The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-03-23
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
Condensed Report Of the Proceedings q
the Missouri Legislature.


. THE scnite on the 18TH paSsed.the house bill
nppropriating fl2GOD for the making and fitting
in place ia tho capitol ut Washington bronze
Illrb!c statues OF Frank T. Blair and Thomas
ii. Benton. The o!eomar2arinc bill was favor
ably reported. Senate amendment to house
hill providing for a state examination OF banks
under direction OF the secretary OF state was
agreed To. Other bills that passed we're:
Providing for the endowment OF the state uni
vcrsty and for the establishment and endow-
ment of free scholarships OF merit therein in
each county. forbidding the establishment OF
immoral houses within l00 yards OF any church
II school; making the oIri OF management OF
eieemosynary institutions of the state non-
partisan. Senator Busche's dramshop bill also
passed. .... The house rushed through q number
of local bills, being desirous OF clearing the
calendar while the senate considered appropri-
alton bills the legislature now being working
for u day. The bill. which passed the sen
ate, leaving the matter OF security that Sedalia
should give with the governor, TO secure the
capital, was reported favorably and passed:
The congressional reapportionment bill passed
b. 20 yeas 10 43 nays
THE senate on the 1sth passed the house bill
foroiddiag the coloring of butterine yellow by
a vote of 20 tos. 1t provides for q state dairy
commissioner. Senator Motifs bill prohibiting
the employment OF children under u years OF
age as actors, singers, acrobats, players. ber-
gGrs, etc. passed: also the bill to prevent the
docking OF horses tails. The house bill pro-
viding for the removal Of any public ofiicial
who may be declared insane also passed.
The house paSsel the bill making II q peniten-
tiary oftense to maliciously injure q bridge,
mill dam, levee or any waller works ombank-
ment also the bill requiring property owners
and road overseerS TO destroy Canada and
Scotch thistles growing on their premises;
also Mr.. Tatum's bill to prevent money lenders
from charging greater rate Of interest than 8
per cent per annum on personal property held
pledge; Mr.. Edgar's bill requiring school
districts To furnish the national nag. and di-
rectng school-teachers to raise IL over the
schoo!houss during the term OF school on fair
days passed. and a number OF other bills OF less
import tlnce-
THE senate on the 18th passed the bin Great
ing criminal court for Buchanan county. and
defeated the school text book bill The senate
refused to recede from the amendment to Mr.
Moran's anti-pool trust bill and n conference
WAS appointed Appropriation bi Is were then
considered and most of the items for eleemosy-
nary institutions were increased from the
figures adopted by the house. AT $50 o'clock
Senltor Dunn, from the elections committee.
reported an election bill and Il was ordered
printed. The hill requiring municipal fran
chiseS to be sold to the highest bidder passed:
also the bill requiring corporations to make
weekly payments. The house passed senate
bill to permit parties appealing cases to the
appellate or supreme courts, in which both
parties Ike an appeal, to jointly bear the ex-
pense Of the transcript Stcele's fe'low-sery-
ant bill was passed by - yeas to % nays. II
provides that every railroad In the state shall
be liable for all damages Sustained by any
servant OF the corporation while engaged In the
work Of operating the railroad. by reason Of
the negligence Of any other servant An
amendment was adopted that the act shall not
apply to any case where any abor organization
OF railroad employees shall interfere. or attempt
to interfere with the free employment or dis
charge of It's servants by such railroad corpora
tion. The bill allowing coal miners = check
/ wefuher their naSSpd The
house refused to concur in the senate amend
ment to the house autl-pool and trust bill ex-
| empting the boards OF fire underwriters in St
| Louis and Kansas City.
NEITHER house OF the legislature transacted
| any important business on the 18th Both
/ houses held brief formal sessions and at 1850
! o'clock the members took a special train for
| Sedalia to attend the banquet and festivities
J rendered the state officers and legislature by
the people Of that city.
| THE senate on the 18th passed the appropri-
4 ntion bills as amended by that body and sent
them to the house for concurrence or rejection.
The senate concurred in the house bill Great
ing non-partisan board OF curators for the
state university. The board Is to consist OF
nine members. not more than i've OF WHOM
shall belong to the same political party -. The
/ house killed the Bittinger bill placing the aG
ricultural college under a board Of managers
to be appointed from the state board Of agricul-
ture. The bill relating TO the restraint Of do
mestio animals pa,sej. This bill makes It un-
| lawful for the owners OF stock, In townships
! having the stock law, to allow their stock &c
| run at large in townships not having such regu-
lation. The bill to create the ONCE OF state
superintendent OF immigration" was the SUBJ
| iect OF brief discussion. After some debate the
| btu was refused third reading. The house
found 1t very dficut to hold a quorum.
THE senate had lively and somewhat ex-
citing session on the 18th on the election bill
The elections committee seported o substitute
| for what known the "Fllley Dtll'' DaSSe(