The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-06-29
MIssouRrs NEW LAWS.

Acts OF the .uenerai Assembly, Bearing no
emergency Clause, which Went Into
Effect Ninety Days After AdjournmentE'
treasures OF General Interest that Affect
..he Revenues and Morals of the State.
Ihe Thirty-seventh general assembly
bf MISSOURI closed it's session at jefferson
City on March 23, and under the constitu-
ttpn of Missouri the laws then passed,
except those that had thc emergency
nlarsa attached, go into effect ninety
days from the date of adjournment.
Following arc the principal laws OF
general interest that did not bear the
Emergency clause:
The minimum state license tax Tor kaepi-g q
dram shop is increased trcnl sL5 10 $50 for each
sly months. III tho counties the county court
nihy at their discretion spend the entire rov.
enue from dram.shop license, which may he OK.
tended to 500 for each six months, for the con.
struction and maintenance OF roads.
Private seal. In written contracts, convey.
anecs OF real estate. ctc., except the seals Of
corporations. are abolished,
One OF the ret laws requires every corpora.
ZION doing business Us n bond investment COM.
pany, or company to place or sell bonds. c%crtif;
tcatcs or dobcnturos on the MARITAL payment
or installn'en' rlan, to deposit with the state
treasurer 100000 In cash or securities. to he
approved by him, for the protection 81 tho In
vestors In such bonds, ccrtincntGs df deben-
lures, Failure II make this deposit within
thtr'f days will make a forfeiture Of the char
Ter OF the company, and u recci tcr shall he APP
pointed by the circuit court 10 wind up its A.
fairs. An erort to continue Ill business after
failure TO MAKE tho required deposit is declared
to he 4 misdemeanor, punishable by n tine OF
sloO to sllW, and Imprisonment Of from thirty
days to six months, the officers. agents or rep.
resentativcs CT the company being made de.
fend6nts.
There arc several important amendments TO
the criminal laws.
The penalty for forciblv or fraudulently de-
coying or %cnticing away u child under the age
or IL years, with intent to deprive 1t OF its
parents ot legal guardians. is increased from q
maximum Of five years to twenty years.
The penalty for engaging in any gambling
rant is increased from mot over Sos nor less
than sl0' TO not exceeding 500 or less than
S25.'
To w~illfully and maliciously poison, deale
OF in any way corrupt the water ~ n we'll,
spring brook or reservoir, used fer domestic
Or municipal purpose, or to maliciously divert.
dam up or hold bact from its natural course
any such body Of water, may 10 punished by a
line OF from 80 to 800 and Imprisonment for
one year, and civil liability to three times the
actual amount OF damage.
The old law prohibiting the sale OF liquor to
Indians Is extended to include 'habitual drunk.
ards
There was considerable "tinkering' with the
Australian election law, in order to remedy de-
fects which had become apparent. One pro-
Vides for the signing OF the certificates Of nom
nation by the next surviving oficer OF the con.
rention or committee, In case OF the death or
INABILITY Of the presiding onicer to perform this
uuty a vacancy occurring on n ticket within
ten days Of the election may he filed hy the
chairman Of the county committee, notifying
the secretary of state by telegraph II the emer.
Fencv he great. Partial erasure OF a group OF
candidates by lines drawn lcnRthwise is to be
taken AS a rejection OF the whole group.
lhe corrupt practices act il quite lengthy. II
is designed TO limit the expenses OF candidates
ana TO prescribe the duties OF candidates. Not-
ing for any consideration is declared TO be
bribery, whether'it be money or promise OF EN-.
rloyment, the receiver and the giver being
equally guilty and liable to q year in Jail. Can
oidatcS may not before either primary, conven-
ton or-election provide meat, drink or enter.
tainment to any person for the purpose OF influ-
encinE his vote unless he Is willing to be fined
20 for each time he sets them up"
False PRESERVATION OF "a voter Mt the polls il
made a felony, with n penalty Of ave years.
Candidates for congress or other public ONCE
are limited In their expenses to 500 for the
first 5000 voters, for each 100 voters over 700
md under % 200. 81; for each 100 between %. 900
and HpOD, II, and for each 100 voters in excess
OF 5O,ou, 30 cents. These are but samples of the
reforms sought to he brought about through
Senator Cochran's measure.
The law for tho protection and preservation
or FISH is extended by several sections. A new
section especially pros 'rihes tho Us, of any
coccu!us indlcus or fish berry, or any poison
Gus subject calculated to poison or injure fish,
or TO use dynamite, nitro.glyccrine or other ex-
ploslve whereby any fish may he killed. injured
or destroyed. These articles can only be sold
by dealers on permit OF the mayor OF st. Louis
or n clerk Of "a gpupt,- np,,rt nnA Aaa1,r ,,n
only handle them by signing an agreement not
10 sell them to persons having designs upon the
fish OF the state. Half OF the fines collected
for violation Of the fish laws 90 to the in.
former. This law puts a decided check upon
the purchase OF dynamite by irresponsible
persons, such as train wreckcrs and anarchists.
An important law creates the southeast
Missouri land commission, one member each
from Cape Girardcnu, Ballingcr. Scott. Mis-.
s!ssippi, Stoddard, New Madrid, Pemiscct,
Dunklin, Butler and Wayne. to be appointed
by the governor, who shall have made n to.
biographical survey OF the swamp lands, with
proposed canals and other schemes for the re-
clamntion Of said lands. Ten thousand dollars
is appropriated.
A law OF interest to publishers relates to
legal advertising. providing that the contract
ing newspaper shall have a bona fdc cirrula.
tion of not less than 5 per cont. of the total
population OF the city in which 1t is published.
Another law requires all druggists and phar-
iNNA'NN lNElNltl WIN tue county N4fFk ana
the secretary Of state, under q penalty OF a line
of from SIS to 400 FOR failure to do So.
Farmers will lie interested in the law which
makes II a misdemcanor and ground for heavy
civil damages for a nurseryman or tree dealer
who shall falsely represent the grade or varie.
" Of the goods he offers for sale.
For five years, under a penalty OF n fine OF
from 500 to 500, it will be unlawful to ship
from one county to another, or out OF this
state, either quail, grouse or prairie chicken.
and railroad and express companies will be
held guilty II they receive such game for ship.
ment.
Guardians and curators OF insane persons
may loan the moneys of such estates In tho
same manner as other guardians are now re.
CURED by law to loan the money of their wards.
All private grain warehouses, of n capacity OF
D,OpC bushels or over, are henceforth declared
to be public warehouses, and come under the
inspection OF the state railroad and warehouse
commissioners Another law puts all weigh.
masters OF grain in the state under the super
vision OF the commissioners requires n bond Of
$500 and ankles n heavy penalty for false
weighing.
The act to prevent the abridgment of the
legal rights OF workingmon by their employers
provides for the fine and Imprisonment OF any
employer or agent who forces an employe, un-
der threat OF discharge, to withdraw from any
lawful organization or union OF which he may
be n member.
Sureties on the bond OF n notary public may
be discharged and released of all future uhliga.
tons by an appeal in writing to the circuit
court.
Elaborate laws 20 into encc, for the protection
OF trademarks, labels, ETC. OF manufacturers
within the state.
Tho Missouri exhibit to the Worlds fair Is
loaned to the st, LOUIS exposition until the
close Of the year 1905, after which the mineral
display shall be sent to the school of mines at
Rolla, and the remainder TO the museum of the
state university at Columbia.
To Escape Work.
Herman Beyers, about so years old,
after "A hard days work at Leaven.
worth, Kas., took a dose Of Rough on