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§ 3. WHEREAS, the above appropriation is necessary for the transaction of the business of the State, therefore an emergency exists, and this act shall take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 22, 1893.

STATE REFORMATORY.

§ 1. Appropriates the sum of $100,000 for the ordinary expenses of the State Reformatory for the next two years.

§ 2. How drawn.

§ 3. Emergency.

AN ACT to provide for the contingent ordinary expenses of the Illinois State Reformatory.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated as a fund to defray the additional ordinary expenses of the Illinois State Reformatory caused by the opening of said reformatory to receive inmates under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to establish the Illinois State Reformatory, and making an appropriation therefor," until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General Assembly.

§ 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the moneys hereby appropriated upon the order of the board of managers of the said reformatory, signed by the president and attested by the secretary, with the seal of said institution thereto attached.

§ 3. Whereas, an emergency exists, therefore, this act shall be in force from and after its passage.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following amounts be and the same are hereby appropriated to the

Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac for the two years beginning July 1, 1893, and ending July 1, 1895:

For ordinary expenses the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) per annum.

For repairs and improvements the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) per annum.

For library, for the use of the inmates and employés, including subscriptions for periodicals, publications and the purchaseof book cases or other library furniture, the sum of threehundred dollars ($300) per annum.

For inside and outside painting the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum.

§ 2. The moneys herein appropriated shall be due and payable to the board of managers of said institution, or their order on the terms and in the manner provided by law.

APPROVED June 15, 1893,

STATE REFORMATORY.

§ 1. Appropriates to the State Reformatory for furniture, bedding, repairs and improvements, the sum of $12,750.

§ 2. How drawn.

AN ACT making appropriation for the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following amounts be and the same are hereby appropriated for the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac:

For beds, bedding, furniture, etc., for the new cell blocks and guard rooms, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

For seats, books, tables, etc., of the new school room, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

For sewerage from the new buildings, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750).

For kitchen furniture, steamers, ranges and baking fixtures, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500).

For electric lighting of new buildings, school room, etc., the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

For railroad track to grounds and coal sheds, three thousand dollars.

§ 2. The moneys herein appropriated shall be due and payable to the board of managers of said institution, or their order, on the terms and in the manner provided by law.

APPROVED June 16, 1893.

STATE REFORMATORY.

§ 2. How drawn.

1. Appropriates to the State Reformatory

for repairs and improvements, the
sum of $22, 100.

AN ACT making appropriation for the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following amounts be and the same are hereby appropriated to the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac for the purposes named:

For a barn for horses, wagons, tools, machinery, farm implements, etc., the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000).

For an ice house and cold storage, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000).

For equipments for gymnasiums and calisthenics, and for musical instruments, the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800).

For additional cows, the sum of six hundred dollars ($300). For fencing farm into lots, the sum of four hundred dollars ($400).

For repairs and additional plumbing in the old buildings, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200).

For alteration and extra sewerage work, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

For steam heating and power plant, the sum of twelve thousand six hundred dollars ($12,600).

§ 2. The moneys herein appropriated shall be due and payable to the board of managers of the said reformatory, or their order, on the terms and in the manner provided by law.

APPROVED June 22, 1893.

STATE REFORMATORY.

§ 1. Appropriates to the State Reforma

tory, for new buildings, the sum of
$22,000.

§ 2. How drawn.

AN ACT making appropriations for the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following amounts be and the same are hereby appropriated for the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac:

For trade school, machinery, buildings, etc., the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

For power house, the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000).

For hospital building and equipments the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

§ 2. The moneys herein appropriated shall be due and payable to the board of managers of said reformatory on their order, on the terms and in the manner provided by law.

APPROVED June 22, 1893.

SHIELD'S STATUE.

§ 1. Provides for the appointment of five commissioners to purchase a statue of Gen. James Shields to be placed in the National Statuary Hall, Washington, D. C.

§ 2. Provides that the commissioners appointed shall receive no pay or compensation for services.

§ 3. Appropriates the sum of $9,000 for cost and expenses of delivery of the statue.

WHEREAS, the late James Shields was a Brigadier General in the Mexican war and distinguished himself at the battle of Cerro Gordo and at the seige of Chepultepec, winning the admiration and sympathy of patriotic people by the skill displayed and by the frightful wounds received in the bitter struggle; and

WHEREAS, the same James Shields, at Winchester, on March 23, 1862, defeated Stonewall Jackson in one of the hardest fought battles of the civil war, receiving in the desperate struggle serious wounds in the arm, shoulder and side; and

WHEREAS, the same James Shields was congratulated by Generals McClellan and Banks, and Secretary Edwin M. Stanton, "for the energy, activity and bravery" displayed at Winchester, and was further honored by Governor Curtin of Pennsylvania, by an order directing that the flags of the Pennsylvania regiments be inscribed "Winchester, March 23, 1862;" and

WHEREAS, the same James Shields, besides winning fame as a brave and fearless General, added laurels to his crown as a public servant, statesman and jurist, as United States Senator from Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri, as Auditor and Judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Congress has invited each State of the Union to furnish two statues in marble or bronze of two of its deceased citizens illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military service, and deemed worthy of national commemoration, and to have the same placed in the National Statuary Hall at Washington, D. C.; and

WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has hitherto failed to furnish any statues for such purpose; and

WHEREAS, General Shields, as a hero in two wars, a publicofficial, jurist and statesman, richly deserves to be selected asone of Illinois' illustrious citizens, and to have the above men-tioned statue placed in the National Statuary Hall.

Therefore to carry into effect the views hitherto expressed the following bill has been framed:

AN ACT to select commissioners to expend not to exceed nine thousand dollars in purchasing a heroic bronze statue of the late General James Shields, cast in standard bronze metal, and a bronze or granite pedestal for the same properly inscribed and ornamented, and also to bear the cost of transporting them when completed to the National Statuary Hall at Washington, D. C., and erecting them therein.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That five persons be selected by the Governor of the State, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered as commissioners to purchase a heroic bronze statue of the late General James Shields, cast in standard bronze metal, and a bronze or granite pedestal for the same, properly inscribed and ornamented, and also to defray the cost and expenses of transporting them when completed to the National Statuary Hall at Washington, D. C., and erecting them therein. Said commissioners shall not hereby be empowered to obligate the State of Illinois to pay any amount in excess of the sum stated in section 3 of this act.

§ 2. Said commissioners shall receive no pay or compensation of any kind for their services in the fulfillment of the duties required of them by this act.

§ 3. For the purpose of defraying the cost of said statue, pedestal, and all other costs, expenses and obligations hereinbefore stated and set forth, or incident thereto, the sum of nine thousand dollars ($9,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury and the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby required to

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