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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



March, 19} 2 



THESE REPRESENTATIVES VOTED FOR THE STATE 

 INCOME TAX— SUPPORT THEM AT THE POLLS 



Clinton Senrle 



ThomnM P. Sinned Trnmnn A. Snell R. O. SnderNtrnni H. D. Spnrlid 



T. J. Sullivan 



H. V. Teei 



P. G. Thompson John R. Thompson Homer J. Tlce Chnrles M. Turner 



Elbert IVnller 



Robert Whitely 



Alexnnder 'Wllaon 



Blmer C. "Wilson 



Robert J. Wilson 



Rvan W^orth 



Agricultural Legislation in the Regular Session 



Of 57tli General Assembly 



THE legislative policy of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association in each 

 session of the General Assembly, except 

 in minor emergency matters, is deter- 

 mined by the delegates in session at the 

 annual meeting. The major legislative 

 projects approved at the annual meet- 

 ing held in Springfield in January, 1931, 

 were as follows: 



1. Requirement that at least seven- 

 ty-five (7J) per cent of the fats pur- 

 chased for food of inmates and em- 

 ployees of all state institutions be in 

 butter and lard instead of substitutes 

 therefor. ; . . • .. 



The Association prepared, sponsored 

 and secured the enactment of Hoiue 

 Bill 451 in the regular lesnon of the 



57th General Assembly for this purpose. 



2. Relief of owners from liability 

 for damages caused by livestock when 

 the owner can show that he has used 

 reasonable care in the confinement and 

 restraint of such animals. 



The Association prepared,' sponsored 

 and secured the enactment of House 

 Bill 410 in the regular session for this 

 purpose, ^• 



3. Relief of farmers from liability 

 to prosecution and suits for damages 

 for killing stray dogs found molesting 

 livestock upon their premises. 



The Association prepared, sponsored 

 and secured the enactment of Senate 

 Bill 761 in the regular session for this 

 purpose. 



4a. Exemption of farm tractors and 

 farm implements and machinery drawn 

 by tractors from the requirement of 

 motor licenses when they use the high- 

 ways only in moving between fields or 

 farms in carrying on farm operations. 



b. Establishing a more equitable 

 schedule of license fees on the gross 

 weight of smaller trucks and their 

 loads. '-■ ; • . ■ . 



The Association did not prepare leg- 

 islation on these subjects but sought 

 modification of one or two of the sev- 

 eral bills already introduced' relating 

 thereto. After various bills were com- 

 bined into one bill and were amended 

 in different ways, the combined House 

 Bill 1198, introduced by the House 



