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supreme law of the land ; and that I will support and 

 uphold the same, the teachings of any order, sect, or 

 organization to the contrary notwithstanding, so help 

 me God. 



ILLINOIS. State Government. The following 

 were the State officers during the year : Govern- 

 or, John M. Hamilton, Republican; Secretary 

 of State, Henry D. Dement ; Treasurer, John 

 0. Smith ; Auditor, Charles P. Swigert ; Attor- 

 ney-General, James McCartney ; Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, Henry Raab; Rail- 

 road Commissioners, Edward C.Lewis, Charles 

 T. Stratton, and William N. Brainard. Judi- 

 ciary, Supreme Court: Chief-Justice, Benja- 

 min R. Sheldon ; Associate Justices, Alfred 

 M. Craig, John M. Scholfield, T. Lyle Dickey, 

 Pinkney H. Walker, John H. Mulkey, and John 

 M. Scott. 



Finances. The receipts from all sources from 

 Oct. 1, 1882, to Sept. 30, 1884, inclusive, were 

 as follow : 



General revenue fund $4,298,789 8T 



State school fund 2,052,480 11 



Military fund 131,895 07 



Unknown and minor heirs' fund 1,805 9 



Local-bond fund 2,606,022 21 



Total $9,085,445 95 



The disbursements from Oct. 1, 1882, to 

 Sept. 30, 1884, inclusive, were as follow : 



General revenue fund $4,1 43,686 15 



State school fund 2 133 224 13 



Militaryfund 'l77'451 75 



Unknown and minor heirs fund 326 84 



Local-bond fund ^ 2,518,297 88 



Total $8,972,986 25 



Balance of all funds in State treasury Oct. 1, 

 1884 $3,902,511 69 



The principal of the bonded debt of the State 

 outstanding Oct. 1, 1884, remained the same as 

 reported two years before, viz., $23,600. 



The following tables show the aggregate as- 

 sessments and equalization for 1883 and 1884 : 



FOR THE TEAK 1883. 



FOB THE YEAE 1884. 



ASSESSMENT OF LIVE-STOCK FOE 1883 AND 1S84. 



ACRES IN CULTIVATION, ETC. 



The Thirty-third General Assembly, by " An 

 act to provide the necessary revenue for State 

 purposes," approved June 25, 1883, authorized 

 taxation to raise for general State purposes 

 $1,500,000 on the assessment for 1883, and 

 $1,500,000 on the assessment for 1884; and 

 for State school purposes $900,000 on the as- 

 sessment for 1883, and $1,000,000 on the assess- 

 ment for 1884. The rates required to produce 

 the amounts thus authorized to be raised were 

 computed by the Governor and Auditor. On 

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each $100 of the equalized assessment for ] 883, 

 for general State purposes, 20 cents ; for State 

 school purposes, 12 cents ; on each $100 of 

 equalized assessment for 1884, for general State 

 purposes, 21 cents ; for State school purposes, 

 14 cents thus making the aggregate rate of 

 State tax for 1883 32 cents, and for 1884 35 

 cents. 



Education. The following summary of sta- 

 tistics shows the condition of the common 

 schools of Illinois for the year ending June 30, 



