The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-21

poT Coub are TenueI6u belI -bubUhlulnk
through the course Of training ant
education they receive. The bill
appropriates $4,000, and this Il
hardly deemed sufficient In view o
the large number Of children woult
probably become inmates Of the
home.
Senator Morrissey, Of st. Louis
introduced a bill providing for q
whipping post for wife heaters. Az
drawn, the bill applies only to cities
Of 5000 inhabitants and over. II
specifies the usual fines of from $2t
to $500 and imprisonment for six
months, and then adds a proviso to
the effect that the culprit may be
punished by corporal punishment
with whip, inflicted upon the back,
not to exceed 100 lashes. The bill
is not so unpopular O measure "a
may be imagined, and as long as II
only applies to wife beaters, leglis
lative sentiment Is rather inclined tc
favor it.
The senate passed Mr.. Yeater't
bill regulating the price to be paid
for the board of prisoners in jail
In st. Louis, Kansas City, st. Joseph,
Springfield, Sedalia, Hannibal and
probably two or three other cities
40 cents day is fixed as the maxi
mum price, and in less populous
localities so cents. The bill had a
stormy time in the senate, and will
doubtless encounter opposition in
the house.
Senator Dunn's bill to repeal the
law prohibiting citizens over 80
years of age from holding the Office
of road overseer was passed after
an interesting debate between the
author and Senator Cash, in which
it was brought out that both John
Adams and George Washington held
the Office of road overseer.
VIM. T. Anderson, H. L. Whitmore
and Henry Lancaster, representing
the St. Louis Merchants' Exchange,
appeared before the senate commit
tee on agriculture in advocacy of
Senator Yeater's bill regarding the
inspection and weighing Of grain.
This bill fixes the maximum charges
for inspection and weighing as fol-
lows: For inspection on arrival, 25
cents per car, and the same rate for
inspection out OF elevators; for in
spection out Of elevators to barges,
40 cents per 1000 bushels; for in
spection of sack grain, Il cent per
sack; for weighing, is cents per car
into elevators; weighing out to
barges, Is cents per 1000 bushels
weighing sack grain in lots of 200
sacks or less, 20 cents; over 200
sacks, = cent per sack.
The house committee on agricul-
ture reported favorably the house
bill creating the Office of watermelon
inspector. 1t also recommended the
passage of the bill to reduce charges
for state grain inspection and for
elevator and warehouse charges.
The committee on education re-
ported an amendment to the bill
giving private normal schools the
right to issue state certificates. The
amendment gives the superintendent
of public schools the right to pass
on these certificates.
The bill creating state board OF
embalming to. consist Of Ave mem
bers to be appointed by the governor
was passed. 1t is indorsed by the
state undertakers' association.
The senate passed Mr.. Yeater'i
bill repeating the section OF the Law
providing for the sale Of the ser
vices Of vagrants, leaving cities ant
towns the right to punish vagrantl
by imprisonment. The old Law
was only observed by twenty -foul
counties, and in some Of these it wal
abused.
In the senate bills were intro
duced:
By Basket: To require examina