Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-01-30
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.

ed from the Missouri State Grange, urging
reduction of all official salaries, which was re
ferred TO the committee on Ictrenchment AM
reform. The following bills were introduced
To authorize counties to hold elections for tn
purpose of incurring Indebtedness above th
amount of income revenue for any one year
and to provide for the issue and sale of bond
to cover the Indebtedness 50 created; to amenC
the statutes entitled Insurance other thar
Life;" to require licenses to legalize marriages
to amend the act relating to voluntary assign
ments; to regulate the approval of oihc!a
bonds in which the penalty is $4,000 and
over; to abolish the office of register oi
lands and impose the duties appertaining
( thereto upon the secretary of State
An act in reference TO the verdict of uries in
civil cases. This bill authorizes verdict by
eleven Jurors after there has been failure to
agree for four hours; after failure to agree
for seven hours a verdict may be made by the
concurrence of ten jurors; and after failure
to agree for ten hours the concurrence of nine
Jurors may render verdict but in no case
can a verdict be rendered without the concur
renee of thrce-fourths of the jury. To repeal
the act authorizing rewards for wolf scalps.
To repeal the act which authorizes the removal
IS juiuae h,, - ~li.saa. uL0 untn for u S. Sem
ator for the third term resulted as follows:
For James Shields, 26 for Charles H. Burton,
s; for T. j. G. Fagg, 2. The vote for o. s. Sena-
tor long term resulted as follows: For George
G. Vest, 20; for G. A. Finkelnburg, 81 for Hen
ry Eshbaugh, 2.
SENATE, 22.-The only bill of import
ance introduced in the Senate was one classi-
fying property for the purposes of taxation.
1t provides that property shall be divided into
two classes, the first to embrace merchants and
manufacturers; the second to embrace all other
kinds Of property. A report was submitted
from the committee on revision of the statutes
recommending that committee of three from
the Senate and'fOur from the House be appoint
cd to proceed at once with the work OF re-
vision.
HousE-The following resolution in rela-
tion to the penitentiary was adopted:
Resoitd, That the warden of the State pris-
on is hereby required to report to this House
at rs early day us practicable l. How many
distinct branches oil business are now carried
on in the prison, and how many men at each.
2. What other branches of business could be
profitably organized and how many hands
could be supplied to each branch. B. How
many hands there are who have no trade. L.
With any other information that will aid
in making the prison a source of revenue;
A resolution was submitted proposing con-
stitutional amendment, To be voted on by the
people at the general election in 1881 viz: To
strike out the 18th section of article ii, which
provides for the grand jury system. The bal
lots are to be printed in this form: Opposed
to grand ury-yes;' Opposed to grand jury
no." resolution asking Congress to PEN
sion soldiers of the Mexican war; ways and
means in favor of the bill raising the minimum
dramshop license to $50; committee on re-
trenchments and reforms, for allowing clerks
to committees $3.50 per day, rejected; an
act for the government of the State treasury,
ordered printed, the remainder of the day was
consumed with the Senatorial election, and
the speech of Senator Vest
SENATE, 23-This has been the dullest
day of the session. In the Senate the whole
time was taken up by discussion in commit
tee of the whole of the plan to revise the stat
utes. There are as many plans proposed as
there are members. Unless work is COM
menccd without delay an extra session of the
legislation is almost inevitable.
HoUsE-A message was read from the gov
ernor, giving the list Of pardOns granted by
him during his administration. Under the
thrce-fOurths rule there were 9G9; full pardons
93; 90 were pardoned out Of jails; 4commuta-
tions of sentence from death to imprisonment
for life. Ten pardous were granted during
the Governors absence east, making total OF
1893 for the past two years.
lHt lDllONlUp NtEt lllt lllbHA l'ollhhN phAN
introduced: To amend the act for the incor-
poration and regulation of insurance compa-
nies. To amend the act relating tn the pay of
of the general assembly and its en-
ployes 1t reduces the pay of members to "a
per day. and makes n corresponding reduction
in the pay of employees To regulate costs IN
criminal cases. to prevent municipal corpora
tions from levying a tax on particular avoca-
tiOns; to amend the act concerning the collec-
tiOn of the revenue; to amend the ac' relating
to the collection of delinquent take TO pre-
vent the destruction of game to pre- mt mar
riage without license; to punish the officers
Df failing and defaulting banks; to exempt
real estate from taxation; TO re-
Quiro the State auditor to ascertain and report
the amount due the State school fund from
the State revenue paid into the State treasury
from the first day of March, 1867, to the first
day of March, 1875, inclusive, and to provide
for the payment thereof.
SENATE, 24.-Very little was done in
in the Senate to-day. A bill WIS passed to
enable counties, cities. towns and townships to
fund their bonded Indebtedness. The COM
mittee on internal improvement reported ad-
yersely the bill authorizing railroad corpora
tion 10 change the location IF their general
offices and machine shops. motion was made
that consideration of the report be postponed
until day certain, when it would be endcav-
Drcd to show that the bill ought to pass de-
spite the averse report of the committee. The
Senate refused to have it postponed and
adopted the COMMITTEES report, which kills the
bill.
HOUsE.-A perfect avalanche of bills fell
npon the House this morning, the following
are among those of the most importance: An
,ct in relation to posting strays; to prevent
the destruction of game, and repeating all
other statutes now existing on the subject; an
,ct in relation to the prevention of hog chol-
sra; to exempt real and personal property that
is under mortgage or deed of trust from
taxation: to revise and amend the act relating
to publics schools. The committee on educa-
tion reported against the bill defining school
month to be 26 days. The committee on
swamp lands reported bill authorizing the
employment of convict labor in the drainage
Of swamp lands. The committee on retrench-
ment and reform reported in favor of bill
fixing the salaries of all State officers, except
the Judiciary, and the clerks employed by
them. The act is to take effect on January /,
1881. The salaries are fixed as follows; Gov
crnOr, $4,000; Secretary of State, S2,OOO;
$4,000; auditor, $4,000; register OF
lands, 81 800; attorney-general, $1,000; super
of schools, $4,000; commissioner of
seat of government, 5000 chief
keepers in the offices of auditor and treasurer
are not to receive exceeding 81 900 per aunum;
all other clerks in the several offices not to ex-
ceed the sum of $500 per annum. The bill
was ordered engrossed and printed.
SENATE, Pa letter from Chief Justice
Sherwood was submitted, denying the state
ments made in the report of the Phelan exam
ming committee IN regard TO the expenses OF the ,
supreme court, and said to have been paid out
IF the contingent fund of said court, for bath
.ub, washing, etc. Judge Sherwood claimed that
he report was erroneous; that he had never
approved such vouchers; that such vouchers
lad never been paid, and that Senator Phelans
attention had been called to the fact that the
TENS above alluded to had been erased in the
ill by drawing pencil mark across them. In
confirmation of his statements Judge Sher-
wood submitted letters from Albert f. Allen,
hief clerk in the auditors office, Judge John
v. Henly, and Attorney General Smith. The
Ienate then took up the subject of revision,
md the whole session was spent in amending
single statute.
HoUsE.-A memorial from workingmen ask
ng for bureau of statistics. petition
rom citizens of Lafayette county asking for
reduction in official salaries. bill re-
ucing the minimum Of fine for auctioneering
without license from $500 to mot less than $50,
ior more than $50, was ordered to be engross-
ID and printed. The following bills were in
reduced: An act fixing the per diem of clerks
n the General Assembly. An act In relation
o corporations. To repeal the law relating 10
he collection of delinquent taxes. To amend
N act in regard TO ths public schools. To
mend the homestead law. To prevent tho