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


ments of the Forty-second general as
sembly was the repeal of the Case gar
nishment law. Labor organizations all
over the state demanded the repeal of
the Case law. while, the State Retail
Merchants Association fought the re-
peal measure. \ radical change in the
law regarding punishment OF wages is
made. Following is the full text OF
the new law:
Garnishment Law.
The wages for services of "A wage
Garner who is the head Of a family
and residing with the same. to the
amount of SO week shall he exempt
from punishment. All above the sum
OF SO per week shall bc liable To
Garnishment. Every employer shall
pay TO such wage Garner such exempt
wages not To exceed the sum of SD
per week OF each weeks wages earned
10y him, when due, upon such wage
Garner making and delivering to his
employer his affidavit that he is such
head of n family and residing with the
same, Notwithstanding the service of
any writ of garniShmcnt upon such
employer. and the surplus only above
such exempt wages shall he held 10y
such employer to abide the event OF
the garniShment suit. If the amount
OF wages subject to garnishment shall
not equal the costs of the garnish-
ment whatever remains of costs shall
Ice paid by the person bringing the
punishment proceedings. and judG-
ment shall he entered therefor against
him. and no judgment for any such
deficiency of costs shall go against
the wage Garner or the defendant.
No employer so served with garnish-
ment shall in any case he liable to
answer for any amount not earned 10y
the wage Garner at the time of the
service of the writ of punishment.
Before bringing suit demand i'm
writing shall first be made upon the
wage Garner and the employer for the
excess above the amount herein ex-
empted and n copy of such demand
shall be left with him and with the
employer. having endorsed thereon the
time of service. at least twenty-fOur
hours previous to bringing such suit.
Such notice shall be filed with the
justice, or clerk of court. with the
manner and time of the service of the
same endorsed thereon. and the return
duly sworn to before some officer au-
thorized to administer oaths, before il
shall he lawful to issue n summons i'm
such case, or to require an employer
to answer in any garnishee proceed
ings. Any Judgment rendered with
out such demand being served upon
the wage Garner. and so proven and
filed as aforesaid shall be void. The
excess of wages shall be held by the
employer. subject to punishment by
the creditor serving demand. for FIVE
days after such service of demand"
Five Per Cent Tax Limit Bill.
Another measure OF special signifi-
canoe is the per cent. tax limit bill.
This measure passed the senate with
out difficulty. but in the house IL was
only saved from being killed by the
speaker. under his gaval. In its
amended form the bill was passed
with little opposition.
The bill provides that the aggregate
OF all the taxes in any taxing district
or municipality shall not exceed
per cent OF the assessed valuation OF
the property in such districts or mu
nicipality. exclusive of state taxes,
village taxes. levee taxes. school build
ing taxes, district school taxes, high
school taxes and all other school
taxes. roads and bridge taxes and
also bonded Indebtedness taxes in
cities whose bonded Indebtedness ex-
ceeds 10 per cent. of the assessed valu-
alton of the property stherein upon
which. under existing laws, taxes are
required to be extended. and taxes
levied pursuant to the mandate or
Judgment of any court of record on
any bonded Indebtedness"
kidnapping BILL
Another measure for which there
was a sudden and insistent demand
the result OF n recent case attracting
general attentions that known as
the kidnapping bill. 1t provides that
whoever shall verbally or by written