Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-03-12
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
THE LEGISLATURE

In the Senate on the 2Sth a bare quorum
was present, and not much was done. The
Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Oh
| fered a substitute for the bill providing for
| the building of branch Penitentiary, ana
| making the inspectors of the Penitentlary
the commissioners to locate and build the
branch prison. In the House biis were
! introduced: Requiring Railroads to post
schedules of freight rates at their depots;
| regulating the employment of minors IN
| mercantile establishments; making Mayors
of the Peace. 4 Joint resolution was INTRO
| duced relating to indemnifying properly,
owners in Jefferson City should the capita.
be removed to Sedalia. The BIZ proXldin.g
| tina. school teachers shall only be entitled TO
| pay for one holiday in the year Thanksglv-
ing-was RECONSTRUCTED and passed The gem
eral appropriation bill was ordered en-
| crossed.
In the Senate on the I'd among the bills
| introduced were: Authorizing towns and
cities to license the selling of wine, beer and
other mild drinks between the hours or
and IL p. m. on Sundays; for the relief OF
Bollinger County; to establish poard OF
examiners TO license practitioners OF m anna
cine and surgery. After ordering large
number of bills to engrossment the senate
northumberland the House, the bill to es-
tablsh a State Industrial school was ad-
versely reported; ais the libel code bill by
the st. Louis bar, and the bill REGARDING Dank
officers and others as option dealers. Among
Schools in cities of e, 900 habtants; to pro-
tect owners of houses against contractor :;
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mines liable Tor damages to employees; pro
hibitng the employment of children uhde1
fourteen in certain occupations, under GER
tain conditions.
In the Senate on the Sd the bill author
izing the erection of Court houses and jails
in counties under certain conditions was
passed. bill was introduced to prohibit
Mayors and Aldermen of cities of the fourth
class from holding any other oi6Ges: IN S COOK
bill was discussed at length Messrs. ran:
McGinnis, Parcher, Farris and others spoke.
\ motion to strike out the enacting clause
WIS lost After further discussion the com
m,tee rose AMI the Senate adjourned In
the House IL JOINT resolution was introduced
providing for the submission OF constltu-
t:onal amendment to prohibit the electlon OF
Gated and punIshing officers who ''get full"
Among bills intrOduced were: EXemptlhS
bonds of the State of Missouri from taxa
erS in deadly firearms to take out a license
The bill regulating telegraphlc charges was
ordered engrOSS ID. The ST. Louis hremens
relief bill was passed.
IN the Senate on the 4th a letter was
presented in which grave charges were made
against the management of the Lunatic Asy-
lum at Fulton. The bill creating the Office OF
back tax collector for st. Louis was favora-
bly, reported. At noon a recess was taken
until . 80 p. M, in honor of the Inauguration
OF Il Democratic President When the Nc
Grath- DaviSson contest was taken up "A res
oluton to go into the ballot boxes was
adopted after long debate. In
the House bill was introduced to create
the office of financial agent for the Penlten-
tiary. The Reform school bill was ftv orably
reported. The Crittenden souvenir Dill was
amended so as to read 81 instead OF $lto me
bill increasing the salaries OF Circuit Judges
was Indefinitely postponed. Among the bills
passed were: Forbidding the sale of liquor
where the same is manufactured; providing
for the transfer OF cases from appellate
courts to the supreme Court; perfecting the
statutes relating to the matter OF ming ue-
murrerS in civil actions.
In the Senate on the 9Th a bill was intro
duced appropriatins $4,000 to enlarge the
Capitol building. message was received
from the Governor vetOing the bill exempt
ing counties from the payment of State
taxes for 1850 Among new bills introduced
were: Approprating 5 1900 for the relief OF
the counties before referred to in the bill We
toed; regulating live stock shipments by
rail; allowing each school district to select
its own textbooks. Among other bills
passed were: Amending the law re-
peaIing the law taxing dogs. In the House
among bills introduced were: Requiring as
SCISSORS to carry q stamp; requiring appel
ants in the supreme and Appellate ourts
to give ten days notice to respondents, etc
the University appropriations for repairs to
81, 900, and the Agricultural College farm APP
propriation to $4,000 The general appro,
House adjourn on March 18th was adopted
The resolution in reference to removing the
capital was debated, and was lost by u vote |
of 81 yeas, SO nays.
In the Senate on the 9th, among bills in
troduced were: Appropriating $4,000 for the
completion of additions to the State Univer-
sity buildings at Columbia; to equalize the |
rate of interest to be paid upon the school |
funds OF the state. The bill to repeal the ST. |
Louis Sunday law was made special order |
for the 10th. There was long discussion |
on the Senate bill regulating ire ght rates |
on railroads. lin the House among |
the bills introduced were: EXempting |
architects from paying licenses; permit |
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text hooks. Among bills passed were: Fix |
ing the statute OF limitation en- liens, deeds |
of trust and mortgages al ten years; au- |
thOriZing the erect on of Court houses and |
jails at other place. than county seats; to |
protect the property of Dottiers; in refer |
ence to organized corpora ions: requiring !
parties owning stock in building and loan |
associations to return same to the assessor
at cash value.