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Illinois Senate and House Pass Several Bills May 1 1895
From Our Own Correspondent Springfield May 1 1895 nothing of great import occurred Monday but multiple measures moved in both chambers. The statutory revision commission bill faced debate with judges defending and attacking its methods. The Chicago Drainage bill was amended and set for Friday. Other bills on school flags drainage canal and labor boards advanced or killed. The senate debated compelling answers from Siegel Cooper Co. and adjournment plans dominated week’s end.
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Springfield
House
Senate
Statutory Revision Commission
Callahan
Stoskoff
Cochran
Shanock
Stuskoff
Col. Merriam
Lowenthal
Chicago
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Secretary of State
Smedeker
Cite
County Boards of Labor Commissioners
Free Intelligence Offices
Committee On Appropriations
Commission On Claims
Western Hospital
Kingsbury’s
Coon
Frank Cooper
Siegel, Cooper and Co
Hoe
Cooper
Salomon
Berry
Hunter
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Johnson
Committee On Rules
Selby
Committee On Railroads
Journal
Committees On Rules
Crafts
White
Whiteside