Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-17
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The State legislature.

The State Legislature.
IL the Senate, on the 9Th, a number of bills
we're introduced, among them one to reduce
the tax levy for State purposes from 4 &c to 30e
on the $780, 15c for State revenues and 15c for
State interest, and one amending the divorce
laws, by limiting the causes for divorce to adul-
terry. deserjion for two years, and cruel and
nhuman treatment =. In the House Mr.. Swift,
of Mercer. was sworn in. The Senate amend
ments to the joint and concurrent revision reso-
luton were concurred in, and the Speaker APP
pointed as members of the revising commit
tee, on the part of the House, Messrs.
Sebree OF Saline; Silver, OF Cole: Thur
mond. of Galloway. and Moore. of Laclede.
A number of bills were introduced among
the more important being: To prohibit gam
bling under the guise of dealing in stocks,
bonds, petroleum, cotton, grains, provlsi ons
and other commodities; to prohibit pooling:
regulating telephone charges not to exceed 81
per month, or IS per anuum in cities of 100000
inhabitants or over; in cities OF less than 1Oo,-
000 inhabitants, not to exceed 81 per month, or
S36 per year: also provides that cities shall
have power to require that electric wires be put
under the surface of the streets alleys: regu-
lating chattel mortgage dealers, and limiting
their power to Cypress the poor and unfortunate;
providing that instead OF Is per cent. 1915 per
cent. of the public revenues shall hereafter be
set apart for public-schoOl purposes: reduc ng
railroad passenger fares main lines from Sc
to 21ac per mile, and on branch lines from &c to
3l4c per mile: requiring voters at time of voting
to be bona-fide residents of election precincts,
districts or wards IN which they offer to vote;
providing for factory inspection. It embodies
the provisions of the New York law and pro-
hibits the employment in factories of children
under fourteen years of age, and regulates the
employment of women in factories.
On the 9Th, aside from the introduction of
bills, the Senate did nothing except to consider
in executive session the nominations sent in by
Governor Morehouse.. IN the House the an
nual reports of the several State officers were
received with message from the Governor
transmitting them. The committee appointed
to ascertain the number of clerks and employees
necessary in the House reported for
the chief clerk, GO: for the door
keeper, 10; for engrossing clerk PC clerks
and one janitor; for the enrolling
clerk, 13 clerks and one janitor. The official
reporter has one assistant, as has also the ser
geant-at-arms. Mr.. Dempsey created a breeze
in the House by Offering Il resolution authoriz-
ing the appointment of a special committee to
go to Bevier to inquire into differences existing
there between the mine employees and opera
tors engaged in the coal Industry of that coun-
ty. The resolution was laid over An extern
sive batch of bills was introduced. but no act
ual business transacted.
IN the Senate. on the 9th. joint resolution
enabling counties to incur courthouse indebt-
edness by q majority vote instead of a two
thirds vote was adopted. There was long de-
bate on the proposed increase of the number of
members from five to seven on the committees
of Judiciary, railroads, appropriations and Grim
inal Jurisprudence and it was adopted. Ad-
iourned until the 10th In the House
the report of the committee rules
received and ordered printed, us was also the
report of the superintendent of the kirksville
Normal School. -. Among the bills introduced
that of most far-reaching Importance was one
for the prevention of tax dodging, and provides
that it shall be the duty of all persons or cor
porations companies associations and banks
in this State, to return with their assessment
list to the assessor, q list of all notes, bonds
and other chooses in action due and owing to
them, or under their control, IN their posses
sion, with the name of the maker, the amount,
date. when executed and when payable.
which shall be returned by the assessor as {;
part of the personal property of such person,
corporation, company, association bank
The second section of the bill reads: mo
ton shall be maintained in any court in this
State upon any note, bond or other chose in
action. which has not been returned to the
proper assessor for assessment, and it shall be
sufficient defense to any suit brought upon
such note bond or other chose in action that
the same has not been returned by the owner
for taxation as required by the provisions of
this act Adjourned
THE Senate was in session just sixty minutes
on tue 10th. The session was quiet and I'M
eventful. a resolution adopted to appoint
IL joint committee on rules. and Senators
SPARKS, Sebree and Mansfield were appointed
as such committee. Only three bills were in
PRODUCED In the House the report of the War
rensburg Normal School was received and filed.
The committee rules reported amend
ment to the rules, Stipu.atinG precisely who
should be allowed the privileges of the floor.
The amended rules prohibit ladies from occu-
pylng seats inside the railing the lower floor.
a number of bills were introduced Adjourned.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, among the bills
introduced were the following: To provide for
the printing and distributing of ballots at cleo
tions for public officers at public expense, and
to regulate elections for public officers; to pro-
vide for placing the statues of Thomas Hart Ben
ton and Francis =. Blair in the National Hall of
Statuary at Washington, and appropriat ng
$4,000 therefor; to authorize business, benevo-
lent and miscellaneous associations to carry on
the business of life or life and accident inSur-
ance on the assessment plan $3.50. In the House
Champ Clark introduced his election bill, the
ito more fully secure the independence of
electors and the secreSy OF the ballot The
bill is an almost complete copy of the Yates
SaXton bill passed by the New York LIE gisla-
ture and vetoed by Governor Hill. Among
the other bills introduced was one by Mr. Lup-
ton, OF Texas County, declaring option dealing
unlawful and prescribing the penalty for VIOLA
fined anywhere from 1850 to 800, and for the
second violation Jail sentence of not less
than three months shall be imposed.