JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

WHEREAS, the naval department has expended over one hundred thousand dollars for a navy yard at Mound City, Illinois, and has left it incompleted; and whereas, the thirteen iron-clad monitors, now anchored at Mound City, together with the other interests of the western branch of our navy, require a western navy yard, which can be completed at Mound City for a small additional expenditure; therefore,

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That our senators in congress be instructed and our representatives earnestly requested, without delay, to use all honorable means to secure the passage of a bill through congress making such appropriations as may be found necessary to complete the navy yard at Mound City; and that the clerk of the house, immediately on the passage of this preamble and resolution, send a certified copy thereof to each of our senators and representatives in congress.

WHEREAS, the Des Moines rapids of the Mississippi seriously obstruct the navigation of said river, and it is proposed to overcome those obstructions by a canal, to be located and constructed by and under the authority of congress; therefore,

Resolved, That our senators in congress be instructed and our representatives be requested, by all proper and legitirate means, to have such a survey made of both the Iowa and Illinois sides of said river, on the Des Moines rapids, before the location of such canal, as to demonstrate clearly on which side of said river a canal can be constructed to the best advantage, taking into consideration the length of the canal, ease and expense of construction, advantages as well as obstructions to the free navigation of the river; that they also endeavor to obtain the location of said canal on this side of the river, if the same can be done at the same expense and will be of equal advantage to navigation as if constructed on the Iowa side of the river.

Resolved, That the secretary of state immediately forward to each of our senators and representatives in congress a copy of the foregoing resolution.

WHEREAS, the contraction of the currency by the withdrawal of legal tender treasury notes from circulation in the present financial condition of the country, would be injurious to the government, and oppressive to the taxpayers; and whereas, the interest of the government and people would be promoted by the withdrawal from circulation of the notes issued by the national banks, and by the substitution therefor of legal tender treasury notes, and by the payment of interest-bearing legal tender treasury notes at the earliest option of the government in non-interestbearing legal tender treasury_notes; therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, the Senate concurring herein, That our senators be instructed and our representatives in congress be requested to oppose all measures tending to the contraction of the currency by the withdrawal of the legal tender treasury notes, and to aid in all measures tending to the withdrawal of the national bank notes, and the substitution therefor of legal tender treasury notes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, (two-thirds of the members elect to each house agreeing thereto,) That the following amendment be and the same is hereby proposed to the constitution of the state of Illinois, as an amendment of section seven of the ninth article:

The general assembly shall have no power to release the Illinois Central Railroad Company from its obligation to pay into the state treasury either the tax or the per centum of the gross receipts of the Illinois Central Railroad and branches, as stipulated in its charter.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That our senators be instructed and our members of congress be requested to use all honorable

means to secure the establishment at Cairo, Illinois, of a general depot for army supplies for the south and southwest, and that the secretary of state be instructed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to each of our senators and representatives in congress.

WHEREAS, the rebellion inaugurated by misguided and wicked men, for the overthrow of republican government, and the substitution of despotisms in which essential natural rights were denied, has been suppressed by federal arms; and whereas, in the conflict thus ended, the soldiers of Illinois have always displayed dauntless courage, and unsurpassed devotion to the nation's cause, winning, by their heroism and great qualities, an enviable and enduring fame for themselves and their state, as the saviors of the republic; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, That the thanks of all the people of this state are due, and are hereby tendered, to the soldiers and sailors from Illinois in the federal service, for their distinguished services in behalf of constitutional liberty and self-government.

Resolved, That the sympathy of the people of Illinois be and is hereby tendered to the widows and orphans whose protectors have fallen in said service, and to all disabled soldiers and sailors of the state.

WHEREAS, the government of the United States has ever forborne to become parties to foreign wars, or attempted to obtain foreign territory by conquest, or mingle in their domestic struggles; and while believing our own form of government to be the best on earth, and that we have never yet attempted to propagate it by intrigue, diplomacy, or by force, and regarding it as our first duty to claim a like exemption from all foreign interference; and whereas, also, we believe in the principle announced nearly a half century since, by one whose virtues will never be forgotten, that the "American continents, by the free and independent conditions which they have assumed and maintained, are not to be considered as subject to future colonization by any European power;" therefore,

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That our senators in congress be and are hereby instructed, and our representatives requested, to pursue such a course, and adopt such measures-in the first place, by a resort to a just and honorable diplomacy-as will prevent all foreign interference with republican governments on this continent; and that, if such diplomacy fails, that they then adopt such other measures as will effectually prevent such interference.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the electors of the state of Illinois be and they are hereby recommended, at the next election of members of the general assembly, to vote for or against calling a convention to form a new constitution for the state of Illinois.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate comcurring herein, That the adjutant general of the state be authorized and required to make a full report of the records and transactions of his office, embracing therein the names, residence, date of enrollment, muster, discharge or death, of every officer, soldier and marine of this state in the military and naval service of the United States, during the late war, with such other military information as may be of public interest.

Said report shall be published in size and style of a volume similar to those published by the state of Indiana, and that two thousand five hundred copies of the same be printed under the supervision of the adjutant general.

Resolved, further, That said report, so published, be distributed in manner provided by law, as follows: To the offices of each county clerk and each circuit clerk, one copy; to each public library in this state, one copy; to each member of the general assembly and its elective officers, one copy; to each state officer of this state, one copy; to the adjutant general's office of each state and territory, one copy; to each state library, one copy; to the United States library, five copies; to the war department at Washington City, fifty copies; and the remaining copies to be deposited with the adjutant general, to be disposed of in sets, to soldiers and citizens of the state, at cost; Provided, that said report shall not exceed eight volumes, and shall not cost exceeding two dollars per volume.

WHEREAS, propositions have been submitted to the two houses of the general assembly of the state of Illinois, by the county authorities of Champaign county, and by the citizens acting for and on behalf of the counties of Morgan, Logan and McLean, all of which propositions embrace offers of money, bonds, lands, etc., to induce the state to locate the "Industrial University" at their respective localities; and whereas it is desirable that this state accede to that offer which, all things considered, is the most advantageous to the people of Illinois; therefore,

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein. That a committee of fifteen be appointed, of which five shall be members of this body, and ten of the house, whose duty it shall be to proceed forthwith to each of said counties, and examine the various items composing their respective bids, and report on or before the 15th inst., on the cash value thereof, and sufficiency of the title by which said property is held.

Resolved, That until said investigation and report are made, the further action of the general assembly on the subject be suspended.

Resolved, That the secretary of state is hereby directed to report to this house the actual aggregate quantity of stationery delivered to members and officers of this general assembly, and the actual cost price thereof; said report to be transmitted to this house by nine o'clock A. M. to-morrow morning.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That the generous offer of Col. E. A. Chapin, superintendent of the Great Western railroad, to furnish a special train, by giving twenty-four hours' notice, to convey the members and officers of the legislature to Jacksonville, be accepted.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That the secretary of state be and is hereby authorized to have fifteen hundred copies of an act entitled