People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1895 — WILL ADJOURN JUNE 14. [ARTICLE]

WILL ADJOURN JUNE 14.

Dltaola House and Senate Reaeb an Agreement. Springfield, 111., May 22.—The date of the sine die adjournment of the Thirtyninth General Assembly was definitely fixed this morning. It is to be June 14. The date was decided upon by a house caucus a week or so ago. The house on the morning following the caucus adopted a joint resolution setting the date of sine die adjournment nt June 14, and this morning the senate concurred in the resolution, which came up as special order and on motion of Senator Aspinwall was adopted. Senator Littler’s Revenue bill, which was the special order of the morning, was put on its third reading. The bill contains about 50,000 w’ords and the reading of it took up the greater part of the forenoon session. After the reading of the bill further consideration of it was postponed until next Tuesday. On motion of Senator Crawford consideration of the veto message on his railroad bills, which was a special order, was also postponed until Tuesday. All the house bills on first reading were in acordance with a resolution recently adopted by the senate referred to the appropriate senate committees. Senator Harding introduced a bill regulating the practice of medicine, and Senator Munroe offered a resolution recommending that the convicts of Joliet penitentiary be employed in constructing the waterway from Lockport to the Mississippi. The senate adjourned until 10 o’clock tomorrow. The Chicago drainage bill was read for the third time in the house and passed with but seven dissenting votes. The vote stood: Yeas, 123; nays, 7. The bill appropriating 1194,000 annually to Chester penitentiary then came up under the head of unfinished business. After a few minor amendments were adopted the house took a recess until 2:30 p. m.