The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-18
LANTZS GRAIN
EXCHANGE BILL
PASSES SENATE
Market Measure Pre-.
uails by Vote of
26 to %.
Springfield, Ill, May 49,
The senate passed the Lantz
grain exchange bill this after.
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Spr1ngnel0, He May To-
The senate passed the Lantx
grain exchange bill this after.
noon, by a vote Of S6 to g.
The Lantz bill now goes to the
house. where a finish fight will be
staged. The bill provides that op-
Grafton of grain exchanges shall be
under regulation of the state de-
partment of agriculture. |
Senator Lantz expects to call up
the companion bill abolishing trad
ing in futures tomorrow.
The vote on the Lantz bill fol-
lows:
For: Bailey, Bardill, Barr, Buck.
Cuthbertson, Dunlap, Duvall, Es-
sington, Forester, Gray, Hamilton,
Hanson, Jewell. Kessinger, Lantz.
Meents, Mills, Pervier, N. E. Smith.
o. W. Smith, Sneed, Spence, Tel
ford. Wheeler. Wood and Wright,
Republicans-26.
Against the bill: Austin. Barbour,
Clark, Cornwell, Daley, Ettleson,
Glenn, Hicks, MacMufray, Marks,
Roos, Sadler, Shulze, Van Lent,
Republicans; Boehm, Broderick,
Carroll, DENVER, Glackin, Herlihy,
Hughes and Sullivan, Democrats.
Total, %.
Springfield, ILL.,, May 1S.-The
final test over the Lantz grain ex-
change bills began today after Sem
ator Lantz called up for passage
his bill placing operation of grain
exchanges under regulation by the
state department of agriculture,
The roll call, it is expected. will
not be completed until late this aft
ernoOn.
Springfield, ILL.,, May 1S.-Sena-
tor Kessinger's county patrol bill
has been reported out to the SEN
ate. 1t is substitute for the Dun
lap state police bill which has been
pending in the senate for two
weeks. County boards are author
lied to appoint patrolmen to work
under the direction of the sheriff.
The number of patrolmen for
each county between $4,000 and
100000 population under the Kes-
singer bill shall not exceed Is. In
counties over 100000 the. force shall
I be limited to SO and in counties OF
! less than $4,000 population the max.
imum number is 10. County boards
are given power to fix the salaries
I of patrolman, but S35 for each pa.
trolman shall be paid by the state
Amendment of the continuation
school bill by the house increases
the age requirement for attendance
from 16 to Is years but makes the
maintenance of continuation schools
optional with boards of education
Iinstead of mandatory. In districts
where continuation schools are es'
tablished all minors under 18 years
of age, must attend if they do mo-
attend the regular schools.
The appropriations committee O
the senate and house have strucl
out in opposite directions, the sen
ate committee reporting favorabl.
on a batch of bills while the hous'
lcommittee devoted its time to kill
ing measures.
| Bills reported out by the senat
committee included the following
Senator Glenns bill appropriat
ing $4,000 for a monument in Muir
physboro to the memory Of Genera
John A. Logan.
F., Bills by Senator Barr, appropri
ating over 5000. 900 to pay claims Il
conformity with awards made b
the court of claims.
Soldiers Pensions.
Senator Telfords bill establish
,, ing monthly pensions OF $40 for in
digent soldiers who served in tn
!, Illinois state militia during th
Civil war, but who were never i
!, the United States army and there
.. fore not provided with pensions.
Representative Frisch's bill al
= propriating $4,000 for pawn
: adjacent to the state buildings {
Jacksonville.
q The Seaman bill appropriatin
$180,1S1 to the constitutional col
ventiOn.
The flag smut" bill introduce
by Representative Smejkal appr,
priating $l0,0o1 to the departmel
OF agriculture for fighting a new
discovered wheat disease.