The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.


The actual achievement of our legislator,
during the past week has BEEN as usua, rather
limited and can be summed up in few words
The senate has been mainly taken up with the
continuation Of its work on the appropriation
bills overhaulng and ordering them to a
third reading, The following were thus nd
vanccd, appropriating-
$4,000 to pay debts of Joliet penltentary.
1896 to Normal University, Carbonate
27,500 to Insane Asylum, Jacksonville.
1851 to Cairo for quarantine expenses
1890 to Blind Asylum, jacksonville
S3f 100 were voted to purchase four acres to
be added to the state house grounds. This Is
the land which wealthy citizens of Springfield
gave bond some years ago to convey to the
state free of cost, a bond which, with charac
terstic bad iaith Springfield now refuses to
make good. The only use Of the ground Is to
make pleasure park for Springfield, to pre-.
pare which vii involve forty or fifty thousand
more. This expense is wholly useless and
ought not to be incurred
The senate also voted $4,000 each to couple
Of unfortunate men who lost their arms by the
bursting of Il gun during a soldiers celebra-
for all such accidents at patriotic celebrations
hereafter, the 4th Of July threatens to become
rather expensive advertisement.
The senate also passed the following bills
To amend the road law so as to fix poll tax
at 1925 per day for man, and $3.50 for man
and team.
Munn's bill for warehouse inspector
Also the following house bill which has be.
come law
BE 1t enacted etc., That the miners in any
coal mine shall have the right to appoint Il
competent person, who shall at all times have
access to any and all scales, weights or meas
ures used for weighing or measuring coal at
said coal mine, and it shall be his duty to see
all coal fairly weighed or measured; said per
son to be paid by the miners employed there
in: Proctded, hoHfcer, That said person shall
not make any unnecessary interference with
the working of said mine.
SEC. ,. All corporations or individuals op-
Grating coal mines, or their agents, shall weigh
and account to their worhmen for all salable
coal mined by said workmen.
Bontield's appellate court bill was killed
The bill to provide contingent fund of
$500 900 for the canal was taken up on the
third reading on Wednesday afternoon and
warmly debated until adjournment. On
Thursday the debate was resumed, and occu.
pied nearly all day, Merritt and one or two
jother Egyptians manfe>tng no less deter
mined hostility toward the canal than ignor
ance in regard to its history, cost and all else
connected with it. The bill was finally pass
ed by a vote of 30 against r.
The house passed the senate bill allowing
cities to compel persons fined for violating
city ordinances to work their fines out on the
streets, and this is now law
Also bill to pay the militia for services
during the great Chicago riots in 1877
The house also on Wednesday, passed Croo
ker's new game law. 1t adds new restrictions to
killing all kinds of game in Illinois, and heav-
the senate
The revenue bill, the main provision of
which is to change the time OF publishing the
tax list, from before to after judgment IS OBJ
tanned against tracts and lots, was ordered to a
third reading in the house on the 1lth, but has
got no further since then
Frank Nevins, the Tribune reporter, who
was imprisoned for refusing to testify who
told him that Representative Granger and 9TH
ers had taken brides, has been released and
the committee say there is no proof to justify
even suspicion against Granger.
On Thursday the house passed Crooker's
bill providing for Il board OF fish commission
ers. Also Scroggs' bill allowing the voters of
town or city to discontinue Il high school
whenever they see fit. Also drainage bill
and one or two others Of no special import