Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-08
The Lex,.ia>ure.

SsV sA0DsOS0vNsO
Both houses ofthe Legislature met
on the Ist inst, aud temporary pr;
gauixatious were had inscschs Half
the members Of Tho ScuAts sholding
over Z permanent orraSiEatign was
speedily elected. III INC house, tne
members we're sworh "a by NOTARY
public, " hoM aOiue mnMnet sH89eoteu
that It was nm illegal processing,
The clerk Of the Suprsiiic court thch
administered the oath 70 the nietn-
|bors. ~ usual, and all went OH
quietly. Tho
orrrcERa OF THE HOUSE
were first nominated IN caucus u
afterwards confirmed III e.uiar SEES
sion. They are as follows:
Speakcr-Ilon. Mortimorc Nell
hancv, Of Audrain county.
Chief Clerk. L. Pratt, Greene
county.
Assistant Clerk-T. U. Towles, OF
Lewis county.
Enrolling Clerk = w. 4. Moore,
Cooper county. "
Engrossing Clcrk-J.I l.. Dctchmen-
dy, Reynolds county.
Sergeant at : Arms-John A. NJ.
Rudd, Sass county.
Doorkceper-- George e.. BARLEY,
Galway county.
Chaplain-Eider james NJ. Tcnni-
son, of the Christian church.
In the Senate the following officers
were elected:
President pro TEN, Thomas Essex.
Of Iron county; secretary, Benjamin +.
Wallace, ofJacksou county assistant
secretary, George w. Frame. of Cass;
cngrossing clerk, Miss Minnie Christie
OF Cole;. enrolling clerk, Henry G.
Ewing, ofSt. Louis; serseant-at-arms,
William r. Cullen. of ST. Lonis: door
keeper, Thomas NJ. Winston, OF Cole:
chaplain. Rev. w. j. Patrick, of1St.
Louis; folder, John J.. De,any; of
Cole messenger, Adolph Elsner, OF
Cole; official reporter, j.. w. McGaf.
an, of st Louis; pages, Masters, Chas-
tine and Ehler. y
Senator Bean, by leave, introduced
Il bill providing for the suspension OF
the clauses in the prescniFcvenue law
which provides that cerlain penalties
shall take effect January /, and post
poning the effect of same until March
l, 1873; also for the postponement and
suspension of the requirements that
collectors shall levy upon and sell
personal property for taxes due and
unpaid JAN. to March /, 1873.
The bill was read twice and refer
red 10 the committee of the whole.
SEN ATE-JANUARY t.
Senator Strother introduced Il bill
abolishing capital punishment and
fixing the penalty for murder in the
first degree at imprisonment in The
State Prison for life. Referred to
Committee on Criminal Jurisdiction.
Mr.. McGinnis introduced \ hill
entitled ali act to provide q punish
ment for the payment Of money to
%canvassers and others ut election.
The bill makes tie giving or re-
cciving of money for clcctioneering
purposes a misderneanor, punishable
hy 4 fine of $500, onc:half to go to
the informcr, or six months in the
county Jail, or both such fine and i'm
prisonment also making the candi-
date using such means ineligible to
the Office if elected. Referred to the
Committee on Criminal Jurispru-
dencc.
An effort to fix up a bill for the
relief of delinquent tax payers, re-
suited in n reference to special COM
mittee of five. Strotlcr, Hardin,
Bcneckc and two others.
JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. g. The
Senate spent the whole forenoon in
She introduction of bills, most of
them local.
Wilson, of Cape Girardeau, has in
troduccd a bill which provides that
the Governor shall appoint two
Commissioners from each Congress
district in the State whose duty
t shall be to prepare 4 new coRs:itu-
ion for the approval or rejection of
the people. This would neccssitatc
The expenditure OF only one election,
and destroy at a bound the only OBJ
that has yet been raised
against a Constitutional Convention
that of its cost. The bill appears to
be reasonable, fairy and, perhaps,
cminently proper at\this time. The
thirteen Congressional districts
give twrnty-siA commission
rrs, and Gov. WoodsGi. would make
i an especial point to select the very
best and ab!est talent in the State
men famed for their prudence, their
wisdom, and their. personal and Off
cial purity Of character. Will the
however, be satisfied to rest
the cast in their hands? The sover-
eign will give up his dog, and his gun,
his worldly goods, his OK and his ass,
but take away his vote on any ques-
ton between Timbuctoo and the
range of a township line, and lie will
ride fifty miles TO enter his protest
and threaten revolution. For this
reason. perhaps, Wilson's bill may
not pass, although it is a good one.
IN II HOUSE
there are t%hirty-one lawyers, sixty
farmers, eleven doctors, four editors,
three traders and thirteen merchants.
EX-Gov. REYNOLDS
will be up to-day to take Il look at
the Senatorial situation.
LA. AND MO. RIVER RAILROAD.
1t is understood that the Louisiana
and Missouri River railroad case IS to
be reopenctl anil reargued before the
new supreme court, which will again
involve the. subscriptions of Saline,
Lafayette and Jackson counties, be.
sides settling the point as to whether
tho company has IL chartor or not.
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