, 1874-01-08
STATE LEGISLATURES.
Statement Of tho Operations Of tho
Illinois Grab Law Since
1868.
List Of Counties Interested in
It's Retention.
The Resolution Condcmning the SAL
ary-Grab Passed in tho
Senate.
Resolution Requesting Congress to
Repeal the Bankrupt Law. =.
Report OF the Commission on the Re-
vision Of the Laws.
Chicago Town Officers Seek an Extension
Of Their Terms of Service,
GoT. Woodson's Mcssago to tho Missouri
Legislature.
Resolution Requesting Congress to
Repeal the Bankrupt Law. :
Report OF the Commission on the Re.
vision Of the Laws.
Chicago Town Officers Seek an Extension
Of Their Terms Of Service,


| 6ptesa1 Dispatch to 7Ae Chicaao tribune.
I THE GRAB Law.
| erRNaf1ELD, ILL.,, Jan. 7.-Tho Goyorno,
| called upon tho Auditor, short time ago, for q
statement Of tho operations of tho Grab LAW
slns~ 1868. 1t will be presented tomorrow. An
examination Of the tables furnishes tho follow
| ing result8:
Honda registered under net Of 1860 5s
ooada paid mud anceled....+...,....... 1C8goO00
balauce now outstanding. $l3,5o1. .Q5l 81
Which il apportfoned as follows;
fef1y.lso conut5ea lave bonds amount
TWO hundred md twcivo townships hayo t'o'
. oohds amounting gto.......,.,..,.,,. GGO3147 IA
seventeen ccs have bonds amounting 10 1040 Ind 81
Incorporated townships hive boMla
amounting to.......... 4e7,5oo.oo
Iot"l. SIS so, ,o51 .ss
i5onas nns Eft pestersd @ under ac Of 1sc5...s
N'0''"0 pau aho cahceleo'.'. u, SO
Balance now outstanding. ......,...s 1855, 1854
Which is apportionod US follows;
Seven counties have bonds amounting to.s 41o7s7 IN
foaf cities have bonds amounting to-. 1,413
VI the bonds registered under tho act of 1860.
Soo6, 1oo bear per cent interest. $1,578,400 7
por cent, sS690, 6A bear per cent, and 81, ,744,-
n41.oa ~ per cont: Of tho bonds registered un-
est, 81, ,707, ,671. IA bear por cont, and s50.0oo
oeat por cont. Tho average rnto per cent por
annum OF the total registered debt is $500.
rr CONDEMNATION or THE sALAnY-anAB.
spring conlomniug tho Senators aud Hopro-
sohtat1yoa III Congress- who voted for the salary
Stab. This morning tho Senate tooh it up, md
Mr; Nicholson amended It by offering what was
requesting its repcal, and advising an amend
ment to tho Constitution prohibiting salary-
grabs X tt.azo. '1Sy coadeuuiuK the law, all
Tho IND any hand in making it, including tho
!Festdent aro supposed to bo cenBurod. That
ia how s}onatoru look ut it. Tho yuts uan
unanimous.
ANOTHER RAILROAD REMEDY,
Senator Voris brought q Railway bill with him
from Shelby County. and introduced it in ths
Senate. Tho idoa III tlat ho will ASCERTAIN how
much It will cost to haul car ono mild, and
then allow 10 much for handling. For instance,
IN the case Of grain, ho allows So for tho uyo OF
= =. car while loading 81 for shifting it from tho
slde-track to the main track, 81 for shifting it
dostnation, and % for tho ,1so Of tho car whiio
tho rosd for tbs use Of '.sa'''i's the car' hss
'aea tnon allows 90 much por mi1o-in tho
haun no matsor se What IL o Gsas distance Tser ps o1
cution OF tho law is p1aced in the hauds Of
States Attorneys. AIr. Voris snys "it's tho
biggest Railroad Law in This country" which por-
mlts tho thought that there might DO a "biggor"
CLEnEsu1ps.
MIR. Jones, Chairman OF Contingent Expenses,
is wrestling with tho problem Of COMMITTEES
clorkships, aud says lle will cut down expenses
IN that direction so per cent, Which 1t good for
Jones,
CoUBIS.
Mr. ]. 4, Blair, Of Monmouth, Warren County.
cousin Of III. Ferrior, from Chicago, is caudi-
IL vacant. A1r. Ferrior is training him, and viii
probably run him in.
THE GRAB Law.
Following is 1iHt Of counties Interested il, re-
tainiug tho Grab law as it IT, and their repre-
Hentatlon in tho Senate and House. It will bo
neon TINT tlerc is large majority ln both bodies
aGainst repeal provided oil tho mombere counted
vote in that way. There are some cases. sucl as
Will,. Kane, and LaSallo Countios, whoro tho
1nombors arc not disposed to sustain tho law,
though portion Of their constituents derive
benefits thorotrom. It Beoms certain, however,
that thero III at loast jority against repeal III
both Houses. Tho list is as follows: