Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-30
Missouri Legislature.

DIS the -hISSOuI1 Ie0lSlSt-
ture has adjourned sine die, we shall
attempt TO give our readers a brief
outline of the work accomplished dur
ing the session. Since the adoption
of our present state constitution, we
have had two revising sess:Ons-One
in 1879 and the other the session just
closed
The 1879 revising session lasted one
hundred and thirty-three days, and
the session just closed lasted one hum
dred and forty-three days. In 1879
there were siXty-siN chapters of the
laws left unrevised, but in 1889 every
chapter of the statutes was acted upon
by both branches of the assembly.
Almost every chapter has been re-
vised and will be incorporated in the
new statutes of 1889. \ few of these
chapters were defeated in the House,
SO the present law will stand in such
cases. Among some of the most I'M
portant revised chapters defeated
We're those relating to Revenue
Courts of Record Railroads
"Dramshops," etc. In our opinion
the revised bills relating to ''Rail-
roads, and "Dramshops" should
have passed. The one contained q
clause regulating express charges and
bringing express companies under the
jurisdiction of the railroad commits
SinrnrS, 10 Tho ,1lannl
restrictions around dramshops, espe-
cially in large cities, and provided Sc
we're penalties for violations of the
law. Notwithstanding these things.
we think our Legislature deserves
credit for what has been accomplished.
With the exception of the few chap
tiers just mentioned, the revision OF
both statutes has been completed.
Perhaps it would be well just here to
note few Of the important changes
made in the revised laws. The drug
gist law has been so amended as to
allow any reputable physician, hold
ing diploma, to engage i'll the drug
business without any further exami-
nation as pharmacist.
The road law has been changed,
and provides for the election of road
overseers by the people of the school
districts. 1t further provides that Il
property road tax shall be paid in
cash with other taxes TO the collector.
The rev ised school law provides
that every public school shall be run
at least six months during each year,
if tax OF forty cents, together with
other receipts, will defray the neces-
sary expenses.
There are some very important
changes in the revised laws relating
TO Corporations "Crimes and
Criminal Procedure" Probate Law"
and many others too numerous for Us
to mention. Not only have our legis- |
lators done good work in revising the |
statutes, but they have enacted many /
new laws which are of interest and |
Importance to the great masses of the |
people throughout the state. Some /
of them are: The law prohibiting e /
OF trusts, pools and COM
bines, the law prohibiting grain gam
bling, the ballot reform law, and the
primary election law.
Another thing that can be said in
favor of our Legislature is, that our
state interest tax has been reduced
from % cents TO 10 cents, making a
saving to the people of about eight
hundred thousand dollars per year.
The appropriations made by this
were half a million dol
lars less than those made by the
Legislature of 1857.
Another thing is, that our Legisla-
ture has made arrangements to fur
nlsh the people with the laws. On
or after November first. any one can
get the new statutes at the circuit
clerks office by paying three dollars
per set, which is the actual cost to
the state of printing them.
Now, in conclusion, we don't claim
that our legislators have made no
mistakes. They have made many
mistakes. We could offer MANY
but taking everything into
consideration, We believe the thirty