from May 15th to and including May 28th, 1913, for railroad, expressage, hotel, meals and other incidental expenses the sum of one hundred and eighteen dollars and ten cents ($118.10).

To William M. Brown, for necessary expenses entailed by him in the election contest for a seat in the Senate of the Forty-eighth General Assembly in the matter of the contest of William M. Brown vs. George W. Harris, Sixth Senatorial District, the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00).

To Godfrey A. Schroeder, for expenses incurred as private in Company D, fourth regiment, I. N. G., in making trip from Belleville to Springfield, Illinois, the sum of $37.50.

To W. P. McGuire, for services rendered as an employee of the House of Representatives, Forty-seventh General Assembly, third special session, the sum of one hundred and thirty-seven dollars ($137.00).

To Elmer P. Hill, for services in making index of Senate and House Bills for Secretary of Senate of Forty-eighth General Assembly, 1913, the sum of $100.00.

To the estate of Campbell S. Hearn, for expenses incurred under House Joint Resolution No. 35, Forty-eighth General Assembly, by the late Honorable Campbell S. Hearn as member of committee to visit semi-centennial in Philadelphia of the Battle of Gettysburg, the sum of $165.00.

To the F. C. Johnson Oil & Grease Company, Rockford, Illinois, refund on account of corporation fees erroneously paid into the State Treasury by the Secretary of State, February, 1913, $30.

To Albert W. Thies, Elgin, Illinois, for personal injuries received while employed by the State Board of Administration at the Elgin State Hospital, the sum of $865, the same being the amount recommended by the Industrial Board under the Workmen's Compensation Act.

To John E. Corr, Chicago, for stenographic services rendered the State Board of Arbitration during April, 1915, the sum of $54.75.

To Smejkal, Klenha & Ring, Chicago, Illinois, refund on account of corporation fees erroneously paid into State treasury by Secretary of State about August 24, 1911, in the matter of the incorporation of the Jinger Julep Company, final papers of incorporation not issued, the sum of $95.00.

NINETY-FIVE-For the expenses of the commission appointed under provision of House Resolution No. 21, of the Forty-ninth General Assembly, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

NINETY-SIX-To Illinois Legislative Insurance Committee, created by House Joint Resolution No. 26, Forty-seventh General Assembly, and continued under provisions of House Joint Resolution No. 21, Forty-eighth General Assembly: deficiency for necessary expenses incurred in the preparation, publication and filing final report of said committee with the forty-ninth General Assembly; to W. T. ApMadoc for stenographic services from December 7, 1912, up to completion of report in March, 1915, the sum of $498.50; to W. T. ApMadoc, on account of postage, telegraph, printing, stationery and other incidental expenses, the sum of $138.00; to E. A. Eulass, court reporter, $114.00; to H. V. Seely, insurance expert, $500.00; to J. B. Archer, rent, November and December, 1912, and January, 1913, $150.00; to Charles W.

Baldwin, clerk and sergeant-at-arms of committee, salary for September, October, November and December, 1912, and for the years and 1914, including traveling expenses, the sum of $500.00; to Fred W. Reinhardt, for legal services, codification of life and fire acts, the sum of $250.00; to Henry M. Bacon, Chicago, of the firm of Bacon and Cornwell, attorneys, for legal services, the sum of $250.00; total, $2,400.50.

NINETY-SEVEN-To the Commission to Codify Building Laws under the provision of Senate Joint Resolution No. 29, Forty-ninth General Assembly, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000).

*NINETY-EIGHT-To the Incorporated County Soil and Crop Improvement Associations, incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois, as provided for by an Act making an appropriation for the salary of an agricultural advisor for Incorporated Soil and Crop Improvement Associations, or like associations with like purposes in the State of Illinois, in force July 1, 1913, the sum of $30,000 per annum: Provided, that not more than $1,200 per annum shall be paid to any one County Soil Improvement Association in any one county of this State [vetoed].

NINETY-NINE-To the Board of Examiners for Horseshoers, for salary of secretary, 104 days at $3.50 per diem, $364 per annum; to members of board for attending examinations, 40 days each, at $3.50 per diem, the sum of $700 per annum; traveling expenses and hotel bills, $1,100 per annum; postage and express, $450 per annum; stationery, $200 per annum; contingent fund, $186 per annum.

ONE HUNDRED-To the Board of Censors of Motion Picture Films, as provided for under the provisions of ["]an Act providing a Board to censor motion picture films and prescribe the duties and powers of the same," in force July 1, 1915, the following sums: for traveling expenses of censors, $900 per annum; for chief clerk, $1,800 per annum; for two operators, $1,200 each per annum, $2,400 per annum; for one operator, $1,000 per annum; for two clerks, $1,000 each per annum, $2,000 per annum; for one clerk, $900 per annum; for two clerks, $1,000 each per annum, $2,000 per annum; for one clerk, $900 per annum; for two special agents, $1,200 each per annum, $2,400 per annum; for special agents' traveling expenses, $1,800 per annum; for extra help and contingency, $1,000 per annum; for postage, telegraph and express, $500 per annum; for rent, Chicago office, $1,200 per annum; for reports, stationery and printing, $400 per annum; for furniture, 3 projecting machines and accessories, 3 booths and 3 screens, $2,350.

ONE HUNDRED ONE-To the Commissioners of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary for contingent fund, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00).

ONE HUNDRED TWO-For the necessary expenses of the commission appointed under provisions of House Joint Resolution No. 23 of the Forty-eighth General Assembly, in the preparation and filing of final report of the commission with the Forty-ninth General Assembly, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00).

ONE HUNDRED THREE-To the State Board of Optometry, as provided for by an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate the practice of Optometry in the State of Illinois and fixing penalties for the violation

thereof," in force July 1, 1915 the following sums: for five members, $7.00 per diem (50 days each year), $350 per annum for each member, $1,750 per annum; for salary of secretary, $1,500 per annum; for traveling expenses of members of board, $1,000 per annum; for postage, express, telephone, furniture and express, $500 per annum; for contingent fund, $500 per annum.

ONE HUNDRED FOUR-To the Board of Education of the City of Chicago to cover the excess cost for educating the deaf, dumb and blind as provided for by an Act entitled, "An Act to enable school directors and boards of education to establish and maintain classes and schools for deaf and dumb and blind, and providing for the payment from the State treasury of the excess cost of maintaining and operating such classes and schools over the cost of maintaining and operating elementary schools for normal children," approved June 2, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, the following sums: For the education of deaf children, $38,500 per annum; for education of blind children, $12,000 per annum.

*ONE HUNDRED FIVE-For the expenses of the commission appointed under provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 35, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) [vetoed].

*ONE HUNDRED SIX-For the expenses of the commission appointed under the provisions of House Resolution No. 100, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) [vetoed].

§ 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw warrants on the State Treasurer for all sums herein appropriated for the pay of clerks, secretaries, porters, messengers, janitors, watchmen, policemen, laborers, engineers, firemen, stenographers, curators, librarians and other employees, when not otherwise provided for by law, to be paid on monthly pay-rolls duly certified to, respectively, by the heads of departments, or by boards of commissioners and trustees requiring the services of such employees; all moneys herein appropriated for purchases of printing paper, or other paper, and envelopes, printing, lithographing, engraving, stationery and typewriter supplies, shall be expended only upon the order of the Superintendent of Printing and approved by the Governor, and warrants therefor shall be drawn upon the State Treasurer only upon itemized bills certified to by said Superintendent of Printing and approved by the Governor. And for all other appropriations specified herein warrants on the State Treasurer shall, when not otherwise provided by law, be drawn only on itemized bills, accompanied by receipted vouchers, showing the expenditure of moneys named in the itemized bills, except for expenditures for railroad or street car fare. In cases of expenditures for railroad fares, the itemized bills must show from what point to what point traveled, and the amount paid for the same; said itemized bills to be certified to by the heads of departments; all sums disbursed from appropriations made herein shall be paid upon complying with the following requirements: Bills for traveling expenses shall be certified to by heads of departments, boards of commissioners and trustees and approved by the Governor. All such bills must show items by dates and charges for transportation shall show from what point to what point traveled and the amount for the same. All charges for hotels, meals and incidental expenses shall be

shown by dates. Bills for traveling expenses shall be itemized and made

out on blanks as follows:

All bills for traveling expenses shall be certified to by the party making the charge, as follows:

I certify that the above account is correct and just; that the detailed items charged within are taken and verified from a memorandum kept by me; that the amounts charged for subsistence were actually paid, and the expenses were occasioned by official business or unavoidable delays, requiring my stay at hotels for the time specified; that I performed the journey with all practicable dispatch, by the shortest route usually traveled, in the customary reasonable manner, and that I have not been furnished with transportation, or money in lieu thereof, for any part of the journey herein charged for.

Pay rolls for all boards, boards of commissioners, boards of trustees and all officers appointed by the Governor shall be certified to by heads of departments and approved by the Governor. All other bills for said departments shall be paid only on itemized accounts accompanied by receipted vouchers and approved by the Governor.

The Auditor is hereby authorized and it is made his duty to refuse any warrant or warrants when any of the provisions of this Act are not strictly complied with.

§ 3. It is expressly understood that any item or items, in any and all paragraphs of this bill, may be vetoed without in any manner affecting any of the other items, in any of the paragraphs of this bill.

APPROVED (except as to items and amounts vetoed in my veto message of this date) June 29th, 1915.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act as printed above, except the words and figures in brackets is a correct copy of House Bill No. 975, as enrolled and submitted to the Governor for his approval. The items marked with a star (*), were vetoed or vetoed in part by the Governor, as indicated above after each item, by which action the total appropriation for the purposes stated in this Act is reduced to $15,581,555.04. LEWIS G. STEVENSON, Secretary of State.

GOVERNOR'S VETO MESSAGE.

STATE OF ILLINOIS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, June 29, 1915.

To the Honorable, the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Illinois:

I return here with House Bill No. 975, "An Act to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Government until the expiration of the fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next regular session of the General Assembly," and veto and withhold my approval from the following items and amounts therein contained.

In section 1, paragraph eleventh, line 32, item: "per annum, " I disapprove of the words "per annum" after the figures $2,500, leaving the item to read: "for publication of decisions of the Court of Claims, the sum of $2,500."

In section 1, paragraph eleventh, line 32, item: "$4,500 per annum," I approve in the sum of $3,500 per annum and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $3,500 per annum.

In section 1, paragraph eleventh, line 35, item: "for furniture, $1,500," I approve in the sum of $500 and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $500.

In section 1, paragraph twelfth, lines 1 and 2, item: "88,000 per annum," I approve in the sum of $6,000 per annum and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $6,000 per annum.

In section 1, paragraph twelfth, lines 3 and 4, item: "$15,000 per annum," I approve in the sum of $11,000 per annum and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $11,000 per annum.

In section 1, paragraph thirteenth, line 2, item: "$20,000 per annum," I approve in the sum of $17,500 per annum and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $17,500 per annum.

In section 1, paragraph fourteenth, lines 1 and 2, item: "$10,000 per annum," I approve in the sum of $7,500 per annum and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $7,500 per annum.

In section 1, paragraph fifteenth, line 3, item: "$30,000 per annum," I approve in the sum of $20,000 per annum and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $20,000 per annum.

In section 1, paragraph fourth, line 1, item: "$6,000 per annum," I approve in the sum of $5,000 per annum and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $5,000 per annum.

In section 1, paragraph seventh, line 73, I veto the item: "for improvement of lavatories and closets in Senate and House, $10,000."

In section 1, paragraph seventh, lines 86 and 87, I veto the item: "for painting and decorating House of Representatives, Senate Chamber and offices of the Secretary of State, $12,000."

In section 1, paragraph eighth, lines 9 and 10, I veto the item: "for contingency fund, $500 per annum."

In section 1, paragraph twenty-third, lines 19, 20 and 21, I veto the item: "To the Attorney General for aiding the Board of Pharmacy, Chief Inspector of Private Employment Agencies and the Fish and Game Commissioners, in prosecution of violation of law, the sum of $5,000 per annum."

In section 1, paragraph twenty-fifth, line 10, item: "forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) per annum," I approve in the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) per annum and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) per

annum.

In section 1, paragraph twenty-seventh, line 14, item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for conducting examinations for medical colleges, $1,400."

In section 1, paragraph twenty-seventh, lines 21 and 22, item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for furniture, desks and office equipment, $600."

In section 1, paragraph twenty-ninth, lines 1 and 2, item: "for salary of assistant secretary, $1,500 per annum," I approve in the sum of $1,200 per annum and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $1,200 per annum.

In section 1, paragraph thirtieth, lines 14 and 15, item: "for steel filing cases and binding and preservation of records from the origin of the court, $25,000," I approve in the sum of $10,000 and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $10,000.

In section 1, paragraph thirty-seventh, line 7, after the figures "$500," item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for cases, $500."

In section 1, paragraph thirty-seventh, lines 8 and 9, after the figures "$1,000" item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for specimens and collections, $1,000.

In section 1, paragraph forty-fifth, line 3, I veto the item: "for salary of assistant secretary, $1,500 per annum. In section 1, paragraph forty-sixth, line 16, after the figures "$15,000" item: "per annum," "I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for expenses of prosecutions of violations of the insurance laws, $15,000."

In section 1, paragraph forty-sixth, line 26, after the figures "$6,000" item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for traveling expenses of examiners and assistants, $6,000."

In section 1, paragraph fifty-fifth, line 93, after the figures "$300" item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for traveling expenses and car-fare, $300.

In section 1, paragraph fifty-seventh, lines 3 and 4, I veto the item: "for dairy and creamery inspections, $20,000 per annum." I veto this item for the reason that in my judgment it is work that can adequately be handled by the State Board of Health, to which department sufficient appropriation has been made for this purpose.

In section 1, paragraph fifty-seventh, line 14, after the figures "$3,000" item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for contingent fund, $3,000."

In section 1, paragraph fifty-eighth, line 18, after the figures "$5,000" item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for postage, $5,000."

In section 1, paragraph sixty-five, lines 25, 26 and 27, I veto the item: "for care and maintenance and other necessary expenses, in connection with the State Game Farm, at Auburn, the sum of $10,000 per annum."

In section 1, paragraph sixty-nine, lines 3 and 4, I veto the item: "for one investigator, $1,000 per

annum."

In section 1, paragraph sixty-nine, line 6, after the figures "$400" item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for traveling expenses of secretary-treasurer and investigator, $400."

In section 1, paragraph sixty-nine, line 14, after the figures $400" item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for contingent fund, $400." ," I disap

In section 1, paragraph seventy-one, line 9, after the figures "$2.000" item: "per annum,

prove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for contingent fund, $2,000." In section 1, paragraph seventh-four, lines 1 and 2, item: "$5,500 per annum," I approve in the sum of $4,500 per annum and veto and withhold my approval of all of the sum in said item in excess of said sum of $4,500 per annum

In section 1, paragraph seventy-four, line 10, after the figures "350" item: "per annum," I disapprove of the words "per annum" leaving the item to read: "for furniture, $350."'