Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, Volume 11871 |
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... cells , was a very convenient one for the care of lunatics ; and when , after the reformation , they ceased to be used as monas- teries , they often retained their character as asylums . Monasteries converted into asylums are not ...
... cells , was a very convenient one for the care of lunatics ; and when , after the reformation , they ceased to be used as monas- teries , they often retained their character as asylums . Monasteries converted into asylums are not ...
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... cells of the insane , which cannot be brought before the great public . It is the enormous prevalence of those great vices which go with cloister life . The habit referred to has its origin in the necessity felt by every human being for ...
... cells of the insane , which cannot be brought before the great public . It is the enormous prevalence of those great vices which go with cloister life . The habit referred to has its origin in the necessity felt by every human being for ...
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... cell seven feet by nine , for eight years . straw . Judge Church had seen three or four lunatics , in one county , penned up in cells or cages , resembling the cages in caravans , in which wild beasts are carried about the country ...
... cell seven feet by nine , for eight years . straw . Judge Church had seen three or four lunatics , in one county , penned up in cells or cages , resembling the cages in caravans , in which wild beasts are carried about the country ...
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... cells of the hospital ; for it is well known that the insane have , to a good degree , the power of self - control , if a sufficient motive be placed before them . Mechanic work - shops , well supplied with necessary tools , should be ...
... cells of the hospital ; for it is well known that the insane have , to a good degree , the power of self - control , if a sufficient motive be placed before them . Mechanic work - shops , well supplied with necessary tools , should be ...
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... cells . There is no provision for bathing , nor for secular instruction . Religious instruction is given once a week by the city missionary . A jail record is kept , showing the names of person's confined , their alleged offenses , and ...
... cells . There is no provision for bathing , nor for secular instruction . Religious instruction is given once a week by the city missionary . A jail record is kept , showing the names of person's confined , their alleged offenses , and ...
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Page 84 - State, which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the...
Page 369 - No county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 483 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several states and territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems and methods of teaching as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 369 - Any county, city, town, village, school district, or other municipal corporation incurring any indebtedness as aforesaid, shall, before or at the time of doing so, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same...
Page 536 - For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.
Page 895 - If, then, two-thirds of the members elected agree to pass the same, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members elected to that house, it shall become a /law, notwithstanding the objections of the governor.
Page 832 - The general assembly shall not impose taxes upon municipal corporations, or the inhabitants or property thereof, for corporate purposes, but shall require that all the taxable property within the limits of municipal corporations shall be taxed for the payment of debts contracted under authority of law, such taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same. Private property shall not be liable to be taken or sold for the payment of the corporate...
Page 223 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 353 - The general assembly shall provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools, whereby all children of this state may receive a good common school education.
Page 878 - The Governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Assembly, by proclamation, stating therein the purpose for which they are convened; and the General Assembly shall enter upon no business except that for which they were called together.