Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-12
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
THE LEGISLATURE.
SATURDAY. MARCH ~

THE LEGISLATURE.
| SATURDAY, MARCH ~
in the Senate an adverse report was made
on the bill to establish State Board of Health
and the bill prohibiting the sale of liquor with
| in Il mile of any voting precinct on election
h @I Bill an or th Aer
| cultural Farm at Columbia, Increasing the APP
preparation to $24 $50, but providing that s., $50
| of this amount be used for erecting labora-
| tory i'm connection with the School of Mines at
Rolla was referred. The Farmers Club Rail-
road bill was discussed at length, but no action
was taken.
| In the House resolution was adopted allow
ing contestant and contestee 800 each as ex-
| penses in the Lackand-G rabenhorst contest
| for q seat from ST. Charles County. Tie reso-
luton relating to Constitutional Convention
| in 1885 was fayoraby reported. The bill relat-
| was passed: also the bill relating to legal id
yertising in ST. Louis.
MONDAY. March g.
In the Senate the House amendment to
| the bill exempting agricultural societies from
taxation was cOncurred in. The bill to eStab-
| lish separate schools for colored children was
Organization of school districts. The bill to
consolidate back-tax lists was indefinitely post
| and the item for public schools was amended
so as to comprise one-fourth of the total revo-
nue.. 49, ~ 5Jss
In the House. the bill to establish an inebri-
ate Home in Clay County was lost. The bill
requiring School Boards to make five years
| contracts with textbook publishers was
elections for school directors, and several
other bills relating to school matters. Other
bs to Of ra
tate under execution in certain counties.
The bill providing for biennial assessments of
permanent improvements was defeated: The
bill to establish a Lunatic Asylum in South
west Missouri was passed; Also, a bill requir-
ing railroad companies to give twenty days
ut oh IA N nf iph rate
TUESDAY, March q.
In the Senate some time was consumed in
reading enrolled bills. Consideration of the
Farmers Club Railroad bill again laid
over and the General Appropriation bill was
taken up, and after long discussion the
clause appropriating $500 for water supply
for the ST. Joseph Insane Asylum was adopted.
Considerable progress was made witi- sne bill
but few changes were effected. A number
of House bills were read a first time. A con-
current resolution fixing the time of final adj
journment at Friday noon, March 30, was
adopted.
In the House debate arose over resolu-
ton calling for the testimony taken by the in
ape ctors in the Penitentiary investigation. but
testimony was furnished. 4 resolution calling
for testimony taken by the Senate investigat-
ing committee was also adopted. The bill defin
fcated as was the bill limiting the amount of
railroad stock counties and cities may sub
scribe for. The bill to prevent shaving and
clipping horses and malicious damage to xehl-
Giles and harness was passed: also. the bill to
punish false returns by commission merchants
on cattle or stock. The bill relating to freight
charges on railroads failed to pass. The bill
for an Inebriate Asylum at Excelsior Springs
was reconSidered and passed.
WEDNESDAY, March, %.
In the Senate the resolution fixing Fri
day as the time of adjournment was reconsid.
cred. The House amendments to the bill Gre
ating Board of Pharmacy were concurred
in; also, amendments to the resolution pro-
yding for an Appellate Court at Kansas City.
The Appropriation bill was amended so as to
at
the Whole were agreed to- aud the bill was
passed after some changes had been made.
In the House a resolution calling the atten-
ton of the Board of Equalization to the low
assessment of railroad property was adopted.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for the peni-
Tertiary was passed. The bill making it muir
the slayer is in the act of committing a felony
was returned without the Governors apprOv-
al. The bill requiring railroad companies to
carry in each passenger car certain tools for
use in case of accident failed to pass: The bill
to regulate the practice of medicine was
passed. also, the bill to relieve the Supreme
Court in the matter of writing opinions, and
the bill establishing a tax,bil system. The biz
tutiOnal Convention was defeated.
THURSDAY March q.
In the Senate resolution for final ad.
journment on Monday adopted. Sixteen
House bills and three Senate bills were read
ut length and signed by the officers. Considera-
BILE debate was had ON amendments to the
Farmers Club Railroad bill, but the bill fniled
to pass. The Deficiency bill was passed; also,
the bill organizing corporate bodies in coun-
ties for road purposes. The Senate insisted
on its amendments to the bill increasing the
salaries of chief clerks of the Secretary of
State and Treasurer and conference COM
mittee appointed. number of House
bills of no general interest were passed. The
bill repeating the law establishing a Board of
Immigration was defeated; also, the bill re-
quiring the State to pay the board of prison.
ers confined on felony charges.
The House adopted resolution after some
discussion that prohibition petitions and re-
monstrances be filed with the Secretary Of
State. An effort to pass the felony-mur,er
bill over the Governors veto failed; The hin
empowering City Councils to adjust ward
boundaries in cities of less than $4,000 inhabt-
ants was passed. The Senate amendments
to the Appropriation bill were ordered printed.
The Senate resolution for final adjournment
on Monday was laid over. The hill providing
for trials before Mayors of cities WAS defeated:
also. the bill to prevent dogs from running at
large. The bill restricting the powers of the
Warden of the Penitentiary was passed.