The Lincoln County herald., 1872-02-01
legislative CullinSs,

OIL prohibiting county courts, township p
or city authorities from subscribing stock
to railroad companies. The amendme Mt
prohibits county courts, and township
aud city officials from lcgaizing any ssb.
scrip,ions heretofore made contrary to
tho provisions Of the act.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Pauley,
doing away with merchants license on
manufactures has passed both houses.
THIS bill is Of great importance to all
classes Of manufacturers as i. relieves
them Of the unjust exactions which they
have been subjected to, To Mr.. Pauley,
the author Of the bill, is wholly due tho
credit 10 securing the passage Of this i'm.
portant measure.
The bill proposing to pay certain state
bonds in legal tender passed both houses,
and the Governor has vetoed it. Tho
judges Of the supreme court has decided
that the state is legally bounl to pay
them in coin.
REPREsENTATIvE ApPoRTIoNMENT.
The following is the report of the sen.
ate committee on apportioument, dividing
tho state into reprcsentive aud senatorial
districts, made to the senate by Mr..
Allen, she chairman
Tu hanan and Franklin arc TO have
two representatives each, jackson county
three and St. Louis county fourteen. and
oil the other counties one each Conse-
quen,ly, there will be but 131 represent.
atives in the next house of the general
assembly in place Of 1873 now.
Boone, Marion, st. Charles, Pike, La.
fayette. Greene and Cooper, each lose one
member, while Jackson county gains one
Tho senate will have as now, thirty.
four members.
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
1st. Atchison. Holt, Nodaway and
Andrew.
%. Buchanan, DeKalk and Gentry.
Sd. Clinton, Platte and Clay.
4th. Davis, Harrison, Worth and
Caldwell.
9th. Grundy, Mercer, Putnam and
Sullivan.
9th. Charlton. Linn and Randolph.
7th. Carroll, Livingston and Ray.
Sth. Macon, Shelby, Adair aud Schuy.
Ter.
9th Boone, Howard and Galloway.
l0,h. St. Charles. Warren and Lincoln
1lth. Audrain, Montgomery and Pike.
18th. Lewis, Clark, Scotland and
Knox.
1871. Marion, Monroe and Rails.
l4th Jackson.
18th. Pettis, johnson and Benton.
l6th. Jasper, Dade, Cedar, Vernon
and Barton.
18th. Lafayette and Saline.
18th. Lawrence, Newton, Mcdonald,
Barry and Stone.
10Th Greene, Christian, Tancy, Web
ster and Ozark.
Goth. Dallas, Polk, Hickory, St. Clair
Camden and Laclede.
2lst Usage. Franklin and Gasconade.
22d. Phelps, Wright, Dent, Maries,
Howell, Shannon, Texas, Oregon and
Pulaski.
23d. Stoddurd, Scott Mississippi, New
Madrid, Pemiscott, Dunklin, Butler,
Wayne, Carter and Ripley.
24th. Washington. Crawford, Iron,
Reynolds. ST. Francois and Jefferson.
25th Henry Bates and Cass.
Goth. Cape Giraudeau, Bollinger. Mad.
ison, Perry and St Genevieve.
28th Cole, Moniteau, Cooper, Morgan
aud Miller.
St. Louis county to embrace the 9th,
29th, 3Oth. 3l.t, 32d, 33d and 34th dis
tricts, the boundaries Of which are to be
fixed by the county court Of St. bouis
county.
The temperance bill was up for discus
sion in the senate on Tuesday, and sen.
sation was produced by the presentation
of monster petition, by Senator Blcd
gett, demonstrating against the passage Of
the bill, containing $4,000 signatures,
40, 900 Of which were from St. Louis, and
the other 1000 from johnson. Pettis,
Cooper and other central counties. The
petition was unrolled, and extended three
times around the senate chamber. II
created a sensation among memb bers and
those in the lobby, and all seemed eager
to examine the little panorama in detail,
the result being that the eenuiueness Of
not single signature was disputed. Mr..
Reed on the other hand, unrolled peti.
tion from an anonymous source, contain.
ing a threat to Reed that "if his bill
passed it would be at the expense of his
hearts blood" After spending most Of
the day IN its discussion, the measure
was defeated.
The question Of sustaining the Cover.