AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Public Welfare for buildings and equipment at State hospitals. WHEREAS, One the first day of April, 1921, there were 17,673 insane patients actually present in the State hospitals of Illinois, this being an increase in population of 609 in one year, and WHEREAS, These State hospitals are crowded to such an extent, on account of an inadequate dormitory space, that patients are now sleeping on floors, and WHEREAS, On account of this large population, the State hospitals cannot furnish proper care and comfort to these patients, and WHEREAS, There are approximately 300 World War veterans among the insane in these State hospitals, and it is desired to house. and care for them in separate buildings, and WHEREAS, It is imperative that these crowded conditions be relieved at the earliest possible moment; now, therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Public Welfare a sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for buildings and equipment to care for patients at such of the State hospitals as may be selected by said. department. § 2. The buildings and equipment to be paid for out of this appropriation shall be plain, but substantial in their character, and shall be constructed, so far as possible, by the labor of patients and paid labor, or by contract, or both. § 3. This appropriation is subject to the provisions of 'An Act in relation to State finance,' approved June 10, 1919, in force July 1, 1919. § 4. Because of an emergency, this Act shall take effect upon its passage. § 1. APPROVED June 1, 1921. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE ADDITIONAL. STATE CHARITABLE, PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. Appropriates $2,250,000. § 2. Department may apportion. Emergency. § 3. Subject to Finance Act of 1919. § 4. AN ACT making additonal appropriations to the Department of Public Welfare for the State charitable, penal and reformatory institutions. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: The additional sum of two million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($2,250,000.00) is hereby appropriated to the Department of Public Welfare, payable from the general revenue fund, for the support, operation, maintenance; repair of buildings, plants and grounds; and expenses of the several State charitable, penal and reformatory institutions for the period ending June 30, 1921. The appropriations herein made shall be in addition to the appropriations made by the Fifty-first General Assembly for the State charitable, penal and reformatory institutions, and shall be apportioned among these institutions as nearly as possible in the several amounts and for the objects and purposes set forth bełow: To the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet... To the Southern Illinois Penitentiary.. 164,000.00 133,000.00 98,000.00 16,000.00 Total for Operation and Repairs... .$2,125,000.00 § 2. The Department of Public Welfare, with the consent in writing of the Department of Finance, may apportion the amounts stated in the several items, among the several State institutions listed in an Act making appropriations to the Department of Public Welfare for the State charitable, penal and reformatory institutions, approved June 17, 1919, according to the varying needs of such institutions, not changing, however, the objects and purposes for which such appropriations are made. §3. The appropriations herein made shall be subject to the provisions of section 10 of "An Act in relation to State finance", approved June 10, 1919, in force July 1, 1919. § 4. Because of an emergency, this Act shall take effect upon its passage. APPROVED March 17, 1921. (HOUSE BILL No. 261. APPROVED MARCH 17, 1921.) AN ACT making an additional appropriation to the Department of Public Welfare providing a working capital for industries at the State institutions herein named. WHEREAS, The Fifty-first General Assembly made an appropriation of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for a working capital for the period ending June 30, 1921, to be paid from a special fund in the State treasury derived from receipts of industrial operations; and WHEREAS, The one million dollar ($1,000,000) appropriation is about exhausted and further industrial operations will cease unless additional funds are provided; and WHEREAS, The cash receipts from July 1, 1919, to December 31, 1920, inclusive, have already exceeded the one million dollar ($1,000,000) appropriation by $230,012.50, and this sum remaining unexpended in the State treasury, together with the current cash receipts up to July 1, 1921, cannot be used for the industries until an appropriation is made; and WHEREAS, The closing of the industries would bring about considerable loss to the State, and it is important from a disciplinarian and health standpoint to keep the inmates employed to and including June 30, 1921; and WHEREAS, This appropriation is to operate as a revolving fund, which is derived from cash receipts of the industries and not from taxes collected from the people of Illinois, and does not enter into the fixing of the tax rate; now, therefore SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Public Welfare an additional sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for a working capital, for the period ending June 30, 1921, to be paid from the working fund in the State treasury for the industries at the Illinois State Penitentiary, Southern Illinois Penitentiary, Illinois State Reformatory, Lincoln State School and Colony, Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Illinois Industrial Home for the Blind. § 2. The appropriation herein made is subject to all the provisions, conditions and limitations of "An Act in relation to State finance," approved June 10, 1919, in force July 1, 1919. § 3. Because of an emergency, this Act shall take effect upon its passage. APPROVED March 17, 1921. EXECUTIVE MANSION AND GROUNDS. § 1. Appropriates $10,000. § 2. How drawn. § 3. Emergency. (HOUSE BILL No. 271. APPROVED MAY 24, 1921.) AN ACT making an appropriation to the Governor for the executive mansion and grounds. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: There is appropriated to the Governor for the executive mansion and grounds, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), for repairs and improvements to present buildings and grounds. § 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants on the State Treasurer for the sum herein appropriated, upon the presentation of proper vouchers, certified to and approved by the Governor, and the State Treasurer shall pay the same out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated. §3. Because of an emergency, this Act shall take effect upon its passage. § 1. § 2. APPROVED May 24, 1921. GENERAL ASSEMBLY-COMMITTEE EXPENSE. Appropriates $2,000-how expend- § 3. Emergency. How drawn. (HOUSE BILL No. 765. APPROVED JUNE 24, 1921.) AN ACT making an appropriation to pay the expenses of the committees of the Fifty-second General Assembly of the State of Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the committees of the Fifty-second General Assembly of the State of Illinois: To the House of Representatives the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended upon presentation of vouchers certified to by the chairman of the committee incurring the expenses and approved by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. § 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 Fifty-second 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 24, 1921. GENERAL ASSEMBLY-COMMITTEE EXPENSE PURSUANT TO S. J. R. § 1. Appropriates $5,000. (SENATE BILL NO. 533. NO. 22. § 2. How drawn. APPROVED JUNE 27, 1921.) AN ACT to make an appropriation for the purposes pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 22, Fifty-second General Assembly. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: There is hereby appropriated for the purposes pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 22, Fiftysecond General Assembly. for the carrying out the provisions of that resolution the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). § 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is authorized and directed to draw his warrants on the appropriation herein made, upon the presentation of vouchers, approved by the Director of Finance, and the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay them out of any money remaining in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED June 27, 1921. GENERAL ASSEMBLY-JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. Emergency. § 1. § 2. §3. How drawn. (SENATE BILL No. 251. APPROVED MAY 17, 1921.) AN ACT to make an appropriation for the Joint Legislative Committee created pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 9, Fifty-second General Assembly. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: There is hereby appropriated for |