Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-27
FINANCE BILLS
TO RUN STATE
BEFORE SOLONS
House Committee Presents Appro
priation Measures Aggregating
$4,000, 900.
CONFORM TO THE BUDGET
Expenditures Based on Report of
Finance Department-Adiourn
0Fer Weekend.

Springfield, H., March 27.-Ap-
preparations aggregating more than
sS40, 900, 900 for the conduct of the
state government and educational
institutions for the biennum begin
ling July 1, next, are carried in
Fills introduced in the house by
Representative SmeIkaI of Chicago
chairman of the house appropria-
lions committee today The ex-
penditures conform largely to rec
concentrations made in the budget
submitted by the finance depart
Ment.
Appearance Of the appropriation
measures was followed by. brief
session and adjournment of the
house until next Wednesday.
The senate quit at noon for the
week.
The largest item in the Smejkal
appropriation bills was that of $32,-
100000 for general state purposes,
equally divided between the years
1919 and 1920 For school pur-
poses the measure carries $4,000
eco to cover each year of the bien-
mum in lieu of the mill tax.
Salaries of members of the next
general assembly and other officials
t5tal 1928, 566.
Funds for State Schools.
For state normal schools $1,55s,-
S4e would be appropriated divided
as follows:
State normal, 1888, 220: northern
Illinois normal, 1886. 500 eastern
Illinois normal, $272, S46; southern
Illinois normal, $285,630. and west
ern Illinois normal. S274 $50.
The house today passed Repre-
sentative Bancroft's bill. 10 to 0,
making available the privileges of
scholarships of the University OF
Illinois in professional schools and
colleges of the university.
Representative McDavid's bill
permitting cities under $4,000 pop
nlation to purchase and establish,
as well as maintain" public parks,
was passed 112 to o.
The house also passed the Self
bill. raising the limit of salaries of
deputy clerks of municipal courts
from $1,000 to $4,000 and of deputy
bailiffs from $1,000 to $4,000. The
vote was 1UU TO :.
Bill for Mothers Pensions.
Representative Frank Ryan of
Chicago, Democrat, gave notice in
the house that on next Wednesday
he would move to place senate bill
IS, by Senator Canaday, intended to
Increase the tax for mothers pen
sions, on the house calendar. The
measure, which passed the senate
last week, is in the house revenue
committee and is being supported
as a minority bill Majority lead
ers have attempted to include the
Canaday~ measure in the group of
revenue bills that are to be sent
back to the revenue committee for
reconsideration.
BY vote of 112 to 0. the house
1 today passed the Jewell bill per-
hitting the city of Chicago to file d
supplemental budget. The measure
carries an emergency clause and
will become law when the governor
signs it. Any additional appropri-
atoms the city council of Chicago
NAV see fit to make will relate back
10 the beginning of the fiscal year
and the council will be empowered
to issue certificates Of Indebtedness
MP to a total of one-fourth of the
aggregate amount of the 1919 apz
preparation
The senate executive committee
today reported out with favorable
Recommendation the resolution Of
the house license and miscellany
committee providing for an investi
cation OF Zion~Cfty and similar in
stitutions. Action by the senate was
deferred The house adopted the
Resolution several weeks ago.
Senator Bucks bill intended to
place safeguards around the exist
ing absent voters law, was passed
by the senate 81 to /. The senate
also passed IS to 2. Senior Turn
bachs bill to regulate the consign-
ment and sale on commission of
farm products.
Waterway bills were advanced in
the senate to second reading.
Bills were introduced by Senator
Roos and Representative Roder1ck
to license by the department of ag-
yicuiture the sale or handling of
eggs or the manufacture ~of egg
products. They went to the agricul-
turaI committee.
The bill introduced by Represen-
tative Douglas would make a city
liable for two-thirds of any loss
caused by explosions within the
municipal limits Another bill
would provide for the licensing of
ice cream manufacturers by the
state.