The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-03-21
MISSOURI SOLONS
Several important Measures
Passed BY the Senate.
The Militia Appropriation eau
SOS a Long and Determined
Fight, But Results Fa-
vorabIy.
Special correspondence Of The isa,oo.
SENATE.

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In the senate this afternoon, senate
bill DDS providing that in all counties
in the state containing over 10000
and less than 5000 inhabitants, and
in which circuit or criminal courts are
held in two or more of the represent
ed districts. there shall he elected
every four years. prosecuting attor-
ney for each of the represented dis
tricts was passed.
Senate bill pa providing for the
creation of Sanitary districts within
the cooperative limit OF cities contain
ing over 10000 inhabitants was also
passed.
Senate bill l3l which provides for
the organization of drainage districts
and for the construction, maintainan-
ce, and repair Of drains, bitches and
Ievees in certain cases.
House bill No. 7OS which provides
for the changing of the time of hold
ing court in the Eleventh judicial dis
trict containing the counties of Au-
drain, Lincoln, Montgomery, st.
Charles and Warren, was also passed.
Lyman's senate bill ia. bill pro-
viding for the organization of school
districts in cities containing over 1OO,-
900 less than 300, 900 inhabitants, was
called up under suspension OF the rules
and passed, with emergency clause,
after which the senate went into COM
mittee of the whole until the house ap-
preparation bills Cts. 672 and 673.
The committee desided to report IA
vorably on bills 665 and 672. The
committee then rose and reported IA
vorably. bills 665 and 672. to the SEN
ate.
The committee on railroad and in
ternal Improvements reported several
bills.
House bill $50 was on motion of
Senator Cochran, taken up under sus-
pension of the rules, read third time
and passed. This bill provides for
laying off and establishing the portion
Of the St. Francis River basin within
the counties of Dunklin, New Madrid
and Pcmiscot, into a levee district,
and also provides means for building
and maintaining levees in said district.
House bill 1872, which exempts
farmers mutual tornado and cyclone
insurance companies from certain
provisions of the insurance laws, and
which provides that such companies
shall have, after they have $500, 1000
worth of property insured, the privi-
iege of doing business in every county
in the state, was next taken up and
passed.
House bill 52S, which changes the
boundaries OF the school districts in
st. Louis, so as make them conform
to the election precinct lines was
passed and the senate then adjourned.
In the house to-day Mr.. Patrick's
school bill amending the law relating
to the schools of Kansas City, was
after filibustering, which consumed
almost the entire morning session,
eventually passed.
The afternoon session Of the house
was devoted u the consideration, in
committee of the whole. OF the militia
appropriation item in the general ap-
preparation bill.
There vas fierce ard determined
opposition 10 this provision and it was
not until after long and tedious dis.
cussion and the voting down of many
amendments. that the committee
finally decided to favor this portion of
the bill.
The item referred to appropriates
SO, 900 for the sup ort of the cadets
at rhe university and twenty
thousand dollars for the maintenance
of the balance Of the militia. The
other items of the bill met with COM
paratisely slight opposition and the
committee at last rose AMI reported
the entire hill TO the house.
At the session tonight the appro-
priation bill reported from the com
iaittee oi the whole. was under dis
cussion. and many amendments were
offered to it.
NOTES.
The lobby here, for and against the
POD bill, have been working hard
to-day. This measure is the special
order Of the house tomorrow at 2 y.
M, and much speculation is INDUCED
as to its fate.
JEFFERSON CITY, Msrch IA.
The senate to-day succeeded in pass
ing seven bills. The following being
passed:
The house bill providing for the
holding of two terms of the Charlton
county circuit court in the city of
Salisbury.
The house bill amending the present