Preamble. INVESTIGATIONS-EDUCATIONAL BUILDING COMMISSION. 1. Commission created. (SENATE BILL No. 465. § 2. § 3. Plans and specifications--report to next General Assembly. Appropriates $5,000-how drawn. APPROVED MAY 26, 1911.) AN ACT to provide for the procuring of plans and specifications for a State educational building, to investigate and report on a suitable site for its location and for the appointment of commissioners, and to make an appropriation to defray the expense of the same. WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has a large and valuable collection of specimens, useful and necessary, in the scientific work being done by the citizens of this and other states and by our educational institutions; and, WHEREAS, The State Historical Society represents the historical interests of the State, and has for its purpose the promotion and diffusion of historical knowledge and has a valuable collection relating to Illinois history; and, WHEREAS, The State Historical Library constitutes the most important source of historical documents and is the repository for historical books of great value; and, WHEREAS, The Memorial Hall for war relics contains flags, armor and relics of great historical interest; and, WHEREAS, These collections are very necessary and useful in the study of Illinois history and constantly in danger of destruction by fire and are practically inaccessible where now stored; and, WHEREAS, The Department of Public Instruction is at present inadequately housed and cared for; and, WHEREAS, All these departments are closely related, and could, when placed side by side, contribute much to the advancement of science, literature, history, patriotism and education in the State of Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That a commission consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction, President of the Board of Trustees of the State Historical Library, President of the State Historical Society, Auditor of Public Accounts, and the Department Commander of the State G. A. R., is hereby constituted with full power to procure plans and specifications for a suitable State building, to be erected by the State where all the property pertaining to the history, science, literature, education and patriotism now housed in different departments of the State buildings may be placed. § 2. Said commission shall procure plans and specifications for a building, and shall take steps to procure a proper site for said building and the cost of the same, and report the facts to the General Assembly of Illinois at the next ensuing general session. §3. In order to enable the commission to carry out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and required to issue his warrant, or warrants, for all or any part of the amount appropriated upon vouchers signed by the Governor. APPROVED May 26, 1911. AN ACT making an appropriation for the expense of certain persons acting as [a] voluntary commission carrying on and completing the work of a Commission created and appointed by virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois entitled, "An Act to create an employers' liability commission and making an appropriation therefor," approved March 4, 1910, the appropriation to pay the expenses of such commission having expired by operation of law on September 15, 1910. WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Illinois did by an Act approved March 4, 1910, create a commission of twelve members to be appointed by the Governor, consisting of six employers of labor and six persons who should either be employés or known to represent the interests of workmen; and, WHEREAS, Said Commission was duly appointed by the Governor and made its report to the Governor on the 15th day of September, 1910, as required by said Act, providing for its appointment, as aforesaid, and whereas the limited time given to the said commission for the investigation and report to be made by it was insufficient for it to entirely complete its work; and, WHEREAS, All but two members of said commission so appointed as aforesaid voluntarily consented to continue the work of said commission until the convening of the session of the Forty-seventh General Assembly and have continued to act as such voluntary commission and have carried on and completed said work and prepared and had introduced in the Legislature a bill incorporating the conclusions of the commission arrived at after the investigation made and consideration of the questions involved; and, WHEREAS, The continuance and completion of the work of said commission has involved some necessary expense on the part of the members of said commission so continuing and completing said work, which expenses has [have] been entailed by the members of said commission as follows: Legal services and expenses for commission as authorized by the commission and contracted for by its officersCharles Piez (attorney S. A. Harper). E. T. Bent (conference printing). Therefore, .$ 681.50 128.00 $1,264.45 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of one thousand two hundred sixty-four dollars and forty-five cents be and the same is hereby appropriated to which have been contracted for or expended by them respectively for the expenses as aforesaid. § 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants upon the State Treasurer, payable to the persons above named for the sums herein specified upon presentation of proper vouchers therefor, and the State Treasurer shall pay the same out of any funds in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED June 7, 1911. INVESTIGATIONS-MINING COMMISSION. 1. Appointment of commissioncomposition-authority. § 4. Reports to Governor and General § 6. Appropriates $10,000-printing. 3. Meetings-organization-quorum record. (SENATE BILL No. 486. APPROVED MAY 27, 1911.) AN ACT to establish the Mining Investigating Commission of the State of Illinois, and prescribing its powers and duties and making an appropriation therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That a commission be established to be known as the Mining Investigation Commission of the State of Illinois, consisting of three coal mine owners and three coal miners appointed by the Governor, together with three qualified men, no one of whom shall be identified or affiliated with the interests of either of the mine owners or coal miners or dependent upon the patronage or good will of either, nor in political life, who shall be appointed by the Governor. Each member of the said commission shall have equal authority, power and voting strength in considering and acting upon any matters which may be brought to the attention of the commission and on which the commission may act and the said commission shall have power and authority to investigate the methods and conditions of mining coal in the State of Illinois with special reference to the safety of human lives and property and the conservation of the coal deposits. § 2. In making an investigation as contemplated in this Act, said commissioners shall have the power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses, which shall be under the seal of the commission and signed by the chairman or secretary of said commission. In case any person shall wilfully fail or refuse to obey such subpoena, it shall be the duty of the circuit court of any county, upon application of the said commissioners, to issue an attachment for such witness, and compel such witness to attend before the commissioners, and give his testimony upon such matters as shall be lawfully required by such commissioners; and the said court shall have the power to punish for contempt, as in other cases of refusal to obey the process and order of such court. The fees of witnesses shall be the same as in the courts of record and shall be paid out of the appropriation hereinafter made. And upon order duly entered of record by the said commission any one or more members of the said commission shall be empowered to take testimony touching the matters within the jurisdiction of the said commission and report the same to the said commission. Said commission shall have power and are authorized to adopt a seal and to make such rules not, inconsistent with or contrary to law for the government of proceedings before it, as it may deem proper and shall have the same power to enforce such rules and to preserve order and a quorum in its presence as is vested by the common law or statute of this State in any court of general jurisdiction. § 3. Said commission shall meet at the State Capitol building in Springfield on the second Tuesday after notice of their appointment and shall immediately elect a chairman and secretary from among their number, one of whom shall be a coal mine owner and the other a coal miner. Said commission shall cause a record to be kept of all its proceedings. Five members of the said commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number than a quorum may adjourn the meetings of the commission from time to Meetings of the said commission other than called meetings, as provided for herein, may be held at such times and places within the State of Illinois, as may be fixed by the said commission. A meeting of the said commission shall be held upon the written request of any three members of the said commission signed by them and delivered to the secretary, who shall, upon receipt of such request, notify each member of said commission by mail of such meeting so to be held, and the time and place thereof. And no such meeting shall be held less than five days after the mailing of notice of the said meeting to the members of said commission by the secretary. Such called meeting shall be held either in Springfield or Chicago. § 4. Said commission shall report to the Governor and to the General Assembly at its next regular session, submitting, so far as they have unanimously agreed, a proposed provision of coal mining laws of the State, together with such other recommendations as to the commission shall seem fit and proper, relating to coal mining in the State of Illinois. And where there is not unanimous agreement upon any recommendations there shall be submitted in like manner separate reports embodying the recommendations of any one or more members of the said commission, which said reports shall each set forth in detail the recommendation of the commissioner or commissioners signing said report and shall embody his or their respective reasons for such recommendation and his or their objection to the report of other members of the commission. Upon the filing of the above mentioned reports, said reports to be made in the convening of the next General Assembly of recommendations and objections, the duties and functions. of said commission shall cease and the terms of office of the respective commissioners shall terminate. 5. The members of said commission who are coal mine owners and coal miners, as aforesaid, shall receive no compensation for their services. The remaining three members of the commission shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of $10 per day for each [day] actually employed by them as such commissioners. All members of the said commission shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in and about the actual work of said commission. Said commission may appoint a stenographer or clerk and such other employés as are necessary and shall fix their compensation and may incur such other expenses as are properly incidental to the work of the commission. 6. The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10.000.00), or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the postage, stationery, clerical and expert services, and incidental traveling expenses of the commission, and the per diem of members as herein. authorized, and the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the foregoing amount, or any part thereof, in payment of any expenses, charges or disbursements authorized by this Act, on order of this commission, signed by its chairman, attested by its secretary, and approved by the Governor. The State Board of Contracts is hereby authorized and directed to provide all necessary printing for the mining investigation commission. and testimony taken by it shall be reported in full and may be published from time to time by the commission. AN ACT making an appropriation for the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there be, and hereby is, appropri |