US SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

The Act of the General Assembly of Illinois approved March 6, 1867, establishing the state reform school examined. The provision, authorizing municipal corporations to donate money to secure the location of the school within their limits, sustained as not being in conflict with the constitution of the state, adopted in 1848, there being no settled or uniform decision to the contrary by her supreme court.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.