, 1877-01-07
STATE AFFAIRS,
Latest Move in the Illinois Sena.
toria| Game.
Trumbull's Salary-Grab Taint Kills
Him with the Independents.
Text Of the Bill TO Reorganize the
Cook County Commissioners. =
ILLINOIS.

| Cook County Commissioners.
ILLINOIS.
| SENATE.
| SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 6.-The Senate met thi
morning, concurred In the House joint resolu
tfon relative to declaring the result OF the elec
tion Of State officers, and the anticipated bug
! aboo over the Electoral count did not occur.
| A bill was to-day introduced appropriating tc
Judge Andrew D. Duff and William j. Allen
| 5000 each for their legal services at the in.
| stance Of the Governor in the prosecution oi
the Williamson County outlaws.
Bush Of Cook, introduced q bill amending
the Civil Practice art SO Is to authorize suit to
| be brought In the county where the plaintiff re,
sides, when the debt, contract, OF cause of action
arose in that county, or was specifically to be
performed there.
THE GRAB KILLED HIN.
It transpres that, after q series OF careful ap-
proachcs, the name Of Lyman Trumbull was
suggested to the Independents as the Indcpend-
ent candidate for Senator to be elected by
Independent aud Democratic votes. Thereon
with one accord the Independents rejected him
on account Of the salnry- grab. air. Parrish this
evening says the Independents do not propose
TO support any man who participated in the
salary-grab-
The following is copy OF Rob!nson's bill in
troduced in the Senate this morning:
4 B1l1 for an act to reorganize and provide for
the election, qualification. duties, and compen-
sation OF the Board OF Commissioners of Cook
County, pursuant to Sec. Of Art 10 Of the
"Countie3."
SECTION !. B<R enacted, ETC., That on the first
Tuesday Of November, 4. D. 1877. and annually
$hA ftH %i1nr
there shall BE- elected, by the legal and qualified
voters Of Cook County, Board Of fifteen Commits
onf5s t. m the Of Of GooE cont
Of the State Of Illinois. and as shall be provided by
law.
SEC. g The members Of said Board of Com
missiouers shall hold their Office for the term of
year. and until their successors elected and
qualified, and shall he elected upon general ticket
BY the voters Of said county Is follows:
Ten Of raid Commissioners shalf be residents OF
the City OF Chicago;. five shall be residents Ut
district composed of the Town uf West Chicago,
three Of district composed Of the Town Of South
Chicago, and TWO OF district composed OF the
Town OF North Chicago; and 1--WE OF said Commits
sIoners shall be residents Of the towns outside said
city, as follows: One shall be resident OF dis
triet composed ?f the Towns Of Evanston, Maine.
Elk Grove. Palatine, Darlington, and Hanover;
one OF . district composed Of the Towns Of hyde
Park, Lake, Calumet North palos, aud Lyons;
aeld, Lcyden, New 'rzier, Wheeling, Niles, and
schanmburg;. one Of = district composed ot the
Towns Of Lake View, Jefferson, Norwood Park.
Proviso. Cicero, and Riverside; and one Of n dis
trict composcd Ut the Towns oi Rich, Thornton,
Bloom, Ot1nud, Bremen, and I4cnont.
SEC. 3. Each Of sad Commissioners shall eey-
orally be resident OF their said districts for one
year prior to their election, md my removal there
from during their term Of office shall cause their
said Office to become vacant and shall be- declar~
ed by said Board, and the vacancy shall be dlled as
here provided by law.
Sec L. The said Commissioners shall severally,
before they enter upon the discharge Of the duties
hn f1Nf 0ft
the Constitution, and shall each give bond with
Two more sufficient sureties, to be approved by
the peus ~ Of 90 payabe to The cuuny
Cook conditioned that lie viii faithfully discharge
all the duties required OF him by la@ sach Com
missioner which shall be entered Ut large upon the
Of the County Clerk Of his county.
SEC. g.. Their terms OF Office shall begin on the
first Nonduy OF December after their election and
qualification, and they shall BE- commissioned by
the Governor, Us now provided by law. aud shall
receive as their ONLY compensation for their scrv-
Ices during their term Ut Office including all lees,
mileage, perQuisttcs, or emoiuments whatsoever,
the sum Of ST, zoo per unnnm each. payable quar-
tcrly ont or the County Treasury BY order drawn
on the County Treasurer or other county order.
SEC. t. Said Boaru Of Commissioners In the
management Of the affairs Of said county shall
have no power or sathoritf, upon 2 reference OF
any subject matter to any committee, to confer
upon such committees - power to act' without q
report atst made to said Beard. when said power
to act shall involve the letting Of any contract and
sum Of $500, and any action of said Board Of any
committee thereof in violation Of this section shall
b. null and void, and shall be SO declared By all
courts Of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. :. The votes for the members OF said Board
Of Commissioners shall be returned and cauvassed
the safae as 81 for o. other &c c9unty an o:hce:s~
in conflict with this Ect be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SENATE COMMITTEE NOMINEES.
The following arc the uatnc5 Of the Chairmcn
Of the more important committees Of the Sen.
ate, Us agreed upon last night at u caucus Of the
independents and Democrats: Judiciary, Arch
er, Of Pike County; Judicial Department,
Krone, Of Madison; Revenue, Hanna, OF
Wnyne;. Public Buildings and Grounds, Shut,
OF sangamon; Appropriations, Parrish, Of
eral Relations Arntzen, OF Adams; Char
table and Educational Institutions, Brown,
Of SCHUYLER; Banks and Banking, Haincs,
OF Cook: Expenses Of the General
Assembly, Shut, of Saugamon; Municipalities,
Kehue, Of Cook; Fees and Salaries, Hardma1,,
OF Jersey; Railroads and Warehouses, Plumb,
Of LaSaile; Military Affairs, Dulaney, OF Cook;
Insurance, Brewer, OF Cumberland; Canals and
Rivers, Lee, Of Peoria; Mines and Mining,
kainey. Of st. Clair; Township organization,
Mcdowell, Of White: Penal institutions, Glass |
ford, Of johnson. The Committee OF Confer |
ence was composed ii Messrs. Shut, Archer, |
and Krone. |
THE sESAToRsH1P. |
Messrs. Hanna, SLutt, and Robinson were ap- |
pointed Committee Of Conference to meet the I
for the purpose Of selecting I
candidate for United States Senator. !
OHIO.