Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-23
NEW LAWS PASSED BY LEGISLATURE
COVER WIDE AND VARIED SCOPE

Requiring county board to pa h"
bounty oi two cents head on ra'~
killed in lott or ten.
Making it a misdemeanor to de-
etrov or waste food TO the value oil
SIS or nora with intent to influence
mlrEei Tr.ces.
Regulating sales an cousignments
bv commission men Of farm products
by giving compleye supervision II
the busmes. with fJD power of inyes'
tfsation to ne {. nartment of ayr
culture and requiring licensing oil
commission men.
Requiring persons pracucing optom-
ciry ana their apprentices to be reEi'-
tered with he department OF elUc"
ito, and registration.
Authorizing school districts 70 III
crease tax levy from three To four
pcr cent on referendum vote OF the
district not exceeding three per cent
to be used for educational purposes
Appropriatiug S1610.o00 for oper-
alive expenses and supplies of the
state charities. penal aud retorma-
tory institutions
lMchding the provisions Of the
soldiers burial law for burials to in
cludo deceased soldiers. sailors and
marines of the world war, burial costs
limited to SO.
Authorizing towns of less than y
oot population to levy not exceed
ing three mills on a referendum vote
for erection and maintenance Of com
munity buildings.
Validating the thirty-two high
school districts knocked OUT when
the Supreme Court decided uuconst'-I
tutional the act Of 1917
Prohibiting the discharge into 1ny .
nayigable stream Of acids or other
matter which would pollute the wat /
er
Empowering the department Of la /
Dor to maintain free employment bu-I
reaus in cities of $4,000 or over, ap F.
$4,000 for the purpose. |
Appropriatmg $1,000 for joint in.
yestgation of Wilbur Glenn Voliya .
and Zion City
Creating the Illinois Farm TeEan- /
cy commission of five members TO be .
named by the governor to investigate
relations Of landlord and tenant, APP /
$4,000 for the same
Extending the operation OF the
compensation act to state, (
county, city, town incorporated vii /
lagos aud other municipal corpora
lions and to the distribution of com
CT horse drawn or motor
vehicles where the employer en-
ployes more than three persons
Authorizing the sanitsy district Of
Chicago to develop, le3se, purchase /.
and sell water power or electric en-
ergy along the Illinois waterway
Appropriating $125,000 to the de
partment Of public works to purchase |
and develop noyaculite deposits to
be used in hard road construction.
Giving Illinois the enabling act to
allow state to take advantage of the
federal appropriation of the Smith
Hughes act for vocational education
Appropriating S125.O00 to the south
Cn Illinois penitentiary to repair its
limestone grinder and to install cleo
trical machinery for the improve,
ment and enlargement OF the lime.
stone plant
Made arrangements for the placing
Of the reserve militia on practically
the same basis as that of the national
guard
Providing for commitment in Ge-
neya schools for females under IS
years ~c3l"e.ed in federal coats
Providing any boy under Il years
convicted Of federal offense may be
sent to St Charles home
Requiring county recorders to re-
cord discharges Of soldiers free oil
Appropriating $1,000 for expense of
legislative committee which investi.
gated high cost Of building materials
and so-called cement trust.
Adding in department Of registra-
ton on education an immigratioll
commission or I'VE members to make !
surveys Of conditions of employment