, 1879-05-29
House Bill ISL, approprtatlng &95,o0o to tho
Bouthcrn ItlIuete rcuttentlsry.

House Bill 0e3, providing for tho payment o
tho Appellate Court Of tho Second District.
| Nouao Bill 837, appropriation for the paymen
OF exnonscs heretofore Incurred BY tho Appel
late Court Of the First District.
Houso Bill 400, making appropriation for cx
| pcnses Incurred by the Appeltuts Court In th
Second District.
Houao Bill G0o, making appropriation for til,
payment Of the award made BY tho Commission
eta Of Claims to I. ". 11arts; approprlatc
gs01.
House Bill $780, approprlatinr $500, being
oalancc Of salary duo tho attorncy Of tho Alto,
City Court. Tho consideration of this ttll oe
casioned protractetl discussion.
Gallon opposed. saylng tho claim, however
tlist, WIS barred by tho statute of limitations
! that lts allowance wou!d establish precedent
tliAt would bring to tho front clatlns AMOUNTING
to soi000,0U.
Hunt favored the enactment Of tho bin. III
had made diligent Inquiry, md Nus sn.isflcd
t''at The labor as Cts Attorney of Alton had
peon dono BY the clatlnaut, and TINT he l,atl re
ecsvea out nnc years. talnry therefor, instead ol
two, 10 which ho wns luhtlr entftlct],
Archer op|,osetl failing back on his know.
csign Of the work Of tic Court OF Chains, which
Court disaslored thc claim because OF bojng
barred by Thy ntatlitcs Of limitation; that its
nassaqs tas sr would a, b. equivalent to 1nys down
CLAIMS. manF oi Which, pcrllans, wero just, but
tiaI been barred. The Htate coulll not afford to
1'o'ate its constitutional provisions.
NY soath"oTts, @ favored tiie claim as letng Just
result In bringing forward sa,0v0 00U uf slmtIar
claims. II they, In turn, could be established
rs lust md right. they ought to be- paid
,,,, JosYn ~ TOOK w sane view: ne entertained
uut 1tae respect tor NY nar ol limitation TINT
:, Merritt moved M reconsideration M Of tho vote
ny Wnleh l!onse Dill 6S2 was ordered to third
fe9al't. Carried.
~ nc tt'en moved reconsideration Of the vote
*IU,NU 70 S2o0,NN.
!, tn!icF satI ho was surprised at the moarsty Of
use Conlmtssloners OF The Southern Illinois Fen
itent'ary' They might havo q hai-Inillon just
to secure any appropriation was to come upon
lie jloor, gather the Well-traiued claus auI Tie
thing rms tous.
merritt wondered why the gentleman had not
Pep tsi 81, HppToaet'sa Il this Wa true, and adcd
md make their wants known.
Fuller proroscd. Is all amendment that tho
prisoners nt Chester be taken to Chlcngo and be
ooatasa :!sG't, &C TUG Grand Pacific
Mcclellan said, In explanation of hts vote,
thnt no had not yet expressed his views, excopt.
ny Ills vote, in regard to this Chester f'enitet1.
liafy, 9,iu tllat lo could not let this opportunity
pass Without gvitp ls yews uu this mn.ter.
!ie continued: ~ believe this Chester Pcpi-
tentiary Will cost twfce ag much Ms tho Jolict
Prison, whatever TINT cost. believe 1t ls m
outrageous swtnllo; t1tat It was conceived ia
fraud aud brought forth In h,iallttr: md e1nry
cent the people pu1 in there is lust 80 ,nucl, mn
necessarily sunk. I believe whit the Senator
from VIII (siunp} stated few days ago-tIlat
II would to cheap0r for tho State to take these
GonYicts anu boarti tl!e!n Mt frst-class hotel
~ ens!roy tsue. ~, uon't suppose anything
ffon $lr.un
8top the giving to It Of these 1nr1e sun,s ,Ti,n
best we can do seems 10 be A'' to ]tmit nit
aI,ols psd ,t 10 nuca - as possible.
mirht hnyu mi mii1nn swe ,,,ii1t nGkuu ~. ney
otl'er sum. The ring Is complete, and' cannot not
% proken; H., ! am opposed to reconsdcratlon."
hunt SAID nc had Etcadsly opposed tie build
'nS ~ OF ths Southern Penitentiasy from It's In
10 costly institution, Atrendy evjI1tncn ha1
accumulated suticlcnt to CONVINCE nny mn n
!hc correctness Of hts judgment. Ho then ro. |
!erred to thu nagrcgate Of appropriations nlatlo
:hought It TOO much. 1t, was oxtrayarant. |
Therefore he opposed tie change proposed.
The vote to reconsider prevailed,
In the discussion of the question subscuucnt
o reconsideration, Hamilton thought Ii The
this iooltslluess down nt Chester called Pen
II would soon settle that estob],sh,
ncnt. 1t took Democratic Legislature Of two
'eara ago to tastcn thts scheme 10 sn,tnndrr a
million VI dollars on tha State,
Tle amendment reducing tho appropriation
rom f9.I0, ,O0O 10 SOU, goo waa roatinntoi nnu
is blli as amended was ordered engrpssod ItIr for
third reading. N1'
Leo offered o resolution. and moved the
Of the rutcs IN order TINT il m,rht
. considered. Tie moilon was lost, Tin Tcs-
luton was read for Information. Il rnnds.
WHEREAS. The Democrats and Republicans Of
F1tlurnd uPn}nHk fin nrf,n |