Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-02-02
THE LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of Missouri's Serate eao
House of Representatives.

dap, Ir. Stone presented q petition
from citizens of St, Louis favoring the
passage Of the underground wire bill.
The following new measures were in
troduced:
Mr.. Hynes: Imposing a tax of liza
per cent on the gross earnings OF ex-
press companies.
Mr.. Yeater: For convention to frame
and submit to the people a new State
Constitution.
Mr.. Yeater: Requiring Probate Judges
| furnish the Assessor annually list of
the personal property of estates.
MIR. Lyman: Increasing the minimum
punishment for kidnapping to twelve
! years. Imprisonment.
| Mr.. Rouner: For the annual assess
ment OF real estate.
| HOUSE: - The House convened at
O'Clock p. m.
The following new bills were intro
duced.
Mr.. Moore, Of Laclede: Requiring
deeds OF trust to be closed out as mort.
cages are now closed.
Mr.. Harrell: Requiring railroad cor
porations leasing lines to stop passenger
trains at stations on such lines.
Mr.. Tatum: For holding State Con.
stitutional Convention.
Mr.. Snider: Reducing maximum
freight rates % per cent on all classified.
tions OF freight.
Mr. Bond: Providing that weekly ad-
vertisements of divorce proceedings for
| four weeks shall be deemed sufficient no.
/ tice.
| Adjourned till to- morrow at 10 a. m.
JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 25.-SENATF'
Senator Lyman, chairman of the com
mittee to settle with the Auditor an,
Treasurer, presented resolution askinS
that the committee be allowed furthe
time to complete its report. In explana
tion OF the resolution, which was adopted
the Senator said that the investigation
was being conducted in a thorough
searching way, and more time was neces
sary.
The Committee on School Text Books
this morning reported favorably on the
bill to teach the history OF Missouri il
the public schools. This bill will be
shortly supplemented by Senator Loves
bill authorizing each school district to
vote upon the proposition to have free
school books. In its amended form the
Love bill will receive strong support.
The resolution to print 5000 copies OF
the State biologists report was debated
at length and finally referred to the Com
mittee on Printing.
AT II o'clock Senator Windeman called
up his concurrent resolution asking for
the opening of the Worlds Fair on Sun
day. The resolution was finally lost by q
vote of Is yeas to 16 nays.
Senator Hines introduced bill requir-
ing telegraph companies to deliver mes
sages within reasonable time, and pro-
viding penalty of from 81 to $500 for
failure to comply and actual damages to
be assessed by the jury.
House: In the House an hour or more
was consumed in debate on a resolution
OF Smith, of Pike favoring the closing Of
the Worlds Fair on Sunday. MIR. Tatum
OF St. Louis moved to refer to the people
OF Chicago, The Speaker decided that
Chicago was not part OF the General
Assembly and the motion could not be
entertained. Mr.. Tatum offered SUBJ
stitute that Missouri Senators be request
ed to take necessary action for referring
the matter to the authorities of Illinois.
Mr.. Bond offered an amendment re-
questing our Representatives in Congress
to use their influence to have the Worlds
Fair open on Sunday. This was lost by
q vote of 50 to IS. Among those voting
for Mr. Bonds resolution was Mr.. Banks
OF St. Francois, minister. Mr.. Tubbs.
of Usage offered an amendment providing
that the Fair be opened on Sunday after.
noon to visitors, but without the machin-
cry being in motion. This was lost.
ame ndments had been offered and defeat-
ed the Speaker announced the morning
hour at on end and the regulur order of
business in order.
Among the new bills intr oduced the
most important were the following:
By Mr.. Nolan, Of St. Louis: bill pro-
viding for the appointment OF State
DecT iHSpeCtoE aAu putting q laA "a onc~
quarter Of cent gallon on all beer
manufactured in the State.
MIR. Coffman, of Scott: A bill requiring
oil corporations doing business in Mis-
souri, to have general Offices in the State.
BY Mr.. Gerney, of St. Louis: A bill pro.
viding for Board Of Pharmacy in each
county to hear complaints against all
physicians issuing prescriptions for the
purpose of obtaining liquor from drug
gists to be Used as beverage. When any
physician is found guilty OF the charge
the board is authorized to certify their
finding to the State Board, who are to re-
woke the license Of the offending physi-
clan.
JEFFERSON CITY, Jan, %. - SENATE
Senator stons presented q mammoth Pc
tition from the business men OF St
: Louis, asking the passage Of the under.
ground wire bill, The signers embrace