Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-25
The MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.

JEFFERSON CITY. March 15-SENATE-The
| senate held dry and uneventful session on the
18th, devoted chiefly to committee reports, en-
| s-ossment OF bills and routine work of general
character. Several bills OF particular inter-
| est were passed.
HoUsE-The general appropriation bin was
taken up and passed 1t was Immediately re-
ported to the senate.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 16-SENATE-The
house bill prohibiting Sunday baseball came VI
as special order.in the senate yesterday. and
was put to death after debate of two hours
The liquor license bill. q revenue measure, in
dorsed by the state officers, was passed in
formally. It is house bill, raising the state
fee on saloon licenses to 500 A similar bill
was killed in the senate earlier in the session
HOUSE -Dunn's three-cent fares bill, affect
ing the street railways of St. Louis and Kansas
City. between the hours OF and a. L. and {
and p. m, was killed
A joint and concurrent resolution asking that
congress make an appropriation for the i'm
provement of Grand river passed.
The bill to authorize the governor to appoint
q pure food commissioner to enforce the law on
that subject was defeated.
A bill providing that in cities of the fourth
class persons shall work two days on the street.
or take their choice of paying 81 road tax.
passed.
bill, introduced by O'Bannon, of Wayne
county, prohibiting corporations from making
contributions for campaign purposes, was taken
up and passed. Under the provisions of the bill.
the fine for violation is from $500 to s. 600 and
forfeiture Of charter. The vote ON the bill was
81 to 20.
JEFFERSON CITY, March J7.-SENATE-Yes-
terday the bill to double the, state tax on dram
shops from $50 to S1O0), was indefinitely post
poned- A committee reported favorably on the
bill limiting the salary of all coal-cl inspec-
tors to 5000 a year.
The governors veto of the bill prohibiting in
solvent corporations from making preferred
debtors was sustained.
HOUSE = "Reminiscences were presented
against the appointment of homeopathic ply
sicianS for the asylum for the insane at Fulton,
causing exciting debate
The act to amend the fish and game law so as
to allow the netting AID seining of fish in back
waters passed.
The bill to give juries in criminal cases dis
erection as to whether they will sentence to exc
cution or Imprisonment for life in the peniten-
ttary passed by a vote of 100 to g.
The university endowment kill was called up
as a general order. Mr. Martin, of Barton,
moved to lay the bill, the report of the COM
mittee and accompanying amendments on the
table. The vote on Mr.. Martins motion re-
suited: Yeas, 20; nays, So. This terminates for
this session the contest over further endow-
ment Of the university, and renders necessary
the appropriation from the revenue fund for
support of the school.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 1s.-SENATE-The
bill creating a board of arbitration and con-
Citation, to settle disputes between employers
and employees, passed yesterday The bill re-
ceived Is votes, II republicans and democrats,
the latter friends of the governor.
The committee on appropriations reported in
favor of increasing the amount to maintain the
governors mansion and grounds to $4,000.
HoUsE-The bill creating board of charities
and corrections passed the senate and will now
go to the governor.
The militia bill passed; also the senate school
text book bill, exempting st. Louis, Kansas
City and st. Joseph from its provisions.
A senate bill limiting the interest on chattel
mortgages to one per cent. a month passed;
also, the bill giving the state board of health
power to determine what is a proper medical
certificate of graduation.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 19-SENATE-The
FarriS freight reduction bill was killed in the
senate yesterday, after a brief but spirited
fight Senator Major led the fight il favor of
the bill
The senate spent nearly all of the afternoon
the appropriation bills.
The senate reduced the salaries of the assist
ant deputy warden, the book-keeper, the day
and night yardmasters and day and night fore
men of the penitentiary.
The committee on agriculture, roads and
highways made an unfavorable report on the
Slate stock-yards bill. The bill was then in
definitely postponed.
The Ryder beer inspection bill was taken up
by the judiciary committee. The house COM
mittee, by practically unanimous vote, de-
cided to report the bill unfavorably.
HoUsE-The house passed the senate bill pro-
viding for pure candy. It amends the old law
30 that impure and adulterated candy can be de-
stroyed.
The house also passed bill permitting the
inmates of the ex-confederate home at Hig-
ginSville to vote.
no dofa no hi a.
500 for the erection of a monument over the
grave of Gov. John S. Marmaduke in the state
cemetery. Maj. Bittinger made a strong speech
In favor of the bill, and the republicans voted
solidly for it. The vote was 81 to 49,
JEFFERSON CITY. March 2O.-SENATE-The
st. Louis Civic federation school-board bill
passed the senate yesterday. 1t provides for
the election of a new school board 60 days after
1t becomes law.
Billy Ryders beer bill met defeat by vote Of
Is to IA.
The senate also killed the bill raising the state
saloon license from 500 to $500 per annum.
An unfavorable report was made on the two
cent passenger rate BILL but no action was
taken on the report.
HoUSE-The house refused to adopt the sem
ate rider the general appropriation bill,
which sought to prevent the governor from
placing the insane asylum at Fulton in the
hands of the homeopathic school physicians.
The house also refused to adopt the senate
amendments reducing the salaries of prison
and struck out the appropriation Of
s.. OOG for a state board of charities
The attention of the house was given to 4he
consideration OF appropriation bills as amended
by the senate, and by vote Of "a to Al 1t re-
fused to concur in the senate amendment pro-
viding that no support shall be allowed to any
asylum not managed by the allopathic school Of
medicine
A Knockout for the Kinteoscope I'm tha