In force April 26, 1859.

wills, &c.

AN ACT amending sec. 4 of the act entitled "Wills."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That when any Attestation of witness attesting any will, testament or codicil, shall reside without the limits of a county where a will, testament or codicil is produced for probate of the same, and said witness shall be unable to attend said court, it shall be lawful for the county judge to issue a dedimus potestatem or commission, authorizing the taking and certifying of the attestation of said witness, in due form of law, as they are now required to do in section four of the statute of "Wills," where the witness resides without the limits of this state.

APPROVED February 24, 1859.

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to Constitutional Convention.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the electors of the state of Illinois be and they are hereby recommended, at the next election of members of the general assembly, to vote for or against calling a convention to form a new constitution for the state of Illinois.

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to reports of the proceedings of the General Assembly.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the reporters of the State Register and Illinois State Journal are hereby authorized to make full reports of the proceedings and debates of each house of this general assembly on all subjects of general interest, and that they be paid, for so doing, the sum of five dollars per day each, out of the contingent fund.

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to postage and stationery.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That the joint resolution of the last general assembly, concerning postage and stationery, be adopted at the present session, except "gold pens."

JOINT RESOLUTIONS relative to public buildings in Springfield.

WHEREAS the people of the state of Illinois are deeply impressed with the importance of safe and proper accommodations for the United States courts of the southern district, the pension and land offices and post office, all now in the city of Springfield, where at present are filed a large amount of highly important and valuable papers, affecting the titles and interest of many to a large extent, both of residents and non-residents, which papers were recently, with much risk and difficulty, rescued from conflagration; and whereas, also, the congress of the United States has made an appropriation for the erection of a building for these purposes, and the treasury department of the United States has purchased a site for said building in the city of Springfield, the title of the same now being in the United States, and the jurisdiction thereto having been ceded by the state of Illinois; therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, in General Assembly, That our senators be instructed and our representatives in congress be requested to use all honorable means to secure the immediate construction of a building for the accommodation of the United States courts, pension and land office and post office in the city of Springfield, that it may be completed within the sum already appropriated, or such an additional appropriation at the present session of congress.

Resolved, That the governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions and preamble to each of our senators and representatives in congress.

JOINT RESOLUTION making appropriations to pay extra officers.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the extra assistant secretaries of the senate, and extra assistant clerks of the house of representatives, be allowed the same per diem as the regular clerks and secretaries-the number of days to be certified by the secretary and clerk respectively; the extra assistant enrolling and engrossing clerks of the senate and house of representatives the same per diem as the elective officers-the time of each to be certified by the principal clerks and chairman of the enrolling and engrossing committees; the clerks of the several committees of either house the same per diem as the clerks-the time to be certified by the chairman of the respective committees; the superintendent of committee rooms the same per diem as door-keepers-the