Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-03-09
The MISSOURI LEGISLATURE

JEFFERSON Cry, March LIN the senate
yesterday Mr.. Sebree's resolution opposing the
annexation of the Sandwich islands was adopt
Ell without debate. The committee On Grim
inai jurisprudence reported favorably bill
requiring pharmacists TO register in the
county where they are doing business.
The committee on appropriations reported
fayorabiy bill apprepriating s10.500 for a
typographical survey OF southeast Missouri.
The senate spent the entire afternoon enSross-
ing hills. One OF the measures engyossed in,
creases the salary of the chaplain Of the penf'
Tertiary to 1900 per year. and another provides
for state inspection of building and loan asso-
ciatioIs.
RoBsE-Ihe committee normal schools re-
ported adversely a bill to establish a normal
school in southwest Missouri. The committee
house bill to prohibit the sale of eli
garcttes within the Nstate. Senate bill
making judicial circuit of Pet
tbs county was reported farorably by the jul
dietary committee. House bill requiring county
courts place guard rails on all county bridges
change the par value OF stock. were pass I'd.
| The bin requiring abutting property in St.
Louis to pay all the tax of street improvements
failed to pass; yeas. GO; nays. 81. large
number Of Hills changing dates of hold
ing circuit courts were engrossed House bill
abolisaing the preparatory department of the
normal schools refused engrossment. The
senate bill reg uiring abutting property in St.
I@odis 10 pay liz cost OF improvements, ana
which was defeated in the forenoon, was recon
sidered in the afternoon and paSsed--yeas 81
nays "a. Bills passed at afternoon session: Re-
Quiring corporations engaged in business with
In the state to keep general Office therein.
JEFFERSON CITY, March I'm the senate
yesterday, Mr.. Bledsoe introduced concur
rent resolution empowering the governor to ap-
point two commissioners to locate for the
United States commissioners the position
occupied by the Missouri troops at
. the battle of Chickamauga. Senator Stones
bill requiring telephone and tele
graph wires to tie placed under
ground in St. Louis was reported unfavorably
by the committee on cities, towns and villages.
Bills passed: Senate bill requiring nlerchan-
disc 20 be listed for taxation in a like manner
as personal property. Senate bill giving the
coroner of St. Louis an additional deputy.
Senate bill making the terms of the members
of the board Of health four years duration.
HoUsE-The house transacted very little
business. Mr.. Smith (of Rails introduced
resolution calling upon the members of the
lower house OF congress to use every possible
effort to secure the enactment of the Hatch
anticipation bill. The resolution was hampered
by dilatory motions until the morning hour ex-
pired.
JEFFERSON CITY. March BIN the senate
yesterday senate bill eliminating the 3per-cent.
political clause from the Australian ballot law
was passed. Senate bill relating to disposition of
the Worlds fair exhibits was ordered engrossed
after being amended to give the St. Louis
exposition the exhibits belonging to the state
until 1895. Senate bill revising the chapter re-
lating to the organization of the state militia
was passed. Senate bill providing for the an
nuai assessment of real estate was defeated.
Senate bill requiring the counties of Cape Gil
rardeau, Linn, Sullivan and Pike to pay into the
state treasury certain taxes levied upon rail
roads for the revenue and interest funds was
lost, but win be reconsidered. 1.-The amount OF
i-,r-~ icc n ear
HoUsE-Mr. Smith (of Ralls), with the con-
sent of the house. withdrew his resolution con-
corning the Hatch anticipation bill. The COM
mittee on constitutional amendments SUBJ
mitted majority and minority report on
Mr.. PachallS resolution for a constitutional
amendment exempting 500 of personal
property from taxation. The majority re-
ported the measure unfavorably and the
minority protested. motion to print carried.
The committee on unfinished business reported
favorably the house joint resolution fixing
March o., at IL o'clock m. as the date of
final adjournment of the general assembly
The general road law bill was taken up and
some clerical errors corrected and the meas
ure ordered re-engroSSed. The bill to amend
the teachers law was tabled. House bill max
ing street railway companies responsible for
damages received by employees through the
carelessness or negligence of coemployes was
lost House bill to preserve fish from destruc-
ton by the use of dynamite and other explo-
.,
nays, A.
JEFFERSON CITY. March An the senate
yesterday Mr.. Stones underground wire bill
"a measure applying to st Louis) inden-
nitely postponed-9to IL.
HoUsE-Mr. Davidsons bill reporting the
act requiring incorporated companies, other
than railroad and insurance companies to re-
port annually to the secretary of state, and
enacting a new law on the subject, was passed
by avote of IS to 20. The friends of the teachers
institute law demanded correction of the
journal showing ION the 2d) that the teachers
institute bill had been tabled. After considera-
BILE wfangling a motion to that effect was car
ried and the bill sent to engrossment-71 to 40
An act declaring that in case Of seduction it
shall he no defense that the defendant offered
to marry the prosecuting witness, and where
defendant does marry the seduced woman to
avoid prosecution, that if he abandon her with
out cause sufficient to warrant divorce he
shall be guilty of felony, passed.
JEFFERSON CITY. Liarch 6.-On Saturday the
senate transacted considerable routine bust
ness. Many bills were engrossed among them /!
one providing for an excise commissioner for
euiogy on the democratic party and on Presi-
dent Cleveland Adjourned till p. m. of to- |
day.
HoUSE-The house passed bill providing |
for the establishment into levee district of |
within the counties of Dunklin, New Madrid |
and Pemiscot which is subject to overflow from |
the Mississippi river. The st. Lofts improve |
ment bill was signed by the speaker and chief |
clerk.