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Illinois legislature closes with broad reforms and many measures
The Forty third general assembly enacted wide laws raising damages for fatal accidents, creating police and fire boards, reforming prisons, regulating utilities, expanding the civil service, and shaping tax and education policy. Key Chicago measures passed include municipal street railway ownership and broadened charter powers, while numerous local and corrective bills were approved. Total appropriations exceed 15 million for the next two years.
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Springfield
Fortythird General Assembly
New York
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
United States Army
Fort Massac
Porto Rico
Philippines
Fourth Supreme Judicial District
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Court of Claims
State Auditor's Department
State Fish Commission
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Cook County
County Civil Service
Mueller
Greater Chicago
Calumet
Evanston
Lake Front
Crerar Free Library
Merchants’ Club
South Parks
Lincoln
South Side
Lincoln Park
First Methodist Church Corporation of
Clark and
Washington Streets
Justices of the Peace
United States
Chicago River
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Division Street
Humboldt Park
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General Assembly
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Hnason
Old Fort Massac
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Csescences
Ne Charleston
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State Normal School
Normal
Carbondale
Normal Echogil
Hee Gees
Illinois
Vicksburg
F. W. Tierney
Oe Beery
University of Illinois
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Charles Bassiey
Jesse Rupert
Pontiac
Cook County Civil Service
State Civil Service
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