People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1895 — ILLINCES LEGISLATURE. [ARTICLE]

ILLINCES LEGISLATURE.

Minor ProeeOlinir* of the Upper and Lower Houses Condensed. SpiungfiesD, 111.. Jan. 31. —In the senate to-day Chairman Berry of the committee on judiciary reported favorably on the Ltlls regulating the filing of plats of guound outside of cities and villages, reducing the time for contesting wills fi’om three to two years and amending the assessment law. They were oroiered to third reading. The military deficiency bill, and the bill providing for the reconstruction of the insane asylum at Anna were passed with emergency clauses. Senator Fitzpatri ck introduced a bill to remove the §5,000 death limit. It is almost identical with the Nohe bill introducetl at the last session. Senator Bert’y introduced a bill for uniformity of text books in public schools. It is the same bill he introduced atthe last session of the legislature. Mr. Woolsey intrcdjuced a bill in the house to-day which uins to abolish A. P. A. order and subject them to large fines. The bill says tha I aJI members of societies which tends to ostracise persons for holding other religious beliefs shall be considered conspirators and subject to a fine not less than §SOO or more than §|2,000. The complainant against the ’violateirs of the act is to receive have the fii»e collected, whilethe reinaider is to be credited to the public school, fund.