The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-05-30
Legislative DOings.

lie lulnOlS leplsldluTc, WHICH uuJouIu-
ed on Thursday last, passed ls7 bills, OF
which III had cen approved by the
governor up to Friday. The more i'm.
portant laws will be found mentioned in
the following list:
5. B.. 4, providing that administrators
and executors may obtain final settle
ment OF their trust by depQsiling un.
claimed moneys in their hands with the
county treasurer.
$. b. 10, fixing the width Of toll roads
at elk ht feet.
5. B. 10, appropriation to pay the Head
claim.
5. b. 81. the Chicago back tax bill.
s. B. 81, authorizing the establishment
OF probate courts in counties OF O,OOO in-
habitants.
s. b. u, amending several sections of
the game law.
s. b. l42, reducing the amount OF cap
ital required to organize mutual lire liz
surance companies to S5O,OOO.
5. B. 1877. giving city courts the same
powers and jurisdiction rs circuit courts.
5. b. l70, providing that cities may
pay judges OF interior courts Of record
not to exceed 5000 per annum.
5. Is. Isl, yesting conductors on pas
senger trains with police powers While
on duty.
8. B. 1856, requiring railroad compa.
MES to place grain scales at all stations
shipping $4,000 bushels OF grain annu-
ally.
5. B. 2Os, authorizing the formation OF
companies TO buy and operate railroads
sold at bankrupt sale.
5. b. 227, regulating the publication
Of the supreme court reports.
3. Is. l5l, giving county courts con.
current jurisdiction with cirt uit courts Ia
cases not exceeding $1,000 in amount,
and where the penalty Is not death or
imprisonment In the penitentiary.
s. B. 33o, providing tor the expense OF
arresting criminals In other states for
crimes committed within the limits Of
this state.
s. B. 60, providing tor the protection
by levee Of lands subject to overflow,
and Tor draining swamp land and coal
mines.
5. 3. lS. requiring the registration OF
all school bonds.
s. B. 27l, providing for the estab.
lishment and maintalnance Of county
poor houses In counties where the
separate support Of paupers has been
adopted.
s. 3. 3i2. compelling railroad com.
panies to build and maintain dep0ts at
towns and villages on the line OF their
roads.
IL. B. IL, amending the license law by
changing the penalty tor violation 10 fine
or imprisonment, or both. 10 the discre.
ton OF the court.
II. B. l43, making the law In relation
to burglary apply 70 such offences com
mitted In the day tune a. well as In The
night time. az now.
| Il. b. l6s. requiring the assignee Of ar
insolvent debtor to give bonds.
II. II. 2S8, to prohibit any city, towr
or village, from receiving from the county
treasury quarter proportion Of the eur
plus funds than shall be received by any
other city, town or village In the aamt
county.
II. B. C7s, authorizing municipal cor
poYations to purchase bridges at delin
quent tax sales, to sell and maintain tn,
same.
| II. 8. 1856, to secure the additional fou
acres needed for the state hous
grounds.
II. B. 1894, authorizing landlords TO in
stitute proceedings by distress betor
rent Ia due In case Of the removal Of tn
tenant from the premises.
II. B. 400. to prevent and punis
wrongs to children.
| II n raj thu vnOroNf hill
Il. B. $40, the MacouDln county fund
Ing bill.
| II. B. 672, the warehouse rate bill.
II. B. 503. the militia bill.
II. b. coo. appropriation to cOmplet
the Lincoln monument.
| II. B. SIS, appropriation to complete
the Douglas monument.
H. 3. 2S6, prohibiting advertising fol
divorce.
! u. B. 200, authorizing county collect