The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-03-24
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE,

ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
The senate, on the 10th, adopted NJ. Whit
ing's resolution for a JOINT committee Of )
senator's and representatives, to take into
consideration the fact that there is now a
local Indebtedness by cities, counties, towns,
&c, in Illinois, amounting to some $45 G00,.
600, and to devise some plan, if practicable,
for funding this Indebtedness in state bonds
at lower rate of interest; any plan adopted
to contain the fundamental condition, that
the several localities must pay their own
debts, and that the state consents to be mana
ger on the express condition that she will
exercise the power to enforce payment in full
from the several localities seeking this re-
lief"
The senate, on Tuesday, passed the bill
giving $4,000 for the completion OF the
Douglas Monument at Chicago. The bill
provides that John D. Cation, Joseph Mcdlll,
Lyman Trumbull, Melville w. Fuller, Robert
T. Lincoln and Potter Palmer, all OF the city OF
Chicago, county of Cook; Benjamin +. Frd-
ley, of Kane county; Gustavus Koerner, ofSt
Clair county, and Ralph Plumb, of La Sale
county Illinois, be and are hereby constituted
commissioners of the Douglas monument at
Chicago, ana are authorized and empowered
to receive proposals and contracts tor the
completion of the Douglas monument: Pro
rided, that the said commissioners shall not
obligate the state of Illinois to exceed the
sum named IN section three of this act SAID
commissions shall receive no compensation
for their services The bill was made the
order Of the day IN the House for Friday
yesterday
The resolution which had previously pass
ed the senate to amend the constitution on the
subject of drainage, was taken up in the
house on Tuesday and passed.
The house also passed bill to the follow
ing effect:
That it shall be lawful for the trustees of
schools in townships where any school lands
remain unsold to rent or lease any portion of
such lands for term not exceeding two
years, except that in cities any lot or sub.lol
may be relted or leased for longer term,
but no portion of such school lands shall be
sold except upon a petition OF a majority of
the freeholders of said township. and all acts
or parts of acts in conflict herewith are here
by repealed.
Also bill forbiddlng, under heavy penal
ties, any person having the care or control OF
children under IA years Of age to use,
employ, sell the services Of or apprentice
such children in or for the vocation or SER
vice of singing, dancing, rope or wire walk
ing, or begging or peddlng, or as gymnasts
or contortionists, &c.
A bill was also passed amending the coal
miners law imposing additional duties on
the inspector towards providing for the safe.
ty of miners both in regard to their persons
and their wages.
The bill OF representative Taylor OF Cook
being counterpart of Kehoe's bill on the
same subject in the scnatc-forblddlng the
employment of more than 80 penitentiary
conv:cts in one trade at one time, was defeat
cd in The house On Tuesday, by large ma
jor,y after a long and earnest debate.
The House on Wednesday passed bill au-j
landlords hereafter, IN cases where
they have rented lands and have reason to be-
lieve tenants are preparing to remove crops,
before the rent is due, to levy on such crops
before the rent is due, but not 10 sell until
after rent is due.
The House, on the same day, after long
Debate, defeated the bill TO provide for the
education of children between s.
Ia years of age. The vote was GO to 90.