Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-26
MISSOURI LEGISLATURES.

JEFFERSON CITY, March lS.--Senatc b'l No,
t3 Mr.. Downing,s railroad bill, was passed
This bill defines trc powers Of the railroad
commissioners in respect to Transportation
matters, and provides fo7 the better cnforc
ment Of the provisions Of section II, article T.,
of the constitution.
The senate pissed without Il dissenting yot
tue hill providing for the printing ofthe report,
oi ihe supreme AID appellate courts.
House bill NJ 3 o, cicated yesterday, was
rctonsidercd and passed. ltproytlcs that Ger.
tain railroad officials shall be required to
answer when the com any is garnishecd. The
scnrte passed the bi prohibiting the grazing
o cattle on an not owned by thegrazer with
out he consent Of the owner.
Mr, Ianccy's public printing bill defeated
Yesterday was r. considered aud passed. II pro
vdcs for letting the contract tor public print,
lng for six Years. The senat' also passed the
bill providing that for fixing alarics Of county
officers, the vote the general elections once
m two years should he taken as a basis and
multiplied by five.
The hnusc hil providing for instruction in
public schools OF evil Effects of alcohol and
narcotics was taken up and passed Also the
house bail providing penalties for violation Of
law by railroad companies permitting shippers
TO put one or more kinds of grain or stock In
| samc car.
AT . O'Clock the senate resolved itself into
committee Of The whole for the consideration
OF the general appropriation hill. The bill was
taken up clause by clause. The last clause Of
section appropriSting S5Sj, ,10i 20 10 pay the
interest on Hannibal " ST. Joseph railroad
bonds was stricken out in order that Il might
he placed in the deficiency bin. The first clause
OF section was amended so as 10 appropriate
Onc-third instead Of one nCfourth of the state
revenue for public school purposes. Section
I was ancndgdhy inCrcas NJ the appropriation
for collecting and assessing the state revenue
from $3.50, ,C00to $30O,0OO. This was done so
as TO allow one and onc-halt cents per tract
for the extension Of taxes on real estate on as
SCISSORS books for 1885.
The section appropr atiug money for the pay
OF the judicial depar mcBt was amended So as
to include salary of $1,000 for the Judge OF
the Buchanan criminal court for two years.
The house appropriation for the support and
maintainancc Of the St. Joe lunatic asylum
was coucurrcd IN. The committee after con.
sidering about half the bill arose, reported
progress and asked leave to sit again.
In the house, senate bill authorizing probate
courts to appoint guardians for nonresident
minors was passed. as was the senate bill pro-
viding for change Of venue in cases before JUS
tees when there is but one Justice in The
township, and that appropriatlng $1,000 for
the relief of the inhabitants Of Dunklin, Penn
iscot, New Madrid aud NJ ssissippi counties
on account Of devastation by floods.
Senate amendment to the house bill allowing
school teachers pay for holidays was taken
up and amended hy adding Christmas. The
bill as amended was adopted. \ COmmunica-
ton was received from the citizens Of Gala
way county, asking for legislation TO prevent
| the spread Of pleurO-pncumOnia hy having the
infected cattle at the Fulton asylum killciand
other cattle inspected. The s,natc JOINT and
concurrent resolution authorizing the adju-
tant general to restore 10 the officers of the
| Twenty-.ixth regiment Of South Carolina vol.
uutccrs the battle-lag captured from them
during the late war passed.
Senate bill prove ding that railroads may by
paying single damages within thirty days after
iniurlng or killing stock escape double dam
| ages came up, but before q vote was reached
the house took 4 recess.
In the afternoon the hill changing the law
for double damages for stock Killed and in
| jured by railroad companies was laid on the
table, while the senate bill providing Tor sign
| ing bills Of exception IN vacation wa passed.
| DR.. Donclan, from tue committee on bcnev-
Olcnt and scientific institutions, reported
substitute for the resolution In regard to deal
ing with diseased cattle at the Fulton asylum.
| The substitute provides for killing the dis.
Nhh'u NhlllN uHN 'iuuN hutlhHS lllt u ~ VI wv
herd and also for purchasing healthy cattle
and by exposing them TO the disease determin-
Ing whether Il was contagious The substi-
tutc was discussed for over half an hour and
was lost. The bill was then referred 10 the
committee on agriculture.
The special order, which was the bill relating
to public printing and creating the office Of
public printer, was then taken up Mcssrs.
Storts, Van Wormer, Wcjmcr and Carter sup
| uprtnd and MpCarc f'ostl,mop M.prn pf I n
clcdc Leiss!ng aud BOnham opposed the bill.
1t WAS finally lost by a vote of SO TO g.
| Mr. Alexander, from the committee on ap-
prOpriations, reported uniayOrably the bill ap.
propriating S5O,0O0 for improving the capitol
building. The committee stood > for and
against the bill, but under the rules it was un-
favorabIy reported. Mr.. Alexander moved to
| rccOus der
The bill lost on Monday night repeating the
law making personal property liable to taxa
tiOn for railroads, was rec lnsdrrcd and passed
by vote Of 80 to II. Senate b Il allowing Liv-
ingstOnc county to levy an addit Onal sum Of
Is cents on sl0O vas passed while the house
bill making the state auitor secretary Of the
board of equalization, which was ost Monday
night, WAS rCconsidcred and passed.
The senate bill establishing Il laboratory at
| the Rolla school of mines was passed as was
the senate hill providing for the service Of a
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ST, Louis criminal court; senate bill increasing
| the salaries Of head clerks in the departments
from sl,50O to $1,000; the house bill allowing
married women TO make contracts and sue and
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.he rceofucr Vi No'crs Vi thc e''! VI eI' Loui'
in the contested election case OF McGra'h vs.
Davidson was laid before the senate.
Tho onnronriation hill was again taken nm
T., ,i,o "a,,ri,,aO ~ ,ho u.hoIo Tho annro,,r;
~ tue eo'''.'~S u. .n1 mi,Vle nu applop,f M
auon lol tno rui'oii iu""t' asS i"n' was ip''
creased S5,oOO lot repairs OF wafer closets ana
$1,000 for lighting the institution. After a
long wrangc over the appropriation for the
state university and an effort to reduce 1t
$500, tho amount as reported from the house,
being $62, $40, was retained
The senate spent the afternoon considering
the general appropriation bill in committee OF
the whole. The following changes were made
ments. Sec was amended by adding $4,000
for the salary for the official reporter of the
st. Louis court of appeals; the salary of the
clerk in The attorney generals office was in.