310 P. O. Yotmfe

<rf 6nc htindrtd y^d**i— the cotldtitutioii of 1816 and that of 1857. Two idditioiiftl vohimes ar6 fAamiled to iiidtide llie message of th^ governors from territorial days to 1851.

Plai^ toit Tfifi Illikois CfeNTKNNiAL CELEflaAtiOH— Throc historical agencies in Illinois are concentrating their energies on the preparation for the celebration of the stitehood centen- nial anniversary in 1918. A general state-wide and local cele- brations are planned. Episodes in Illinois history will be staged by suitable pageantry. A centennial history of five volomes has been contracted for. The preliminary vohame sm^tyfng Illinois conditions in 1818 is published. The centemfial memo- rial building commission has raised the $100,000 to be added to the $125,000 appropriated by the geneial assembly Idr the erection of a montmient to the state's progress in tl^ la^ one htmdnsd years.