Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-02-25
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN-
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Special Dispatches to the Chicago Times.
Springfield. ILL.,. Feb Is.
The convention adopted section 20 of the
report Of the Committee on Executive De-
partment. as follows:
There may he established in the Office
Of the Secretary OF State Bureau of
Statistics and Agricultural. under such reg
ulatipns as the General Assembly may pre-
scribe"
The following substitute was adopted for
sectinp 81:
1.-The Governor, Auditor, Treasurer, Sec
retard of State. and Attorney General
shall receive such compensation a. shall be
provided by law, which compensation shall
not be increased or diminished 50 as to af-
feet the compensation of the person o per.
sons holding such Office or Offices during
their continuance in ufiee: T1orided, The
compensation Of the Governor shall rot ex>
coed three THOUSAND dollars per annum. nor
shall the salary OF compensation of the
Treasury. or ary Of the other above named
officers, exceed two thousand dollars per
/ aunum I; and SAID officers shall receive no
other allowance whatever.
| Sections %, % and % were ADDICTED as
reported from the committee.
The following section was added:
SECTION 25 All fees that are now. or
hereafter may be, made payable by Law for
any services performed by ary officer pro-
vided for by this article of the constitution
shall be paid, in advance, directly into the
State Treasury"
Mr.. 0'Melveny introduced resolution
instructing the Finance Committee to it,.
quiIe whether any funds in the treasury
remain unappropriated at the disposal oi
the Governor, and, i! not, then said c,m
mittee shall report an ordinance apprupri.
ating so much as may be necessary to pro.
vide for the ease and comfort Of the scs
and wounded volunteers Of II nois, and
placing the same at ths disposal Of the
Governor for that purpose. The resolution
was ad0pted-nyes So, nays 10
Messrs. Anthony, Childs, Ferry, Muhike
Peasants, Sheldon. Snith of Carroll, S,in
son, Underwood, and Weigley voted in thu
negative.
In the afternoon. Mr.. Manning introduc
ed an ordinance sppropriating cut of tn
State treasury five hundred Thousand j, |
lars for the exclusive purpose Of relieving
the wants of the brave soldiers of Illinoi
who had or may be wounded in the battle
fought by them for the defence If th
Union and the constitution. IL authorize
the Governor, Auditor e Public Account,
and Treasurer TO have loads Issued for tn
above amount. bearing 10 per cent inter
est, and redeemable at the pleasure of th
State. 1t also directs that the Governor
Auditor, and Treasurer, together with I'd
Finance Committee Of the convention, b
! constituted a Commission to dlsburse IN
fund appropriated, aud report their acts
the next General Assembly.
, The Ordin4T ce was adopted under Ia
previous, qucsiion-ayes so. nays Is.
Messrs. Anthony, BARLEY, Childs, Ferry
Fmnie. French, Gale. Lawrence. Nara
more. Peasants. Sheldon. Stineun, Tenn
pleton, Underwood and Weigiey voted !
+ the negative.
This convention refused ~ concur in soc
ton of the report Of the Committee @
, Banks and Currency. providing for tn
| ultimate exclusion Of al paper money.
; Springfield, Ii. Feb. 10.
The convention have occupied the ehIir
, day IN discussing the report Of the Com
, mittee on Banks ard Currency. The vot
by which the third section was stri.ke
: out yesterday vas reconsiderci to-day, bu
the c,nventinn adhered 20 lis former al
ton, refusing the secund time to coucur /
= the section, ty vote of ayes so noes -.
Finally, after numLeriess propositi n
had been offered aud read for information
. the whole subject was recnmmitjed.
; GA melton Of Mr. Dutf, the fonnvin,
: delegates were added to the C.mnittee 9
Judicial Circuits: Messrs. Burr, Wander
/ veer, Terry. Armstrong, Fuller, Water.
J"syln. Brooks, Peasants, E4des. ant
, PadGcrk.
f The lien Circle Investigating c, "a,
mi'tee was authorized to swear Witnesses
1t hell ITS first meering To- day, AID exam
, ined the IribUHe'S sp.uieut. an
not permitted to rubbish is proceedings.
Mr Anthony introduced q res, lutiur
, requesting the corporation of tie Ilinni
Agricultural C"ilege, urgaai zed under til
act ct the last Legislature, to inform tn
INVENTION whether they have leased, sold
, disposed OF. or conveyed any If the cpiieg
or seminary lands Of thi- STATE for the pur
poses mentioned in said act Adopted.
The Committee ou the 3 II rf Rish,
was requested to inquire into the cxpedi
ency Of reducing the yauel Of grand iurie
to twelve, and authorizing nine of them {
make bills or fne presentmenis.