MEMORIAL SERVICES-REPRESENTATIVE FRANK C. BURKE. (House Joint Resolution No. 14.) WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, to remove from our midst our colleague and friend, the Honorable Frank C. Burke of Chicago, Illinois, one of the most valued members of the Forty-seventh General Assembly; and, WHEREAS, By his integrity, his genial disposition and his consistent application to his duties, as well as by his upright and honorable conduct as a man and citizen, he has endeared himself to all; therefore, be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That we hereby express our profound sorrow at the untimely end of our friend and brother, and that we hereby extend to the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy in the loss of their loved one; and, be it further Resolved, That as a mark of esteem for the deceased and our sympathy for the bereaved family, a joint committee of the House and Senate be appointed, consisting of twelve members, nine from the House and three from the Senate, to make all necessary arrangements for the funeral; and the said committee is hereby authorized to draw on the committee expense fund for any necessary expense incurred in relation thereto; and, be it further Resolved, That the members of the House and Senate are hereby invited to attend the funeral services in a body; and, be it further Resolved, That said committee is hereby authorized to arrange for suitable memorial services to be held in the Hall of the House of Representatives; and as a further mark of respect, that the House and Senate do now adjourn. Adopted by the House, February 9, 1911. Concurred in by the Senate February 9, 1911. MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS-MONOPOLIES. (House Joint Resolution No. 9.) Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, the Senate concurring therein, That application is hereby made to the Congress of the United States under the provision of article 5 of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting the Congress of the United States the following power: The Congress of the United States shall have the power to prevent and suppress monopolies throughout the United States by appropriate legislation. Resolved, further, That the Secretary of State is hereby directed to transmit copies of the application to the Senate and House of Representatives of Congress, and to transmit copies thereof to the presiding officers of each of the legislatures now in session in the several states, requesting the cooperation of the said several legislatures. Adopted by the House February 24, 1911. MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS-PENSION BILL. (House Joint Resolution No. 7.) WHEREAS, There is pending in the Senate of the United States a bill, having passed the lower House of Congress, known as the Fuller-Solloway Pension Bill, which provides fixed and certain amounts of pensions to be paid to the survivors of the Mexican and Civil wars, with slight increases above the amounts that are now allowed to be paid upon age limit; now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, the Senate concurring, That it is the sense of these bodies that said pension bill should pass the Senate of the United States without amendment, and that the people of the State of Illinois heartily indorse the action of Congress in providing for more liberal pensions for the veteran survivors of the Mexican and Civil wars, and to provide for their payment based upon the age of the veteran. Adopted by the House January 24, 1911. Concurred in by the Senate January 31, 1911. MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS-TREATY WITH RUSSIA. (Senate Joint Resolution No. 29.) WHEREAS, In the treaties and conventions now existing between the United States of America and the government of Russia, it is provided that the inhabitants of each country shall mutually have the liberty to enter, sojourn and reside in the respective territories of each other, and to that effect shall enjoy the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside; and, WHEREAS, The government of Russia has singled out a certain class of cit izens and inhabitants of the United States, and forbidden them from sojourn ing or residing in, or entering into the territory or dominion of Russia, on account of their religious faith; and, WHEREAS, The severest penalties are visited upon those who in any manner violate this edict of the Russian government, so that an American citizen of the prescribed faith, with an American passport, who should cross the borders of Russian territory would, under the penal code of Russia, be subjected to the most cruel punishment, without the privilege of trial by jury; and, WHEREAS, It is the fundamental principle of this government that the rights of its citizens shall not be impaired at home or abroad because of religious belief; that this government concludes its treaties for the equal protection of all classes of its citizens, without regard to religious belief: that the government of Russia has violated the treaty between the United States of America and Russia, concluded at St. Petersburg December 18. 1832, by construing that part of article 1 thereof which says that the inhab itants of the respective states "shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories in order to attend to their affairs and they shall enjoy to that effect the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing, and particularly to the regulations in force concerning commerce;" to mean that American citizens of Jewish faith are subject in Russia to the same restrictions that Russia imposes upon Russian inhabitants of Jewish faith, by declining to permit American citizens of Jewish faith to sojourn and reside in Russia in order to attend to their affairs and to enjoy to that effect the same security and protection as non-Jewish native Russians, and by refusing to honor American passports issued to American citizens of Jewish faith; and, WHEREAS, Such distinction would be abhorrent to all people who believe in the right of men to worship according to the dictates of conscience; therefore, Resolved, by the Senate of the State of Illinois, the House of Representatives concurring, That we hereby request our two United States Senators representing the great State of Illinois to request the President of the United States to abrogate the treaty between the government of Russia and the United States of America, and that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to our Senators at Washington, urging them to support the resolution now pending in the national House of Representatives for the abrogation of said treaty. Adopted by the Senate April 27, 1911. Concurred in by the House April 28, 1911. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SS. STATE OF ILLINOIS, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I, JAMES A. ROSE, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing Acts and Joint Resolutions of the Forty-seventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, passed and adopted at the regular biennial session thereof, are true and correct copies of the original Acts and Joint Resolutions now on file in the office of the Secretary of State, save and except such words, letters and figures as are printed in brackets, thus: [ ]. [SEAL.] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and affix the Great Seal of State, at the city of Springfield, this 15th day of July, A. D. 1911. JAMES A. ROSE, Secretary of State. INDEX. PAGE. ACCIDENTS-compensation act.. ADJUTANT GENERAL-appropriation, armory at Chicago, repairs. 315 73 ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES-devise, etc., to wife or husband of witness. 538 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE-apiaries, state inspector. .4, 110, 111 245 county funds, for county fair exhibits.. for county farmers' institutes... state appropriations for county fairs, etc., basis (7) ANIMALS-appropriation, biological laboratory. live stock commission 243 244 3 57 68, 103 67 .68, 102, 103 appropriation, water supply state inspector, office created. ANNA STATE HOSPITAL-appropriation, ordinary and special. APIARIES-State inspector, appropriation. APPOINTMENTS-assistant appellate judges by supreme court. board of pharmacy by governor (9). building laws commission by governor. cemetery trustees by county judge. county civil service commission (2). curator of natural history museum by trustees. fish commissioners and wardens by governor. food commissioner by governor.... food standard commission by governor. game commissioner by governor (16).. 7 21, 25 18 110, 111 4 247 383 61 123 199 533 354, 355 519 520 361 |