Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . ans to sixty-one Democrats in the House. One of the most important acts of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, at the following session,was the enactment of a law fixing the compensation of members of the General Assembly at §1,000for each regular session, with five dollars per dayand mileage for called, or extra, sessions. ThisLegislature also passed acts making appropriationsfor the erection of buildings for the use of theState Fair, which had been permanently locatedat Springfield; for the establishment of t«To ad-ditional hospitals for the insane, one n
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . ans to sixty-one Democrats in the House. One of the most important acts of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, at the following session,was the enactment of a law fixing the compensation of members of the General Assembly at §1,000for each regular session, with five dollars per dayand mileage for called, or extra, sessions. ThisLegislature also passed acts making appropriationsfor the erection of buildings for the use of theState Fair, which had been permanently locatedat Springfield; for the establishment of t«To ad-ditional hospitals for the insane, one near RockIsland and the other (for incurables) near Peoria;for the Northern and Eastern Illinois NormalSchools, and for a Soldiers Widows Home atWilmington. Permanent Location of the State Fair.—In consequence of the absorption of public atten-tion—especially among the industrial and manu-facturing classes — by the Worlds ColumbianExposition, the holding of the Annual Fair of theIllinois State Board of Agriculture for 1893 was.
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