THE KANKAKEE SURVEY.
On motion by Mr. HILLIGASS, the resolution to authorize the printing of 1,000 copies of report of the survey of the Kankakee region was read with a Committee recommendation that the number be made 3,000.
Mr. VOYLES said no necessity for printing so many as 3,000 copies-not more than 200 would be read.
Mr. RISTINE: The whole purpose of the appropriation by the last General Assembly was to furnish information of that region. It interests a large portion of the State, and there is a demand for the n umber of copies proposed, and the extra copies can be furnished at comparatively small cost.
Mr. VOYLES did not think the State should drain the large area of territory proposed in this report. He thought one-third the number of copies named would supply the demand.
Mr. GRAHAM favored the printing of 3,000 copies. This is a matter of interest to the people of the entire State, and that large section of the country should be made productive-to do which might be a good investment for the State. He has been called upon for at least fifty copies. The plate from which the map was printed has been preserved and the cost of printing the extra copies will be comparatively trivial.
Mr. BUNDY also favored concurrence in the report of the Committee. If there is anybody interested in obtaining this information, it is poor economy not to have a sufficient number of copies printed to supply the demand. It is a question whether it would be such a great benefit to the State at large that the State should bear a portion of the expense of reclaiming the vast amount of waste land in that region, and whether the United States should not also bear a part of the expense.
Mr. SPANN moved to amend the report by directing that the copies be distributed among the members of both House and Senate.
Mr. WILLARD moved to recommit the resolution to the Committee on Printing, with instructions to report the cost of printing.
Mr. HILLIGASS said but 500 copies were printed There remains unexpended. $376 30 of the $5 000 appropriated by the last General Assembly for this survey. The Bureau of Public Printing have stated the cost of printing will be for the first 1,000, $70, and $49 50 for each additional 1,000, making the 3,090 cost $169 12. He favored printing the 3,000.
Mr. YANCEY would be willing to vote most any amount to draining the land if it belonged to the State; but as these funds belonged to private corporations and individuals, he opposed expending the State's money for such purpose. He believed this whole thing a garb upon the purse strings of the State.
Mr. BROWN hoped the Senate would proceed to the discussion of a more interesting question, and moved the previous question.
The demand for the previous question being seconded, under its operations, the motion to recommit with instructions [Mr. Willard's] was rejected by yeas, 38; nays, 24.
The amendment [Mr Spann's] to the report of the Committee was agreed to.
The report of the Committee was then concurred in by yeas, 24; nays, 22.
The resolution, as amended, was agreed to.
