As of February 28th, the State Department of Revenue reports that 720 Illinois municipalities have adopted the municipal sales tax. . . . Bloomington is now using the sanitary landfill method of garbage disposal. . . . Greenville voters recently adopted the council-manager plan. . . . Several municipalities have added fire trucks to their departments: Tuscola, a combination pumper and ladder; Hampton, a 500 gallon pumper; Collinsville, a pumper, and Geneseo, a combination 500 gallon pumper and a 40 foot ladder truck. . . . Since the 5c per gallon motor fuel tax went into effect on January 1st, 1953, there has been a six million dollar a year increase in receipts. Collections have been in 1953, $125,931,000; 1954, $131,364,000 and 1955, $137,700,000. Illinois municipalities receive 32% of these revenues. . . . An informal association of mayors and village presidents in Champaign County has been proposed. At a recent meeting in Champaign, thirteen municipalities were represented. Andrew T. Henson, Broadlands; Klaas W. Saathoff, Gifford; Virgil F. Lafferty, Champaign; Glen E. Chapman, Urbana; Joseph E. Blaze, St. Joseph; L. R. Bear, Ludlow; J. L. Meyers, Ogden; Wilbur P. Dodd, Homer; Floyd Berkey, Fisher; Karl E. Gardner; Tolono; J. O. Bear, Pesotum; Richard E. Franke, Philo; and Lewis H. Loeschen, Royal.

Alto Pass, a $26,000 bond issue for construction of a waterworks plant. . . . Deerfield, $175,000 issue for construction of a village hall. . . . Perry, $27,000 general obligation bonds for construction of a water system.

George Schwartz, Round Lake Park, Trustee, moved from the village. . . . Walter F. Kolb, City Attorney, Mt. Carmel, to run for State's Attorney of Wabash County . . . Alvin H. Petitt, City Attorney, Jerseyville and Marion F. Whitten, City Engineer, Jerseyville.

Dwight Shaw, to become Trustee of Fisher. John Suddes, City Attorney, Jerseyville.

Ralph Tarvin, Trustee, Fisher.

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Volume XXXV, No. 3, March, 1956, Total No. 373, THE ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW is published monthly at Springfield, Ill., by the Illinois Municipal League, Editorial and Executive Offices, 637 S. Fourth St., Springfield, Ill. Subscription per year: Domestic, $2.50; Foreign, $3.00; Single Copies, 30c each. Entered as second class matter at the postofflce at Springfield, Ill., January 3, 1944 under the Act of March 3, 1879.

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