The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-03
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
XLVI CONGR ESS.
ILLINOIS.
The Legislature.

SPRINGFIELD, May 2-In the Senate,
Senator Hoen's resolutions to limit the
speeches to Eve minutes each was sent to
the committee on rules. Il message was
received from the governor notifying the
senate of the following appointments, aud
asking the consent of the senate; Thomas
B, Brown, to be justice Of the peace Tor
the town Of South Chicago; james G.
Conkling Of Sangamon. to be trustee OF the
Illinois Industrial University, from the
central grand division, vice james Ii.
Pickrell of Mason, resigned; VIM B. Mar
schultz, to be public administrator of Shell
by county; Henry Hilliard to be Adjutant
General. This appointment was made July
I'd, 1877.
Senator Gallon called up his motion to
reconsider the vote by which his bill to
require that all banks within the state to
make reports to and submit to examina-
tion by the state auditor, was rejected on
| the passage and he maintained his motion
in carefully prepared speech. He paid
especial attention to the power of the state
to demand statements, etc, of Dational
banks. The motion was lost by vote OF
% to %.
Senator Herdman's bill TO amend sec
tiou 10 of the medical act 50 that it shall
read as follows, was passed. Section 10;
The State Board of Health or board of
examiners may refuse certificates TO indi
viduals guilty of unprofessiona or dis
honorable conduct; and they may revoke
the certificates from like causes, provided
it shall not be taken or deemed to be un-
professional or dishonorable for physician
d, b hv1a ,oh hn
papers, or by circulars, cards, or other
wise. 1n all cases of refusal or feyoca
ton, the applicant may appeal to the bod!
appointing the board.
In the house much time was spent il
the debate on the bill to reduce the salar
les of the officers and employees,
A long debate was held on proposition
to increase the salaries of judges of the cir
cult courts to $500. as they are now fxet
by law, and it was rejected bv vote Of 9
to e. Amendments were adopted to in
crease the salaries of the attorney genera
and adjutant general $500 each. The vot
on the former reduction was reconsiderei
afterwards and rejected An amendmen
offered by Mr.. Robinson, of Fulton. to re
! duce the salaries of supreme court Judge
J frcm $4,000 to $4,000 was adopted-83
81. There was long and desultory debat
. upon the bill, and many amendment
were offered and rejected. The bill
was iiualy sent to third reading. Nj
Snigg's bill (House bill 1917 to amend th
: law which regulates the letting of Stat
printing contracts was taken up, an
> amended by striking out the clause whie
; is, the contractor to furnish an Office for
Z Drinfinp eynnrt and radueinp the nav {
= the latter to five dollars per day, ordere
. to third reading. House bill 705 va
: : passed. 1t forbids the addition of ten pc
: . cent. to the annual levy, authorized by Ia
= = to cover the cost Of collecting, ETC., as h'
: been the custom for several years NJ
y Wentworth's bill to amend the gener
= law for the incorporation Of cities an
: villages was passed. 1t limits the amour
70 of taxes which may be levied in cities ar
y villages, in one year, to one and thre'
fourths per cent. on the assessed value.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
,r was held in the art gallery at the close
J. the morning session, at which the follo'
g, ing resolutions were adopted:
" Resolued. By Republican members
ID the thirty first General assembly OF Il
ly State of Illinois, that the President of 4
United States, 10 his veto message retur
ing the army Appropriated bill to Il
House OF Representatives has enunciat
r the true and correct constitutional prime
at pie and we unanimously endorse bis /;
ne ton in returning such bill with his obis
st tiops; that we heartily endorse the couI
of the Republican members OF Congress