Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-02-28
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.

| JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. ao-SENATE-Amons
| the bills introduced yesterday was one permit
| ting the municipal assembly of St. Louis Il
| increase the salary of the chief of police OF st
| Louis to 5000: also providing for state board
| OF medical examiners, to consist of four regu
| lars. two homeopaths and one electric, and
| bill by MIR. Lyman, OF Kansas City, to create
| the Office OF beer inspector.
The bill introduced by Senator Yeater to re-
duce the cost OF state grain inspection from 55t
| to 40c car was warmly debated at length
| Senator Cash offered an amendment fixing the
| price at 6Oc car-4Oc inspection and zoe fol
weighing. The bill was left pending.
| HOUSE-After a long debate the house beel
| inspection bill was killed.
| The house anti-cigarette bill was pasSed-e:
| to 3s-but the emergency clause was lost. The
| original bill was amended, and the first section
now reads as follows:
ANY person who sells, pays for or furnishes
| OF acts as agent for the purchase of or pro-
| curement of, amy cigar, Cigarette, cigarette
paper, or tobacco in any Of its forms. to any
child under the age OF IL years, shall be deemed
| guilty of a miSdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be punished by fine OF not more than
600 nor less than S25 for each o1ense.''
House bills were passed as follows:
Mr. Phipps: Imposing an additional tax OF
$50 for each separate line of goods sold by mer-
| chants in cities Of more than 1000 inhab-
| itants.
| Mr.. Young. of St. Francois: Setting aside
! dramShop revenue in counties having an in
| debtedness for the extinguishment thereof.
| Mr.. Tartar: Prohibiting the obstruction OF
streams and water courses by throwing brush
or logs therein.
| JEFFERSON CITY Feb 21.-The most remark
| able act in the history of Missouri legislation
| was consummated at 4 O'Clock yesterday after
noon. At 2 a. m. yesterday delegation arrived
from Sedalia with printed joint and concur
| rent resolution providing for the submission OF
constitutional amendment for the removal
OF the state capital to taat town. By noon the
| resolution had passed the house, and at 4
O'Clock in the afternoon it had received the ap-
prevail of the senate.
The following is the vote on the resolution in
the house:
YeaS,Anderson, Armstrong. Atkins, Ben
Best Brit
Us; Us q o., WayS1s9 KS. Ps s penny; bfes
SON, Cay. George. Gill Gmelich, Grifiths,
Grubb, Quincy, Hammond. Hancock, Harri-
son; Hart, Higbee, Hinde, johnson, Jones (of
Hickory, Jones {of Jackson), Jones (of Polk,
Mahan yrfn s
Mortimer Murry, oDeil. odneal, Old o OR,
1y. Petition, Phipps, Pratte, Pritchett, Rob-
macher, Shaw, Smith. (of HowelD, Smith (of
Douglass), Spencer (of St. LOUIS. Stickney,
aT1a Mr. T,p
finger. Cape Ch,nn. Coppedge, DeReign, ORA
Mcintyre. Mckearley, Martin: Miller, Moore
(of Mississippil. Mueller. Pollock, Ross
Hew shor
Cole, Short tof PhelpS), Smith (of Buchanan)
Spurgeon: Steel, Tate, femme. Tubbs. Way
Young (of Texas)-41.,
The vote on the resolution in the senate was;
Yeas-Amelung. Ballard, Basket. Bledsoe
Brewster. Busche, Davisson, Cash, Goody
koontz, Gray. kennish. klene, Lancaster, Love,
Lyman. MeClintic, Morrissey: Mott: O'Bannon:
Orchard. Powers, Seaber, Tunnel. Walker,
Wurdeman, Yeater-26.
, Nays-Drum, Dunn, Harrison, Landrum,
Madison. Morton. Williams-7.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb 22a-SENATE-Senator
Peers was absent when the Sedalia removal
resolution was put through. Yesterday he de-
nounced the way in which the measure was
acted on. and said that had he been present he
would have voted against it. He asked that
his protest be put in the journal
Senator Madison presented petition from
the citizens of Madison county asking the
passage Of the anti-Sunday baseball bill.
Senator DavisSon introduced a bill appro-
prlating 100000 for the erection OF additional
buildings at asylum No. 2 in ST. Joseph.
The committee on appropriations reported
favorably the bill to create a state board OF
arbitration.
HoUsE-Mr. Tatum introduced bill appre-
priating. &131 ,4O7 for the deficiencies. OF this
amount about 1920. 600 represents criminal costs.
Mr.. Tubs bill reducing railroad pass niger
fare to 2H cents per mile on trunk lines and
cents on branch roads was ordered engroSSed.
House bill giving lawyers lien on judgments
obtained for their fees was defeated.
House bill providing for state inspection OF
banks under direction Of the secretary of state
was ordered engrossed by close vote.
Under a suspension Of the rules the house
took up and passed joint resolution for an
amendment to the constitution making stock
holders in banking institutions and trust COM
panies doubly liable for any losses sustained
by depoSitors.
House bill appropriating s3e4, $50 for the pay
ment of interest on the state bonded debt was
passed.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
acknowledgement to fire a national salute of
guns in commemoration Of Washington's birth
day.
Mr.. Bittinger introduced bill providing for
the publication of the session acts in the coun-
try newspapers.
House bill apprQpriating a. .aa5OO 600 for the re-
demption of state bonds was passed; also,
house bill appropriating 5000 for the assess
ment and collection of the revenue.
House concurrent resolution giving women
the right to vote was made special ord er for
next Monday at p. m.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 23.-Yesterd,.y Mr..
DAVIDSON presented petition from the farm
ers of Harrison county asking for separation
of the university and agricultural college
farm.
House bill providing for the taxation OF
homesteads was Indefinitely postponed.
The Lancaster bill, giving ST. Louis eight
circuit judges. was taken up and passed
House bill repeating a law under which mem
beers of the state board of equalization receive
five dollars day was passed.
The committee on constitutional amend
mems reported favorably concurrent resolu-
ton reducing the minimum school age to 5
years.
Adjourned until the -25th.
HoUSE-As as the journal had been
approved Mr.. Davidson Of Marion, introduced
resolution severely criticising the ac-
ton of the house and senate in
hastily passing the capital-removal
resolution. The resolution was debated
until the recess hour. At the afternoon :ses-
sion debate on the pending resolution was con-
tinued until O'Clock. when it was tabled.
Mr.. Davis, OF fancy. introduced a memorial
resolution concerning the death of Frederick
Douglass, which was referred to the commit
tee on rules.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 25-SENATE-The
senate was not in session Saturday.
HoUsE-Mr. Boutwell,, of Pettis, assisted
Mr.. Choate. of Bates, in sending to en-
srossment the bill prohibiting the
alien ownership of land in Missouri.
In support of the bill. Mr.. Boutwell,
denounced the foreign rack rent" landlords
and their me; hods, and declared that Missouri
did not want such investments. IF the foreign
capitalists wanted legal and fair investments,
he said, the state would be glad to have them,
and would protect them under the laws OF the
state"