Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1903 — ILLINOIS SOLONS ACT. [ARTICLE]

ILLINOIS SOLONS ACT.

House at Springfield Adopts Resolutions for a Fuel Inquiry. The Illinois House of Representatives Tuesday adopted resolutions providing for an investigation of conditions ipveruing the supply of coal in the Kta/e. The suffering caused by the shortage brought out a set of resolutions from Representative Davies of Cook County, providing for a committee of five House members clothed with full power to subpoena awd swear witnesses nnd order the production of books and papers and all accounts that may assist the committee in arriving at a conclusion concerning tho hardships endured in Illinois as a result of the'coni shortage. The committee is Instructed to work in conjunction with the State officials now conducting an investigation along the same lines.