The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-03-21

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House bills exempting city school
boards from paying election ex-
penses. Passed.
House bill reducing the salary of
the state veterinary surgeon from
$4,000 to $1,000 year. Passed.
House bill taxing foreign insurance
agents 500 year. Passed.
House bill empowering the gov
ernor to suspend recorders of voters
for violation OF duties. Passed.
Senate bill requiring statements Of
banks and trust companies in cities
of 10000 inhabitants and over to be
published in daily, and in smaller
cities weekly paper may be selected.
Passed.
House bill rsquirine county school
commissioners to possess the qualifi-
cations Of holding frst grade GER
ti6cate. Passed.
Senate bill amending the attach
ment law 30 as to provide that where
there is no personal service on the
defendant the creditor can make all
such defenses as the defendant could
make. Passed.
House bill making the absence of
proper fence bar to stock under the
stock law act, when same is being
driven along public highway.
Passed.
House bill re quiring cities granting
franchises to sell same at public auc
ton to the highest responsible bid
der. Passed.
House bill prohibiting warehouse
keepers from dealing in grain, and
fixing storage charges at five -eighths
of cent per bushel for the first ten
days and one tenth of 1 cent for
each subsequent ten days or parts
thereof. Passed.
House bill creating a school text
book commission, to consist of four
persons, two from each political
party. Lost.
House bill making women eligible
to vote at school elections and hold
the offices of directors. Lost-Yeas,
So; nays, A.
House bill requiring assessors and
collectors to plat real estate when
assessed or taxes paid thereon.
Passed.
In the senate the bill authorizing
the school Of osteopathy at Kinks
vile and giving its graduates the
right to practice was passed. Only
Drs. Basket, Tunnel and Goody-
koontz voted against it.
The bill introduced by Senator
Dunn, providing for the punishment
of pools, trusts and conspiracies, was
passed.
Senator Yeater's bill providing for
the endowment of the State Univer
sity and for the establishment and
endowment of free scholarships OF
merit therein in each county was
passed.
In the house the special committee
appointed to investigate charges to
the effect that State Librarian Zevely
and Chief Clerk Connolly, of the
adjutant generals Office, had alb
sented themselves from their post
Of duty during the last campaign
submitted a report. The main re-
port was signed by Mr.. Tuobs. 1t
was to the effect that the librarian
had absented himself most Of the
time between September 1, and
November 6, 1894, and that the
adjutant's clerk had been absent
about month during the campaign,
and that both had drawn their sala-
ries during that time. In the opinion
Of Mr.. Tubbs, the adjutant generals
clerk is paid too much salary-$1, 500
year. This view was not concurred
in by the other two members of the
committee, Messrs. Bittinger and
Julian. The report was ordered
spread upon the records Of the
house.
Senate bills prohibiting cities and
municipalities from throwing the
bodies of dead animals and dumping
garbage in the navigable waters of
the state. Passed.
Bills were taken up for third read
ing and disposed OF as follows:
House bill appropriating $40, 900
for a completion of the st. Francois
basin levee in New Madrid and Penn
iscot counties. Passed. This meas
ure was introduced by Mr.. Dawson,
OF Butler.
House committee substitute en-
powering four school districts to
combine and organize high school.
Passed.
Senate bill empowering Kansas
City and Westpoint to consolidate.
Passed.
Senate bill exempting cities Of
200 inhabitants and less from pro-
! visions of the Australian ballot law
in municipal elections. Passed. The
house also added an emergency
clause.
House bill repeating provision Of
: the Australian ballot law under
which a party Ia required to have