Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01

The Forty-sixth general assembly
made great progress with bills after
breaking the senatorial deadlock. One
of the last measures to get through
the states charitable institutions. The
following bills passed both senate and
house:
The Busse bond bills, which were
passed. are a series of twelve, number
ed house bills 50. 70, II, 70, 10, "A, 10.
&c. II. 293. 294 and 600. They make
possible an increase of $16,0O0,000 in
the bonded Indebtedness of the city of
Chicago, and proportionate increase
in the bonded Indebtedness of all other
municipalities in the state by the de-
vice of arriving at the assessed valu-
alton of property for taxing purposes
by dividing the actual value by three
instead of five and making a CORES
ponding reduction In the tax rate, so
that while the bonding power is in
creased, the taxes are left at practi-
cally their present figure.
House bill 600 excerpts the sanitary
district from the increase in bonded in
debtedness. The referendum bill ap-
plies to all bond issues.
For Earthquake Sufferers.
S. B. 16. (Glackin). Appropriatins
$4,000 for the relief of the Italian
earthquake sufferers.
8. B. 81. (Pemberton). Appropri-
ating $4,000 for the committee ex-
penses of the Forty Sixth general as
semblv.
S. B. 234. (Curtis). Appropriating
for emergency needs of the Elgin asy-
1um $4,000 for maintenance of tuber-
cular hospital and cottages, and $4,000
for psychopathic hospital at Kanka-
kee.
H. B. 10. (Shanahan, by requestl.
Appropriating $1,000 for the running
expenses of the supreme court build
ing.
II. B. III. (Chiperfield). Appropri-
ating s7.673 for transport of gunboat
Nashville from Boston to Chicago for
the Illinois naval reserves.
II. B. 244. (ChiperfieldD. Appropri-
ating $1,000 for committee expenses
on investigation of submerged lands.
Tax Law Commission.
II. B. 205. (Shanahan, by request).
Creating a commission to investigate
taxation and to report on revising and
amending tax laws and appropriating
$4,000 for expenses of commission to
be composed of seven persons.
Fl. B. 10. (WrighD. Providing for
the expenditure of not more than $50
for the burial expenses of INDECENT de-
ceased soldiers and sailors of the civil
war, Spanish-American war and the
Philippine instruction
s. B. sol. (By committee). Making
the appropriations for the state normal
schools as follows: Northern Illinois
Normal at DeKalb, s2OS12.5O: East
ern Normal at Charleston, $4,000;
State Normal at Normal. 500, 800;
Western Normal at Macomb, S13.50O;
Southern Normal at Carbonate,
s7.114, and for a training school at the
DeKaIb Normal. $4,000
s. B. 1877. (Funk). Appropriatine
$4,000 annually for the Illinois farm.
ers' institute
S B. sci (By Hurburgh). APP
propriating S1.296 to pay the expenses
of the state industrial commission.
S. B. sol (By Hurburgh) APP
ing an emergency appropriation of SIS
coo with which to meet the deficiency
in the fund for paying the expenses OF
returning fugitives from justice.
For Sanitary Districts.
II. 3. les. (Wright). Providing that
counties may purchase and hold real
estate for the erection of sanatoriums
for the treatment of tuberculosis pa
tients and shall have power to build
and maintain such sanatoriums.
by the governor April 26. A law.
II. B. 215. GTlannigen). Legalizine
the organization of sanitary districts
in cases where a part of the district
YVES within city under city election
law but the election by which the san
itary district was organized was moi
held under the city law but by the di
rection of the county court.
H. b. ST. (McMackin). Providing
that the question of raising additional
taxes for building county court house!
may be submitted to a vote at the
judicial election this year.
S. B. 0. tPotter). Making Oct. 1:
in each year legal holiday to b;
known as Columbus day.
s. B. ~. fPemberton). Raising thu
salary of the state superintendent G
insurance to $4,000 a year.
s. B. 149. (Funk). Permitting town
ship insurance companies to issue poll
cies for sc. 900 on a single risk in plac'
Of the present limitations of $500
s. B. 139. (Glackin). Providing TO
The establishment of tuberculosis SAM
soriums in cities and authorizing tn
levying of tax of one mill.
s. B. 367. daley, by requesD. Mod
ern Woodmen bill, authorizing frater
nal societies to erect and operate hos
pitfalls asylums and sanitariums, no
for profit.
ri. b. 100. (Cliffe). Prohibiting
Proper Care