The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-06
An Act to Facilitate the Distribution Of the
Laws, Journals and Reports of this State.

SECTION l. BE enacted By the people Of the State
of Illinois represented IA the General ssemby, That
hereafter the secretary of state shall Distribute
rs fast as they shall be completed, all the laws
and journals Of each session OF the general assem-
bly, in the following manner: To each county
It's proportion according to population, taking the
hast returns reserving, IRON the total num-
Der published one thousand copies of each volume
of the public laws and journals, and i've hundred
copies of the private acts, i've hundred OF eaoh
for the use of future assemblies of this state, and
the rest for distrbutisn to the library of congress
and to the several states OF the Union and TO the
various colleges and other educational and histor-
zeal and literary institutions in the state. -Four
COPIES of each to the library of congress, two
COPIES of each to each state in the Union and one
COW of each each educational each historical
| and each literary institution In this state lie
! shall also preserve five hundred copies of each
| governors message, and each report OF each state
officer and each state institution, and shall dis
tribute them the libraries state and b ,n',,
.s,-..~, provided thse ne sha hot
! be compelled to transmit any book to any college
| or institution not known to him until he shall
have received evidence of its bona fde existence,
and the secretary of state shall also transmit by
mail or otherwise to the clerk of each division OF
| the supreme court of this state three copies OF
each volume of the public laws to be kept TOR the
| use of such division of said court, by the said
| clerk who shall be entitled to receive the amount
maid by him for the transmission, and the reports
and digests of the decisions OF the supreme court
of this state stall be transmitted in like manner,
and charges therefor be collected and paid in the
| same way.
| SEC . The distribution of the laws and journ-
MS shall be made at the earliest moment practca-
| BILE after their completion, and the reports and
| messages then ready shall be distributed with
| them. and they shall all be transmitted by the
| ready, convenient and quick conveyance, which
NAV offer itself, and the secretary OF state shall
superintend the same and take receipt for each
package so transmitted.
SIC. 3. 1t shall be the duty of each county
clerk to receive and receipt for any package OF
books transmitted in compliance with this act
| and he shall Immediately pay the charges Ter the
transmission at the cost of the county, by draw
| ing a warrant for the same upon the county treas
urer who shall Immediately pay the said warrant
! out of any moneys in the treasury.
SEC 4. The county clerk of each county, i'm
| medateIy after the receipt of any package o
books transmitted directed in this act, shall
, | distribut, the same follows: one copy OF eacf
, | to each member of the senate and house o
representatives of this state resident In his coun
/, ty, one copy of the public laws TO each the judge
, of circuit court and the prosecuting attorney re
sident in his county, one copy to each the county
D court and circuit clerk, and each justice of tn
peace in his county, to be by all them CAREFUL,
preserved and delivered to their successors II
| Office and the remaining copies of tn
laws shall be kept by the county clerk, securel
, and carefully in his office, to supply future need
of the circuit and county courts IN his county, an
: the reports, Journals and messages remaining
n shall distribute at his discretion TO such person
o as NAV desire to inform themselves of their con
Il | tents.
q Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws in confilc
= with this act are hereby repealed, and this a'
VI shall be and remain in force from and after the
c day of March, 1867
l. Approved March 18th, 1867.