The Butler weekly times., 1895-03-14

Special TO the TINES.
Jefererson City, Mo, March IL
Tomorrow the 10 days limit expires
but from the amount of work yet on
the house calander it is hardly pos.
sible for the session to be brought to
close in less than q week.
The Senate passed the oleomar-
garine bill providing that the pro-
duct shall be sold on its merits an d
not be colored in imitation of dair y
butter.
the Agricultural College removal
bill is still pending and has been
amended in committee SO as to do
away with the features. which, in
eyes of some lawyers, made it uncon-
stitutional but the bill in it's present
form has not the friends the Murray
Bill had as it passed the House,
There is little doubt that it will.
however, pass the Senate.
The House is working now day
and night and many bills will be
ready for the Senate's action in the
morning
The Governor returned to the
House with his approval to day nine
bills and two that he did not sign.
That makes three bills already this
session which have failed to become
laws by reason of the Governor fail
ing to approve them.
The appropriation bills are not
vet all ready Tor the Senate. SO far
the House Committee on appropria
tions have been treated with extreme
courtesy, very few amendments to
the committees report being adopt
ed. One exception was that Of the
Fish commission. The committee
recommended $4,000 for the com
mission for the ensuing two years.
That was what was provided for in
the past two years, but Col. Crisp,
the present chairman of the commits
sion. wanted it increased and simply
through his personal popularity had
the appropriation increased to s15,'
600.
The Senate Bill providing for q
State Board of Embalming passed
the House. The bill was prepared
by the undertakers and its passage
: urged by them The Board of En-
balmers will consist of FIVE members
to be appointed by the Governor
After September /, 1896 an exami
nation as to fitness will be required
before a license will be granted t.
engage in the business
e Senator Bledsoe's pet measure
: the provision for suitable monu
. ments to mark the position of Mis-
!; souri, troops at Chiekamauga, passed
the House and is now ready for Sen
= ate The bill provides an appropri
alton of $4,000 to defray the ex
u penses of commission of tw,
members to be appointed by th
I Governor to select suitable monu
/, ment and the expense OF erectinI
). such monument.
= The House bill providing $1,000
to be expended in suitable busts
o either bronze or marble as the CON
mission may determine, OF Missouri
II statesmen Benton and Blair to b
placed in statuarv hall in Washing
is ton. is now pending in the Senat
and will surely pass
/. Senator Ballard is usually yer
a conservative but when occasion Dc
mands he is eloquent, earnest. force
: ful and convincing
House bill 259 provides that tw
le terms of the Cedar Countv Circu
c. Court shall be held in EIdorad
I. Springs each year with like lurisdl'
tion in all civil aud criminal case
e arising in or removal to said count
lT by change OF venue Wednesday Il
bill was on the Senate calendar an
" on motion Of Senator Ballard was pI
on final passage. There was presel
S strong lobby from Stockton whic
er had exerted themselves to defeat Il
-e measure but the Senator carried ii
Senate with him in his argument f
r. the bill as the vote was q to 8
~ favor of the bill. The voters in Il
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