For a deficiency in the appropriation for the erec- For a deficiency in the funds to pay for rock en- .$ 6,500.00 ...$ 20,000.00 * For a deficiency in the appropriation for working capital fund at the Illinois Industrial Home for the Blind, at Chicago,.. For the Chicago State Hospital, to the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company for labor and material furnished in the construction of 1889 feet of side track,... .$ 18,000.00 [Vetoed] .$ 5,344.92 § 2. All moneys above appropriated shall be due and payable to the Board of Administration, or to its order, only on the terms and in the manner provided for in "An Act to revise the laws relating to charities," approved June 11, 1912. § 3. Whereas, an emergency exists, therefore, this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED as to all except the item for eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000.00) opposite which words "Item Vetoed" are written June 25, 1917. * Indicates vetoed. To the Honorable, the House of Representatives: STATE OF ILLINOIS. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. SPRINGFIELD, June 25, 1917. I return herewith House Bill No. 654, the same being a bill for "An Act making additional appropriations to the Board of Administration for the State charitable institutions." I veto the following item: "For a deficiency in the appropriation for working capital fund for the Illinois Home for the Blind at Chicago.. $18,000.00." I veto this item for the reason that the work-shop is closed, and it will be impossible to spend this money. I approve of each of the other items of this bill. Respectfully submitted, FRANK O. LOWDEN, Governor. BUILDING OF BRIDGES ON STATE PROPERTY IN WILL COUNTY. 1. Bridges, State property, Will County. § 2. Appropriates $20,000.00. § 3. How drawn. (SENATE No. 579. FILED JUNE 29, 1917.) AN ACT to provide for the building of bridges on State property in Will County to replace bridges washed out by floods, and to make an appropriation therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the Department of Public Works and Buildings be and it is hereby authorized and directed t build necessary bridges to replace the bridges washed out by the flood in January, 1916, heretofore built and maintained by the State, upor State property, over the Dupage River and Illinois and Michigan Cana in connection with the Illinois and Michigan Canal, in Channahon town ship, Will county, and to repair other bridges across said Illinois and Michigan Canal. § 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act the sum of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars is hereby appropriated § 3. Upon the presentation to the Auditor of Public Accounts, o proper vouchers, as provided by law, said auditor is authorized and directed to draw his warrants upon the State Treasurer, payable to the Department of Public Works and Buildings, in amounts not exceeding in the aggregate the sum herein appropriated, and the State Treasure is authorized and directed to pay the same out of any funds in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated. FILED June 29, 1917. This bill having remained with the Governor ten days, Sundays excepted, the General Assembly being in session, it has thereby become a law. Witness my hand this twenty-ninth day of June, A. D. 1917. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State. (SENATE BILL No. 611. APPROVED JUNE 25, 1917.) AN ACT to provide for the erection of a centennial memorial building on the Capitol grounds and to make an appropriation therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois. represented in the General Assembly: That a centennial memorial building shall be erected in the city of Springfield on the grounds south of the Capitol building purchased by the Centennial Building Commission and to cost when completed approximately eight hundred fifty thousand dollars ($850,000). Said building shall be planned to provide for a memorial hall, a Lincoln memorial room, State library, State Historical library, State museum, a repository for State archives. Department of Public Instruction and such other departments as may be determined by those having the work in charge. The centennial memorial building, when completed, shall be in the custody of the Secretary of State. § 2. The Director of Public Works and Buildings, with the advice of an advisory Centennial Building Commission of seven (7) members to be composed of the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Secretary of State and three other memhers to be appointed by the Governor, shall determine the exact location of the building on the grounds hertofore specified and shall select and approve the plans and specifications for the building and have super vision of its construction. The work shall be advanced so that the laying of the corner stone of the centennial memorial building may be a feature of the centennial celebration of the admission of Illinois into the Federal Union. 3. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Public Works and Buildings for the preparation of plans and specifications and other necessary expenses, and for the construction of the centennial memorial building, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). 4. The Auditor of Public Accounts is authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the sum specified upon the presentation of proper vouchers certified to by the Director of Public Works and Buildings and approved by the Governor, and the State Treasurer shall pay the same out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated. AN ACT making appropriations for the State Charitable institutions. 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 ordinary operation, maintenance expenses, and equipment of the State Charitable institutions for the two years beginning July 1, 1917, and until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General Assembly, the sum of ten million two hundred ninety-two thousand six hundred sixty-three dollars ($10,292,663) for the following objects and purposes: Classification. For salaries and wages.... First Year. Second Year. $2,023,216.00 For departmental office expenses. For traveling expenses For operating supplies and expenses... For industrial working capital, Illinois Industrial Home for the Blind.. For school supplies.... For repairs to present buildings, grounds For equipment and equipment.. The appropriation for operation, maintenance expenses, and equipment herein made shall be apportioned among the several State char .$ 141,772.00 $ 53,650.00 |