, 1875-02-14
LEGISLATURES.
Latest Senatorial BALLOT in The
Minnesota Legislature.
ILLINOIS.
TIE SCHOOL Law.

6pScad* Utspd4ca - 1 ne tA1>uQo TTib4tnA
8PaNax1ELn Ill, Fob. IA bill is being urs-
pared, and will shortly be introduced By Cum.
mings, OF Fulton, which will do away with thoa>
provisions o. the School Law through which.
according 70 the official reports, the people OF
thirty -four counties Of the State, 1aat rear, paid
taxes to the amount OF 3145, La e29-100 for
tbs support OF schools In the sixty
eight other counties, Of which Cook
County alone paid Ss7, ,341. q, 100. The bill will
abolish tho Offices OF State and County aupesin-
tendents Of Education. and require cash county
to "a - the funds for the support OF tts own
schools, aud to maintain these Tor term OF not
ieas than four months annually. III. Cummings
eomea from a county which receivas for tna
support OF its scoools = sha1e' OF sha
auod raised by the taxation Of other
tba amannt pot hs says on figuring On it he hda
ior me matntenance OF the schools in that county
= actually leaa than II hat IL maid by the county
nnoec the general echool levy. Tho result OF
hts ngu11ng u to si,ow, to borrow hia own
State Treasury md getting it ous ~ sgsin. s
about s.n ;,.,a "a Per cent 3 lost on shs
Il PASSES from tie Town Collector
to to the g. County Collector thence snceessiyely %
Education, the Town Treasurer. aad finally ths
schoat districts. aud all along the route it Ia d.
m!nlahed bv percentages sud fees and Official e.
penssg. The bill Will require tile County Bosrda
to make tho lew, and will provide tor diract
Payment to the school districts. Should it past
It will NOT only Simplify and reduck
theexpeuse Of the collection and disbursement.
OF school funds, but will remove one Of the nose
SERIOUS obstacles IN the revision OF the Revenue
law and the adoption Of tho proposed plan Ut
raising revenue for Stnks purpae.s by nceuse-
taxes and tar on corpos ationa. The obstacle ia
question ii obstacle 1t Gnu be teru1ed, haa been
the determination OF certain members to oppose
any revenue scheme which did not provide
Tor State schoot-levy. under which the schools
or their counties wound BE- largely supported BY
Ihe taxation Of other counties. They are anxious
to have farm-lands exempted from taxation for
State purposes, but were not willing to give up
The State school-levy. So long a. for that
S1,oG0,0 ,000 has to be raised, in addition to the
necessary funds for defraysng the expenses OF tho
state Government the proposed revenue aystero
canuot ba adopted, since. ~ the estimates show,
it would not raise money enough for both pur-
posea. Mr. Cummings dgnrcs, showing thas
on the plan of his bill the counties .,ghich derive
most advantage from rho present" system can
more cheaply support their own schools, will
doubtsss go far toward removing the objections
Of thess manhers to the proposed revenue sJs-
tenn.
4 Dull DA1.
After the first reading, bills heretofore intro
duced, and Introduction Of soma mora Of no
special import ance, tAa House adjourned
The only business Of note il tue senate, which
met without quorum. Was tue report Of tho
Committee on Penal Institutions. reducing the
appropriation for the Reform School for tho
next two yeats from $a0. 900 to 475, 900, aud for
bulldog imp 1ovamenss for tho same, from
$18, zoo to 81, Quo.