Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-03-17
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

SENATE,
JEFFERSON CITY, March 8.-The senate
passed the Mott insurance bill and house
bill 81, with amendments, relating to the
service of subpTnas IL orders the gem
cral revenue bill to he placed first in the
order of printing. and then took up for con,
sderation the substitute for the senate bill
ne, to enable insurance companies, other
than life, to surrender their charters. Near
ly the entire afternoon was consumed in
committee of the whole, on the bill revlS-
ing the school law, without definite action.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 9-ln the SEN
ate, Mr.. Mcmahon presented prohibition
petition from citizens of Lacleie county
,IOhnson's gambling bill; the bill relating
10 the service of writs and process by the
coroner, when the sheriff cannot act; the
bill relating to the shipment Of grain, live
stock, etc. were signed by the president
and sent to the governor for his approval.
JEFFERSON CITY, March l0.-ln the SEN
ate, the following bills were passed: To
enable insurance companies other than
life To surrender their special charters and
accept in lieu thereof the provisions Of the
general statutes house bill 2lj, which al
lows railroad companies incOI pOrated in
adjoining states to build their roads into
this state the house bill relating Ia the or
ganizatiOn of the police relief association ;
also the house bill changing the time Of as
SpSSmcnt of property from the first of Al-
gust to the first of June, and providing for
a biennial assessment Of real estate.
JEFFERSON CITY, March ll.--lnthc Srn-
ate, senate bill l0l. which amends section
- of article I, chapter |, of the revised
statutes, was passed over the governors
veto by a vote of % to .. Section %. As
amended. reads as follows: "Tle court, or
Judge, or clerk in vacation, shall take
special care To require, as securities, men
who are solvent and sufficient, and who
are not bound in too many other bonds. and
ts satisfy themselves they may take trSti-
mOny, or examine, on oath, the applicant
or persons offered as his securities, and
said bond may be signed and executed IL
the presence of the court, Judge or clerk
who shall certify tO the same; but if not
executed in the presence of the court, Judge
or clerk, the bond shall be signed and ac-
knOwlpdgcd before notary public or JUS
ticc of the peace of the county, whose GER
tifcate of the acknowledgment shall be
endorsed on or attached to the bond, and
filed Herewith
JEFFERSON CITY, March l2.-Thc senate
passed the following bills: Authorizing a
county having population of 10000 and
inward To establish, widen and improve
public roads. avenues and bCulcvards to
any width not exdeeding l2j feet; to re-
lieve the supreme court from the necessity
of preparing written opinions in certain
cases also an act to enable the treasury
department to redeem any outstanding
bonds of the state, except the bonds of the
Hannibal and 81. Joseph railroad.
HOUSE.
JEFFERSON CITY, March S.-The follow
ing bills passed the house: Substitute for
house bill No. G3. changing time for hold
ing courts in the seventh judicial circuit as
follows: In the county OF johnson on the
second Mondays in February and June,
and third Monday in October; in the cOun-
" of Cas- on the second Mondays in Feb
rlary, June and October. Substitute for
house bill Nos. 2T9 and S30 relating to roads
and highways under township organiza-
tiOns. and providing for their record being
kept in a county road book, Substitute for
house bill 22l, in relation 10 filing abstracts
of judgments in cities of 100000 inhabi-
tants and over. Bill 40, concerning mae
adamized roads. Bill $50, authorizing the
formation Of police relief organization in
any city having over 10000 inhabitants.
,JohnsOn'S bill to make the keeping Of
gambling rooms, tables and devices a fel-
Ony was MP to-day, the question being OH
agreeing to senate amendment, reducing
the penalty to an optional punishment by
the court to six months or one year in the
county Jail, or from two to five years in the
pcnitentiary. The amendments were
agreed to and the bill passed. Ayes lGS,
nayS3.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 9.-ln the
house, Mr.. Allen, Of Jackson county, in
trOduccd bill to enable the police COM
miSSiOners to increase the number Ot men
employed on the Kansas City police force.
The bill apprOpriating S29,7i0iO to pay the
National bank of Commerce of New YORK,
for services rendered as fiscal agent of the
state since 1872, after a heated discussion
was passed
JEFFERSON CITY, March l0.-ln the
house the bill increasing the salary of the
governors private secretary from $500 to
S2,OOO a year; also a substitute for house
bill No. 3l3, amending section 3O9S of the
revised statutes, concerning landlords and
tenants, requiring the landlord or his agent
to bring suit for the recovery OF rent due
and possession of property before justice
of the peace in the ward in which said
property may be situated, were passed.
The senate concurrent resolution TOR the
relief of the supreme court was adopted
An amendment is to be submitted at the
next general election providing for the ad-
ditiOn of another Judge. The court Is then
to be vided into two sections, one to have
charge Of criminal cases and suits for dam
ages and the other civil business alone.
The Joint and concurrent resolution, sub
mitting TO vote of the people at the next
general election, an amendment TO the con-
StitutiOn allowing counties with an assess
ment of S2OOO,OOO, and upwards, TO in
Creace the rate of taxation 10 cents on the
hundred dollars was passed.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 1.-THE house
passed the bill amending section 1888, re-
vsed statutes. providing that when any in
strument of writing has been executed by
resident of the county, and acknowledged
before an officer of the county wherein
the lands are situated, the recorder need
not retain the instrument one year, though
| il may have been executed one year before
recording; also the bill authorizing the
governor 10 appoint registrar of voters FOL
| the city of st. Louis.
JEFFERSON CITY, March Fin thu
house, bill No. 273, the railroad liabilit,
bill; the bill providing for the election of {
superintendent of insurance; also bill No
l76, an act to prevent the manufacture anC
sale,of oleaginOus substances or compounds
of the same, in imitation Of the pure dairy
products, were passed.