Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That United States military and civilian officials having in charge the demobilization of the United States troops, both in home cantonments and in the overseas service, be requested through the two United States Senators and the members of the House of Representatives in Congress from Illinois to so far as possible and so far as may be just and consistent demobilize without delay such men as shall clearly prove by their records on entering the service that they are adapted to argicultural occupations and who are willing to return to such occupation.

Adopted by the House April 8, 1919.
Concurred in by the Senate April 22, 1919.

EMPLOYMENT OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 11.)

WHEREAS, The cessation of hostilities in the World War has come upon us sooner than anticipated, and in advance of plans or preparation for readjustment from war to peace; and

WHEREAS, The soldiers and sailors from the State of Illinois are daily returning in great numbers, and the return flow of soldiers from overseas has as yet scarcely begun; and

WHEREAS, There appears to be great difficulty in placing our soldiers and sailors in suitable employment; and

WHEREAS, The re-absorbing powers of peace industries are at present insufficient to take care of discharged war workers and soldiers and sailors; and

WHEREAS, Ample provision should be made for the employment of our soldiers and sailors, in order that they shall not be compelled to accept public charity; and

WHEREAS, The working people generally of this country, as American citizens, are entitled to living wages and good living conditions, commensurate with the vast wealth and enormous resources of this, the richest country in the world; and

WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is ready and anxious to provide suitable employment for all its citizens; and

WHEREAS, Labor and capital are united in urging that steps shall be taken to provide employment at once to tide over the dangerous transition from War to Peace; and

WHEREAS, Many public improvements throughout the State of Illinois have been postponed on account of the war; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, by the Senate of the State of Illinois, the House of Representatives concurring therein. That the Legislature will, upon request, render all necessary assistance and co-operation with the counties, cities, villages, towns, municipalities, park districts, drainage districts, boards of education, sanitary district, and all other public bodies in the State of Illinois, to facilitate said bodies in making necessary public improvements; and will pass whatever legislation is necessary to assist said bodies in making necessary public improvements; and, be it further

Resolved, That all counties, cities, villages, towns, municipalities, park districts, drainage districts, boards of education, sanitary district, and all other public bodies in the State of Illinois, be, and they are hereby urged to take immediate steps to start work at once on public improvements coming properly within their sphere and under their supervision, in order to give employment to the unemployed; and, be it further

Resolved, That a copy of this resolution shall be forwarded by the Secretary of the State to the proper public bodies in the State of Illinois. Adopted by the Senate, February 12th, 1919.

Concurred in by the House of Representatives March 6th, 1919.

ENDORSEMENT OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.

(House Joint Resolution No. 28.)

WHEREAS, The young manhood of Illinois enthusiastically and patriotically responded to the call of our Government in doing its great part in the late World's War; and,

WHEREAS, These our loyal and honored soldiers having performed such valiant and heroic service as to bring credit to themselves and to crown American arms with victory; and,

WHEREAS, These our honored soldiers, numbering more than 350,000 from Illinois, are now being demobilized and returned to civilian life; and, WHEREAS, These men are now engaged with other millions of their comrades in arms from the other states of the Union in forming at this time their patriotic and permanent veterans' organization, known as THE AMERICAN LEGION; and

WHEREAS, We recognize that the proposed Illinois chapter of the said AMERICAN LEGION will wield a great and good influence for economic, social, political and patriotic advancement within our Commonwealth; therefore, be it

Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the General Assembly of Illinois hereby declares and registers its approval of this patriotic movement, and that it extends to our soldier citizenship its endorsement, and that it hereby gives assurance of moral support in this undertaking which already has taken concrete form in Illinois and elsewhere.

Adopted by the House, June 5, 1919.

Concurred in by the Senate, June 10, 1919.

EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION TO OLD SALEM LINCOLN LEAGUE AND
HON. HOMER J. TICE.

(House Joint Resolution No. 25.)

WHEREAS, In accepting the invitation of Hon. Homer J. Tice, more than two hundred State officials and Members of the General Assembly visited the site of New Salem, the early home of Abraham Lincoln, on Thursday, May 1, 1919, as the guests of the Old Salem Lincoln League, and the citizens of Petersburg; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the Members of the Fifty-first General Assembly express their deep appreciation of the hospitality of Hon. Homer J. Tice, the Old Salem Lincoln League and the citizens of Petersburg, on the occasion of their visit to the site of New Salem; and, be it further

Resolved, That the Members of the General Assembly express their pride in the knowledge that the beautiful and historic site of New Salem is to be forever preserved by the State of Illinois, free to the people, as the Old Salem State Park; and, be it further

Resolved, That this preamble and resolution be spread on the Journals of the House and Senate; that copies thereof, suitably engrossed, be forwarded to Hon. Homer J. Tice, to the President of the Old Salem Lincoln League, and the Mayor of Petersburg.

Adopted by the House, May 6, 1919.

Concurred in by the Senate, May 7, 1919.

FORT CREVE COUER-LOCATION.

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 37.)

WHEREAS, The location of Fort Creve Couer, built by Sieur de LaSalle, being the first fort erected in Illinois, has not been officially established by the State of Illinois:

THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Illinois, the House of Representatives concurring herein, that the Department of Edu

cation and Registration is hereby requested to conduct an investigation for the purpose of establishing the site of said Fort Creve Couer; that said Department report its findings to the next General Assembly, and that its findings as to such location shall be considered the true site of said Fort for all State purposes.

Adopted by the Senate June 17, 1919.

Concurred in by the House of Representatives June 18, 1919.

HEALTH PROMOTION WEEKS.

(House Joint Resolution No. 14.)

WHEREAS, More than twenty-four thousand men, women and children in the State of Illinois died of communicable diseases during the past fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, More than eighty-three thousand cases of communicable diseases were reported during the past fiscal year to the Department of Public Health; and

WHEREAS, It is conservatively estimated that in Illinois the annual cost of diseases, which are communicable, and therefore preventable, is upwards of one hundred fifty-five million dollars ($155,000,000); now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the week beginning on the second Sunday in May, 1919, and 1920, are hereby designated as Health Promotion Weeks throughout the State of Illinois; and, be it further

Resolved, That the Fifty-first General Assembly hereby recommends to the people of Illinois that during the weeks thus designated, they shall emphasize in every possible way the need for united action against all communicable diseases and the causes thereof; and, be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Public Health shall be and is hereby designated as the agency through which the programs and activities of the people during said Health Promotion Weeks shall be carried out.

Adopted by the House, March 26, 1919.

Concurred in by the Senate, March 27, 1919.

ILLINOIS CENTENNIAL COMMISSION, MATERIAL OF ETC., TO BECOME PROPERTY OF ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY.

(House Joint Resolution No. 26.)

WHEREAS, The Illinois Centennial Commission in carrying out the Centennial observance including the compiling of the Centennial History of the State accumulated a considerable amount of material including historical manuscripts, copies of historical material, office equipment, etc.; and

WHEREAS, It seems advisable that the material and property collected by the Centennial Commission be made the property of some permanent department of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it

Resolved, By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, that all books, newspaper files, manuscripts, pictures, sterotype plates and other illustrative material, office equipment or property of any kind whatsoever purchased or collected by the Illinois Centennial Commission shall when said Centennial Commission shall have completed its duties, become the property of the Illinois State Historical Library and be under the charge and control of the Board of Trustees of said Illinois State Historical Library.

Adopted by the House, May 14, 1919.
Concurred in by the Senate, June 4, 1919.

INTOXICATING LIQUOR-RATIFICATION OF FEDERAL AMENDMENT.

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 3.)

WHEREAS, Both Houses of the Sixty-fifth Congress of the United States of America, by a constitutional majority of two-thirds thereof, proposed an

amendment to the constitution of the United States of America, which should be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the constitution of the United States when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states, which resolution is in words and figures following, to-wit:

"JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States.

1. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following amendment to the Constitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the states, to become valid as a part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of the several states as provided by the Constitution:

"ARTICLE

"SECTION 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

"Section 2. The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress" now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein: SECTION 1. That said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America be and the same is hereby ratified by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois.

Section 2. That certified copies of this preamble and joint resolution be forwarded by the Governor of this State to the Secretary of State at Washington, D. C., to the presiding officer of the United States Senate, and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States.

Adopted by the Senate, January 8, 1919.

Concurred in by the House of Representatives, January 14, 1919.

INVESTIGATION OF ZION CITY AND WILBUR GLENN VOLIVA.
(House Joint Resolution No. 11.)

WHEREAS, An institution calling itself "The Christian Catholic Apostolic Church of Zion," located at Zion City in the State of Illinois, and one Wilbur Glenn Voliva, the owner or pretended owner of all or nearly all the real estate in said city, and by profession claims to be endowed with supernatural powers and is represented as claiming direct communication with Divine Power; and

WHEREAS, It is represented that said institution and its said pretended owner and overseer, Wilbur Glenn Voliva, through such supernatural and divine powers is and has been enticing and encouraging citizens of this and other states to invest large sums of money in leases of land in said city and in other Zion enterprises, and by and through such leases pretending to extend over a period of a thousand years, it is charged that the same is a mere means and pretense to secure and enveigle the moneys and property of innocent persons under the guise of a false and fictitious religion; and that said institution through that and other means is using the city government of Zion City, the schools of said city and the courts of said city, to carry out its illegal and fraudulent purposes in securing property and oppressing those citizens of the State of Illinois who do not conform to the

pretended beliefs of said insitution, and that in many other and divers ways, as it is represented, the said institution and its overseer, by controlling the rents, lots and homes, the business, the municipal school and judical government of said city, is and has become a blot upon the State of Illinois and is and has been depriving citizens of said city of the rights of citizenship and of a free government, and is and has been misrepresenting and fraudulently stating to the public its financial status and its religious beliefs, and is being run for the purpose of defrauding the public; and

WHEREAS, There are other persons, institutions and pretended organizations soliciting funds, deceiving the people and preying upon the public of the like and similar nature; therefore, be it

Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That a committee of ten be appointed, five from the House and five from the Senate, to investigate the said institution and said other persons, institutions and pretended organizations; and be it further

Resolved, That said committee is hereby fully authorized to take evidence and have the power to summon before it, or such sub-committee as said committee may appoint, witnesses and documents as said committee may find necessary to do, to fully and completely investigate and examine into all of the affairs of said institution and said overseer and said other persons, institutions and pretended organizations, and to report the same with the recommendations of said committee to both Houses of the General Assembly; and be it further

Resolved, That said committee have full power, with the assent of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, to employ a sergeant-atarms and a secretary and such stenographers as may be necessary to fully and completely carry out said investigation.

Adopted by the House, March 5, 1919.
Concurred in by the Senate, April 9, 1919.

INVITATION TO HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT.

(House Joint Resolution No. 9.)

WHEREAS, It seems possible to secure the presence of the Hon. William H. Taft, a former President of the United States, to discuss before the General Assembly of Illinois the subject of a League of Nations as the same is now being discussed before the Peace Conference at Versailles, France; and

WHEREAS, This is a subject in which all people are interested and in regard to which all people, and especially the General Assembly, desire information and invite discussion; therefore, be it

Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the Hon. William H. Taft, former President of the United States, be invited, at his pleasure in the near future to address the General Assembly of Illinois upon the subject of a League of Nations.

Adopted by the House, February 20, 1919.
Concurred in by the Senate, February 20, 1919.

IRISH PEOPLE-RIGHTS AT PEACE CONFERENCE.

(House Joint Resolution No. 2.)

WHEREAS, The Allied powers associated with the United States about to assemble in conference for the purpose of drafting terms of peace affecting the settlements of various questions arising out of the World War, and for the purpose of drafting agreements affecting the rights of the nations involved in said war, and for the purpose of readjusting conditions brought about by said war relative to those nations whose people are either subject to or whose National integrity has been endangered by the autocratic powers responsible for said war; and

WHEREAS, The Allied powers associated with the United States have subscribed to the fourteen principles enunciated by President Wilson as a basis