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Laws Advanced Toward Their Passage and Others Introduced, SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 15.—A petition for an institution for the incurably insane was presented in the senate yesterday, and an other for the repeal or amendment of the present game law. The bill to pay judges and clerks of election $5 per day was sent to third reading after striking out official ticket holders. Bills were introduced: Ap propriating $5,000 to the Chicago Eye and Ear Infirmary; appropriations for the state reformatory at Pontiac, the Soldiers’ Home at Quincy, the blind institute, Central Hos pital for the Insane, and deaf and dumb asylum; to prohibit bookmaking and pool selling. The bill to reduce the interest on amounts for redemption of land sold for taxes was sent to third reading. Proceedings in the House: In the house a resolution to abandon work on certain dams in the Illinois river and devote the money to be used for dams to the deepening of the channel of the river was referred. Ferns wanted the house to meet at 10 a. m., but his name was Dennis right away. The bill to make city mayors’ terms four years with no re election was reported favorably.A bill was passed regulating the serving of pro cesses on trustees managing railways. Bills were introduced: Amending the Aus tralian ballot law; for the relief of certain persons in the American bottoms; prohib iting employment of minors in factories, regulating railway tracks in cities, and rates everywhere, prohibiting the sale of adulterated liquors. Another Apportionment Scheme: The Democratic members of the legislature held a meeting yesterday and fixed upon an apportionment scheme. It gives the Re publicans the First, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Twenty-second.” The Democratic districts are the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth,wen tieth and Twenty-first. One district is doubtful, the Eleventh, but the chances there appear to favor the Democrats, Thirteen Democratic Congressmen. It may be assumed, therefore, that if the state is reapportioned on the basis of this bill the Democrats will have thirteen dis tricts, the Republicans eight and one will be doubtful but with chances favoring the Democrats. The Democrats claim that all doubt as to constitutionality is removed from this bill, as the average variation from the ratio is but .0299,
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Bloomington Leader
Bloomington, Illinois, US
Wed, Feb 15, 1893
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