliet, and making an appropriation therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That upon the taking effect of this Act a commission consisting of three members to be known as "The Penitentiary Commission," shall be appointed by the Governor. Vacancies occurring in said commission shall be filled by the Governor. Said commissioners shall serve without pay, but the reasonable and necessary expenses of said commissioners shall be paid out of the appropriation hereinafter made. Said commission shall have full power to execute the duties and carry out the provisions of this act as hereinafter set forth. § 2. It shall be the duty of said commission to meet and organize as soon as practicable after the taking effect of this act by electing one of its number president and another secretary. |