, 1872-12-29

EncOrpGruticn0 A Bet Decided by
Law.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. 23--TLe Secretary Of
State has laid h;s biennial report before the
Governor. 1t contains pretty thorough state
ment Of Department that heretofore has
been little known and less understood by the
people. 1t begins with the staterent that the
Law requiring 4 report from the Secretary OF
State, was approved April 4, 1872. Up to that
date. the records were SO kept as to make it
almost impossible to collect +Le Information re-
quirod by the law. The work Of print
ing and binding laws and Journals Of the
Twenty-seyenth General Assembly has been
somewhat delayed. The laws, volume Of eight
hundred pages, wns distributed soon after the
adjournment Of the Legislature. Two volumes
of reports, OF eight hundred pages, have been
distributed. Two more, nearly complete, will
coon be distributed. Ono volume Of the jour
nails has been sent out. The remaining two will
soon be. A tltlo is submitted showing COM
parative statement Of the cost Of printing from
1s5o-60 to 1912, and the amounts paid in
that time. In 1866 tho amount paid
| was s56, 6Go.1S; for 1912, although a
! greatly larger amount was ordered printed,
| tho price paid WAS 800. The statement
! showing the cost OF printing exhibits the fact
that the price per 100D ems for the last Legis-
| 1aturo was less than paid for twenty years by
nearly one-half. With reference to the recent
contract the Secretary says: The law being
mandatory in it's terms, aud the Commissions
| Auditor, Secretary Of State, and Treasurer, har
| ing no discretion {. tho matter, they we're com
PEELED under it's provisions to award the contract
for all the classes On the only bid received
| which was made by ". Fl. Baillache and e. L.
| Merrill. The price to bo paid is the amount al
lowed by law. The contract for binding is less
by more than ono-half than it has been
for twelve years. Tho cost OF binding
for the Twenty-seventh General Assembly is
less By nearly six thousand dollars than was the
the Twenty-s1th, and nearly two thousand less
than the Twenty-hfth General Assembly.
Tho contract for furnishing printing papor is
The price said is six dollars and forty
eight cents. 4 largely increased amount OF
printing paper has been used in consequence Of
bill presented being ordered printed IN
There has never been any system followed in
filing engrossed laws, us per consequence they
are difficult to find It is suggested that the
| Secretary Of State DO authorized to have these
bills arranged so as to make reference to them
easy. Duplicate copies OF the census Of 1870 arc
received and properly disposed OF. He rccon
, monds Bureau OF Statistics to be arranged sep
arate from the library.
The large increase in defr.ying the cost ot
! printing paper, furniture, stationery, books an6
blanks for the General Assembly, exhausted tht
appropriation for these purposes, and q loan ot
ten thoueand dollars was effected, carrying OF
J the Department. The loan WAS received on tht
joint note of tho State officers, and falls dus
, March 1st 1878. Tie appropriations for tho im
mense work to be done in the office. have bee1
! found to be altogether inadequate. Tho Libra
~ is we'll arranged and contains many valuable
) books, standard works, 1850 volumes, and in al
32,750.
In conclusion, in retiring from tho office, I de
sire, in this public manner, to express my obi
> cations to those who have co-oEeratcd with me
| and shall always revert with pleasure to thes
years of service to the people of the State.
Tho Westcrn Screw Manufacturing Compan.
Of America, capital. 100000; tho Western Steam
/ Bell Company, OF Quincy, capital, Sl00, tn
0 purpose being to manufacture and cell stear
Q bell ringers, &C.; and the Benevolent Society Q
Q Chicago to aid French speaking emigrants, file
s articles of association with the Secretary G
4 State to-day. The latter company is to be su:
Q tanned By an annual subscription Of three d.
d.t lars from its members.
Z Justice Campbell, of this city, to-day decide
b that one Rico, who bet $50 each Oh the result c
the election in the States OF Ohio, Pennsylvania
t and Indiana being a Liberal triumph, and wh
: refused to give up the stakes because his oppe
t. nent would not agree that he had won on Ind
1t ana, and who brought suit to recover the who1
n amount from tho Stakeholder, entitled to 8
8 recover, and Judgment Of $3.50 and costs VT
n entered up against the stakeholder. Tho su
Q. will be appealed to higher Court.