Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-06

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etc.
| Placing lodging houses, boarding
houses, taverns. inns and hotels
i'm cities of 100000 inhabitants or more
under the supervision of the state
board of health.
4 Providing for the consolidation of
| three or more districts. the combined
| population of which is less than 1000,
| upon the Affirmative vote OF three
| fourthS of the legal voters of the dis
1 tricts. including the owners of one
half of the taxable realty in each dis
| trict 1t shall also he lawful in such
| union districts for the directors or
| board to provide free conveyance for
the pupils to and from school. upon
4 the affirmative vote of the people of
| the district.
providing that in case Of the failure
| of the owners of adjoining property
to agree upon the division line either
may secure from the circuit court an
/ order directing an official survey,
| which survey shall he permanent.
Providing for the redistricring of
| road commissioners districts.
| Prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
| liquors within one and one-eighth
| miles of the National Soldiers Home
| at Danville.
Authorizing the Chicago sanitary
i
/ edness from S15,000,O00 to $50, 900.
| To establish state home for de
| linquent boys and appropriating $500
| for that purpose.
Providing for the consecutive num-
| berlng of school districts in every
| county.
Revising the road and bridge law
1 in counties not under township organ
| ization. Among other things the bill
Il no nf Sn-
| pervisOrs by the county board, instead
| of their election by the people. and
| prohibits the working of roads after
| July l.
Giving boards OF education in school
| districts organized under a special act
| the same powers as boards of educa-
| tion I'm districts organized under the
| general law.
To enable the corporate authorities
| of two or more towns for park pur-
| poses to issue bonds to raise funds
| for the acquisition and improvement
of additional small parks or pleasure
| grounds. The authorized bond issue
| is S1.OO0,00O.
Authorizing the corporate authti-
| ties OF towns to issue bonds to raise
| funds for the acquisition and improve
| ment of small parks.
Providing for the submission to Il
Il
/ lie policy. The bill aims to give the
/ people an opportunity to indicate to
/ their representatives. regardless of po-
4 litical utilization. what course they
/ would desire pursued on certain QueS-
i lions after the election. Questions
| may he so submitted upon a petition
/ of 10 per cent. of the legal voters of
/ the state or - per cent of the voters
/ of smaller political division. 1t is
| provided that three propositions may
| be submitted at one election.
| Providing that every person shall he
| deemed guilty of miSdemeanOr who
| shall. without good cause. abandon
| his wife and neglect or refuse to main
| tain or provide for her. or who shall
| abandon his or her child or children
| under the age of twelve years and viii
/ fully neglect or refuse to maintain and
| provide for such child or children"
| Nesting the powers OF boards of
| health in the county commissioners i'll
/ counties not under township Organiza-
| ton.
| Giving comfy boards discretionary
| power to divide townships outside of
| Incorporated cities into election pre-
| cinctS having less than 200 voters.
| Increasing the salaries of judges OF
/ city courts 10 Sl.5OO per annum in
| cities of 5000 to 23.0O0 inhabitants
| and to $1,000 in cities of over $4,000
| Inhabitants.
Making hazing Il misdemeanor.
| Providing that city and county taxes
shall he extended ON the valuation
| fixed by the state board of cqualiZa-
| ton. and all other taxes on valuations
| fixed by the county board of review.
Repeating the sparrow bounty law.
Providing penalty for failure to re-
| port births and deaths as provided by
I statute.
Providing that petitions for new
| roads must be signed by two-thirdS of
| the land owners along the proposed
| highway.
| beneficiary societies to 20 per cent.
| on the assessment.
| Prohibiting he taking of a census i'm
/ township for the purpose of secur-
| ing additional supervisors except at
/ the time of the taking of the federal
| census.
To permit ex-union soldiers to vend
or peddle goods, fruits. etc, in any
county. city, town or village without
/ license.
Providing that drainage district
| may have an outlet through another
drainage district.
| Providing additional means for in
| creasing the territory of mutual wind
storm Insurance companies.
Providing for the protection OF own
ers of bottles, casks and other con-
| tainers.
To reclasSify the counties of the
| state under the fees and salary act in
| accordance with the new census.
Permitting mutual windstorm dis
| trict insurance companies TO borrow
| money to pay small losses.
Authorizing the secretary of state
| to print the proceedings of the Illinois
| State Teachers Association.
Giving the right to kill squirrels
| from July l to Dec. / and providing
that nonresident hunters licenses
| shall he good throughout the state and
that they must have the photograph
of the hunter thereon.
Making exemption of library taxes
| from the per cent. limit apply to all
| cities of over 1000 inhabitants.
/ ENnn,nLinn- nlenhers Of the Era Nal-