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strength and endurance to sustain such traffic with consequent greatly increased expense, and

WHEREAS: It is understood that commercial transportation companies are already organized, or in process of being organized for the purpose of transporting express and freight for hire over such highways as soon as built, and

WHEREAS: The use by such common carriers of the improved highways built by the people should be regulated and charged for but as no adequate data are available upon which to base equitable legislation, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-first General Assembly of the State of Illinois, the House of Representatives concurring therein: That the whole subject of charges to be made for the use of the improved highways of the State by commercial truck companies operating for hire be referred to the Department of Public Works and Buildings for investigation and that all data collected, together with findings and recommendations of the department be reported to the Fifty-second General Assembly, and be it further Resolved; That we recommend to the Department of Public Works and Buildings the careful and impartial investigation of all road materials which give promise of results and the prompt and complete testing of same, when presented for consideration, with a view of determining by means of prac tical experiment the relative value and resistance of various types of such road materials, and their costs for the purpose of determining and securing the best types at the least expense to the people of the State.

Adopted by the Senate June 19, 1919.

Concurred in by the House of Representatives, June 20, 1919.

STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION-INVESTIGATION.

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 30.)

WHEREAS, certain statements were made on May 6, 1919, before Joint Revenue Committee of the General Assembly that there were three affidavits in existence showing that members of the State Board of Equilization had been approached by someone and told that if the Pullman Company assessment was increased, the board would be abolished; and

WHEREAS, further, such charges are of such a grave import and nature, that the truth or falsity of such charges should be ascertained; be it therefore,

Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein, that a Joint Committee of ten, five members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and five members of the House to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, be appointed to investigate the truth or falsity of such charges, and to investigate any and all matters pertaining to any improper influences being brought to bear upon the State Board of Equalization, or its members, and to investigate the methods of said Board of Equalization;

Resolved, further, that such Joint Committee shall have full power to issue subpoenas for persons and to bring before said committee by subpoenas duces tecum all books, papers, documents and memoranda in the hands of any person or persons, corporations or public officials, bearing upon the subject of inquiry. Such committee, through its chairman, shall have power to administer oaths to such witnesses as may be required to appear before said committee.

Resolved, further, that all expenses of such committee shall be paid out of the contingent expense funds of the Senate and House of Representatives. Adopted by the Senate May 7, 1919.

Concurred in by the House of Representatives, May 7, 1919.

STATE BUDGET-DISCUSSION.

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 13.)

Resolved, by the Senate of the State of Illinois, the House of Representatives concurring therein, That His Excellency, the Governor, and the

Director of the Department of Finance be invited to address the House and Senate sitting in joint session on Tuesday, February 18th, at 10:30 a. m. on the subject of the budget of State expenses as presented by the Governor to the General Assembly.

Adopted by the Senate, February 6, 1919.

Concurred in by the House of Representatives, February 11, 1919.

SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT FOR WOMEN.

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 7.)

WHEREAS, The proposed Woman Suffrage Amendment to the Federal Constitution has been for forty years before the Congress of the United States and has, during this session of Congress received a two-thirds vote in the House of Representatives, but has been delayed in the United States Senate, and

WHEREAS, The character and achievements of the women of the United States merit the same honorable suffrage recognition received by women in many other countries;

Therefore, be it Resolved, by the Senate of the State of Illinois, the House of Representatives concurring therein, That we urge the United States Senate to immediately pass the Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment, so that it may be ratified by the Legislatures of the thirty-six states, as provided by Article Five of the United States Constitution.

Adopted by the Senate January 28, 1919.

Concurred in by the House of Representatives January 29, 1919.

SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT FOR WOMEN.

(House Joint Resolution No. 29.)

WHEREAS, The Sixty-sixth Congress of the United States of America, at its first session begun and held at the city of Washington, on Monday. the nineteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, has adopted the following joint resolution, to-wit:

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women.

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 article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution, which shall be valid for all events and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states.

"ARTICLE

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. "Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legis

lation."

F. H. GILLETT
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOS. R. MARSHALL

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. Now, therefore, be it resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein. That the proposed amendment to the Constitu tion of the United States of America is hereby ratified by the Fifty-first General Assembly of the State of Illinois; and be it further

Resolved, That certified copies of this preamble and joint resolution be forwarded by the Governor to the Secretary of State, the Presiding

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Officer of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, of the United States at Washington.

Adopted by the House, June 10, 1919.

Concurred in by the Senate, June 10, 1919.

SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT FOR WOMEN.

(House Joint Resolution No. 31.)

WHEREAS, The Sixty-sixth Congress of the United States of America, at its first session begun and held at the city of Washington, on Monday, the nineteenth day of May, one thousand, nine hundred and nineteen, has adopted the following resolution, to-wit:

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women.

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 article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution, which shall be valia to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states.

"ARTICLE

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

"Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legis

lation."

F. H. GILLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOS. R. MARSHALL,

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, by the House of Representatives the Senate concurring therein, That the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America is hereby ratified by the Fifty-first General Assembly of the State of Illinois; and, be it further

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

Passed the House, June 17, 1919.

Concurred in by the Senate, June 17, 1919.

VICTORY LOAN EXERCISES.

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 28.)

WHEREAS, The nation-wide campaign on behalf of the Victory Loan of the United States of America was launched on the twenty-first day of April, nineteen hundred and nineteen; and

WHEREAS, It behooves every American, individually and collectively, to do all in their power to further the success of this, the last Liberty Loan; now, therefore be it

Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives Concurring therein, That the members of the Fifty-first General Assembly of the State of Illinois meet in joint session in the hall of the House of Representatives, at the hour of 12:00 o'clock, noon, on Wednesday, the twenty-third day of April, nineteen hundred and nineteen, for the holding of exercises in the support of the Victory Loan.

Adopted by the Senate April 22d, 1919.

Concurred in by the House of Representatives April 22d, 1919.

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

I, Louis L. Emmerson, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing Acts and Joint Resolutions of the Fifty-first General Assembly of the State of Illinois, passed and adopted at the regular biennial session thereof, are true and correct copies of the original Acts and Joint Resolutions now on file in the office of the Secretary of State, save and except such words, letters and figures as are printed in brackets, thus: [ ].

[SEAL.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and affix the Great Seal of the State of Illinois, at the city of Springfield, this 19th day of July, A. D. 1919.

LOUIS L. EMMERSON,
Secretary of State.

INDEX.

PAGE.

ABSENT VOTERS-amendments to law....

ABANDONMENT OF CHILDREN-defines guilt and provides punishment.

469

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ADMINISTRATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT-imigrants commission.
State tax commission....

ADVERTISEMENTS-sale and purchase of United States bonds.

sale of abortifacient drugs..

A. E. PETERS & Co.-appropriation.

AGRICULTURE-collection of statistics.

collective sales.

department of, appropriation for State fairs.

ordinary and contingent....

salaries

tuberculosis among domestic animals.

farm produce, sale by commission merchants.

seed, sale regulated.

home improvement associations for soil and crop improvements.
Illinois farm commission...

farmers' institute.

945

210

1, 991

4

6

993

994

7

9

240

427

112

14

425

64

170

77, 78

211

14

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83

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