Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
10 create a state board of medIca

10 create state board or medical
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Providingth in counties of less than
100000 states attorneys shall be paid
salaries fixed by the county board in
lien of all fees and that the fees shall
be collected by the clerks and paid into
the county treasury.
Requiring administrators and eXecu-
tors to register land held by them I'M
der the TorrenS' land act
The bill amending the veterinary
practice act by extending the time in
which old practitioners may obtain
license without examination was adj
vanced to second reading without ref
erence. The bill making embezzlement
of trust funds larceny was read a sec
ond time and sent to third reading. as
was the house committee bill on APP
propriating $4,000 for improvements
at the state fair ground. The bill to
quiet the title to lands in cases where
public records have been destroyed by
fire or otherwise was treated the same
way.
The bill providing that elevated rail
ways shall he assessed the same as
other street railways was also read a
second time and advnced. On motion
of Nohe the senate bill giving corpora
atoms power % decrease the par value
of their shares of capital stock was
recommitted to the committee on cor
porationS for amendment
The following house bills were read
a second time and ordered to third
reading: Requiring railroads to rebuild,
within four months, stations which
have been destroyed by fire: providing
for the free conveyance of pupils 10
school: requiring co: operations to per-
NIT the investigation of accidents in
volving personal injuries; providing
that petitions for dissolution of farm
drainage districts must be signed by
a majority of the adult land owners
owning more than One-third of the
land in the district; amending the in
surance law in regard to the deposit |
reserve and the registration of policies
and annuity bonds; preventing fire in
surance companies from forming a
trust for the purpose of regulating |
premiums.
The following senate bills Were read |
a second time and advanced to third |
reading: Increasing the salaries of the |
state officers; providing that Oak Park |
and Berwyn, Cook county. may come |
in under the jurisdiction of the election |
commissioners of Chicago if they so |
desire: amending the law with regard |
to fire, marine and inland navigation |
insurance companies. by providing that |
companies engaged in insuring milling |
property mayaccept notes aS premiums
in lieu of cash: legalizing acknowledge |
mentS of deeds, mortgages and other
in writing heretofore taken
by notary public, justice of the peace
or other officer. who may have been Il
in any such corporation
at the time of making such acknowl-
edgments.
All of the house and senate apprO-
priation bills on the order of second
reading were advanced to third read
ing During the session of the house
Indy made several attempts to call
up the senate bin ceding to the United
States government certain lands abut-
ting on the Chicago river for the pur-
pose of constructing turning basin
for lake vessels. At each attempt he
was met by objections from Nohe, and
ne failed to advance the measure.
At p. m. the house adjourned until
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