Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
THE LEGISLATURE.

SATURDAY, March II.
In the Senate the bill putting foreign insur-
ance companies on the same footing as local
companies was passed, and the bin authoriZ-
ing foreign banking institutions to establish
branch banks in this State was Indefinitely
pos pOned. few reports were received but
little business of Importance was transacted
owing to the small attendance.
IN me motse the morning session was de
bills and bills changing the dates of holding
court in several circuits were passed.
MONDAY, March 10.
In the Senate the Downing High license
bin was read at length and signed by the
President and Secretary. and 1000 copies of
the report and evidence in the penitentiary
investigation were ordered printed. The bill
defining the duties of the Railroad Commits
sioners failed to pass. Bills passed: Relating
lating the location of new towns; relating to
real estate acknowledgements; to prevent
fraudulent divorces: increasing the salary of
the Commissioner of Permanent Seat of Gov
eminent; to preserve State flags; the Landers
Supreme Court bill. The bill to take a vote
defeated.
In the House the Deficiency Appropriation
bill was reported favorably and ordered en-
Creating tho state Board of Health relating
to insurance other than life; to secure manu-
factuIers of railroad equipment in making
conditional sales: for organizing municipal
townships for road purposes and establish
ing a Board of Road Commissioners; also
several bills relating to courts and testirno ny.
The Downing High license bill was signed,
though vigorous protest was entered. The
General Appropriation bill was also passed.
TUESDAY, March 20.
The Senate passed the bill relating to dam
ages in actions of tort; also the bill relating
to pawnshops; the bill to prohibit the sale of
firearms to minors; revising the law relating
to private corpol ations. House amendments
to the War claims bill were concurred in. The
Industrial School bill was defeated House
bills passed establishing a Labor Bureau, in
creasing clerks salaries, appropriate ng 900
to rebuild Court house at Gityoso, relating to
railroad suits in justices courts, relating to
depositionst The Senate bin Amending the
Grand jury law was also passed. The apprO
lsiatiOn bill was referred.
In the House IL resolution for adjournment
on the 26th inst was adopted. The Commit
ordered engrOSSed which had not been passed.
The bill to appropriate $4,000 for additions
to the Fulton and st. Joseph Asyluns was de-
bated at some length and defeated-67 to 43.
Considerable time was occupied in discussing
the majority and minority reports on rail-
road taxes The bill making the office of In
surance Commissioner elective recon-
sidefed and passed A substitute for two bills
Fight to become corporate bodies with cap
ital of 100000 instead of S2e0, 000 as now re-
CURED, was passed The resolution for a
tiOnS was lost.
WEDNESDAY, March 81.
In the Senate the bill relating to adultera-
ton of liquors by saloon keepers was indefi-
nitely postponed. The following bills passed.
Requiring corporations organized under sec
ton 91, Revise Statutes, to have an office in
the State relating to guardians and curators;
relating to railroad determinations: relating
to use and rental of telephones relating to
roads in counties under township organiZa-
ton. The bill to allow incorporated companies
to subscribe to stock in other companies was
defeated.
In the House a resolution requesting the
Board of Equalization to investigate the mat
ter of the alleged omission of one year in the
assessment of railroad property was adopted.
The House concurred in part of the Senate
amendments to the bill increasing the sala-
ries of the Chief Clerk of the Secretary of State
cur in the increase of the salary of the Treas
urer's bookkeeper. The bill to appropriate
sl5,co0 for buildings on the Agricultural Col
lege farm was passed. Amendments to the
Sunken Lands Survey bill were cOncurred in
The bin passed authorizing the appointment
ties OF $4,000 inhabitants. Amendment to the
Labor bill was concurred in. Bills passed re-
peaing the Dog law; relating G to the contract
tor publishing supreme Court decisions
.E-t f-' THURSDAY, March %.
In the Senate the House amendments to
the bill appropriating $4,000 for repairs at the
State University were adopted. The bill re-
lating to changes of venue passed; also the
bill authorizing a vote on holding Consti-
tutional Convention. A recon ideratiOn on
the INDUSTRIAL >cnOOl Dul was naQ ana the
bill was passed. The House amendment to
the bill exempting agricultural societies from
taxation was rejected The Governor sent to
the Senate his approval of the War claims
bill. .s- ..t.-r ..t--
In tho House the bill increasing the powers
and duties OF the Commissioners of Permanent
Seat of Government was tabled. Bills passed:
Providing that Judges of Probate mary also be
judges of County Courts; appropriating $500
for Judge Napton's portrait: relating to herd
ing cattle on wild lands: the Deficiency APP
preparation bill giving cities police author
ltv over cemeteries outside their limits; re-
quiring the State to pay for board of prisoners
confined in iails on felony charges; autholtz-
in" the division of townships into convenient
road districts. The evening session was spent
in discussing the bill providing for the ap-
pointment of gas inspectors.