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


tai practitioners from jury service.
s. B. $50. (McElvain). Providing
for the supervision of fraternal insur-
ance societies by the state insurance
department
s. B. 377. (Stewart). Providing
for the appointment of park commits
sioners by the judges Of county courts
In townships where there are no park
boards.
S. B. 1856. Henson). Industrial
) commission bill for the welfare Of EN-.
ployes in factories, providing for SAM
tation OF workshops and protection of
dangerous machinery.
S. B. AIS. (JuuD. Creating state
art commission of eight to advise on
all works of art and buildings erected
by the state.
S. B. 419. Daley. Permitting
library boards to levy on library funds
and taking the power away from NUM-
cipal authorities.
Submerged Lands to Be Sold.
S. B. 24S. Providing for the sale of
the 234 acres of land to the Illinois
Steel company for s37 1857.
S. B. 1896. Providing for the sale of
IS acres on the south side of the Calu-
| met river to the Iroquois Steel com,
pany, for sS,S53.
S. B. 523. Providing for the sale Of
16 acres to the American Smelling and
| Refining company, for $1,675.
S. B. 392. Preventing the removal
| of a dead body over which the coroner
has jurisdiction from the county in
| which it is lying without first obtain
| ing permission.
S. B. 100. Allowing fire insurance
companies to invest in stocks or bonds,
and providing that no loans shall be
made on stocks and bonds for more
than so per cent of their market value.
| S. b. 35S Establishing county for
est preserves district by the appoint
ment of president and four commits
sioners to be named by the county
| Judge. The salary of the president is
fixed at $4,000 per annum and the COM
missioners at 800 per annum.
S. b. 2S6. Regulating corporations
organized in Illinois for profit and re.
| pealing all the corporation laws in con-
| f1ict with it. Under the new law there
is no maximum limit of the number
who may form a corporation The
minimum par value of capital stock
of any corporation shall be $4,000
| Meetings of directors may be held
within or without the state.
The requirement for the antitrust
affidavit is omitted; in its stead there
lis required an annual statement of as.
sets, liabilities and real estate The
fee for increase of capital stock or for
the Incorporation of a new company
| with capital stock of $1,000 is reduc
ed from 81 per $1,000 to Is cents. An
| annual tax of one twentieth of ] per
cent of the par value of capital stock
is made in lieu of all taxes upon CAPT
tai stock and franchises of corpora
tons.
/ State Bureau Of Statistics.
s. 3. ass. Creating state bureau
of statistics of five members, three o
whom shall be manual laborers to col
i lect information and labor statistics
for the use of the state at salary al
SIS per day for actual service and
$4,000 per annum for secretary.
S. B. $40. Providing that under Ger
tain circumstances commissioners of ;
city may acquire park lands without
j petition of 100 voters.
i S. B. 266. Providing for the restora
ton of letters of administration grant
!, ed to public administrators in thu
event that relatives are found
S. 3. 265. Providing that wills exc
cuted or published outside of the state
may be admitted to probate in am
county within the state where the ties
tator has personal property.
81 S. B. 273. Providing for the election
of treasurer of fire departments who
shall receive from the city treasure
the money paid by foreign companie!
| as tax for doing business in the city
one-half to be kept for the pension
, fund of the fire department and tn,
other half to be spent for the improve
ment of the department.
S. B. 1856. Providing that a CLAIM
: for rent may be Joined to a suit 70
eviction.
i S. B. i57. Providing that count,
boards shall pay for the printing ant
/ postage of all county officers.
Il S. B. "a. Defining widows award I,
be at least $500; cash allowance of no
more than $500 for each child to b.
! paid in quarterly payments.
' S. B. n. Giving circuit courts Il
!, term time and circuit judges in vaca
ton time concurrent authority wit
:! county courts in matters pertaining t
| drainage.
, 8. B. 1863. Provides for the inspec
:. ton of home finding institutions by tn
I state agent of the board of charlie
a and fixes the agents salary at $500
/ per annum.
S. B. 173. Validates wills not unde
II seal. Authorizes courts to determin
;. heirship to allow appeal to circui
VI court.
y State Fire Marshal.
s. B. 81. Creating the office Of tn
2 state fire marshal at salary of 300
/ and a deputy at $500 and two assis