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Court has, in the two cases referred to, de- the payment thereof; and validating the acts 

 clared to be a contract with the State, and of said city relating thereto," was also vetoed, 

 have declared the law upon the facts thus found It authorized the Common Council of Quincy 

 to be in favor of the right to tax such lands, to raise by taxation $500,000, to be paid over 

 and thus embody in the bill all the elements to a corporation created in Missouri for the 

 and qualities of a purely judicial decision ad- construction of a railroad in that State, the 

 verse to the rights of private parties and in " Quincy, Missouri & Pacific." Such an act 

 favor of the State." the Governor declared to be " without a well- 

 Early in the session a disposition to repeal considered precedent, unsound in principle, 

 or modify the registry law was developed, and and in conflict with the constitution of the 

 there was considerable discussion on the sub- State of Illinois." The purpose for which the 

 ject, which finally resulted in the passage of tax was to be imposed upon the people of 

 an act " to repeal the registry law, and to Quincy was not a public one as regarded them, 

 establish registration in cities, towns, and vil- and within the meaning of the constitution, 

 lages of five thousand inhabitants or over, He further regarded the bill as an attempt at 

 and in counties having one hundred thousand special legislation, which it was the plain pur- 

 and upward ; " but this was vetoed by the Gov- pose of the new constitution to prevent, 

 ernor, on the ground that it did not conform Several acts were passed relating to the 

 to the constitutional requirement that "no act public institutions of the State. One of these 

 hereafter passed shall embrace more than one authorized the establishment of houses of cor- 

 subject, and that one shall be expressed in the rection, and the confinement of convicts there- 

 title." He claimed that this bill embraced more in ; another incorporated an institution for the 

 than one subject, and that the title was fatally education of feeble-minded children; and a 

 defective. third authorized the appointment of commis- 

 There was a good deal of opposition to the sioners to construct the Southern Illinois In- 

 repeal of the registry act in the State, and the sane Asylum and the Southern Illinois Nor- 

 project was not revived after the veto of the mal University. Appropriations were made 

 Governor. for public institutions covering a period of two 



Among other bills vetoed by the Governor years, as follows : 



was one legalizing "defective assessments of INSTITUTION FOB THE DEAF AND DUMB. 



property for State, county, and town taxes of Current expenses... $116,500 00 



the year 1870." He characterized it as be- 

 longing to a " very dangerous class of legis- 

 lation," inasmuch as the proviso of the bill Total $166, TOO oo 



contains "the new and dangerous principle HOSPITAL FOB THE INSANE. 



that, upon an application in any court for judg- efSnc xpeuses 



ment for taxes, the owner or person interested Miscellaneous . . .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' ." ." .' .' .' .' .' .' .' ." .' .' .' .' .' 88,'250 00 



in any real estate, against which such judgment *2602T<ro3 



is prayed, may appear and object to the valua- ' a PWt* 



ation placed by the proper officers upon such Current ex S S TITUTION FOB THE BLIND ' ^ 000 00 



property ; and the judge of such court is 



authorized to render a judgment for so much General expensed. 01 .. $.37,000 00 



of any such tax or taxes as the same would Interest on College and Seminary Fund 24,88998 



amount to if such tax or taxes had been levied Total $62 r 89 98 

 upon the valuation which such judge may, 



upon legal evidence, determine to be the valu- current expenses . S ! H0 . OL . P . R .! CD . I0 . T !'. $46,000 00 



ation which the assessor making the assess- Insurance and furniture 1,00000 



ment should have fixed as the true value m , 



of such real estate. This proviso," he says, 



" practically annuls assessments made by of- Curreilt '. . OB * H f * 8 '. . H0 ^; . . . $100 ,ooo oo 



ficers appointed by la w ; it defeats the efforts Repairs and addi tions 29,000 00 



to secure uniformity and equality of assess- Mufceflan y 2 7'soo oo 



ments throughout the State, for the valuation ' " L_ 



upon real estate in each county will be what Total $157,74481 



each county judge may determine, and no INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY. 



writ of error or appeal will lie from this de- Mechankatepartment $ S ooo oo 



cision." Apparatus, books, etc . ........ ............... 25^,000 00 



A bill to repeal " an act to change the time 

 of electing certain officers in a county therein 



named" was vetoed, on the ground that it was Current expen9e3 8TA . TE . B . EFORM . 8C . HOOL ; $50 ,ooo 00 



"a special and local" law for "regulating Deficiency. 30,32432 



county and township affairs" and therefore Furnishing 10,00000 



unconstitutional. " An act to authorize the Mi8cellaneous 10 ' 000 



city of Quincy to create the indebtedness re- Total $100,324 32 



ferred to in the twenty-fourth section of the SOUTHERN NORMAL UNIVERSITY. 



schedule of the constitution; to provide for Amount of appropriation $50,00000 



