DONATION OF LAW BOOKS TO CHICAGO LAW INSTITUTE.
In the fall of 1871, and after the great fire Chicago, the Judges of the Supreme Court with my full concurrence, sent a full set of Indiana Reports, the property of the State, to the Law Institute of Chicago, that Association having lost its library by the fire. I also added to the contribution a set of Indiana Statutes (Gavin & Hord) consisting of three volumes. The books were all sent to Hon. S. B. Gookins, now of Chicago, but formerly one of the Judges of our own Supreme Court, and were received with the understanding that they would be returned to the Judges of the Supreme Court, unless the General Assembly should sanction their retention by the Law Institute of Chicago as a donation to its library in view of the great loss it had sustained by the fire. I herewith submit a copy of Judge Gookins' letter to Judge Downey, acknowledging the receipt of the books and stating the conditions on which they are held by him.
I respectfully ask that a joint resolution may be passed sanctioning the retention of said books by said Law Institute as a contribution to its Library by the State in view of the loss before mentioned.
