, 1869-04-15
EXECUTIVE VETOES.

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EXECUTIVE VETOES.
The Lake Front and the Tax.stenl
| Ing Bllls.
sraNnH1xh April H. 1860.
The following veto messages were comuun
Gated to the LeHtAature BY Governor Palmer 4
day: -
4 EXECUTIVE DEFARINXSI, I
8FRRo11r1.u, IL, April IL 1ssa.j
Ell Iee aet t p Itn reatlo g po4son 81 tn
| submerged tAnds and Like Park grounds lying I'd
taeent to the ahore Of Lake Michigan, on the eas1
nased nj n &c " noa,e M S Il Rcpresentsuves. IS he1s
With returned without ny signature and approval
Tne pecunia1J Fslne Of The pueae Psnpe1t
the grave questions Of policy and good faith, on th
part Of the etatc, that undes1e II have concurres
70 influence me 70 give the measure careful an
| deliberate examination
The Iii otTe1s To confer upon the Common Coun
eli Of the ctty Of Chicago, thrce-tourtha Of the Al
st If to sel II :ae ashi, tile aad iatsress oi sh
| STATE Of Illinois In and to 10 much OF frsctlona
section fifteen, In townshlp thiztJ-nlne north o
ID the c,s1 Of Chicago, es Ia situated east Of Acht
gnu avenue and north Of Pask How, aud south 0
| The south line Of Monrpe street and west Of tn'
running parallel with and four hundred feet eas
Of iand three hundred and ten feet IN width, ane
that contains about thlrtytHo acres; and 70 apply
lands 10 the purchase and improvement OF pask.
n each Of the fhrce divisions Of that city, ID pro
portions 70 be aseertained by means provided b
The Lit also Offers to confirm the right Of the
Illinois Ceutral Rsilrpad Company, under the grant
| from the State IN tts charter, and under aud By
control. and lie TiI,arian ownership tncident td
such grant, appropriation, occupancy, use and
wise lying cast Of The said line running parallel
with md four hundred feet east Of the west line o1
| Michigan Avenue, In fractional sections ten aud
sn sr Ds sa and 1hs1
the right and tile Of the State Of Illinois ID and 70
the submerged lands constituting the bed u Lakc
water q saia company, for The distance Of one
mile an'l between ,he south line of The south pier
| In Chicago harpor extended eastwa1fy, aud line
twenty J.one south OF and near the round house and
machine shopA Of the Illinois Central Railroad
COMPANY, In fee forever, upon condition thar the
ssld company In perTetnity, and upen the further
condition that all gross receipts from the
use, prudta, leaseR. Of otherwise Of said
lands or the Improvements thereon, or that may
hereafter be made thereon, Rhali form a part Of
The gross proceeds reccIpta and income Of the ILL
nols Central Railroad Company: upon which said
senlAunually, the per centum provided for tn tta
charter: and upon the further provision that moth
lnX IN the bill contained shall authorize 06stIuc-
lions 70 Chicago halboF, Or impair the public right
Of navigation, nor exempt the Illinois Central
RatlEpad Company its tAsses or RsAtNns, from any
act Of the General Assembly which may hereafter
be paasel regulating the rates Of wharfage and
dockaGc to be charged In said hafhor.
The tract offered to the Illinois Central Railroad
Company extends along the shore for distance
Of ulnc thousand nsc hundred and eighty feet, and
contains Superficial area OF about one thousand
and dfty ac1es
In addition to The provisions of the bill already
HtHfC{l. II Offff9 all the RIGHT n
Of Illinois N a1i u the lands submerged or other
wisc lying north Of the south line Of Monroe street.
asd between tne eaas u ane Of aiensan % avenue I'D
the tack and roadway Of the luinols Central Kal-
road Company. and constituting parts OF
toned. In fee, 70 the Illinois Central Railroad
Company, the Chicago. Burlington i Quincy RalI-
Ioad Company, aud The Michigan Central Railroad
Company their encce8sor1 and azstgns, for the
erection thereon OF passenger depot, and for
such other purposes rs the hu8lness Of said cotu-
nan1ea nay require YIN ths pEosiso that upon III
Company frum the leasea OF It's tnterest LII said
grounds OF improvements thereon or other uses of
,he saas 'hs ss csnsm for n the cn.
formity with the requirements Of said charter:
and 1t Is further provided that In consideration Of
on,net e tas III gG csn G9ESs b9fn
pantes Of the land aforesaid, the aaid companies
are required to ~! To the city Of Chicago tho Bum
quarterly instaiments "a stased n the btil.
THIS tfact fronts on Michigan avenue for about
nc distance o. thirteen hundred and hlrty-two
1llinos Genital Railroad Company, three hundred
and ten feet.
The bill, it viii be observed, offers to the eran-
= fee ample title, and By implication azscrts for
the State capacity to confer upon each Of ts pro-
posed grantees the absolute oEncrshIp Of the
The history OF the title Of the scve.al tracts Of
lnnd described IN the blu Is Necessary to be under
stoed 6e1oss ;s T. w r. pSaS @ 70 de.soe
mny well be given here
approved Narca %, ISL he SAFE lie Of 1i unots Ws
lie lands Of the Enlsed States, the route Of canA
bend Of Like Michigan, !" and ny the saue net it
WAS provided that "ercrJ section through which
said canal route may paks u hereby reserved from
l,y smother act Of he Congress Of the United
States appfnred March =, 1s71, II was provided
,nas ths1e s md Is hereby granted TO ths stste
oncnnG canal 70 anlte The waters Of the Illinois
River with those OF Lake Michigan, a quantity Of
each athe Of sa'd canal and re.e:ving cnch alter
nate section to the United Stale to be selected By
the Commissioner Of the Land Office, under the
direction 0! the President Of the United States,
from one end OF said canal to tho other, md the
said lands shall be subject to the disposal Of the
Legislature Of the 4ld State for the purpose afore
Othcr acts were passed BY the Congress Of the
United States on this subject and the matter also
received The attention OF the General Assembly OF
the State Of Illinois, 30 that Oh the sotn day Of
March, 1880. by The approTM OF the P1csitent Of
the Enitei States fractional fifteen, township nu1n-
ne5 ,,, north o. f.nEe fourteen sast Of the
the State Of Illinois, for the purposes spccintd in
the acts Of Congress-
Assembly OF the State Of Illinois, euritled aAn
act for the construction Of the Illinois and AIch-
san CanM sppsosed January ., lssa, the Cover
advice and consent Of tie Senate, to appont three
practical and ekilrul Citizens OF shis Stste, 70 con-
70 e y mi sse .1d d.
fltnotA And Michigan C11al,H md By the sal
section Of the ka1nc act the Commissioners arc re-
and select such placcs thereon as may b eligible
for town sttea and cause the ZANE 70 be tAid on
into towl lota, and theJ shall eanss the canal
lAid Oh into town lots xnd The ssd section
provided and the said Board OF Commissioners
sl snalA on nc = aoth day Of Jane next proceed Q
Of The luts In the town Of tTtawa, ~ Also ftAc-
ticnal tectou fifteen adjoining the to*n Of Chi.
town lots, streets and Mle,l ~ IN ther best juds-
canal fund
On the 18th dag Of June, 1888, WIZ F. Thornton.
". n Asrher md Gusdqu y Hubbard the RoAni
Of Canal Commissioned. cauaed a map cf their
survey Of tsactonai section nlteen to he prepared
AAA eGtEsA41{ &%AAHNlNAKeN ~ = ny LQG
act Of February IS 1883 entitled ''an aet providing
rrcos,,ed In the Reonrders oooe Of Coor County
Oh the apth day OF July, 1854
pn this map Or plat made and recorded BY the
Canal Commissioners, Michigan areuuc L. fcpre-
eensss without any line limiting # on the eastern
side other than The lake enorp hue, I strip Of
land extending from Madison street south 70
Twelfth street, apparently nhout i've hundred feet
west line Of Michigan avenue and she lake ahorr,
and On the nap Is marked the wof,ts IA sicntgan
aFenue, and thus The whole strip Of land was
STREETS Of the Canal CommsAnonefs' Addition to
Ihe history ol the tract Of land descsthe<, as
nine nu1th ranxc fourteen eass Of tho thit p,tnc-
pal meItts11n, IA much Morr brief.
The s!te Of Fort Dearborn, IT WIS separated from
the bulk OF the public lands oeted for sale by tha
United Staies BY being reserved nom such saic for
military purposes Ia Grcas 1eo*recuse, though
ss11 s, ss,ae sa5y sssr.Stea ne sttsnnon En- e fs5-
and continued With great persistence IN the courts
OF the ssa.e Of llinois and Of the Cnined stsseA
| 70 acquire The title.
Bur thes- attempts 10 secure the uaet fs!led,
aulhortty OF The United States lald out into nlncks
pn3n ls a s,Sn ~, p Rnne E'oSaas Fort pas +;
this addition n pErpssed, certified and acruo=l.
eteed According 70 tho nwr of The STATE, anl re,
ceias1 s tn nc Rrcosdsra oraoe Il Cook counsy;on
~ th.s map that portion OF the 1And referred ID
| Ne efu - being In fractional section ten, aud
| Which cHtnda from Randolph street to the centre
! Of Madison street, b dtltnested N snttre traci
anu upon she map Of the addition n recorded, Il
! Nnntt "p1taic grounds forever 70 remain ~
can't Of buiidings''
From the foregoing sectunt It viii Be seen thai
ny Tie tcts o1 the United Statet tho proprietor n
the soush~tta fractional quarter Of secaon ten
and Of the Ss1tc Of Illinois, which WIS IN the sarnt
| legal sense the proprietor Of fractional oect&oI
ti.een. Ill the Lands Described IN the nzss ant
fourth sections of th1s bill, extending frun Ran
doapn street along the Lake anute TO P+k row
! were dedicated to pubic utcs forever.
The scts nl the lanai COMMISSIONER tsoue IN
| The manner before GIAled, unter the authority O.
I INV dfFAS1 the Ef4rs rf ItN hSnAA r,,,r,4a