, 1865-01-24
FROM SPRINGFIELD.
The Protestant Episcopal Church
Before The Legislature.

DElV&V &AV Ab3 ASAALA2ee
INDUSTRIAL uklvERslTf--M0ylaG
THE CAPITAL.
lFrom Our Own Correspondent
SPRINGFIELD. Jan. -, 1876.
TRUSTEES ys. TIE BISHOP.
A bill was introduced into the House Of
Representatives, few days since, by James,
OF Fulton, with the following rather ambigu-
GUS title; "a bill for an Act to repeal an Act
approved February q, 1861, and to rerlso an
Act approved February 10, ls49, and nd Act
approved January 4, 1858" The following
is the bill:
SECTION !. Be It enacted. &C., That an act ap-
proved February alst, 1851, entitled: AN act
tho1ze he Pro.e.tant Episcopal Church In The
State Of Illinois to raise fund for the support Of
Bishop, and 70 aid superannuated ministers, aud
keSc6y k repesied:% ~ ''A1' 0'' anu LUG SANS !.
SEC: !: That the Act approved Febru.ry 10.
Epfecopaf Church in the St,te Of Illinois to raise
af1nd for the support of a Bishop, and to aid 90.
perannuated ministers, and the widows and clild-
prored January u, is5s entitled . An let anthoE-
% as:P i T. sss
are, here5y; re1ssed and rsstored, nd deeiared to
Sss s. 81" Srse 4. a'G "1 haa
81 es eeFsa e Z. hefsS5 a
SEC 5. This Act to be in force itom and after ,ts
pass:ge.
The reading Of this bill, simply by its title,
excited my curiosity, aud concluded to take
an inside view, and found the bill to be what
I have given above. The bill, as It reads,
without referring to the laws which it repsals
aud revives, is just as ambiguous IS It's title,
and 50 concluded to examine the laws re-
fered to. 4 close inspection Of the volume
Of laws passed bJ the General Assembly Of
1849 failed to reveal any act to 'tauthorize
the Protestant Episcopal Church Of the State
Of Illinois to raise fund for the support Of q
Bishop, and to aid supcrannuatcd ministers
ard the widows aud children Of deceased min
isters." Such 3 law may have been passed At
the session referred to, but 1t il not to be
found in the published volume Of laws of that
year. The act of jan. "a, 1858, authorizing
certain persons holding property in trust for
the use Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in this State to convey the same" 7 found.
Guessing at the tenor Of the tirst-named law
not to be found-and stripping the other
Of its huge tcchnicalitles, I reached the con.
elusion that the frst-mentioncl law autho-
rized the conveyance to the Bishop, In trust,
for nse and to hold, ali the churches, chari!A-
BILE Institutions, &c. Of the Protestant EpIs-
copal Church and the second law of Jan, ~.
1858, was intended to give him power to con-
yey then-that Is, to sell them.
These two acts, the law Of February q,
1861, rcpeals, and places the institution and
property named In the hands Of Trustees
therein named. Now this new bill, which !
have given above, rcpsa1s the law Of ISL
and reyiyes and restores the enactuentH OF
| 1s49 and 1855 Not only this, It aunuts Ill
| the acts and transactions Of the Trustees who
hare administered the law since 1861, but
gives the Bishop, OF any other man who may
| charitable property OF the Protestant Epis-
| coral Church; and also to deal NTH the
Trustees in Just such manner a8 his con-
science, CT his prejudices may dictate, I am no
! lawyer, but ! very much doubt the power Of
any Legislature to rerius and resfore. and
to d claTt to hare J.e,s in full torce from N!eir
passage. and to 1 noto in full force, ~ i ~
same had not been 7tptaled, changed or modified,
! by he pro.isions Of the 1ct of february I'D
| 1sG1." II the Legislature OF o State can re,
peal the acts Of former Legislatures, and an
nul and declare all transactions under thoss
| AE16 null Au0 FolOt IL EOsaEssta 4V"Et AGtC
dreamed ofby the people. don't believe Il
possesses any such power
This bill comes here in very questionable
shape, and BY very sinuOus route. It has
Chicago origin, but is introduced into th'
House By Mr. James, Of Fulton. This gentle
man is the law partne. Of Mr.. S. Cornsn:
Judd, the recent defeated copperheaa eandi
date for Lieut.. Governor. The bill is NOW be
fore the House and has been ordered to
| third reading, and will probably be put upo1
| its final passage during the week. The bill
may be III right. will not SAY 1t is rot
but its antecedents and present mysteriou
position, have bad look. trust 1t will b
I criticsuy scanned before It becomes q Law q
the State
INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY.
The Industrial University question Is begfr
ing to create considerable excitement here a
the Capital, and should not wonder If 1t bt
come the great issue Of the session. A con
commencement Of the session of this Geners
Assembly which was very generally approved
and had, I think the unanimous, endorsemen
Of the members Of the Agricultural Socie t.
This bill was introduced inte ho House {
J !! Representatives, and appropriately referred
That bill was published in the TRIBUNE a fe1
days since. Section II reads as follows:
sss Il Il sh e r. sF &c C q: q
act, with the advice and consent or the Senate,
one judicious and suitable peEson resident In eac
Of the thirteen (12} Congressional districts Of thl
Snte. whose duty all be to give at least tire
months notice, in dve newspapers having . ger
eM circulation Ia hi. State, that proposals wi
be received b., them At the ortes Of Secretary {
State, for the location OF the Illinois Indusui:
University, provided for BY this act; who shei
On the second Tuesday OF July, A. D. 1865, ope
and examine such proposalt =. nsy then have bee
| filed with the Secretary Of State, a. induccmeni
fer the location OF said university: and who aha!
after fu]l End careful examination Of nil the o
fezs and propositions SO made, and within thre
months from and after said second Tuesday {
Jrly, permanently locate saia university at sue
point az may, in their Judgment, or Of najorlt
Of item, be deemed TO o1eE INC nast ac1iues, q
things considered, 10 promote the great end
sought to be accomplished BY the tHt.tlialmer
OF ssid unirer.ity.
| AZ ohopt 4to firm this r,f11 re- infrodrre
;1t1 tha Ho1sa ~ RrnrAcnnfatiro. a ro,nrnt1
.eo 1913 -, t1.as frnr, 11<,,.na rnarT
| ;- aor1t- ro,-ocan+;n,- n. It I1-l,ano A.,
Ialgn county, representing: Tic Ofo4Aa az
Champaign Institute Duiiatng," made thel
apneaIance in this city, got possession OF
. cra caav ff the bill which Tas beforc lie Hous
Of Representatives, struck out al of the III
section, which have given above, 1aserte
in its stead the following sectlon anu haa
large number Of copies printed, VIZ:
EyC II II shAT1 he the DUR OF tho Board