(30 ILCS 400/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 314)

Sec. 1. The State of Illinois is authorized to issue and sell and provide for the retirement of bonds of the State of Illinois to the amount of $150,000,000 for the purpose of providing funds in order to relieve overcrowded conditions by making permanent improvements at mental health and other public welfare institutions owned by this State which are now under the jurisdiction, management and control of the Department of Public Welfare.

(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2068.)