EASTERN HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. § 1. Appropriates as follows: $73,000 for completion of main build- $35,000 for completion of north wing. $12,000 for kitchen and boiler house § 2. $7,500 for electric lights. $6,000 for bath house and conservatory. Contracts must fall within the amount appropriated for specific purposes; unexpended balances of former appropriations. AN ACT making appropriations for the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following amounts be, and are hereby, appropriated to the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee, for purposes hereinafter named, and for no other: For the construction and completion of the main building, to-wit: Main wards B and C south, to accommodate 75 patients, seventy-three thousand dollars ($73,000). For the construction and completion of the north wing of the employés quarters, and for sewing, tailor and upholstering shop, thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000). For gallery in amusement hall, two thousand dollars ($2,000). For ice, slaughter and packing house, eight thousand dollars ($8,000). For detached kitchen and boiler house, and shop and feed mill, twelve thousand dollars ($12,000). For the electric lights, seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500). For bath house for males, and house for plants, six thousand dollars ($6,000). § 2. The trustees shall not contract for, nor begin the erection of any building or buildings which cannot be fully completed within the amount of the present appropriations; but they may use any unexpended balances of the appropriations heretofore made or herein specified, for the better accomplishment of the purposes of this act, namely: to make the earliest and fullest provision for the insane of this State which may be expedient and possible: Provided, no portion of any sum herein appropriated shall be diverted from the specific purpose for which it is appropriated. § 3. The moneys, herein appropriated, shall be due and payable to the trustees, or their order, only on the terms and in the manner now provided by law. APPROVED June 27, 1885. EASTERN HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. § 1. Appropriates as follows: $5,000 for fire escapes. $6,000 for fire-proof floors and walls. § 2. How drawn. AN ACT making an appropriation for re-building and re-furnishing the South Infirmary of the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee, and for providing fire protection, fire apparatus and fire escapes for said hospital. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there be and are hereby appropriated to the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee, the following amounts for the purpose herein specified, and for no other: For re-building and refurnishing the south infirmary of said hospital, seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000). For constructing fire-proof floors and walls around and above all furnaces in detached wards of said hospital, six thousand dollars ($6,000). For constructing fire escapes on outer walls of the building of said hospital, five thousand dollars ($5,000). For hose-house, hose-cart, hose, ladders, reels, hydrants about rear buildings, electric alarms and signals, and other fire apparatus for said hospital, seven thousand dollars ($7,000). § 2. The moneys herein appropriated shall be due and payable to the trustees of said hospital, or their order, only on the terms and in the manner now provided by law. AN ACT making appropriations for the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary at Chicago. 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 Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary at Chicago, for ordinary expenses, the sum of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) per annum from the 1st day of July, 1885, payable quarterly in advance, until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General Assembly. 2. For the purpose making needed repairs and improvements, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum; for furniture, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the first year, and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the second year; for new floors, eight hundred dollars ($800); for new range, two hundred and twenty-five dollars, ($225); for enlarging kitchen, six hundred dollars ($600); for library, two hundred dollars ($200); for steam heating apparatus, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000). § 3. The moneys herein appropriated shall be drawn from the State treasury in the manner and subject to the conditions now provided by law. APPROVED June 27, 1885. AN ACT making appropriations for the ordinary and other expenses of the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane at Elgin. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following amounts be, and are hereby, appropriated to the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane, at Elgin, for the purposes hereinafter named, and for no other : For ordinary expenses, payable quarterly in advance, for the year commencing July 1, 1885, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per annum thereafter, until after the expiration of the fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General Assembly,$200,000. first For repairs and contingent fund, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum,-$10,000. For care and improvement of grounds, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum,-$2,000. Additional appropriation for front fence, the sum of one thousand five hundred dolars ($1,500). For artificial lake or reservoir for storage of water for fire purposes, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000). For outside fire-line, including hydrants, the sum of four thousand two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty-three cents ($4,289 53). For fire escapes, fire extinguishers, hose-cart and hose (2,000 feet), extension ladders and other appliances, the sum of four thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars ($4,366). For one fire pump with foundation, stand pipe, valves, piping, etc., the sum of one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400). § 2. The moneys herein appropriated shall be due and payable to the trustees of said Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane, at Elgin, or their order, only on the terms and in the manner now provided by law. APPROVED June 26, 1885. SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' HOME. § 1. Appropriates $50,000 per annum for or- § 2. How drawn. dinary expenses; $5,000 for repairs and improvements; $400 for pupils' library. AN Acr making appropriations to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following sums be, and hereby are, appropriated to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Normal, for the purposes named: For ordinary expenses, fifty thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly in advance, from July 1, 1885, until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General Assembly. For repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars. For books and papers for pupils' library, four hundred dollars. § 2. The moneys herein appropriated shall be due and payable to the trustees, or their order, only on the terms and in the manner now provided by law. AN ACT to establish and maintain a Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in the State of Illinois, and making an appropriation for the purchase of land and the construction of the necessary buildings. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there be and is hereby created and established a Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in the State of Illinois, which shall possess all the corporate and other powers, and be subject to all the rules, regulations and conditions expressed in an act entitled "An act to regulate the State Charitable Institutions, and State Reform School, and to improve their organization and increase their efficiency," approved April 15, 1875. § 2. For the purchase of the site and the necessary land, which shall include not less than forty acres, nor more than three hundred and twenty acres, and for constructing buildings thereon for the "Soldiers' and Sailors' Home," and fit the said buildings for occupancy and use, there is hereby appropriated the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), to be paid out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated as hereinafter provided. 3. The object of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home shall be to provide a home and subsistence for honorably discharged ex-soldiers and sailors who enlisted from Illinois in the United States army or navy, during the war of the rebellion and the Mexican war, or who have since become and now are residents of the State of Illinois, who may have become disabled through the exigencies of such service, or who by reason of old age, or other disabilities, are disqualified from earning a livelihood, and who, under existing rules, are unable to procure admission to National Homes. § 4. That within ten days after taking effect of this act, the Governor shall appoint seven commissioners, not more than four of whom shall belong to the same political party and no two of whom shall be from the same congressional district. Said commissioners shall take and file in the office of the Secretary of State the following oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States and of this State, and will faithfully discharge the duties of commissioner to locate the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home for the State of Illinois, according to the best of my ability, and that I have not received and will not knowingly or intentionally, directly or indirectly, receive any money or other consideration from any source whatever, for any vote or influence I may give or withhold, or for any other official act I may perform as such commissioner." And as soon as possible after their appointment and qualification, shall proceed to select a site for the said Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at such place as shall be at the same time most economical to the State and best adapted to the wants of the institution, having: regard, in the selection, to elevation, sewerage and drainage, and abundant supply of living water, facilities of access, the quality of the soil and the price asked for the land. 5. The said commissioners shall perform the duties imposed on them by the provisions of this act, without any compensation for their services, except their actual necessary expenses, incident to the location of sail home, shall be paid from said appropriation. 6. The said commissioners are empowered and authorized to re-. ceive, in behalf and for the benefit of the State, any donations of money, personal property, or real estate, offered for the purpose of aiding in the establishment of such home and for the future maintenance and comfort of disabled and indigent soldiers, sailors and mariners; but such donations shall not be received as consideration for the location of such home at any particular place. § 7. Within ten days after the selection of the site, the Governor shall appoint three trustees for the said Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party and who shall be a body corporate and politic, and shall be subject to the same rules, regulations, conditions and purposes as trustees of other State charitable institutions as now provided by law. 8. The said trustees are directed and required to cause to be prepared suitable plans and specifications by a competent architect, (for which not more than one per cent. shall be allowed, payable in installments as the work progresses, which shall be submitted to the Governor for his approval), but no plans shall be adopted by the trustees which shall not first have been approved by the Governor. Said plans shall be accompanied by specifications and by a detailed estimate of the |