Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, Volume 31869 |
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Page 42
... believe that the interests of the mechanics of the North- west , of which Chicago is the commercial center , demand an institution of this kind for the better development of the arts and sciences in our midst , and believing this , we ...
... believe that the interests of the mechanics of the North- west , of which Chicago is the commercial center , demand an institution of this kind for the better development of the arts and sciences in our midst , and believing this , we ...
Page 64
... believe that the maxi- mum rate of compensation should be raised to twelve and one - half cents an hour , which is the price paid for volunteer labor . Inferior wages tempt to inferior performance of work . But lower rates may be paid ...
... believe that the maxi- mum rate of compensation should be raised to twelve and one - half cents an hour , which is the price paid for volunteer labor . Inferior wages tempt to inferior performance of work . But lower rates may be paid ...
Page 76
... believe them correct . We also find that there is an item charged against the farm of team labor performed at the grounds of the University building amounting to $ 831 75 ; also an aver- age of three months time of the Superintendent ...
... believe them correct . We also find that there is an item charged against the farm of team labor performed at the grounds of the University building amounting to $ 831 75 ; also an aver- age of three months time of the Superintendent ...
Page 107
... believe it indispensable .. The cost of the tile will be nearly $ 800 . They can be procured of A. F. & G. Childs , on the line of the I. C. R. R. , at Anna , and will be warranted against break- age and the effects of the elements ...
... believe it indispensable .. The cost of the tile will be nearly $ 800 . They can be procured of A. F. & G. Childs , on the line of the I. C. R. R. , at Anna , and will be warranted against break- age and the effects of the elements ...
Page 151
... believe that it is absorbed as a gas directly from the atmosphere , and assimilated as such ; others , that it enters the plant as am- monia or nitric acid , and think they have , in the action of ammonical manures , a strong argument ...
... believe that it is absorbed as a gas directly from the atmosphere , and assimilated as such ; others , that it enters the plant as am- monia or nitric acid , and think they have , in the action of ammonical manures , a strong argument ...
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Page 320 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 3 - ... to teach, in the most thorough manner, such branches of learning as are related to. agriculture and the mechanic arts, and military tactics, without excluding other scientific and classical studies.
Page 86 - That thirty-six sections, or one entire township, which shall be designated by the President of the United States, together with the one heretofore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for the use of a seminary of learning, and vested in the legislature of the said state, to be appropriated solely to the use of such seminary by the said legislature.
Page 55 - An oath is an outward pledge given by the person taking it that his attestation or promise is made under an immediate sense of his responsibility to God.
Page 134 - Commissioners to aid them in the discharge of their duties, as the public good may require. 4. They should have power to administer oaths, and to prescribe from time to time such rules and regulations as may be necessary to accomplish the objects of their appointment.
Page 183 - If he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before...
Page 370 - The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer...
Page 86 - ... to be disbursed under the direction of Congress, in making roads leading to the State ; the residue to be appropriated by the Legislature of the State, for the encouragement of learning, of which one-sixth part shall be exclusively bestowed on a college or university.
Page 281 - I do not know that I can add anything to what has been already said in the text of the Lecture on this point.