, 1870-05-10

the eectinns which had been releze1 j the FL
NJ: ROSS, Chairman of the rtn.neSoam,tsee.
reported back two OF the sections wnid hai been
Win some statements Of ths present hAntsh con-
dlton Of the 8tsse- He said that It Ho4i be area
thst the Lesaslature whs limited IN the EDunt Q!
q ss Iss E - aeT e ssa s . s.eed
ccnts IN the $lao. The op!niot OF tho |
committee wnS unanimous that no meSEe dpoa |
gencEnl satisfaction to the taxpayers tpn 70 have
sore restriction upon the power Of t1acon, not !
only By the State, bet By the county *taosueA
upoo IL soo for ,ne efod oi
order to enable the State to successful comp9eE
the various improvements which hayeocen iuAn-
Committee. ia conference With the chlf Clerk Of
the Auditors once, that II The present Lax of 70
1ve cents on the one bundled dollars Ws asseased
he outstanding lndcotedness Incurred; y reason
Of action Of the laEs Legislature. n. tA1ahle
property Of The State in runud uum;,eE, II tae
tons. We are pairing thirteen millions q tbs n
ust!on. for State purposes, which will ra.se tals
year, over and above the expenses OF Collection
Of dollars, independent Of anything der, el frum
the Illinois Central Railroad. THIS assessment will
be for two years, anG including whit wi! be de
'ed we've @ ne lSR Es3' e dsi Ill ss
about three millions OF do1lu1 will
have to be taken for the State debt The TWO
It Is estimated that to lefraJ the ofdnaIy ex-
penses Of the State Government will requfe about
one million year; that Tor this purpose will re-
ana twenty-t,5e cents On the one hundrs! dollars
Add % that, twenty Cunts on the one hun trei dol
!als 1or school purposes, aud you haye :orty-hSe
highest estimate, though the Auditor links that
twenty-five cents on tho one hun1kd dol
lats would probably Be sunlc!eut p pay the
tue expenses or collecting. Hence the t,1,raittee
have recommended limitation ou the as,ian OF
the State on assessing taxes for rc yests m,re Ia
think will be amply sufficient at the Ires1nt rzte
Ut taxation But the present v1iuAt1ou scarcely
reaches pne-thlrt Of the actual value Of the prop
900 On his valuation tax Of ten cents
on the one hundred dolIs1s would be amply ant11-
ssns e Rny AZ tns s1pensss Of he
e ssst fhe e aul see IT AZ pepet
to state that they bad learned thar the 1llinois
I'll q Ssa s6 II
the principal, and that hs year 1t will not te nee
cfsary TO ratse any further means for the purpose
e Saf = q Ss 1t om m as BE-
noIs Central Railroad.
The Finance COMMITTEE were then gtseu fur
Of The Revenue article referred to them. n 7~~''
rrB1IC ACCOUNTS AND ExrESDuCnES
The report Of the Committee on Public Accounts
and Expenditures Was then taken up.
stated that the sum named Ha8 Ahf11cicnt to COM
rlcte the Capitol building furnish it, aud put the
grounds in perfect order. He moved to 40 amend
the report u to insert after the words Cap!tol
grounds the words 81 construction, completion, md
furnishing the new State uouse." The A1aeu1.
ment was adopted.
The article was then aslopted and referred to
follows:
SECTION =. The General Assembly shAl not
appropriate ont Of the State Treasury. or exnend
:5c,on' connlS,ton' IN farni.hinw q, e ts,e new H
state Housc. a sum exceeding. In thc3aTErccatc,
ttrp. and half mtljnns rf tinIlars incsIrr II ai
Appropriations heretoforc male. nithout flrst sub,
hitting the p1orosit1ou for IN additional expendj.
ture 70 the legal voters Of the state At general
election, nor unless majority Of all the tics cas
at such election be for The proposed eddtttona
expenditure.
REVENUE SECTIONS nEroR1ED BAcK,
bccn referred to the Finance Committee were r..
pnttetl back. and scnt 70 Inc Commtttce an Hcrt,
iun and Adtnstn,ent ~ 'A' ~>''''4'''ee VI
MISCELLANEOUS.
motion was made to instruct the Committee
III Rtylston aud Aafustmcnt to strike out tha1
ru.tuu Of Section i yhich cxemnfs lantia nS..t
Tor pu1lc highways frnm tarat1or" Atonsed.
Mr. UNDERWOOD OfYerrd 4 resoiutIon In
str,,ctinu the Committee m Rertatnn and AiIf,st
ment to strike out tic following words from tht
,lffh section. AMI surh s,t,a. al Iii M. he msIt
ojtener ian once IN each year an,i onIx mi M q, sacf
time as shall he nxed bY general law"
uaiNE n aXs Assa n1 FL "a ;nnhrff dnnSf
aud CODY, the resolution was atioptest.
Mr. HAlSES, Of Cook, uoyr4j that the tenth sec
tlgu o[ the original report at the Committee u
Revenue be aided.
'S"'e' 'u' K AFTERSooS siT5s: G,'sIass1 sEssioS.
REVISION IsD 4nyrs1vEyr