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ILLINOIS BILL IS ADVANCED COMMITTEE REPORTS FAVORABLY ON SENA TOR DENVIRS RACING MEASURE Amendment is Made by Which Referendum Vote VoteMust Must be Taken in County Before Provisions Provisionsof of Proposed Law May Become Operative Springfield 111 April 20 Senator John T Dcn virs bill permitting racing ami parimutuei hutting conditioned on rerercudum approval hy counties hiis becii reported out of the Senate Kevenue Com ¬ mittee in amended form with the approval of sixteen senators and presented to tho Senate Tho revenue committee did not meet hut action was taken hy signature an unusual hut not unpre ¬ cedented course courseSenator Senator Denvlr got the hill out of committee by obtaining signatures of sixteen members on a peti ¬ tion A Bciieduled meeting of the committee was n t held owing to the pressure of other business Opponents of the bill will have an opportunity to lie heard when it conies up for consideration on second reading in the senate Under the terms of the amended bill Cook or any other county n the state would nut he able to have racing unless a majority of the voters adopted the act actThe The bill provides for a state racing commission to be appointed by the governor one member fa ¬ miliar with trotting horses another with running horses one farmer and two business men A salary of 5000 per annum is provided for each witn a secretary at 3000 per annum Rack com ¬ missioner must take an oath to supitort the consti ¬ tution and to keep this act free from all causes of just criticism criticismThe The hutting machine section permits automatic registering machines in the care of the neces ¬ sary competent attendants who shall act as tem ¬ porary depositedliach custodians of the money deposited liach racing association is to get live per cent anil no more of money thus deposited There is a provision against Sunday racing racing after dark and from October 10 to May 1 is made a cjoised period The state Is to receive ten per cent of all receipts from race meetings meetingsAn An association under the terms of the hill can conduct a meeting vf over thirty days in any year ami two nicetings shall not he held at the same tiim tiimijnJiiiSi ijnJiiiSi county or within a radius tf fifty inlles The racing days shall he apportioned equai ly in case there are several association In a comity County comityCounty and state fair associations are permitted to come inider all or iwrtions of the act The hill provides for the submission of the racing question on a iwtltion signed hy onehalf of one per cent of the legal voters of a county and its adoption on receiving a majority of the votes cast on the proposition propositionThe The amendment providing for the referendum reads as follows followsWhenever Whenever onehalf per cent of one per cent of the legal voters residing within the county de tiiring to adopt this act shall petition the county clerk to submit the proM sition whether or not this act shall be in force or effect in the county In which the petitioners reside it shall he the duty of the county clerk to submit such proposition at tin next general election provided that such pe ¬ tition Khali be presented to said county clerk not less than lifteeu days before such general election provided however this act shall not be subjected in the voters more than once in any calendar year in tlu same county And if it shall appear that a majority of the voters of such county so voting upon the question shall have voted in favor of the questions then all the public authorities of such comity shall give thrir consent and make all neces ¬ sary arrangements to carry out the provisions of thi act actThis This hill provides a separate enclosure at each ruce track for betting an additional admittance fie of 1 being necessary Ten per cent of such nilmittancc fees shall go to the state stateHetting Hetting other than hy the pariniutucl machines is forhidden
