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


er to compel the sale of dry measure
commodities by weight instead of by
measure.
s. B. $50. Providing that munich.
palities may use their sinking funds V
pay off bonded Indebtedness.
S. b. 62. Making twenty-four feet
the minimum length of cabooses to be
usLd on railroads.
H. B. 500. (Troyer). To enable park
commissioners to raise fuXs for the
acquisition and maintenance of small
parks by issue of bonds authorized by
referendum vote. Bonds not TO exceed
100000. Emergency bill.
II. b. ISL. (Price). Providing for the
creation Of a police pension fund in
cities from 1000 to $4,000 inhabitants,
to be made up of three-fourths of The
dog licenses, per cent of liquor
licenses. l per cent of all fines for
violation of city ordinances and all
monies collected for special police
services.
II. B. II. price,. Amending the
roads and bridges act to provide for
the payment to the treasurer of cities
and towns having more than $4,000 in
habitants, of one-half the tax for roads
and bridge purposes in counties under
county and township organization.
II. B. 81. Murray, by requesD. Re-
pealing the act which provides that
| delegates selected to legislate for fra
ternal insurance societies must be ben
eficiary members of the order to which
they belong.
Fixes Fees Of ConstabIes.
II. B. 104. (Keck). Fixing the fees
| of constables, sheriffs and deputy sher-
| ifs at S. per day for attendance at cir
cult court.
Fl. B. 1873. (Chiperfield. Amending
| the act in relation to courts of records
| in cities by fixing the salaries of judges
| in such courts as follows: Under 5. 900
population. $500; 5000 to 5000, $500:
5000 to $4,000. $4,000; over % $50
$4,000. Additional judges in the last
| class, $1,000.
| H. B. 1874. (Erby). Establishing a
| military and naval code of Illinyls.
and providing for denomination of all
officers every five years. The bill l.;
intended to bring the state militia into
| conformity with the rules of the regu-
| lar army
H. B. All. (Beck). Prohibiting the
| erection of bill boards within five
hundred feet of public parks or boulc-
wards in cities of 100000 or more IN
habitants Existing bill boards shall
be removed within one year.
II. B. 422. (Scanlan). Fixing the
pay of court reporters at eight dollars
day with ten cents per one hundred
words of transcript
H. B. 555. (By Hollenbeck) Amend
ing the pauper act by empowering
counties to recover by suit from rela-
ties of paupers the expense of caring
for pauper inmates of county aims
houses.
II. B. $40. Committee bilD. Fixing
the salaries of the circuit courts in
counties Of the second class at six dol.
lars per day.
H. B. 5S1. Committee bilD. Pro-
hibiting members of a firm or corpora
ton or their agents or employees from
| making false representation of the
financial condition of such firm or cor.
poration for the purpose of obtaining
credit. The bill makes such action a
| felony, punishable by fine of $4,000. or
Imprisonment from one to ten years.
II. B. GIG. Church, by request)
! Extending the jurisdiction Of the In
surance department over the surety
companies and compelling such com
panics to file their premium rates with
the insurance department.
Some More Appropriations.
Fl. B. 657. (Fieldstack, by request)
Fixing the salaries of clerks of courts
in Cook county, and of some other Off
GERS and barring them from receiving
! fees. The salaries in the bill are as
follows: Clerks of the circuit, s,lpe-
rior, county, criminal and probate
courts $4,000 per year; coroner and
recorder, $4,000 per year; county
treasurer, $4,000 per year; sheriff
$1,000 per year.
i H. B. 524. (Shanahan, by reuuest)
Appropriating $1,000 to the state his
torical library.
Fl. B. 537. Oudgeon). Appropriat
ing $4,000 per year for the support of 6
department of mining engineering al
the University of Illinois.
H. B. GA. (Stearns), Appropriate
ing $1,000 annually for two years fol
the use of the Grand Army of the Re
public for printing records of soldiers
and sailors.
II. B. 704. (Shanahan, by request)
Appropriating S2,2OO,O00 to pay stat,
officers and members of the next gen
eral assembly.
Fl. B. 80. (Chiperfield). For an ap
preparation of $1,000 annually for two
years for the expenses of the annua
meeting of the Illionis State Poultr,
association.
For Music In the Parks.
H. B. 6S. CZipf). Appropriatin!
$500 per year for the expenses of tn
Illinois Firemen's association.
H. B. 1S9. Dillon). Appropriatirl
$4,000 for putting water mains an
cement walks in the premises of tn
Grant home at Galena.