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Tennessee as may be deemed best and in accord with your wishes, and WHEREAS, by vote of this Senate it is requested that a bill or resolution be prepared providing for return of said flag. Therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the Governor of the State of Illinois be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the State of Illinois, to return to the surviving members of the 18th Tennessee Regiment, Confederates, a flag, together with the field and staff of said regiment, now in the possession of the State of Illinois, in the Hall of Relics at Springfield, Illinois, which flag was captured by the Illinois troops at the battle of Fort Donaldson; that the said flag, field and staff, shall, in turn, be delivered by said regiment to the State of Tennessee.

Mr. L. M. Armstrong, of Peoria, Illinois, is hereby authorized to present said flag to said regiment, and Mr. David S. Brown, of Peoria, Illinois, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic of the Department of Illinois, is hereby authorized to accompany said L. M. Armstrong as a representative of the State of Illinois and assist in the presentation thereof.

§ 2. That the sum of two hundred ($200.00) dollars is hereby appropriated to defray the expense incident to the return of said flag, and the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant upon vouchers approved by the Governor for the sum herein appropriated, and the State Treasurer is authorized and directed. to pay the same out of any funds in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated.

§3. WHEREAS, It is desired that the presentation of said flag be made on June 3d, 1915, therefore, an emergency exists and this Act shall be in force from and after the date of its passage.

APPROVED May 28th, 1915.

§ 1. Appropriates $20,000.

2 How drawn.

FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE-DEFICIENCY.

§ 3. Emergency.

(HOUSE BILL No. 340. APPROVED MAY 7, 1915.)

AN ACT making an appropriation to meet the deficiency in the appropriation for the payment of expenses for the apprehension and delivery of fugitives from justice.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) be and the same is hereby appropriated for the payment of the expense provided by law for the apprehension and delivery of fugitives from justice already incurred and to incur up to the first day of July, 1915.

§ 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants upon the State Treasurer for the sum herein specified upon presentation of vouchers certified in the manner now provided by law.

§ 3. WHEREAS, the appropriation above recited is necessary to meet the expenses already incurred and to incur up to the first day of July,

1915; therefore an emergency exists and this Act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage and approval.

APPROVED May 7th, 1915.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 49TH-COMMITTEE EXPENSES.

§ 1. Appropriates $50,000.00

2. How drawn.

§ 3. Emergency.

(SENATE BILL No. 438. APPROVED JUNE 16, 1915.)

AN ACT making an appropriation to pay the expenses of the committees of the Forty-ninth General Assembly.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there be and is hereby appropriated the sum of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars, or so much. thereof as may be necessary to pay the expenses of the committees of the Forty-ninth General Assembly.

§ 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the sum herein specified, upon presentation of proper vouchers certified by the chairman of the committee incurring the expenses and the presiding officer of that branch of the General Assembly appointing the committee.

§ 3. The appropriation above recited is necessary for the payment of the expenses of the committees of the Forty-ninth General Assembly now being incurred in the transaction of business assigned to said committees. Therefore, an emergency exists, and this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED June 16th, 1915.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 49TH-COMMITTEE EXPENSES, ELECTION CONTESTS.

§ 1. Appropriates $21,819.70 as follows: House § 2. How drawn. committee expenses, $8,125.34; Senate,

$13, 694.36.

(HOUSE BILL No. 989. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1915.)

AN ACT making an appropriation to pay the election committee expenses of the Forty-ninth General Assembly.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of twenty-one thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy cents ($21,819.70), or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the election committees of the Forty-ninth General Assembly and that said sum so appropriated shall be used for the following purposes and payable to the persons therein designated:

FOR HOUSE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE.

Thirty-fourth Senatorial District.
Robert Howard vs. E. W. Greene.

E. W. Greene, for expenses

E. W. Greene, for attorney fees

.$ 179.60

350.00

Robt. Howard, for expenses

Robt. Howard, for attorney fees

C. A. Purdunn, for expenses

John P. Maloney, disbursements for railroad fare and other

179.60

350.00

25.00

expenses for trips to Mattoon, Charleston, Marshall and Tus

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Jesse Hawkins, custodian (hithertofore [heretofore] certified and paid)

24.00

Charles A. Hawkins, county clerk, Douglas county, witness fees and expenses, including expense of bringing ballots and election returns to Springfield

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E. D. Morton, county clerk, Clark county; witness fees and expenses, including expense of bringing ballots and election returns to Springfield

55.44

John F. Willingham, county clerk, Coles county; witness fees and expenses, including expense of bringing ballots and election returns to Springfield

91.40

Chas. C. Lee, witness fees and mileage

19.00

John P. Harrah, judge, county court, Coles county; witness fees and mileage

10.00

Jennie S. Boulware, deputy county clerk, Coles county, witness

fees and mileage

19.00

Bessie McCarthy, court reporter, Charleston, witness fees and mileage

19.00

Ravmond G. Real, witness fees and mileage

19.00

G. G. Ginnaven, clerk and custodian
Laura O'Brien, stenographer and writing report

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Jas. C. Harvey, member of committee, expenses

47.80

Wm. J. Graham, member of committee, expense

38.15

Frederick R. DeYoung, chairman of committee, expenses in

cluding telegrams, etc. ...

38.15

P. A. Coal, clerk, heretofore certified and paid
George Donovan, clerk, heretofore certified and paid
George Hippard, clerk, heretofore certified and paid.
Ira Nelson, clerk, heretofore certified and paid ..
Walter Morgan, clerk, heretofore certified and paid

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Contest of George Ostrom vs. John P. Walsh, Edward

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Robert R. Jackson, for expenses of contest

$ 160.00

A. B. George, attorney for Robert R. Jackson
Edward M. Santry, sitting member, expenses of contest
Thos. Nash, attorney for Edward M. Santry

400.00

...

162.00

400.00

William Ostrom, expenses and disbursements

250.00

EXPENSES OF SUB-COMMITTEE THIRD DISTRICT.

Charles Curran [Curren], member of sub-committee

Jas. H. Vickers, member of sub-committee

John Griffin, member of sub-committee

$ 121.90

131.90

121.90

25.40

37.80

37.80

195.60

121.90

...

121.90

121.90

31.90

147.25

30.00

.$3,584.15

E. C. Perkins, member of sub-committee
Robert Wilson, member of sub-committee

G. A. Dahlberg

William M. Brinkman, chairman, sub-committee
John S. Burns, member sub-committee
C. A. Purdunn, member sub-commitee
John R. Moore, member sub-committee
H. T. Ireland, messenger to sub-committee
George F. Fitzgerald, stenographer
Fred W. Greener, for clerical services.

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John Walsh vs. Frank Seif, E. I. Frankhouser and Harry F. Hamlin.

Harry F. Hamlin, sitting member, expenses of contest
John Mason, attorney for Harry F. Hamlin..
F. J. Seif, sitting member, expenses of contest
Adolph Weiner, attorney for F. J. Seif ....

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E. I. Frankhauser, sitting member, expenses of contest
Harry L. Shaver, attorney for E. I. Frankhouser

130.05

250.00

TOTAL

.$1,210.30

FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT.

George B. Boardman vs. William McCabe, Squire F. Tompkins
and Michael F. Hennebry.

Squire F. Tompkins, sitting member, expenses of contest
S. J. Drew, attorney for F. S. [S. F.] Tompkins
Michael F. Hennebry, sitting member, expenses of contest
P. J. Sullivan, attorney for M. F. Hennebry
Wm. McCabe, sitting member, expenses of contest
Frank R. Reed, attorney for William McCabe

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SENATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE.

Twenty-third District.

Henry Austin vs. Joseph Strauss.

Disbursements for employees and general expense
Kent E. Keller, member of sub-committee
John T. Denvir, chairman of sub-committee
C. Haase, member of sub-committee ....
W. A. Compton, member of election committee
Martin B. Bailey, member of election committee
E. S. Smith, member of sub-committee ....
John A. Swanson, member of sub-committee
Wm. E. Corris, stenographer

TOTAL

...

.$2,071.13

588.37

317.20

461.40

455.45

408.00

501.35

317.20

1,017.85

..$6,137.95

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Disbursements for employees and other expenses

3,132.76

2,016.00

77.65

77.00

Roberts and Devlin, stenographers ...
N. Elmo Franklin, member election committee
Raymond D. Meeker, member election committee

TOTAL

..$7,556.41

§ 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to issue and directed to draw his warrants upon the State Treasurer for the sums specified in section one of this Act upon the presentation of proper vouchers and the State Treasurer shall pay the same out of any moneys in said treasury not otherwise appropriated.

APPROVED June 28th, 1915.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 49TH-EMPLOYEES (1).

1. Appropriates $75,000-how drawn.

§ 2. Emergency.

(SENATE BILL NO. 4. APPROVED MARCH 18, 1915.)

AN ACT making appropriations for the payment of employees of the Forty-ninth General Assembly.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there be, and is hereby appropriated the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the employees of the Forty-ninth General Assembly at the rate of compensation allowed by law or resolution. Said employees to be paid upon rolls certified to by the presiding officers of the respective houses.

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