Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24
COMMITTEE TO HEAR
WATERWAY BILLS
NOW BEFORE HOUSE
OBJECTlONABLE FEATURES WILL
BE THRESHED OUT BEFORE
LEGISLATION is READY FOR
LAWMAKERS TO PASS UPON.

LAWMAKERS TO PASS UPON.
. Springfield, H., March 24.-The
waterway connecting the great lakes
with the Mississippi river via the Hi
nois river, the bill to legalize boxing
in Illinois administration measures
regarding juveniles, revenue revision,
and hearings on home rule for public
utilities, good roads. educational mat
ters, housing reform, supervision OF
building, and revision of the law re-
garding registration of nurses are
the most important subjects expected
to feature this weeks legislative pro
gram in the general assembly.
Both branches of the Legislature will
meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
to resume regular routine business.
The question of legalizing boxing
in this state is expected to come to
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week for unless the unexpected oc-
ours proponents of boxing will endeay-
or to get through the upper house
the committee on license bill, which
is now on order of third reading
Opinion is divided as to passage OF
the emasure, but advocates of box
ing bin insist they have sufficient
votes to secure favorable action on
it.
Senator Dunlap's police bill, oppos-
cd by union labor, is also on third
reading and the senator may ask its
passage If he does a hard battle is
certain.
The senate will likely pass dur
ing the week two house bills, one by
Rep. Homer TiCe establishing a state
park at Lincoln's old home at Old
Salem and Dieterichs bill increasing
the rate of taxation for city hospitals
that eBardstown may erect one.
1t is generally understood the four
waterway bills, companion measures
to the main bill backed by the admin
istration will he sent out of both
house and senate committees during
The week and started on their way
1T is the intention to keep them to-
gether in their progress.
Public utilities is expected to be a
subject of much discussion The sen
ate committee last week heard argu-
ments of municipalities as to reasons
for home rule and tomorrow will give
public utilities corporations an oppor-
tunity to answer its critics. The house
utilities aud transportation commit.
tees last week named a subcommittee
to consider all utility bills. This sub.
committee is epected to outline
program Of hearings. This commit
tee will hold a further hearing on
Wednesday on Tees bill to protect
shippers for loss of grain in tran
sit.
It is expected the joint legislative
committee will report on the offer of
Paul Ramser to furnish the state free
eof charge 1900 900 cars of road build.
ing materials from his vast fields
near Tamms in southern Illinois. A
favorable report is regarded is Ger
tain.
The revenue committee of the two
houses are expected to meet this week
to take up the administrative measure
abolishing the state board of equal
ization and establishing in its stead
a taxing commission of three men,
bers with the director of finance an
ex-olficio member.
Following the hearing last Wedues-
day it is expected Senator Kessnger
will call up his housing Dill on the
order of secon! reading in the senate
for a number Of amendments which
have been suggested by experts in
s this line, The senator has announced
that a building bill as a COMPANION
measure is in course of preparation
and likely win be introduced shortly
possibly this week.
A busy week is in prospect with a
Friday session possible owing to the
fact that the municipal elections N
Chicago, Peoria and Springfield and
several other Illinois cities next week
viii break in on legislation at that
time