The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-26
|DlIY IN ROW
UER AUTO TAX;
|l||D M'CASkRIN
- WItA Ststes Attorney Ben
~ Prspssed Injunction T.
! Prevent DistTibat3en.
Carl L. Anderson

arpsrvisors Carl L. Anderson.
- H. Richards and G. c. OPP
ayrIs, representing committees on
,.s,aIation and on state aid high
-, Of the Rock Island county
s,rd. have been directed to con-
-, states Attorney Ben 8. Bell
~ ~ matter Of bringing court
ION to prevent the state from
ssrsrtins automobile license money
s.cm the road fund created to pay
..tsrest and principal OF the $780,
$4,000 bond issue.
REPRESENTATIVE Harry M. McCasx-
in Individually is resorting to the
;rtusction process to restrain the
.,.ts o6,cials from paying to the
.sveral counties amounts set forth
= ma Holiday bill, contending that
y. funds will be diverted illegal
- 4 tha 1ill becomes q law. The
$500 measure, which passed
,ns houss, gives to certain counties
= narcentsge of what they spent on
Improvement of highways later
adoptsd for the state bond issue
systsm.
II Is contended by Representa-
iva McCaskrin that the referen-
dum by which the people approved
AZ the 36O,0O0,000 bond issue and
nrovided means for retirement Of
the bonds, so tied up these funds
that the legislature is without auth
ority to pass them out in any mali
neT.
"vermillion county issued bonds
and built its roads, and it has the
hard roads; Rock Island county
did not issue bonds and has no harl
roads, and why should the money
II contributes to the road fund OF
the state be taken to pay for Yer
million county's roads that it want
ed for itself, and which do not bene-
1t Rock Island county any," is the
argument of the representative.
Board Takes Up Fight
Members Of the board of super
vsors have become interested in
the contentious OF Representative
McCaskrin, and to the end tina,
some support might be given him
the committees on legislation and
on state aid highways held a joint
session at the courthouse yester.
day afternoon. After full dis.
cussion the committee named above
was authorized to confer with the
states attorney with a view to sup.
porting the position Of the repre-
sentative.
One matter under consideration
d action to enjoin the state from
collecting automobile license none,
IN Rock Island county to be divert
ed from uses designated by vote Q
the people.
That will make a double barrelet
attack on the officials Of the state
u the bill is passed.
At the close Of the joint meetin,
tho highway committee met alone
II gave its endorsement formal,
10 the proposition to vote a tax o
3lS mills for construction of har
roads in Rock Island county. &C
cording to plans set forth in tn
resolution calling the election I
BE- held June 6. In voting to sub
NIT tie proposition to the voters q
tho county, the board merely act
ID upon petition from the requi.
I'd number Of persons. The actio
yesterday afternoon was an unqual
lied endorsement of the propose
to levy the tax.
Map Shows Routes.
Wallace Treichler, county super
fntendent OF highways, was befor
the committee with a map of tn
county showing the bond issu
roads and state aid roads, and upo,
which he will show the roads desis
mated for the county road system