Illinois Senate backs civil service bill changes
The Illinois senate approved the conference report on the Buck Bancroft civil service bill by 26 to 6, clearing the path for gubernatorial signature after house action. Changes create exemptions for house and senate employees, add a stenographer for elective officers, and apply civil service to university staff with scientific roles. The house also passed a $750000 National Guard emergency appropriation and debated road and pension measures.
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Ilinois Senate
Buck-Bancroft
Senate
House
Lowden
Clarence F. Buck
University of Illinois
Patterson Charges Against Lowery In Civil Service Hearing
Rudolph M. Patterson former commissioner of the State Board of Live Stock charges Charles A. Lowery, named as his successor by the Governor, with false accusations and incompetence. Patterson says he seeks to compel the civil service commission to strike Lowery from its rolls or face court action while insisting his own term runs through September and he is still a livestock commissioner.
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Rudolph M. Patterson
State Board of Live Stock
Lowden
Charles A. Lowery
State Civil Service Commission
Lowery
Patterson
Mr. Patterson
Senate
City Council orders school committee probe into mayor appointees
At a regular meeting the council directed the committee on schools to investigate all aspects of the controversy over mayoral appoint ees to the board of education. Names Edwin S. Davis and Albert H. Severinghaus were named to replace Kruetgen and Piggott amid disputes over qualifications and delays.
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Jacob M. Loeb
Committee On Schools
Kruetgen
Piggott
Edwin 8S. Davis
Bennett Avenue
Ideal Crushed Stone Company
Joliet
Albert H. Severinghaus
Humboldt Boulevard
G. A. R. Laundry
Ald
A. R. McCormick
State of
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Pike
Ettelson
Robertson
Loeb
Chicago Tribune
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Daily News
Committee On Schools For
Ald. Michaelson
Kunz
A. A. McCormick
Michaelson
Ald. Kennedy
Kennedy
Taxing Insurance Premiums in Cook County Growth of Premium Tax
The county board backs a Springfield campaign to widen taxation of insurance premiums. It seeks a law or amendment to tax life premiums at the regular rate, aiming to add about 2,000,000 annually to revenue for Cook County taxing bodies.
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Springfield
Cook County
Insurance premium tax comparisons across states
The text notes that several states have varying laws on taxing insurance premiums as personal property. It claims Ohio imposes such a tax but that the insurance rates affected are not higher than those in Illinois, suggesting rate parity despite tax differences.
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Ohio
Illinois
Chicago Surface Lines offers wage raise to strike committee
L A Busby president of the Chicago Surface Lines offers a 2 cent per hour raise for all mechanical and operating divisions to avoid a strike. He rejects eight hour day demands and other conditions. Company terms mirror 1915 contract aside from wages with incremental increases across grades and departments including night cars and snow sweepers.
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L. A. Busby
Chicago Surface Lines
Busby
Exemption Plan Arises In Illinois War Registration Session
Gov. Lowden urged the fiftieth general assembly to name county exemption boards to judge elig ibility of registrants. Speaker Shanahan presided while Lieut Gov Oglesby sat nearby. The session drew strong applause as leaders outlined a two week armory home leave and Aug 8 departure for Illinois troops.
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Fiftieth General Assembly
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Oglesby
House
Senate
Runnells Named to Rail Car Cooperative Committee
Washington dispatch reports Clive Runnells of Chicago and Pullman company named by the National Defense council to join a cooperative railway cars committee. The group serves with the transportation and communication committee led by Daniel Willard, with S. M. Vauclain as cars committee chair and locomotives committee head. Acting leaders outline the two panels' functions.
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Chicago Tribune
Clive Runnells
Chicago
Pullman Company
Council of National Defense
Daniel Willard
S. M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Good Roads Committee Endorses Danville Platform in Illinois
Members of the good roads committee of the Illinois Manufacturers Association unanimously endorse the Danville platform of the Illinois Highway Improvement Association and the amendment to fund the $60,000,000 bond issue from higher motor vehicle state license fees. The committee also backs legislative appropriation to secure Illinois' share of funds from the federal aid road act.
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Good Roads Committee
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Danville
Illinois Highway Improvement Association
Assembly leaders plan to finish legislature in two weeks
The Assembly Bulletin says lawmakers aim to complete most business by mid June. Many bills on calendars will be sacrificed to speed passage of money measures, with limited session after appropriation bills, and the judiciary panel rejected Sidney Lyon's veterans certificate bill.
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Legislative Voters’ League
Legislature kills corporate and insurance tax bill
The lower house killed the excise tax plan affecting insurers at 2 percent of gross premiums and 1/25 of 1 percent on corporate capital stock. Net revenue gain was estimated at 1.0 million dollars, with nearly a million from insurance firms. Opponents call it bad policy. industry groups oppose higher taxation amid federal levies. Organised labor eyes an anti injunction bill in the Senate, hoping amendments win former lawmakers. A concurrent note: talks of jury trial for injunction violators seen as unlikely to advance. Sydney Lyon and eCarthy push reform bills on ballot names and Cook County fees.
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Corporation and Insurance
Organized Labor
Senate
Friends of Labor
House
House Advises Severe Penalties for Misrepresenting Property
Representative Thomas Curran sponsored a measure to punish professional bondsmen who misrepresent property values or falsely swear to ownership. The bill, drafted by Judge George F. Barrett of Chicago, gains backing from leading Illinois judges and lawyers.
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Thomas Curran
House
Judiciary Committee
George F. Barrett
Chicago
Il Nois
Legislature Advances Centennial Funding in State Budget
The lower house approved bills allocating 250000 for the state centennial building and 25000 for the centennial celebration in the two-year budget, marking a major push for statewide commemorations and facilities.
Illinois House approves uniform state text book bill
The House passed a bill by Senator Dailey guaranteeing school books are sold as cheaply in Illinois as elsewhere. It requires school boards to adopt only textbooks approved by the state superintendent and creates a state uniform text book commission.
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Ilinois
Dailey
House
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Committee On Education
Senate Bill Allows Local Corporations to Own Land for Homes
The Senate passed a measure permitting corporations to own real estate for residential district development. Such land owning corporations must be formed by county residents where the office is kept, and may hold unimproved land for no more than five years.
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Senate
Senate Passes Bill Curbing Loan Sharks In State
The Senate approved by a narrow vote a bill to cap interest at Y percent per month on chattel mortgage and save assignment loans not exceeding 500 dollars. The measure targets abusive lending practices and aims to limit costly finance charges.
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