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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1947
Page
4
Entry states the item was filed as second class matter on November 2 1907 at Patoka Illinois under the Act of March 8 1879 with mail status noted for publication.
The notice lists subscription prices: $1.50 per year in advance within Marion County and $2.00 per year in advance outside the county. It provides no additional context about duration or renewal details.
The article outlines amendments to a new district boundary bill with Madison and St Clair counties kept together. It notes one successful amendment by Miller and Walsh altering Chicago area boundaries. It covers pensions for long-serving legislators, 70 revenue law alignment bills, a Farm to Market Road program with a $17 million appropriation, a $4 million flood control measure, and a proposed Illinois and Michigan canal commission. Also mentions nursing law changes sponsored by Walsh and Miller.
A bill approved by the Senate would amend the state game code and require a nurse with at least three years of schooling to be inspected and approved by the Department of Registration and Education. The measure repeals the ban on hunting grey and red foxes and includes a 10 percent salary raise for state employees, with Senator Crisenberry of Murphysboro backing changes and Senator Peter J. Miller of Chicago proposing a larger raise.
State officials plan to set new wage scales for institutional workers after the Department of Public Welfare agreed to revise pay ranges. Welfare spokesmen indicated the move aims to standardize pay across facilities.
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