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erection thereof, and of the amounts of money expended in that behalf; and the same shall also contain such other historical facts, information, matter and things, relating to the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the year A. D. 1863, during the civil war, and connected therewith, and relating to the services of Illinois soldiers and sailors therein, as said commission shall deem desirable to be inserted in said volume.

§ 3. The said commission, mentioned in the second section of this act, are hereby authorized and empowered to contract for the compilation, editing, publication and distribution of said commemorative and historical volume, mentioned in the first section of this Act, with such competent and responsible persons as said commission may select for the several respective parts of said work; and the person or persons employed to do the work of the compilation of the matter to be contained in said volume, and the editing and distribution thereof, may, or may not, in the discretion of said commission, be a member or members of said commission, any law of this State to the contrary notwithstanding. And said commission shall make full report to the Governor of its acts and doings under this act.

§ 4. That, for carrying out the purposes of this act, so much of the appropriations made and provided in and by the said act mentioned in the second section of this act, and in and by another act entitled, "An Act to provide for the re-appropriation of the unexpended balance of funds appropriated in and by an act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the erection of monuments and markers to commemorate the services and mark the positions of Illinois Volunteers in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and making appropriation therefor,' approved May 14, 1903, in force July 1, 1903; and also to make additional appropriation for the completion of said monuments and markers mentioned in said act, and for the dedication thereof, and for the compilation and publication of a report thereof and of the acts and doings of the commissions thereby created," approved May 18, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, as shall not be expended on or before the thirtieth day of September, A. D. 1907, is hereby reappropriated from the State treasury of Illinois, and devoted to and for the purposes specified in this act, after the actual expenses incurred by the members of said commission in the performance of their duties shall first be paid out of the same, and the same shall be expended and paid out in accordance with the provisions of this act; and for the purpose of providing sufficient funds for the payment of the total expenditures contemplated in and by this act, there is now hereby appropriated the further and additional sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to be paid out of moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the said moneys hereinabove mentioned and appropriated shall be expended by and under the direction of said commission, and paid out in the manner hereinafter in this act specified..

5. 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 commission and approved by the

Governor, for the payment of the cost and expenses of the compilation, editing, publication and distribution of said commemorative and historical volume, in accordance with the terms and provisions of such contract or contracts as shall be made by said commission in pursuance of this act, and also for the payment of the actual expenses of the members of said commission incurred in the performance of their duties under this act.

§ 6. All laws, and parts of laws, in conflict with the provisions of this act, or with any of the provisions hereof, are hereby repealed. 87. WHEREAS, An emergency exists, therefore this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 19, 1907.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

§ 2. How drawn.

1. Appropriates $5,000 per annum.

(HOUSE BILL No. 434. APPROVED JUNE 4, 1907.)

AN ACT making an appropriation in aid of the Illinois State Horticultural Society.

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 for the use of the Illinois State Horticultural Society, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per annum, for the purpose of advancing the growth and development of the horticultural interests of the State for the years 1907 and 1908, said sum to be expended by said society for the purpose and in the manner specified in "An Act to organize the Illinois State Horticultural Society," approved March 24, 1874: Provided, however, that no portion thereof shall be paid for or on account of any salary or emoluments of any officer of said society, except the secretary, who may receive not to exceed four hundred dollars per annum: And, provided, further, that one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of said sum may be expended each year in field experiments.

§ 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the sum in this act specified on bills [of] particulars certified to by the officials of said society to the order of the president of said society and the State Treasurer shall pay the same out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED June 4, 1907.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION-LEVED AT SHAWNEETOWN. 1. Appropriates $17,000 for repairs and § 2. How drawn.

Improvements.

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Internal Improvement Commission of Illinois for the purpose of repairing and strengthening the levee at Shawneetown, Illinois.

[SECTION 1.] Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there is hereby appropriated

to the Internal Improvement Commission of Illinois the sum of seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000) for use in repairing and strengthening the levee at Shawneetown, Illinois, so as to protect said city from floods and overflows of the Ohio and Wabash rivers.

§ 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant from time to time upon the State Treasurer for the moneys herein appropriated upon proper vouchers, certified by the said commission and approved by the Governor.

APPROVED May 17, 1907.

LINCOLN HOMESTEAD-REPAIRS.

§ 1. Appropriates $3,000 for repairs

how drawn.

(SENATE BILL NO. 239. APPROVED MAY 9, 1907.)

AN ACT making an appropriation for repairs of the Lincoln Homestead. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there is hereby appropriated the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) to defray the expenses of repairing the Lincoln Homestead, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury of the State not otherwise appropriated, on warrants of the Auditor upon the Treasurer, on the direction of a majority of the Board of Lincoln Homestead Trustees.

APPROVED 'May 9, 1907.

LIVE STOCK BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION.

§ 1. Appropriates $500 per annum.

§ 2. Appropriation not for salaries.

(HOUSE BILL No. 287.

§ 3. How drawn.

§ 4. Annual report to Governor. APPROVED JUNE 4, 1907.)

AN ACT making an appropriation for the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there be, and hereby is appropriated to the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association, the following sums, to-wit: For printing and distributing reports, programs, postage, stationery, expenses of speakers, etc., the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) per annum for the years 1907 and 1908.

§ 2. No officer or officers of the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association shall be entitled to receive any money compensation whatever for any service rendered for same.

§3. That on the order of the president, countersigned by the secretary of the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association and approved by the Governor, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the State of Illinois in favor of the treasurer of the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association for the sum herein appropriated.

§ 4. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association to pay out of said appropriation, on itemized and receipted vouchers, such sums as may be authorized by said organization on the order of the president, countersigned by the secretary, and make final report to the Governor of all expenditures, as provided by law.

APPROVED June 4, 1907.

MILK PRODUCERS' INSTITUTE.

§ 1. Appropriates $500 per annum-how drawn.

(HOUSE BILL No. 574. APPROVED JUNE 4, 1907.)

AN ACT to make an appropriation to the State Milk Producers' Institute. An act to appropriate $1,000 for the Milk Producers' Institute of Illinois.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of $500.00 per annum for the years 1907 and 1908 is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the use and benefit of said association, and the State Auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for same and deliver to the treasurer of the Illinois State Milk Producers' Institute upon his presenting proper receipts therefor, certified by the president and secretary of said association, said amount to be used for the purpose of holding the annual convention and institute of said association and for the purpose of educating and instructing those interested in the economic and sanitary production of milk, and for such other purposes as in the judgment of the officers shall best subserve the interests of the Illinois State Milk Producers' Institute.

(HOUSE BILL No. 108. APPROVED MAY 24, 1907.)

AN ACT to commemorate the heroism, valor and patriotic services of the Illinois volunteer soldiers in the army of the Union in the civil war, who died in Andersonville Prison (officially designated Camp Sumpter), in the county of Sumpter, in the State of Georgia, while confined there as prisoners of war, by the erection of a suitable monument, either in the National cemetery or on the site of the prison stockade at that place. Creating a commission for such purpose and appropriating a sufficient sum of money therefor.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That a suitable memorial or monument be forthwith erected in the National cemetery or on the

site of the stockade grounds, as the commission may decide, to fittingly commemorate the patriotic devotion, heroism and self-sacrifice of the Illinois soldiers in the armies of the Union during the civil war of 1861 to 1865, who died while confined as prisoners of war in the military prison at Andersonville, Georgia, during the late civil war, and were buried in the National cemetery at that place.

§ 2. Said monument or memorial shall be erected under the direct supervision and control, as to location aforesaid, design, inscription and execution, of a commission to be appointed by the Governor, consisting of five persons, at least three of whom shall be members of the association of Ex-Prisoners of War of Illinois, to proceed on the ground and by themselves, or with such assistance as they may deem necessary to employ, to locate a site, procure plans, designs and specifications for such memorial or monument to secure the execution thereof, and to do all necessary things for the appropriation and speedy completion of said memorial or monument herein authorized, and for carrying this Act into operation and final consummation.

§ 3. In order to defray the necessary expenses of the design, execution, inscription, location of said memorial or monument, and reasonable expense of said commission incident to the same, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or as much thereof as may be absolutely necessary therefor, is hereby appropriated and set aside out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated; such expenditures to be made only by, or under the direct orders and supervision of said commission, and to be paid by the State Treasurer, on warrants to be drawn on him by the chairman or president of said commission, duly attested by the secretary and to be accompanied in each case by an itemized bill for the amount of such warrants, and be subject to the approval of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State.

4. On the completion of said memorial or monument, said commission shall make full report to the Governor, setting forth the facts in connection therewith, and embodying therein a full and complete itemized account of all expenditures and outlays incurred and made in the execution of the work.

APPROVED May 24, 1907.

MONUMENTS-ELIAS KENT KANE, RANDOLPH COUNTY.

§ 1. Appropriates $500 for purchase of § 3. How drawn. land and to repair tomb.

§ 2.

Commissioners to administer act.

(HOUSE BILL No. 511.

APPROVED JUNE 4, 1907.)

AN ACT making an appropriation of five hundred dollars ($500) for repairing the tomb of Elias Kent Kane, second United States senator from Illinois, and for the purchase of land.

SECTION I. 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 five hundred dollars ($500), or as much