FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1882-10 O'CLOCK A. M. Senate met, pursuant to adjournment. Hon. John M. Hamilton, President of the Senate, presiding. The journal of yesterday was read, and ordered to stand approved. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dawson, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has adopted the following joint resolution, in the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to-wit: Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That when this General Assembly adjourns on Saturday, May 6 1882, it shall stand adjourned sine die, Adopted by the House of Representatives May 4, 1882. JOHN A. REEVE, Clerk of the House. MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Message from the House of Representatives, on Senate Bill No. 10, a hill for "An act to apportion the State of Illinois into Senatorial districts, and to repeal an act therein named," received May 4, 1882, was taken up for consideration and read. After debate, Mr. Laning moved to recommit the bill, with the pending amendment, to the committee on congressional and senatorial apportionment. And the question being, "Shall the bill, with the pending amendment, be recommitted to the committee on congressional and senatorial apportionment?" And the yeas and nays being demanded, it was decided in the negative, by the following vote: Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Archer, Bell, Callon, Cheaney, Kelly, Laning, Lemma, Mayfield, Merritt, Neece, Shutt, Vandeveer, Walker of Fulton, Walker of Macoupin, Wilson-Yeas, 15. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Adams, Artley, Bent, Berggren, Campbell, Clark, Condee, Evans, Fifer, Fletcher, Ford, Fuller, Hunt, Ihorn, Kirk, Kuykendall, Lewis, Moffett, Munn, Needles, Parkinson, Rice, Secrest, Sunderland, Thomas, Torrance, White, Whiting, Wright-Nays, 29. The pending question then being, "Shall the Senate concur with the House of Representatives in the adoption of the following amendment to the bill?" Amend section one of bill by striking out all after the word "district," in line 68 of printed bill, down to and including the word "district" in line 119, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Twentieth-The counties of Marshall, Woodford and Tazewell shall constitute the Twentieth district. Twenty-first-The counties of Rock Island and Henry shall constitute the Twenty-first district. Twenty-second-The counties of Knox and Fulton shall constitute the twenty-second district. Twenty-third―The county of LaSalle shall constitute the Twentythird district. Twenty-fourth-The counties of Hancock, Henderson and Mercer shall constitute the Twenty-fourth district. Twenty-fifth-The counties of Bureau, Stark and Putnam shall constitute the Twenty-fifth district. Twenty-sixth-The county of Peoria shall constitute the Twentysixth district. Twenty-seventh-The counties of Warren and McDonough shall constitute the twenty-seventh district. Twenty-eighth-The county of McLean shall constitute the Twentyeighth district. Twenty-ninth-The counties of Logan and Macon shall constitute the Twenty-ninth district. Thirtieth-The counties of Champaign, Piatt and DeWitt shall constitute the Thirtieth district. Thirty-first-The counties of Vermilion and Edgar shall constitute the Thirty-first district. Thirty-second-The counties of Douglas, Coles and Cumberland shall constitute the Thirty-second district. Thirty-third-The counties of Moultrie, Shelby and Effingham shall constitute the Thirty-third district. Thirty-fourth-The counties of Mason, Menard, Cass and Schuyler shall constitute the Thirty-fourth district. Thirty-fifth-The county of Adams shall constitute the Thirty-fifth district. Thirty-sixth-The counties of Brown, Pike and Calhoun shall constitute the Thirty-sixth district. Thirty-seventh-The counties of Scott, Greene and Jersey shall constitute the Thirty-seventh district. Thirty-eighth-The counties of Macoupin and Morgan shall constitute the thirty-eighth district. Thirty-ninth-The county of Sangamon shall constitute the Thirtyninth district. Fortieth-The counties of Christian and Montgomery shall constitute the Fortieth district. Forty-first -The county of Madison shall constitute the Forty-first district. Forty-second-The counties of Bond, Clinton and Washington shall constitute the Forty-second district. Forty-third-The counties of Fayette, Marion and Jefferson shall constitute the. Forty-third district. Forty-fourth-The counties of Clay, Richland, Wayne and Edwards shall constitute the Forty-fourth district. Forty-fifth-The counties of Clark, Jasper and Crawford shall constitute the Forty-fifth district. Forty-sixth-The counties of Hamilton, White, Wabash and Lawrence shall constitute the Forty-sixth district. And the yeas and nays being called, it was decided in the affirmative, by the following vote: Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Adams, Artley, Bent, Berggren, Campbell, Clark, Condee, Evans, Fifer, Fletcher, Ford, Fuller, Hunt, Ihorn, Kirk, Kuykendall, Lewis, Marshall, Moffett, Munn, Needles, Parkinson, Rice, Secrest, Sunderland, Thomas, Torrance, White, Whiting, WrightYeas, 30. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Archer, Bell, Callon, Cheaney, Kelly, Laning, Lemma, Mayfield, Merritt, Neece, Shutt, Vandeveer, Walker of Fulton. Walker of Macoupin, Wilson-Nays, 15. The following joint resolution, received from the House of Representatives this day, was taken up for consideration, and read: Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That when this General Assembly adjourns on Saturday, May 6, 1882, it shall stand adjourned sine die. And the question being, "Shall the Senate concur with the House of Representatives in the adoption of the foregoing joint resolution?" And the yeas and nays being demanded, it was decided in the affirmative, by the following vote: Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Adams, Archer, Artley, Bell, Bent, Berggren, Callon, Campbell, Cheaney, Clark, Condee, DeLang, Evans, Fifer, Ford, Fuller, Hunt, Ihorn, Kelly, Kirk, Kuykendall, Laning, Lemma, Lewis, Marshall, Mayfield, Merritt, Moffett, Munn, Neece, Needles, Parkinson, Rice, Secrest, Sunderland, Thomas, Torrance, Vandeveer, Walker of Fulton, Walker of Macoupin, White, Whiting, Wilson, Wright-Yeas, 44. Mr. Sunderland offered the following resolution, and, On his motion, the rules were suspended, and the resolution taken up for consideration, and unanimously adopted: Resolved by the Senate, That there be allowed to the Secretary of the Senate, and the First Assistant Secretary of the Senate, each, five days extra time, at the same compensation now allowed them by law, in which to turn over to the Secretary of State and arrange all bills, reports, etc.; and the President of the Senate is hereby authorized to certify said time to the Auditor of Public Accounts, who is hereby directed to draw his warrants therefor. At 11:25 o'clock A. M., on motion of Mr. Hunt, the Senate adjourned until 3:30 o'clock P. M. THREE-THIRTY O'CLOCK P. M. The Senate met, pursuant to adjournment. Hon. John M. Hamilton, President of the Senate, presiding. A message from the House, by Mr. Dawson, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has adopted the following preamble and joint resolutions, to-wit: WHEREAS, The Governor has, in his proclamation convening the special session of the 32d General Assembly, included in said call the question of submitting to a vote of the people, at the next general election, the ceding to the United States the Illinois and Michigan canal; and, WHEREAS, Nature has seemed to favor that great valley lying between the gulf and the lakes for an outlet to the ocean, it is an imperative duty on the Government to improve the same to meet the growth and production of the great Northwest for the transportation of its immense productions to the seaboard, by an easy and cheap water route; and, also, WAEREAS, It is almost indispensable to the safety of the Government in case of a foreign war, as was foreseen as far back as the administration of President Madison, when he recommended its improvement for that purpose; therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That we hereby recommend the ceding of the Illinois and Michigan canal to the United States Government, upon the condition that they make it a steamboat or ship canal, by deepening. enlarging and widening to a capicity to float steamboats or ships of heavy burden. connecting the same with the now proposed route of the Hennepin canal; and, be it further Resolved, That the express condition of ceding the said canal to the United States Government will be that the Government shall have five years from date of cession to accept said canal, and that the State of Illinois shall reserve all of its original rights and title in and to said canal, and all its lands and properties given it by grant of the United States, until the United States Government shall have accepted it, and until Congress shall make the full and necessary appropriations to complete the work on said canal as aforesaid; and, in the interim between the cession of said canal and the acceptance and appropriation by the United States Government, the State of Illinois shall exercise all of its authority over the canal in running and controlling it as it now does, and also have full authority to sue and obtain possession of all lands and properties belonging to said canal; but, upon the acceptance and appropriation as aforesaid by the United States, the State of Illinois will relinquish all claims on the canal, in accordance with the vote cast for such cession; otherwise, to remain as though no vote was had for its cession. In the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate. Adopted by the House of Representatives May 5, 1882. JOHN A. REEVE, Clerk of the House. Mr. Whiting, from the committee on enrolled bills, reports that a bill of the following title has been correctly enrolled, and on the 2d day of May, 1882, laid before the Governor for his approval, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 2, a bill for "An act appropriating one-half of the interest on the College and Seminary fund for the ordinary expenses of the Illinois State Normal University, at Normal." L. D. WHITING, Chm. Eng. and En. Bills. Mr. Whiting, from the joint committee on enrolled bills, reports that a bill of the following title has been correctly enrolled, and on the 28th day of April, 1882, laid before the Governor for his approval, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 4, a bill for "An act ceding the Illinois and Michigan Canal to the United States." L. D. WHITING, Chm. Eng. and En. Bills. Mr. Whiting, from the joint committee on enrolled bills, reports that a bill of the following title has been correctly enrolled, and on the 29th day of April, 1882, laid before the Governor for his approval, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 9, a bill for "An act to apportion the State into twenty Congressional districts and establish the same, and provide for the election of Representatives therein. L. D. WHITING, Chm. Eng. and En. Bills. By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Bent, House Bill No. 11, a bill for "An act to apportion the State into twenty Congressional districts and establish the same, and provide for the election of Representatives therein," was taken from the order of second reading, and ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Hunt, it was ordered that a committee of three be appointed by the President of the Senate to wait upon his Excellency, the Governor, and ascertain if he has any further communication to lay before the Senate. The President of the Senate appointed as such committee Senators Hunt, Munn and Neece. Mr. Hunt, from the select committee appointed to wait upon the Governor, requested further time to report, and, On his motion, the committee was given until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning to make report. At 3:45 o'clock P. M., on motion of Mr. Merritt, the Senate adjourned. |