Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-28
LEGISLATIVE.

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fair grounds shall be exempt iro"'
taxation for n period Of ten years.
which is considered equal to . ooha-
ton of $4,000.
A bill before the Senate for reguia-
ting desceuts and distributions pro-
vi,I.s that when the husband shall die
with Chi drcn or other descendants
c,,,b,. of inhcriting. his widow
shall be entitled. first. to allthe real
and personal estate which came to the
husband in right of the marriage, re-
maiuing undisposrd of. absolutely:
second. to one-half of all the real and
personal estate belonging to the hns-
band at the time of his death abso-
lutcly.'
! The committee on agriculture have
agreed 10 report a game law, that
makes it unlawful in any place to
catch, kill or %injurc, or pursue with
such intent any peasant, quail, or
Virginia partridge, between the first
day of February and the first day OF
October, and it shall also be unlawful
to catch, kill or %injure, or pcrsuc with
such intent any pralrlc-chlckea,
grouse ofhcath-hcm bctwccnthe tenth
dav of January and the fifteenth OF
August; and it shall also be unlawful
to catch, kill; &C., any wild buck,
deer. doe or fawn between the tenth
day Of January and the fifteenth day
Of August.
ANOTHER GUSHING BILL-Col.
Pony Boyd. with other parties from
Springfield arc ut Jefferson City with
IL bin and petition signed by ovcrtwo
thousand citizens Of Greene county,
asking the legislature to Gust the
county court of that county. The
presiding justice of the court, Bcmia-
min Kite, it is said. favors the GUST
ing movement and will he here in Il
few days to urge it through.
The petitioners ak for Il new cleo
ton in April. The move is entirely
Invested of politics and originates on
grounds similar with the complaints
of other counties. 1t is alleged that
the offending court subscribed $780,
600 to Il branch railroad, which is Il
myth. The subscription was made
in 1871 to The Kansas City and Mem
phi> branch of the Hannibal and st.
Joseph Railroad, but the stock was
issued to the Kansas City and Mem.
phi> railroad.
The report of the committee on the
! matter of costs in criminal cases
! shows that out of the receipts from
! the evenu fund of %1.635. 900. OF
l 1869. and 1870, costs in criminal case,
| have been pail to the amount OF
u Sil5.0OO. 1t points out the defects q
t. the present system. principal anon
b them the chances for dishonest prac
T. tees. The plan is to so change til,
y law as to let the people hold thcil
c officers to Il more strict performance
of their duties. by presenting Il differ
e ent mode Of payment of bills i,
criminal cases. The theory is, tina
Z prosecutions will be fewer and ,n'
: rates of convictions increased. bcsid'
l. affording less temptation to prcfe
n indictments.
-" ndc the Uo~cnuc bill now bcfor
u the house. salaries arc to he granite
a. according to the valuation of pr"pcrt
ne in the respective counties, and are I
ne he paid by The State and county j
!. preparation to the revenue c"llrctr
Ill for each; but the collector shall onl
e5 receive such n per ccntum of hi
Ic, salary in one year as he shall hay
10 collected of the revenue for the yaa,
Is. The salaries will range from 500
'al counties having less than half
million valuation to So, 800 in counti'
having 81. 900. 900 in counties havi,
over $1,000, 900 he is to have an add
ton of $500 forcach additional 81 .oo
us 600. According to am estimate mad
m under the present law it costs $3.50
he to pay for the collection of the Sta
re revenue: cost undcrthis bill. S37 900
nd making n saving % 1.-THE State ofncarI
i'll onc-llalt. and Il total saving to Il
State aul counties of SlSl 900. Jud.
Hooper, a member Of the committc
IT, labored earnestly to make the salal
'ir of collectors fixed, and succeeded
NC securing the Incorporation of til
N, theory intnthc bill.
nc The bill to facilitate the constru
II" ton of railroads in this State, know
Z" as the eighteen million donate
"d scheme, has undergone cSscnti
III amendments in the subcommittee
internal improvements, to whom
was referred. Among the mOditic
lions of the original bill an allowan
'"' of 81, 800 instead of 10000 is made
new roads OH the completion of t
10 first ten miles, and On the complcti
'or and inspection of each additional t
'ee miles a like sum is granted.
'ho TEc power glvcnt to the governor
seize such road on a failure to 60
hse ply with the conditions of this act,
stricken out, but it is made the tu
of the attorney general TO brih:
e"' suit for tn" special tax of W
Grht. on the gross earnings of
We road. And further, no sale to OIL
- parties shall ever work Il suspense
OF the States rights to the spec
tax Oh the gross earnings. Spec
=. provision is made that the roads sll
' be. subject to taxation as 9th
icc. property, and the rates and fares
mi. to be regulated by law. and
Of company can avail itself of
prOvi>ions of the bill until the tr
tees file 4 resolution of their DO;
with the secretary of Statc-acccpti
ado all the provisions Of the bill
money, of course, rs well as
~ n restrictions. All matters connect
the with the issuing of the bonds Of
State are cvisceratcd from the bill
asst the committee being unwilling
/, Q: allow the State bonds to be hawk
/, u. about in the markets.
Iti,, Judge King, member of COngr
-, f.,, tl,n N..tl