Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

Synopsis of the Proceedings of the Thirty
Sixth General Assembly.
SENATEIThe senate was not in session.

SESATE-The senate was not in session.
HoUsE-Mr. Donnel1 offered a resolution
extending the thanks of the house to the
press correspondents for their fairness in
reporting the proceedings. Adopted. Mr..
Tubbs Introduced bill to transfer to the
public school fund money received under
the federal direct tax bill. Mr.. Farris, of
Pemiscot, moved that all the bills the
calendar, 1873 in number, be engrOssed. Car
ried. few unimportant senate bills were
read a third time and passed Adjourned
till $50 a. M. Of the 9Th.
MONDAY, MARCH 9.
SENATE-Among the senate bills passed
were: Providing for the establishment OF
penny savings banks; for the creation of
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 hremen
and their widows and orphaned children
passed without objection. Adjourned till
the 10th.
HoUsE-Among the bills passed were:
House committee bill providing for uni
form system of school text books, and re-
apportlOning the representatives districts.
House joint and concurrent resolution in
dorsin.s the demands o. the National farm
ers' alliance was passed by vote of 81 yeas
to % nays. An evening session held.
Adjourned till the I0un.
TUESDAY, MARCH TO-
SENATE-The committee on criminal juris-
prudence reported favorably senate bill to
prohibit the sale of cigarettes to minors.
Senate bill to prohibit brewers and distillers
from owning or controlling saloons in
definitely postponed. House bill appropriate
ing money for payment of the civil list was
taken up and passed. At the afternoon seS-
sion special committee reported memo
rial on the death of Senator Allen, which
read and ordered spread upon the
hill the Australian bal
lot law general was laid over informally.
House bill repeating the law prohibiting APP
peals in habeas corpus cases was read third
time and passed. Adjourned till the 18th.
HOUSE-Mr. Collier introduced a resolution
providing for sine die adjournment March
II. The resolution defeated by close
vote Mr.. Ryan introduced a resolution for
adjournment March 10, which was debated
until the morning hour expired. The com
mttee 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 Among
the bills passed were: House bill
requiring road overseers to put
up guages at dangerous fords; house
bin requiring county courts to loan
surplus funds to the highest bidder on daily
balances; house bill requiring sleeping
companies to pay tax into the state treas
Try of 81 on the $50 of gross earnings; house
bill authorizing the deputy jury commits
sioner of st. Louis to act in the absence of
the commissioner. Adjourned till the 18th.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH IL.
SENATE-The committee on labor reported
favorabIy a bill making the first Monday in
September Il legal holiday, to be known as
labor day. House bill authorizing cities to
pension disabled fireInen was reported favor
ably. Joint and concurrent resolution eX
empting property on which there IS not over
&, eco indebtedness from taxation was indef-
nitely postponed. House bill providing for
the weekly payment of wages to miners was
taken up. After considerable debate MIR.
Shelton's substitute, which required semi
monthly payments. was adopted. Adjourned
till the 18th.
HoUsE-Mr. Vogel called attention to the
fact that the printed calendar was wrong
and that it had evidently been tempered
with. STR. Davidson offered a resolution for
the appointment of committee of sixteen,
one from each congressional district and
two at large to recommend such bills
are OF Importance, and arrange a cal
endar this basis. Adopted. The
committee on congressional apportion-
Inent reported back the senatorial redis-
tricting bin 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 seduc
ton law by requiring the seducer, i'll case he
marres his victim. to support her two years,
under penalty of the felony act of the law;
to prohibit the sale of imitation butter; re-
ducing pawnbrOkers' rate of interest to 1c
per month; requiring dealers i'll original
packages of liquor to take out dramshop Ii
cense. Adjourned till the 18th.
THURSDAY. MARCH r.
SENATE-Eighty five thousand dollars were
appropriated for the St. Louis asylum for the
insane. House school text book bill was re-
ported favorably from the committee on ed
ucation q nd made the special order for 10 a.
III. OF the 18th. \ res solution was adopted for
the appointment of a committee of three to
investigate the gas contract at the st Jo-
seph asylum. Mr.. - .asdale'S bill authoriZ-
ing the government to own not exceeding
five acres for public building purposes in any
city of the State was taken up and passed.
Adjourn ed till the IL.
Observation-Disclosures in'e was consumed
discussing adjournment AID extra SEES
sion, but nothing definite was arrived at.
committee substitute bill was taken up for
passage which provides for county institutes.
The bill was passed after a brief debate. The
house then took up for consideration in com
mittee on the whole companion bill to the
passed. which approprates 81, 001 for
the purpose of supporting the institutes.
The bill was ordered to cngrossment. An
evening session was held. Adjourned till
the 18th.
FRIDAY, MARCH h.
SENATE-Mr. HenGrickSOn introduced
resolution 1iXin g March 10 as the date of final
adjournment 4 lively debate followed in
which Messrs. Hendrickson, McGinnis and
RyorS advocated the resolution, and Messrs
shelton, Cochran, Clay and Teasdale OPP
posed it. The debate lasted until the morn
ing hour expired. At 1880 O'Clock the senate
took up for consideration the house school
textbook bill, and after considerable debate
passed the measure. All house bills pend
ing were read a third time and referred. Ad-
journed till p. IN. of the 18th.
HOUSE-House bill reapportioning the SEN
atorial districts was taken up and passed.
yeas, 95, nays, IS. House bill amending
the game law by extending the season one
month for killing quafls, and prohibiting
transportation companies from shipping
game, read third time and passed.
House bill appropriat.ng $4,000 for support
Of the state vcterin airy department
taken up and passed. The house then took
up, in committee of the whole, the
bill appropriating money for support of
the medical department of the state
unworthy, and, pending discussion of
the same. recess was taken till p. III.
Work expedited at the afternoon
sion. House bill reducing freight rates
read a :hird time and passed. The remain
ing appropriation bills, including the de-
ficiercy bill, We're considered and ordered
engrossed. Adjourned till the 18th.
D.CKEO I'D IN THE WEST