The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-02
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Extra Session.

| MONDAY, MARCH 81.
| SRSATg-The bill .rcdistricting the, congress
sional districts was reported, correctly en-
rolled. and read at length and signed. Ad.
| journed till the I'd
HousE-A resolution was adopted to adjourn
zine die on the 9th Very little business Of inn
| portance was adopted Adjourned till the "a
| TUESDAY,. MARCH -
1 SESATE-The senate reported favorably house
bill appropriating Ssss. go for rebuilding the
State university at Columbia Adjourned till
the23d.
HousE-The house passed resolution asking
congress to vote an adequate appropriation for
Improvement Of the Missouri river. Adjourned
ill the Sd,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH q
The house adopted a resolution congratulate
| ing the legislature OF Texas upon the election
of Roger Q. Mills to the United States senate.
| and q resolution, offered by Mr.. Mcintyre
| tColel. providing that the state capitol build
| ing, the armory building and the state su-
| preme building be insured. The judicial re.
| districting bill, which Is all that has been be-
| tween the special session and sine die adjourn
| ment, has been In the hands Of . conference
committee. The bill was found to be incorrect
In some Of the amendments, and was returned
to the house from the senate for correction It
| was then returned to the senate, which again
refused to concur in the amendments relating
| to the salary and the formation Of some of the
districts. The conference committee was then
appointed, as follows: For the senate-Messrs.
Sparks, Carlton and Rogers; for the house
Messrs. Lyman, Rupy and Farris. Of
Kay. The committee was in session
until p. m, and finally agreed on a
report in which the senate receded from its
stand on raising the salary to $3.50. This left
the matter practically settled. The number of
districts is left in the original house bill
twenty-eight The senate passed house bill
appropriating ss370 600 for rebuilding the State
! university on its present site. Both houses ad-
1ourned till the cath.
THURSDAY, MARCH 24.-Adjourned Sine Die.
The extra session OF the Thirty six general
assembly adjourned sine die at noon. Its record
can be summed up in q few words. The con-
gressional redistricting the ceding OF the juris
diction over jefferson barracks. appropriation
of money for the payment Of per diem and e1-
penses Of the session, the university
appropriation bill and the Judicial re-
districting bill The closing scenes were
such ordinarily mark the termination of a
Missouri legislature. In the house Mr. Abra-
ham tCassl offered a resolution indorsing
Grover Cleveland. which was adopted The re
port Of the conference committee on the ju-
dicial rcdistricting bill was returned for tho
printer and adopted in both houses. This
makes the bill law. 1t leaves the districts as
follows:
First-The counties of Clark, Scotland, Knox
and Lewis.
sccond-schuyler. Putnam Adair, Macon and
Shelby.
Third-Mercsr Worth. Harrison and Grundy.
Fourth-Gentry, Nodaway, Atchison and
holt
Fifth-Andrew. DeKalb. Clinton and Platte.
Sixth-Buchanan.
seyenth-Daviess, Caldwell, Ray, Clay and
Livingston.
Ninth-Randoiph, Howard. Boone and Gala
Tcnth-Monroe. Marion. Rails and Pike
Warren and st. Charles.
Twelfth-Sullivan. Linn, Charlton and Car
roll.
Thirtcenth-st. Louis county. Franklin, Gas
Fourtecnth-Cole Miller, Maries, Morgan.
MOniteau and Cooper.
Fifteenth-Saline Pettis and Lafayette.
Sixteonth-The county Of Jackson.
Seven: 0npth-CaSs and johnson.
EiShtcanth-Camden, Hickory, Polk, Dallas.
Nineteenth- Crawford. Phelps, Pulaski. La
clede. Taxas and Dent.
Twentieth-Shannon, Oregon, Howell, Doug
las and Ozark.
Twenty -first-Jeferson, Washington, Iron,
Reynolds and WAYNE.
Twenty-srcond-Car Ripley. Butler, stod
dari AMI Dunkin.
Twenty third-Greene. Christian and Taney.
Twenty STANDARDIZATION, Mcdonald. Barry
and Stone.
Twenty ffth-Jasper and Lawrence.
Twenty -sixth-Vernon, Barton, Cedar and
Dale.
Tweaty-seventh-Ste. Genevieve, Perry, St.
Francois Madison and Rolnger.
Twenty y-eghth-Cape Girardeau, Scott, Mis-
sis~ippi. New Madrid and Pemiscot.
The criminal court heretofore established in
the Sixth circuit and johnson county is to be
known as the criminal court of the Fifteenth
Judicial circuit AMI johnson county, and its
jurisdiction is not affected by the act.
This act will take effect from and after the
lst day of January. 1872 and the election of
judges for the new judicial circuits will be held
IT the ecneral election in Nnyernhar. lsl2