Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-05
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE
Synopsis of the Proceedings of the Thirty.
Sixth General Assembly.


Sixth General Assembly.
MONDAY JANUARY IS.
sEStTE-Ailong he bills introduced were:
Mr. Miller: Requiring all goods manufactured
by convicts to be branded as the produce OF
convict Labor. Mr.. Miller: For State school
| book commission to select a uniform syste.n
of books. Mr. Miller: Repeating the entirc
chapter on wills. Mr.. SeDree: Authorizing
the supreme Court to appoint commission
| OF seven lawyers to revise the statutes Ad-
iourned tllthe 9th.
| HoUsE-A resolution adding three clerks
TO the force Of the chief clerk was adopted
Mr. Harlan introduced a resolution asking
| congress to pass the Conger bill to prohibit
the adulteraticn of lard Adopted. Mr. Car
ter, of Grundy, introduced resolution re
curing the Commissioner of Permanent Seat
OF Government to place a flag on the dome OF
the Capitol and keep it displayed during the
| sessions of the Legislature. Adopted. Sew
erai bills were introduced and the House al
! Journed till the 9th.
TUESDAY, JANUARY p.
! SENATE-Among the bills introduced We're:
Mr. Rogers: To prevent the assessment OF
| political candidates by making it a felony
| for any person or association OF persons to
assess or receive from any candidate money
for campaign purposes; also, makes it
| felony for candidates to pay such assess
mcntS. Mr.. COchrane: Allowing defendants
| in civil suits to plead usury. Mr. Clay: Au-
! thOrizing assessors to collect farm statistics
law by excluding sub-contractors from pro
visions thereof. Adjourned till the 2Sth.
HOUSE-PetitiOnS were presented asking
that the Australian Election law be extended
| to all parts of the State. resolution was
| introduced for the appointment of Il commit
| tee of three to confer with a like committee
| of the Nebraska Legislature for the purpose
| OF adopting uniform interest laws. Adopted
! Among the bills introduced Were: Mr. Tur-
ncr: To punish embezzlement by stOckholo-
of Mr. tp1n aud
| ing Pawnlpoker law by reducing rate of in
! terest one-half. \ resolution was5 adopted
''congratulating-the Kansas Legislature on
the defeat of Senator Ingalls," the Kepubli-
cans |strenuously Directing. Adjourned 10
! the 18th.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY %.
| SENATE-Mr Cochran introduced a resolu-
| ton plcdging the senate to withhold any APP
! preparation for the Worlds Fair as long
| the Lodge Election bill is pending. The
resolution was laid over till the 18th. Among
! the bills introduced We're: Mr.. Espenschied
1 To prohibit pOol-seIling and book making
| within 100 feet OF any business house or res
! dcnce. Mr.. stone: TO protect hotel keepers
| from persons obtaining board and lodging
| under false pretenses. petition was pre-
! scented from st. Louis mechanics by Mr.. Mil
] Ter protesting against the enactment of
! senator stones amendment to the. Lien law.
! A favorable committee report was submitted
! on "a bill requiring foreign corporations doing
business an tnlS ~ldIt 20 become Incorporated
| under the genersl corporation laws. Ad-
| iourned till the 18th
HGUsE-Pctitions We're presented asking
| for legislation that will procure cheaper
| school books. communication was read
! from senator Stewart, Of Nevada. returning
! his thanks for vote of the Missouri House
OF Representatives compimenting his vote
! against the Lodge Election bill. Among the
bills introduced We're: Mr.. Webb: Requiring
! county courts in counties of 100000 inhab-
81 lot
ing county and city prisoners to lowest re
/ sDGnsible bidder. Mr.. kcrWin: Fixing the
/ price of convict labor at not less than sew
! enty five cents per day: making contracts cX-
! pirc in four years, and requiring PRISON OF
ciaIs to advertise for leasing OF contract la
! Dor. Adjourned till the 29th.
THURSDAY, JANUARY -
| SENATF-Mr. Cochran'S resolution to with
| hold appropriations for the Worlds Fair IS
! long as the Elections bill is pending in tn,
/ United States senate was made Il special OF
| der for ten O'Clock of the 3Jth- \ rev;sott
! fee bill was considered in committee of thf
! whole and ordered engrosscd. AdjourneC
| til! 10 Il. N. of the seth.
/ HOUsE--Eialf an hour was consumed i
rcadiIAc petitions and demands from farm
| crs' clubs asking for various kinds OF legis-
lation. Mr.. Russ offered u resolution for the
| Assembly to adjourn sine die at the cNpirH-
| ton of seventy days. Laid over under til,
| rules. Bills were introduced as follows:
/ Mr. Brandon: For the annual assessment eli
/ real estate. Mr. John: Making Governor 3nt
other state officers Board of Immigration.
/ Mr.. Lyman: Providing for the establish
mcnt of Criminal courts in all coun,i les hav-
| ing 5D,o00 inhabitants and over. Mr. Frazier:
| Giving Jasper County Criminal CoUrt Mr..
| killam: TO consolidate the offices OF coun
| ty collector and treasurer. Mr. sullivan:
| Fixing street railway rates for work iGoA IL
! St Louis at three cents per trip Mr.. Tubbs:
| For the organization of roiorcd schools III
| a strift oh
| Mr.. Dalton: Requiring foreign corporations
! doing business in this state to become i'll
| corporatcd under the general laws \ pc
| titiOn was presented from the neWSbOys au@
| bootEia:!lS of st. Louis in opposition 10 ta.
| passage Of Mr.. Parkpr's bill prohibiting III,
| selling or giving away 81 tobacco ana c:1s Il
| cites to minors under seventeen years %
| age, without consent of parents or scllardi,n.
! \ few minutes later the House took the biz
| up cor third reading and passed it. Hou~
| bill appropriating money for tine payment al
| interest ON the State debt was read ii third
time ana passed. Adjourned till the 3Jth.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30.
| SESATE.-AmonG the bills introduced were
| MIR. Sebrec: For licensing abstract men. Mir
| Espenchied: For the appointment of !;
| chief factory inspector and dcput,. in
| spectors, and placing the same unde
| control of the Labor Bureau. The com
| mjttcc on corporations reported favor
| ably a bill placing trust cOnpane!
| unUtr cOnlf0t OF the state insurance lie.
| partment. and to be governed the same
insurance companies. Mr. Cochran's reso
| luton to withhold any appropriat on for thu
| Worlds Fair as long the Lodge Election
| bill is pending, or i'll the event of It's passage
| was taken up a special order. speech
| making followed for two hours, when the
| resolution adopted by a strictly party
| vote. Adjourned till February2.
| HoUsE-The committee on education re
| ported Il substitute for several House bills
| authorizing Alliance clubs to hold secre
| meetings i'll school houses. The substitute
| was adopted 1t gives the Alliance every
| thing asked for. Two reports were sub
| united by the committee on education on the
| bill authorizing the State Board of Educa
| tion to establish teachers institutes in al
counties of the Stat. After considerable
| discussion both the majority and minority
| reports were ordered printed. House bills
| were taken up for third reading with the
| following results: To abolish the Office OF
| Register of Lands after january l, 1898
| Passed Giving st. Louis three terms OF
| Circuit Court. Passed. To repeal law au.
| thorizing bounty for Wolf scalps. Lost. Re
| curing officers to collect no less than full
| amount of fees prescribed by law. Passed
| \ numbeH Of unimportant bills were ordered
| to engrOS sinCnt. y number OF bills were in
! tFoduccu. adjourned till TIE 81.