Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-01
MANY MEASURES
Get dunno VETO
Over Two Million Dollars Are Cut
From the Legislatures Various
appropriations.

Springfield, Ill, July AT l2:55 p.
m. yesterday the 49th general assem-
bly, Of Illinois, after receiving a rec
ord number of vetoes from Governor
Dunno. in which total Of $2,275 ,096
was sIashed from the various appro-
priation measures, adjourned sine die
Nineteen measures in all failed to re
ceive the executives approval, while
four important bills still hang iii the
balance. the time limit given the gov
ernor to act upon them not having
expired These include the bill pro-
viding for the appointment by the sec
Rotary Of state oil a state board to CEN
sor moving pictures, the Calumet har-
Dor bill, the measure increasing sal
aries of members of the legislature
from $4,000 TO $4,000 a term, and the
Curran bill providing for the state
licensing of structural engineers
Amounts ranging from $1,000 to $780,
600 were vetoed in Is appropriation
bills. reducing the total appropriations
voted by the session which has just
closed to approximately $41.000,000.
I l. D.
of Vandalia, and appropriating $780,
900 for the building of state aid roads
during the biennial period commenc-
ing July /, 1915. was the largest sin
gle appropriation to be vetoed. This
does not mean, however, that the state
will not contribute towards the con-
struction of hard roads durtr the en-
suing two years. as an appropriation
carrying approximately 100000 for
this purpose has already been signed
and will become law July 1.
A total of s427,45 was trimmed
from the omnibus" appropriation
measure, varying amounts being We
toed from the appropriation passed for
every state department The normal
school appropriation bill was cut TO
the amount of 100000, while a total
of 1882 900 was vetoed in the Smejkal
bill, appropriating $3,l55,00o for the
salaries of officers and members of the
next general assembly and certain
state officers.
| From the omnibus bill the governor
trimmed all of the $4,000 appropria-
ted to the state highway commission
in house bill 836
A reduction Of 100000 was made in
the appropriation for normal school
buildings. Armory appropriations
were trimmed $4,000 This affects
the sth and End infantries in Chicago
| and arnories all over the state. The
appropriation to repay farmers for
cattle killed during the foot and mouth
disease epidemic was cut approximate
ly 100000.
! Other bills vetoed include:
/ H. B. $50 (TurnerJ providing that If
| employees of insurance companies
make any unjust determinations they
| shall be deemed guilty of an "act to
correct certain abuses and to prevent
unjust discrimination of and by life
| insurance companies doing business IN
| this state" etc, vetoed for the reason
that it would emasculate and weaken
the existing law.
| s. B. 274 (Stewart} amends section
s of IAN act to establish and maintain
parks and parkways in towns and
townships" by authorizing parS COM
/ missioners TO levy annual taxes not
exceeding three mills formerly one
MILL on each dollar of assessed vaiu-
lation. Vetoed because Of the absence
of a referendum clause for the imposi-
ton of park taxes.
Fl. B. SOS (Hamlin1 regulating pub
lie accountants Vetoed for the Tea'
son that the class Of men from wn1e :.
the governor would be compelled q
select a board of public accountants
wound be limited TO about twenty OF
thirty men in the state of Illinois.
4 S. 3. 432 NANNY requiring uniform