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construction of such roads as may be agreed upon by the Department of Public Works and Buildings and the Secretary of Agriculture, as provided in the said Act, and to be paid out upon order or certification of the Department of Public Works and Buildings

§ 6. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant or warrants on the State Treasurer for the sums hereby appropriated, payable only out of the "road fund" upon itemized bills, certified to by the Department of Public Works and Buildings and approved by the Department of Finance.

§ 7. The Department of Public Works and Buildings is hereby authorized and empowered to prepare, in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, the project statements, sketch maps, surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, bid forms, contracts and bonds to be used in connection with the construction of any of the Federal Aid Roads in this State. Any contracts that may be entered into for the construction of Federal Aid Roads shall be let after due public advertisement to the lowest responsible bidder, or bidders, upon terms and conditions to be fixed by said Department of Public Works and Buildings, subject to the approval of the Department of Finance, and said Department of Public Works and Buildings shall also require the successful bidder, or bidders, to furnish good and sufficient bonds to insure proper and prompt completion of such work in accordance with the provisions of said contracts.

§ 8. The Department of Public Works and Buildings is hereby given power and authority to construct any work provided for herein and to purchase and supply any labor, tools, machinery, supplies and materials needed for any such work. Such construction work and labor provided for in this Act shall be done and performed in accordance with the general laws of this State, and under the direct supervision of the Department of Public Works and Buildings, subject to the inspection and approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and in accordance with his rules and regulations. Partial payments to an amount not exceeding ninety per centum of the work done may be made as the work progresses.

89. Whenever the making of any part of said proposed improvement, or the locating of a route or any part thereof, or the obtaining of road building materials for the work provided for herein, will require that private property be taken or damaged, said Department of Public Works and Buildings, in its name, shall have the right to purchase the necessary land from the owner thereof, or if compensation therefor cannot be agreed upon, to have such just compensation ascertained and to acquire and pay for such property in the same manner, as near as may be, as provided for in the Act of this State entitled, "An Act to provide for the exercise of the right of eminent domain," approved April 10th, 1872, in force July 1st, 1872, and the amendments thereto : Provided, however, that said Department of Public Works and Buildings shall not be required, in any case, to furnish bond.

§ 10. The Department of Public Works and Buildings is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to take whatever steps may be

necessary, after said roads have been completed, to cause said roads to be properly maintained in accordance with the requirements of said Federal Aid Road Act.

§ 11. No railroad, railway, telegraph, telephone, pipe line or any other public utility company or person shall locate, place or construct its track, rails, poles, wires, pipe lines or any other equipment in, upon or along any Federal Aid Road, without the consent of the Department of Public Works and Buildings. Such consent may be granted for any period not longer than twenty years upon petition of the company or person desiring to use such road, upon such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with this Act, as said Department of Public Works and Buildings shall deem for the best interests of the public: Provided, that no such consent shall be granted except upon the condition that such petitioner will pay to the owners of the property abutting upon such Federal Aid Road all damages which such owners may sustain by reason of the location, placing or construction of any such track, rails, poles, wires, pipe lines, or other equipment in, upon or along such Federal Aid Roads, such damages to be ascertained and paid in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the right of eminent domain.

APPROVED June 27, 1917.

SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND FORMER OFFICERS OF ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY.

Preamble.

§ 1. Appropriates $1,738.87 to the persons named.

§ 2. How drawn..

(HOUSE BILL No. 945. APPROVED JUNE 23, 1917.)

AN ACT entitled, “An Act to make an appropriation to pay the salaries of certain officers and former officers of the Illinois State Penitentiary for the month of June, 1915.

WHEREAS, the commissioners, warden, physician, steward, chaplains. deputy warden and turnkeys of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois, have not received their pay for the month of June 1915; and,

WHEREAS, the appropriation out of which they had previously been paid also appropriated moneys for the ordinary and contingent expenses of said penitentiary; and,

WHEREAS, it is illegal to appropriate money to pay the salaries of officers of the State Government in an Act containing appropriations for other purposes; and

WHEREAS, there is no other appropriation out of which said officers may be paid; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois. represented in the General Assembly: That there be and is hereby appropriated the following sums to pay the salaries of the following named persons holding, or having held, the respective offices in the Illinois State Penitentiary as follows:

To James J. McGrath, commissioner, one hundred and twenty-five ($125) dollars; Charles W. Faltz, commissioner, one hundred and twenty-five ($125) dollars; Ralph R. Tilton, commissioner, one hundred

and twenty-five ($125) dollars; Edmund M. Allen, warden, four hundred sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents ($416.66); Lawrence Ryan, deputy warden, eighty-five dollars and fifty-five cents ($85.55); William Walsh, deputy warden (8 days), fifty-three dollars and thirty-two cents ($53.32); Reverend A. J. Patrick, chaplain, one hundred and twentyfive ($125) dollars; Reverend P. Crumbley, chaplain, one hundred and twenty-five ($125) dollars; George W. Brock, physician, one hundred eighty-three dollars and thirty-four cents ($183.34); D. C. Fleming, steward, one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars; P. A. Erickson, turnkey, seventy-five ($75) dollars; C. M. Rodgers, turnkey, seventy-five ($75) dollars; F. J. Sullivan, turnkey, seventy-five ($75) dollars.

§ 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants on the State treasury in favor of said persons, respectively, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated.

APPROVED June 23, 1917.

SECRETARY OF STATE-DEFICIENTY TO JULY 1, 1917.

§ 1. Appropriates $24,500.00 for certain purposes.

§ 2. How drawn.

§3. Emergency.

(HOUSE BILL NO. 53. APPROVED FEBRUARY 9, 1917.)

AN ACT to make an appropriation to the Secretary of State to provide funds necessary to carry on the business of the State to July 1, 1917.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars ($24,500), be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of State, to provide funds necessary to carry on the business of the State to July 1, 1917, for the purposes herein named: For the contingency fund...

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Extra help, automobile department..

Water ...

.$ 3,500.00

400.00

200.00

7,000.00

700.00

300.00

1,000.00

500.00

500.00

1,000.00

6,000.00

900.00

Two additional elevator operators..

For incidental expense, care, custody and maintenance of State
House and grounds during the sessions of the Fiftieth
General Assembly of the State of Illinois. ...

Total

2,500.00

..$24,500.00

§ 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed, upon the presentation of proper vouchers, to draw his warrants for the sum appropriated, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized

and directed to pay the same out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

§ 3. WHEREAS, the moneys above appropriated are immediately required; therefore, an emergency exists, and this Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

APPROVED February 9, 1917.

APPROPRIATION TO SECRETARY OF STATE TO MEET SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

§ 1. Appropriation of $23,418.04 for special assessments on account of paving and street lighting.

§ 2. Warrants to be drawn upon vouchers of Secretary accompanied with certificate of Attorney General-estimate of cost.

(HOUSE BILL No. 868. APPROVED JUNE 26, 1917.)

AN ACT making an appropriation to pay the State's portion of assessments for local improvements in and along certain streets in the city of Springfield upon which the State's property abuts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of State the sum of twenty-three thousand, four hundred eighteen and four one-hundredths dollars ($23,418.04), or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the State's portion of special assessments for local improvements made by the city of Springfield in, upon and along certain streets upon which property of the State abuts in the city of Springfield, namely:

For paving as follows:

South one-half of Monroe street, Spring street to Second street; West one-half of Second street, Monroe street to south line of Capitol avenue;

North one-half of Monroe street, First street to Second street; East one-half of First street, Monroe street to Adams street; South one-half of Adams street, First street to Second street; West one-half of Second street, Adams street to Monroe street; and South one-half of Capitol avenue, Second street, east to the east property line of the site of the Supreme Court building, together with court costs, levying and spreading assessments, inspection fees, and all necessary and legal expenses attending the same pursuant to law.

Also for electric street lighting in, upon and along the following named streets:

South side of Monroe street, Spring street to Second street;
West side of Second street, Monroe street to Edwards street;
North side of Edwards street, Second street to Spring street;
East side of Spring street, Edwards street to Monroe street;
East side of First street, Monroe street to Adams street;
North side of Monroe street, First street to Second street;
West side of Second street, Monroe street to Adams street;
South side of Capitol avenue, Second street east to the east line of

the site of the Supreme Court building; and

East side of Second street, Capitol avenue, south to the south line of the site of the Supreme Court building, together with court costs,

levying and spreading assessments, inspection fees, and all necessary and legal expenses attending the same pursuant to law.

§ 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants against said appropriations in favor of the treasurer of the city of Springfield, or other officer entitled to receive the same, upon vouchers duly executed by the Secretary of State, accompanied by a certificate of the Attorney General to the liability of the State for the amount of such voucher or respective vouchers, and that the amount or amounts specified in said voucher or vouchers is or are legally due under the laws of the State, the ordinances of the city of Springfield authorizing said improvements, and the legal proceedings pursuant thereto.

Estimate of the cost assessed to the State of Illinois for the wood block pavement to be laid in Monroe street, from Spring street to Second street; in First street from Monroe street to Adams street; in Adams street from First street to Second street; in Second street, from Adams street to the south line of Capitol avenue; in Capitol avenue from Second street east to the east line of the Supreme Court building grounds; all in the city of Springfield, Illinois, including labor, material and the lawful expenses attending the same is the sum of $12,924.05 itemized as follows:

South one-half of Monroe street, Spring street to Second street

....800 square yds.

West one-half of Second street, Monroe street to south line of Capitol ave...

... 870 square yds.

North one-half of Monroe street, First street to Second street ....

....500

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East one-half of First street, Monroe street to Adams street ...

...700

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South one-half of Adams street, First street to Second street

..700

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....800

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West one-half of Second street, Adams street to Monroe
street ...

South one-half of Capitol avenue, Second street east to
the east property line of the Supreme Court grounds..507

.4,877

Total 4,877 square yards of creosoted wood block pavement, including the removing of the present wearing surface, excavating, grading, necessary creosoted wood blocks, sand, gravel and cement for six inch concrete foundation, sand and cement one inch in thickness for cushion, asphalt filler for interstices between the wood blocks, bitumen for expansion joint and labor at $2.50 per square yard.... Cost to cover court cost, levying and spreading assessment, inspecting fees, and all necessary and legal expenses attending the same pursuant to law..

Total

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$12,192.50

731.55

$12,924.05

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