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for canal purposes, be and are hereby ceded to the 

 United States for the purpose of making and main- 

 taining an enlarged canal and water-way from Lake 

 Michigan to the Illinois and Mississippi Kivers, and 

 this cession is made upon the condition that the Unit- 

 ed States shall, within five years from the time this 

 act takes effect, accept this grant, and thereafter 

 maintain the said canal and water-way for the purpose 

 aforesaid. In case the United States shall accept 

 this grant, it is upon the express condition that the 

 canal shall be enlarged in such manner as Congress 

 may determine, and be maintained as a national 

 water-way for commercial purposes, to be used by 

 all persons, without discrimination, under such rules 

 and regulations as Congress may prescribe ; and the 

 real estate aforesaid, hereby conveyed to the United 

 States, shall be usea, and the avails thereof applied, 

 to carry out the objects of this grant, and for no other 

 purpose, in such manner as Congress may determine. 

 This act shall not take effect until it shall first have 

 been submitted to a vote of the people of the State of 

 Illinois at the general election to be held on Tuesday, 

 the fifth day of November, A. D. 1882, and have been 

 approved by a majority of all the votes polled at such 

 election. 



The memorial relating to the Hennepm. 

 Canal asked " the Congress of the United States 

 to authorize, provide for, and direct, at its 

 present session, an early construction of a 

 canal for commercial purposes from Hennepin, 

 on the Illinois Eiver, westward to the Missis- 

 sippi Eiver, on the most feasible route." 



FINANCES. The following statement will 

 give a clear idea of the cost of the State gov- 

 ernment in all its departments executive, 

 legislative, and judicial and of the State in- 

 stitutions, educational, charitable, and penal 

 since the adoption of the present Constitution. 

 These aggregates include every disbursement 

 except for public schools, payment of State 

 debt, and the Military Fund : 



From December 1, 1870, to December 1. 1872. . .$4,102,978 84 

 From December 1, 1372, to December 1, 1874. . . 4,158,061 00 

 From December 1, 1874, to October 1, 1876 (22 



months) 2,895,319 34 



From October 1, 1876, to October 1, 1878 8,502,409 48 



From October 1, 1878, to October 1, 18SO 3,462,534 27 



From October 1, 1830, to October 1, 1882 8,673,446 12 



The receipts and disbursements at the State 

 Treasury, omitting local bond fund and other 

 trust funds, for the two fiscal years ending 

 October 1, 1882, were as follow : 



There was in the State Treasury, 

 October 1. 1880, deducting all out- 

 standing warrants 



General Revenue Fund $1,401,827 42 



State School Fund 816,841 81 



Military Fund 13,105 05 



Illinois Central Eailroad Fund 198,001 61 



$1,929,775 89 



The receipts for the two years end- 

 ing October 1, 1882, were : 



General Revenue Fund taxes $4,442,832 49 



Illinois Central Railroad 774,845 92 



Fees of State offices 69,880 92 



Miscellaneous ... ... 8,930 37 



State School Fund 2,082,298 46 



Military Fund 143,392 92 



$7,522,181 03 



Total $9,451,956 7 



The disbursements for the two 



years ending Oct. 1, 1882, were : 



General Revenue Fund and Illinois 



Central Railroad Fund- 

 On account of State debt $265,853 88 



Revenue Fund 3,681,370 51 



State School Fund 2,132,125 64 



Military Fund 138,931 88 



! $6,218,381 91 



The balance in the State Treasury 



October 1, 1882, deducting all 



warrants outstanding, was : 



General Revenue Fund $2,949,094 84 



State School Fund. 267,014 63 



Military Fund 17,566 09 



Total balance. 



, ......... $3,233,67506 



" There is," says the Governor in his mes- 

 sage to the Legislature, "a considerable bal- 

 ance of General Revenue Fund in excess of 

 what will be needed to pay existing appropria- 

 tions, some of which will be available to re- 

 duce the amount to be raised on the levy of 

 1883 for general revenue purposes." 



The Governor estimates the amounts re- 

 quired to be raised by taxation for all pur- 

 poses, for the two years 1883 and 1884, as fol- 

 low: 



FOR GENERAL STATE PURPOSES. 



Expenses of the several departments not enu- 

 merated below 

 Legislative ................................... $272,000 



Executive ................................... 450,000 



Judicial ..................................... 571,000 



$1,293,000 



Ordinary expenses, repairs, improvements and con- 



struction of State charitable institutions ......... 1,750,000 



Expenses of universities .......................... 145,000 



Expenses and construction of prisons ............. 225,000 



Canal Contingent Fund ........................... 60,000 



For conveying convicts, arresting fugitives, and for 



transfer of insane patients ...................... 98,000 



Printing, binding, stationery, and paper for General 



Assembly and Executive Departments .......... 110,000 



Total ........................................ $3,681,000 



FOR STATE SCHOOL PURPOSES. 

 One million dollars per annum .................... $2,000,000 



FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. 

 Seventy-five thousand dollars per annum .......... $150,000 



From this aggregate may be deducted the 

 payments of the Illinois Central Eailroad to 

 the General Revenue Fund, estimated for the 

 next two years at $800,000, and the available 

 surplus of General Revenue Fund, remaining 

 after payment of existing appropriations, and 

 after the payment of all appropriations to be 

 made chargeable to the levy of 1882, in excess 

 of the $1,500,000 which that levy is estimated 

 to yield. 



EDUCATION. During the year ending June 

 30th, there were 11,529 public-school districts 

 in the State. Out of this number, there were 

 77 districts in which there was no school, 113 

 in which the school term was less than 110 

 days, and 11,339 in which school was kept for 

 over 110 days. These schools were in session 

 85,423 months, or an average of 7'15 months. 

 The total attendance was 713,431 pupils, of 

 whom 364,043 were males and 349,388 were 

 females. There were 22,301 teachers em- 

 ployed, 8,076 of whom were males and 14,225 

 females. The highest monthly wages paid to 

 any male teacher was $250, and the lowest 

 $13.50. The maximum wages paid to female 

 teachers was $120, and the minimum $10. The 

 average wages paid to male teachers was $46.86, 

 and the average wages of female teachers was 

 $37.76. The total amount earned by the 



