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The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 opposed these bills in the form they were 

 introduced as they did not place respon- 

 sibility for poor relief on local commu- 

 nities throughout the State. The Asso- 

 ciation favored the return of the duty of 

 providing relief from the counties to the 

 townships and administration of relief 

 by local officials. It believes that admin- 

 istration of relief by local officials will 

 result in greater efficiency and economy 

 of administration. However, the Asso- 

 ciation further believes that if the duty 

 of providing relief is to be shifted back 

 to the townships, this should be done 

 uniformly over the State insofar as it is 

 possible to do so. It is unjust and un- 

 fair to require the townships in the 

 township-governed counties to make 

 heavy levies for poor relief purposes and 

 to carry a large portion of their relief 

 load while in Cook County and the com- 

 mission-governed counties only a very 

 small portion of the relief funds is 

 raised locally and the relief load is car- 

 ried almost entirely from State and Fed- 

 eral funds. Accordingly, the Associa- 

 tion has sponsored amendments to the 

 bills, as introduced in the Senate, to 

 correct this inequality. 



In the City of Chicago itself, township 

 government has been abandoned. There- 

 fore, the duty of providing relief is placed 

 on the City itself in the same manner as 

 this duty is placed on a township. The 

 amendments further place a maximum of 

 30c on the $100 valuation on the levy by 

 a township or by the City of Chicago, for . 

 poor relief purposes. In the commission- 

 governed counties, there are no town- 

 ships but the amendments propose that 

 in t}iose counties the levy for poor relief 

 purposes may be in addition to the levy 

 for general county purposes. This will 

 permit these counties to make a substan- 

 tial levy for poor relief purposes and to 

 carry a portion of their load. While 

 down-state townships have made heavy 

 levies during the past four years to carry 

 their relief load, the figures show in 

 Cook County in 1932 only $504,116 and 

 in 19.33 $253,000 were levied for current 

 relief of the poor outside of institutions. 

 In 1934 and 1935 no levy was made. 



The bills as amended will permit uni- 

 formity throughout the State and will 

 make it possible for all communities to 

 carry a reasonable portion of their load. ■ 

 At present it seems impossible to pass 

 these bills as amended, effective immedi- 

 ately. Therefore, an effort will be made 

 to pass them without emergency clauses, 

 effective July 1, 1936. If this can be 

 donq it will mark the successful con- 

 clusion of a legislative battle begun by 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 nearly three years ago. 



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