People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1895 — ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. [ARTICLE]

ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

Measures of Importance Acted on Yesterday. Spring’field, 111., April 24.—The valley people made their long-threatened attack upon the Humphreys Sanitary District bill in the senate this morning, when the measure came up on second reading. The discussion eortinued up to adjournment, and will '. me up tomorrow as the pending question. Senator Evans called up his bill providing tor the retirement fund and pensioning of school teachers, which stood on the calendar as special order on third reading. The bill was passed by a unanimous vote. Senator A spinwall’s pool bill was again postponed for one week on request of the introducer. Senator Leerer’s bills providing for the dissolution of corporations, and providing that the Attorney General may bring suits for the people in any Circuit Court in the state passed. Senator Howell’s bill, apropriating $40,000 for the improvements at the Normal University at Normal, was advanced to the third reading. Senator Littler’s bill to repeal the Trust law was a special order on second reading. The first question considered was Paisley’s amendment providing that where there is an increase in the price of the commodity used by the formation of pools one-half of the Increases shall be to increase the wages of the employes of the consolidation. The amendment was lost and the bill was advanced to the third reading. After a fierce debate lasting over an hour the house killed the Gibson resolution calling for an investigation of Chicago assessors. The resolution was defeated on a viva-voce vote.