The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-30
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ILLINOIS LEGIsLATURE.

= other adjourn, 1t has gone to work passing III
necessary appropriation bills. 1t passed o
l. the 22d the bill appropriating $4,000 for tn
Blind Asylum at Jacksonville for the next tw
years; also the bill appropriating $4,000 lc
i support of the Soldiers Orphans Home fu
the next two years This latter Dill caused
good deal of earnest inquiry where so man
helpless soldiers orphans come from, seen
: the war ended sixteen years ago.
The following appropriation bills were al
vanced to third reading:
Sl,472,75 for repairs of the Feeble Mnde
Institute at Lincoln.
$35,320 for State Normal School at Normal
$4,000 for Insane Hospital at Jack sonvllc
! $4,000 for Deaf and Dumb Asylum at dc
$4,000 for education of deaf and dumb chill
dren in Chicago.
The senate on Tuesday passed queer bill
requiring insurance companies which, in al
justing losses by fire, pay less than the amour
of insurance on the building to pay back
pro rata amount of the premium money paiC
by the insured.
II also passed a bill from the house punish
ing as felony by confinement in the penlten
tiary any person convicted of keeping house
of il-fane, "Or who shall patronize the same -
| Also house bills Nos. 40, So, and Sc The
first provides that county judges, clerks, sher.
| ills, county treasurers, and county superlnten.
dents shall be elected on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday Of November, 1882, and
every four years thereafter, and states attor
ncys on the Tuesday next after the first Mon
day of November, 1884, and every four years
thereafter The other two bills provide for
formal changes necessltated by the provisions
of No 49, These bills are passed to settle
questions arising out of the recent consti,u
tonal amendment.
Also senate bill in regard TO the assessment,
of property, providing that county board
may at any time institute SUIT in an action of
debt IN the name of the people of the state of
Illinois in any court of competent jurisdiction
against any person, firm or corporation, for
the recovery of any personal property tax due
from such person, firm, or corporation, and in
any such suit for the recovery of PERSONAL
property tax the return of the county collector
that such taxes are delinquent shall be prima
iacle evidence that such taxes are due and un
paid may be proven by other competent testl
mony.
The senate having disagreed to MIR. Waugh
ey's amendment to the Mum canal resolutions
to the effect that the proposed pumps at Bridge.
port shall be erected and operated at the ex.
pense of Chicago, 1t was referred to confer.
ence committee, who on Thursday agreed on
report that the pumping works may be erect.
ed by the city of Chicago on canal land, and
that the commissioners shall have supervision
of them so far as the volume of water to be
thrown into thea canal is concerned, but Chi.
csgo to pay the expenses The report has not
yet been acted upon.
Following bills were passed by the senate
On Thursday:
Marshall's bin to create county institute
fund by tax of 81 year on each teacher.
Bill providing that all bonds, due bills,
mortgages and other instruments IN writing
alling due on Jan. LIST, Both of May, 4th of
Jaly or thanksgiving day shall be held as fal.
ing due and becoming payable on the day {
previous. Il
The house spent Thursday IN an attempt to I
'ct on the senate resolution in favor of passing
IN apportionment law at this session. The dem.
'crats refused to vote, and enough republicans {
lodged out TO leave the house wlthouta quor. c
I'm and the time was consumed in calling the c
oil, 1t looks like feeble attempt to initiate
he U. $. Senate in getting up deadlock. c