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1939]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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all Salaries, Wages, Fees and other compensation for services rendered to the State and to make a study of all License T a x Fees where such Fees are for services rendered by the S t a t e ; and Whereas, T h e law further provides that the Commission shall meet during the intervals between the Regular Sessions and shall present a report, with its recommendations, to the Governor; and Whereas, In the interest of efficiency and economy in State Government it is important that the Commission make a detailed and thorough investigation of all expenditures of moneys appropriated by the General Assembly and to advise with the various State Department Heads concerning the necessity for proposed expenditures; and Whereas, It is imperative that all Income and License T a x Fees accruing to the State from any and all sources be equitably apportioned; and Whereas, It is essential that the study of the Standardization and Classification of Salaries and Wages be continued; and Whereas, In order to facilitate the detailed and thorough investigations, which it is incumbent by law upon the Commission to make, His Excellency, Governor H e n r y H o r n e r has issued an Executive Order to all Code Department Heads urging their cooperation with the Commission; and Whereas, T h e Elective State Officers have heretofore always exhibited a willingness to cooperate with this Commission and this Commission is anxious that such cooperation be continued; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Commission communicate with all Elective Officers of the State, requesting continued cooperation from their respective Departments; and be it further Resolved, That the detailed work of the Commission be assigned to three separate Sub-Committees, as follows: (1) Committee on Expenditures— Clifford, Chairman, Cutler, Loughran, Boyle, Ex-Officio; (2) Committee on Income and License Tax Fees—Green, Chairman, Cutler, Searcy, Boyle, £.vOfficio; (3) Committee on Standardization and Classification—Searcy, Chairman, Green, Loughran, Boyle, Ex-Officio; and be it further Resolved, That, for the purpose of receiving the reports and recommendations of the above mentioned Committees, the meetings of the Illinois Budgetary Commission shall be held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month in its office in the State Capitol Building. T H E ILLINOIS BUDGETARY COMMISSION

This report was received for record.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORY (25) T h e Sixty-first General Assembly appropriated $300,000 to the State Geological Survey for a two-year demonstration-test program for an investigation of, and experimentation with, Illinois coal products, including the construction and maintenance of an Applied Research Laboratory. The appropriation was vetoed in part by the Governor, the following items being approved: Smokeless briquets from Illinois coals For construction, installation, and operation of one unit briquetting machine and one pre-heater, and accessory equipment, for demonstrating the Geological Survey's new briquetting process for producing briquets from Illinois coals in commercial quantities.. $ 60 000 For salaries and wages, at not to exceed the annual rates herein specified 24 000 One technologist at $4,000 to $5,000 per annum. Assistants at $1,500 to $2,000 per annum. For travel at $500 per year for two years I 000