La force Feb. 17, AN ACT to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the government, 1851.. until the anjournment of the next regular session of the general assembly, and for sundry accounts for materials and necessaries furnished for the use of the state.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Appropriations. following sums be and they are hereby appropriated to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the government until the adjournment of the next regular session of the general assembly of the state of Illinois:

1. The sum of eight thousand dollars, as a contingent Conting't fund. fund, to meet the contingent expenses of the state government; and the said fund shall be subject to the order of the governor, for the purpose of defraying all such expenses as are unforeseen by the general assembly, or are unprovided for by law; and a proper statement of which shall be laid before the next general assembly by the auditor, in his biennial report.

Incidental expenses.

&c.

Postage.

of state for fur

2. The sum of fifteen thousand two hundred dollars, as a fund to meet the incidental expenses of the state governAuditor's office ment, which shall be appropriated as follows, to wit: to for furniture the auditor's office, for furniture and repairs of office, five and repairs. hundred dollars; for abstracts of lands, plats of old surAbstr'ts of land veys, and incidental expenses in correcting land lists, two and plats. thousand dollars; for printing blanks, circulars, patents, Printing, blk's, &c., one thousand dollars; for postage on public letters and documents, one thousand dollars; for stationery, books, Stationery, &c. candles, &c., one thousand dollars. Office secretary 3. To meet the expenses of the office of the secretary of niture and re- state: for furniture and repairs of the office, three hundred dollars; for postage on public letters and documents, six Printing, bl'ks hundred dollars; for printing blanks, circulars, &c., seven hundred dollars; for stationery, candles, &c., six hundred Stationery, &c. dollars; for repairs, furniture, binding books, subscription State library. for periodicals, &c., for state library, five hundred dollars; for repairs, furniture, fuel for the use of the legislature and ry, for use of state offices, stationery, printing paper and other expenses printing pa- necessary in the discharge of his duty as secretary of state, legislature, and under the laws now in force, six thousand dollars. Office of treasu- 4. To meet the expenses of the office of the treasurer: rer, for furni- for books, furniture, postage, candles, &c., three hundred dollars.

pairs.

Postage.

&e.

Fuel, statione

per, &c.

ture, postage,

&c.

postage, fur

Private secre

Executive de- 5. To the executive department: for postage, candles, partment, for blank books, furniture, &c., seven hundred dollars. niture, &c. 6. The sum of three dollars per day, for the time actually employed, for the hire of a clerk in the executive department, the amount to be certified by the governor, and his certificate shall be sufficient evidence to the auditor, who shall issue his warrant to the treasurer for the same, and the said treasurer shall pay the same out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated.

tary.

7. The sum of three hundred dollars for repairs of the Repairs of govgovernor's house.

ernor's house.

Johnson

and

Loose, $2 75

ers, $12 56.

$46 21.

8. That the following sums be and the same hereby are appropriated to meet the following accounts incurred for articles required for the use of the present general assembly, viz: the sum of thirty dollars and seventy-five cents, G. A. Mason, to G. A. Mason, for furnishing and repairing chairs; the $30 75. sum of forty-one dollars and thirty cents, to Johnson & Brad- Bradford, ford, for articles stationery; the sum of one hundred and eigh- $41 30. ty dollars and seventy-five cents, to E. B. Pease & Brother, E. B. Pease & for articles of stationery, &c.; the sum of four hundred Bro. $180 75. and seventy dollars and sixty-one cents, to Hurst & Taylor, Hurst & Taylor for sperm candles and sundries; the sum of two dollars $470 61. and seventy-five cents, to Hawley & Loose, for locks; the Hawley and sum of thirty-nine dollars, to James L. Lamb, for carpet; J.L.Lamb, $39. the sum of eleven dollars and fifteen cents, to S. M. Tins- s. M. Tinsley, ley, for sundries; the sum of twelve dollars and fifty-six $11 15. cents, to Hickox Brothers, for shovels and tongs, &c.; the Hickox Brothsum of five dollars and twenty-five cents, to J. Bunn, for J. Bunn, $5 22 brooms; the sum of forty-nine dollars and fifty cents, to B. C. Webster B. C. Webster & Co., for carpet and spittoons; the sum of & Co., $49 50. nine dollars and fifty cents, to Lowry, Lamb & Co., for Lowry, Lamb & Co., $9 50. stove and pipe for committee rooms; the sum of forty-six J. S. Rogers dollars and twenty-one cents, to J. S. Rogers, for stove pipe, fenders, iron buckets, &c.; the sum of three dollars. D. E. Ruckel, and fifty cents, to D. E. Ruckel, for table for senate $3 50. chamber; the sum of seventeen dollars, to Vanhuff & Lewis, for furnishing materials and arranging drapery for windows Lewis, $17 00. behind speakers' chairs; the sum of one dollar per day, Patrick Tampeach, to Patrick Tamplin, Thomas Conner and David lin, Dron, the three extra hands employed for carrying wood David Dron, &c., for the use of the senate and house of representatives; $1 00 per day. to J. C. Sutton, one hundred dollars, for work done on the J. C. Sutton, state house, to be certified to the auditor by the secretary of state; to Napoleon Koscialowski, for one hundred and Napoleon Kostwenty-one maps of the state of Illinois, as per resolution $136 13. of the house, one hundred and thirty-six dollars and thirteen cents; for amount paid by auditor for making maps, estimating quantity of vacant lands, &c., for the use of the senate, sixty-six dollars and fifty cents; the sum of fortyseven dollars and seventy-eight cents, to Enoch Moore, for Enoch Moore, posting the journal of executive acts, kept in the office of $47 78. secretary of state, from February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, to May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty; the sum of two hundred dollars to the secretary Secretary of state, for making index to the laws, journals and reports state, for maof the present general assembly; the sum of one hundred king indexes dollars, to the publishers of the State Register, the same sum Publishers of to the publishers of the Journal, and the same to the pub- Register, Jourlishers of the Organ, for publishing the laws of a general nal and Organ

Vanhuff and

Thomas

Conner and

$1 00.

cialowski,

Auditor,

maps &c.

to laws &c.

for

of

for completion state house.

nature passed at the present session of the general assembly, to be paid when the services have been rendered. And the auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant or warrants on the treasury for the above mentioned sums, and the treasurer is hereby required to pay the same, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

9. The sum of eleven thousand dollars, in addition to the Appropriation appropriations already made, is hereby appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the governor, secretary of state and treasurer, in pursuance of the provisions of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the completion of the state house," approved Feb. sixteenth, one thousand Area around eight hundred and forty-seven. Said commissioners shall first cause the area around the house to be made, and the remainder of the appropriations to be expended in completing the work in the interior of the house: Provided, that any old materials not necessary in the completion of the house may be sold by the commissioners, and the proceeds paid into the treasury, and the amount of said proceeds are hereby appropriated in addition to the amount above stated.

state house first to be made.

Proviso.

in force.

§ 2. The laws now in force providing for the pay of Laws continued messengers to other states for the apprehension of fugitives from justice, rewards for escaped convicts, reports of the decisions of the supreme court, for work not completed or paid for, &c., shall remain in force, and the payments shall be made as required by said laws.

Certain ac

counts to be

oath.

§ 3. All accounts for work done in repairing the state house, or any of the public offices, when said work is done at tested by by the day, or otherwise than by special contract, shall be attested by the oath of the claimant, or other witness, before the officer ordering such work shall certify to the account. All accounts for stationery or other articles furnished for the use of the state, or for any of the public offices, except when the same is furnished on a written contract, shall be attested by the oath of the claimant or other witness; which oath may be administered by the auditor of public accounts, or any justice of the peace or judge.

No warrant shall be issued by the auditor for work done Amounts to be or articles furnished for the use of the state, in pursuance certified and of the foregoing appropriations, until the account is properly certified by the proper officer and approved by the gov

approved.

ernor.

§ 4. Messages, reports and documents required to be Documents printed for the use of the general assembly, or either branch printed for use of state to be thereof, or for the use of any of the state departments, by first delivered any law, resolution or order, shall, in the first instance, be delivered to the secretary of state, to enable him to certify the amount payable to the printer, and shall then be dis

to secretary of state.

posed of as required by the law, resolution or order directing such printing.

Appropriation of $25 00 to

$ 5. That the auditor issue his warrant in favor of Napoleon Koscialowski, for the sum of twenty-five dollars, Napoleon Kosfor his services in drawing plan and making estimates for a state armory by direction of the military committee.

ciałowski.

Mell

ation $200 00.

The sum of two hundred dollars is hereby appropriated Daniel to Daniel McIlroy, for performing the duties of state's at- roy, appropritorney, for the two years past, in the seventh judicial circuit; and the auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasurer for that sum.

APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851.