Iron County register., 1893-03-02
The MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.

THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE
JkEfEhsoN CRY. Feb eI-In the senate yes
teraay senate bill to modify the anti-poo
law, permitting the sale of pools on eastern
events while the same are in progress, was
paSsed-2f TO Z.
HoUsE-Senate till prohibiting corporations
from interfering with employees Joining Lawful
laEor organizations was taken up and passed
without debate. Messrs. Smart and Medley
voting against il. House bill requiring clerks
of city councils in the third class to be elected
as other officers was passed; also, house tfl
providing the manner OF fencing in counties
having adopted the stock law.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb 2o.-In the senate yes
terday morning Senator Baskets bill declaring
| public all warehouses of 5000 bushels and
over. in which grain of different owners Is
stored. was read q third time and passed.
Senator Bradley's bill eliminating persons
who furnish building materials from the me
chanics lien law was discussed for an hour
and indefinitely postponed There was q long
debate over the engrOssment OF Senator Sc
bree's bill appropriating "a, 500 for monuments
over the graves of ex-Gov. Marmaduke Gen.
James Shields and Judge Scott. 1t was refused
engrossment Adjourned till the 23d.
HoUsE-A communication was read from the
governor. in which he recommends the repeal
of section OF the act appropriating money for
the Worlds fair exhibit which provides for
turning many of the exhibits as possible
over to the state bureau OF geology, and for a
sale of the remainder atauction and return
of the proceeds to the state treasury. In place
OF this section the governor recommends the
passage OF law for transfer of all suitable
exhibits to the museum of the state university.
bills to this effect pending in the senate and
house Senate bill, with a number OF amend
ments. increasing the state tax on 1ramshops
from $50 to 500, was reported favorably. House
bill repeating the teachers institute law of 1891
and enactfng the old law was taken up at q spe-
cial order for engrossment. An amendment was
adopted exempting St. Louis. end the bill was
engrossed-yeas, n; nays, Al. The fremen S
pension bill was ordered engrossed. Adjourned
till the s3d.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 24.-Mr. Walker in
the senate yesterday, called up q resolution
introduced some time ago providing for q spe-
clal committee to make inquiry into the con-
yict-labor question Adopted without debate
Mr. Yeater introduced bill to create the Office
of criminal clerk for Greene county. The com
mlttee on internal improvements reported favor
ably Mr.. Walkers bill for survey of the swamp
lands of southeast Missouri. The special COM
mittee appointed to investigate the matter OF
placing electric wires underground in st. Louis
submitted a majority and minority report.
which were referred to committee cities.
towns and villages. A bill providing for the
annual assessment of real estate was eIgroSsed
after long debate. The special committee
rnat examined the site of the ST. Louis blind
asylum submitted report recommending the
sale OF the site for S2O0O00 auC the purchase OF
a more suitable location.
HoUSE-A Communication from Senator Vest
to the chief clerk Of the house was read. It re-
lates to the action OF the house in asking him
to vote for the anti-option bill and afterward
rendering him vote of confidence. for which
the senator returned his thanks. The commit
tee on normal schools reported adversely Mr..
Davidsons bill atolishing the preparatory de-
partments of the normal schools. The house,
however, ordered the bill printed and placed on
the calendar. The committee on scientific and
benevolent institutions reported adversely Mr..
Martins bill requiring local boards OF health
to cremate the bodies of INDECENT per-
sons who die from infectious diseases. The
bill requiring assessors to be provided with
seal for stamping notes listed for taxation was
ordered engrossed. Bills passed: Appropria-
ting money for paying the salaries of state off,
GERS and various contingent expenses and for
clerical hire Requiring all moneys collected
for the eleemosynary institutions to be turned
over to the state treasurer, and further provid-
ing that such money can only be drawn out on
warrants. Authorizing county courts to pro-
vide for the organization of levee districts.
Providing that plaintiffs in garnishment suits
may be required to give security for costs the
same as in ordinary actions.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb 25.-There was
lengthy debate in the senate yesterday over
resolution to take up house bills for third read
ing, the real point at issue being considers
ton of the fellow-servant law. The SEN
The committee on judiciary reported favor
ably the resolution providing for revision OF
the constitution OF the state. The committee
on ways and means reported unfavorably SEN
ator Lymans bill to establish state board of
undertakers. The afternoon session OF the SEN
ate was devoted entirely to consideration for
engrossment of the fellow-ser want law, and the
measurelwHs not completed.
HoUsE-Mr. Fogel introduced a resolution
memorializing congress to enact legislation to
limit the Jurisdiction of the federal courts in
the matter of encroaching upon state rights.
There followed debate of thirty min
utes, and then the resolution was
ferred to the committee on judiciary. A
resolution was adopted giving general ap-
preparation bills the right Of way in the house.
The committee on roads and highways reported
favorably the bill requiring state inspection
OF beer and imposing tax of nc per gallon as
an inspection fee The house gave the bill
precedence over other bills in printing and con-
sideration. The committee on ways and means re-
ported, with amendment, senate bill i'm
posing general tax of per cent. on the net
earnings Of express companies The amend
meut proposed to cut the tax down to per
cent, but the house rejected the amendment and
the hill went on the calendar for the third read
ing. House bill req uiring fees received by the
oil inspectors to tie turned over to the state
treasurer and limiting the salary Of inspectors
to not exceeding 1900 per year. was taken up
and passed House bill preventing coal oil in
spectors from inspecting oil at less than the
statutory rate, was read the third time and
passed.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 21.-In the senate Sat
urday the fellow-servants bill was ordered to
engrossment, after lengthy war of words.
THE bin not only applies to railroads, but to
every mine and corporation using dangerous
machinery
HoUsE-The vote by which general road
law measure was defeated on the oath was re-
considered. and the bill ordered engrossed. The
bill to increase the salary of the chaplain OF
the penitentiary from $500 to 81 200 per year
ordered engrossed. The fellow-se-vants' law
was ordered engrcssed; also an act to prevent
political assessments o. any kind.
1T is not alone in the west that
wolves are a source of trouble and loss
to the farmers In Louisiana these
beasts are reported to be playing sad
havoc in the De Lartigo region and in
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