The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
synopsis of the Proceedings of the Thirty
sixth General Assembly.
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synopsis of the Proceedings of the Thirty
sixth General Assembly.
MONDAY, MARCH g.
sHSATE-Among the senate bills passed
| were: Providing for the establishment Of
| penny savings banks; for the creation of a
jail and court house fund in counties not
having such buildings; fixing the contract
| rate of interest at per cent. The committee
| substitute for the mechanics lien law was
taken up, discussed at length and passed.
House joint and concurrent resolution au-
| thOrizing cities to pension disabled firemen
| and their widows and orphaned children
passed without objection. Adjourned till
| the 10th.
HoUsE-Among the bills passed were:
| House committee bill providing for a uni
| form system of school text books, and re-
| apportioning the representatives districts.
| House joint and concurrent resolution in
| dOrsng the demands of the National farm
ers' alliance was passed hy a vote Of 81 yeas
to % nays. An evening session was held.
| Adjourned till the 10Th.
| TUESDAY, MARCH 10.
| SESATE-The committee on criminal jurs-
prudence reported favorably senate bill to
| prohibit the sale of cigarettes to minors
| Senate bill to prohibit brewers and distiIlcrs
| from owning or controlling saloons was in
| definitely postponed. House bill appropriat-
| ing money for payment of the civil list was
| taken up anu Dh-stu NJ the AFTERNOON ses-
| sion a special committee reported a memo
rial on the death of Senator Allen, which
was read and ordered spread upon the rec
ords. House bill making the Australian bal
| lot law general was laid over informally.
| House bill repeating the law prohibiting ap-
peals in habeas corpus cases was read third
| time and passed. Adjourned till the Ilth
| HOUsE-Mr. Collier introduced "A resolution
providing for sine die adjournment March
II. The resolution was defeated by close
vote Mr.. Ryan introduced Il resolution for
adjournment March l9, which was debated
| until the morning hour expired The com
mittec on roads and highways reported with
out recommendation Mr. Lanes bill prOvid
ing for the construction by convict labor of
two great roads. north and south. east and
west. through the State. The bill was or
dered printed for information.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH II.
SESATE-The committee on labor reported
favorably bill making the first Monday in
September a legal holiday, to be known as
labor day. House bill authorizing cities to
pension disabled firemen was reported favor
ably. Joint and concurrent resolution cX-
empting property ON which there is not over
81, 900 Indebtedness from taxation was indcfi-
nitely postponed. House bill providing for
the weekly payment Of wages to miners was
taken up. After considerable debate Mr..
shelt0n's substitute, which required semi
monthly payments. was adopted. Adjourned
till the 18th.
HOUsE-Mr. yogeI called attention to the
fact that the printed calendar was wrong
and that ii had evidently been tampered
with. Mr.. Davidson offered a resolution for
the appointment of a committee Of sixteen,
one from each congressional district and
two at large to recommend such bills a.
of Importance. and arrange a cal
endar on this basis. Adopted. The
committee ON congressional apporton-
ment reported back the senatorial redis-
trictin2 bill with two changes. The follow
ing bills were passed: Amending the special
jury law by limiting same TO cases within the
discretion of the court; amending the scduc-
tiOn law by requiring the seducer, in case he
marries his victim. to support her two years,
undcr.penalty of the felony act of the law
to prohibit the sale of imitation butter; re-
ducing pawnbrokcrs' rate of interest to Ic
per month.
THURSDAY. MARCH II
SENATE-Eighty- five thousand dollars were
appropriated for the st. Louis asylum for tn.
insane. House school text book bill was re
ported fayorIbly from the committee ON cd
ucatiOn a nd made the special order for 10 a.
III. of the 18th. a resolution was adopted for
the appointment of II committee of thT<e to
investigate the gas contract at the st JO-
seph asylum. Mr.. Teasdale's bill authOrz-
ing the government tn own not exceeding
five acres for public building purposes in any
city of the state was taken up and passed.
HOCsE-COnsidcrablc time was consumed
discussing adjournment and an extra ses-
sion, but nothing definite was arrived NJ. 4
committee substitute bill was taken up for
passage hich provides for county institutes.
The bill was passed after a brief debate The
house then took up for consideration in com
mittce ON the whole "A companion bill to the
one passed. which apprOpriates <2J,OO1 for
the purpose of supporting the Institutes.
The bill was ordered TO cngrossment. An
evening session WAS held. Adjourned till
the 18th.
FRIDAY, MARCH II.
SESATE-Mr. Hcndr ck-on introduced a
resolution fixing March ~ as the date of final
adjournment 4 lively debate followed. in
which Mes-rs- HendricksOn, Mctiinnis and
RyOrs advocated the resolution. and Messrs. |
shelton, Cochran, Clay and Teasdale op-
posed it. The debate lasted until the morn |
ing hour expired. At 10 80 O'Clock the seuate |
took up for consideration the house school |
text Look bill, and after considerable debate |
passed the measure All house bills pend |
ing were read a third time and referred. Ad- |
iOurned till p. III. of the 18th.
HOUsE-House bill reapportioningt the SEN |
atOrial districts was taken up and passed |
yeas. 70. nays, Is. House bill amending |
the game law by extending the season one |
month for killing quails, and prohibiting |
transportation companies from shipping |
game, was read third time and passed. |
House bill appropriating $1,000 for support |
Of the state ycterin airy department was |
taken up and passed. The house then took
up, in committee of the whole, the |
bill apprUpriating money for support of |
the medical department of the state
univertity, and, pending discussion oi /
the same, recess was taken till 2 y. m.
Work was expedited at the afternoon ses-
sion. House bill reducing freight rates was
read a third time and passed. The remain
ing appropriation bills, including the de
fciency bill, were considered and ordered |
engrossed. Adjourned till the 18th.
SATURDAY.. MARCH H.
sESATE-The senate was not in session.
HOUsE-The Stone poOl-room bill was /
passed by a vote Of 20 toll. THE bill makes
it misdemeanor to sell pools upon any
event outside the state, but does not prohibit |
selling upon any race in the statel The
house also passed the "anti Prather' bill,
providing that the coal-oiI inspectors
turn fees over to the state treasurer,
and providing for salaries. The IA
nous Davidson antitrust bill. provid-
ing for the punishment of pools, trusts
and conspiracics to control prices also
passed. An amendment to the Australian
ballot law as passed. II strikes out the |
per cent. provision, and allow the nominees
of any party, without reference to the per
cent. of the vote cast by the party at the last
election, and therefore does away with the
circulation of petitions by the weak parties
to get the nominees on the ticket The
farmers passed bill giving them the priyi-
Iege of doing feIr road work any time be-
tween March and October. The present law
makes them have il half done by the l.t Of
July. The bill was introduced by Hawkins,
Of DunkIn.l Adjourned till the 10th