Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, Volume 31879 |
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Page 7 - ... shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.
Page 15 - ... imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than three years.
Page 16 - ... 31. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of public instruction to visit such of the charitable institutions of the state as are educational in their character, and to examine their facilities...
Page 12 - I have the honor to present to you the following report of the schools of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, for the two years commencing October 1, 1876, and ending September 30, 1878.
Page 7 - State, financially and otherwise; to inquire and examine into their methods of instruction, the government and management of their inmates, the official conduct of trustees, directors, and other officers and employes of the same; the condition of the buildings, grounds, and other property connected therewith, and into all other matters pertaining to their usefulness and good management...
Page 61 - The improvement and progress of the pupils have been very encouraging, and parents and friends in almost every instance have expressed satisfaction with what has been accomplished in the short time since the school was organized. The Institution is open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable hours ; and all are not only cordially invited, but are earnestly requested to visit the school. It is a State Institution, and board and tuition are free during the school year of ten months.
Page 282 - ... command the means to secure an education, it shall be- his duty to authorize the said person to enter the said institution for instruction, and to pay for his maintenance and tuition therein at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum for such deaf and dumb pupil, and at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum for such blind pupil, payable quarterly out of the treasury of the United States.
Page 16 - November preceding each regular session of the general assembly, the trustees of each of the state institutions named in this act shall make out and transmit to the state commissioners of public charities, and they, if they find the same to be correct, shall deliver the same to the governor, a...
Page 74 - Amendment in that it takes their property without due process of law. But what is due process of law, and wherein does its requirement limit the power of Congress? Neither question can be answered in a word, and the usual considerations are encountered when the courts are called upon to investigate the limits of legislative power.
Page 24 - ... at all times, either on his own application, or that of any other person in his behalf. If the patient is discharged on such writ, and if it shall appear that the superintendent has acted in bad faith, or negligently, the superintendent shall pay all the cost of the proceeding.