Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURES.

JEFFERSON City. March a-SENATE-The
bills appropriating money for the support OF the
| eleemosynary institutions, and for the mileage
and per diem OF members were passed on the
9th
The senate bill authorizing the railroad COM
missioners to fix maximum rates on expressage
was read the third time and passed.
| By resolution, all the committee clerks were
dismissed. except the clerks Of the committees
! on accounts. ways and means, appropriations
| Judiciary, criminal, Jurisprudence, engrosSed
| and enrolled bills.
HoUsE-The house did but little outside Of
considering the general deficiency bill The
| retrenchers and reformerS were disposed
| to cut on many Of the Deficiencies
and they succeeded in striking out the item
for paying for the transportation OF the
Missouri state guards to the worlds fair. This
amount was s. 10, and is due several rail-
road companies A s., 900 deficiency in the state
| board of health account was also stricken out
| The retrencherS argued that the board had ex-
| exceeded it's appropriation and should pay the
| deficiency.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 9.-SENATE-Y ester-
day house bill increasing the number Of state
bank inspectors from two to three, reducing
salaries to 81, 800 and requiring such inspectors
to examine trust companies, came up for con-
| currence in the amendments The senate re-
| fused to recede from its amendment exempt
ing trust companies from the provisions Of the
bill
Senator Busche's bill, providing that ballots
| on constitutional amendments be printed sep
arately from the general ticket was passed.
| HoUsEAMr. Farris' bill passed, providing
that where two school districts join and the
| enumeration Of colored children in either or
both is less than p, the directors may establish
q joint colored school at point not over three
| miles from the most remote point in either OF
the districts, the expense to be borne by each
district proportionately: also. that where 10 or
more colored children are found public school
shall be maintained for them.
| Mr.. Sickles' bill, increasing the state tax
| peddlers' licenses from s. to $40 when afoot and
from $40 to $40 to SIS when on horseback, was
passed.
| Mr.. Hoods bill to prevent Irritation on rail
| way trains was ordered printed for Information.
| A message was received from the governor,
| vetoing the bill recently passed requiring all
executions to take place inside the walls OF the
| penitentiary.
| JEFFERSON CITY, March 10.-SENATE-The
! senate yesterday concurred in the house amend
ments to the bill providing for recognizing the
| building and loan department, placing 1t under
| the control of an inspector appointed by the
governor, and providing for more thorough
| inspection
The endowment bill passed by vote of % to
! Q, with emergency clause.
A bill to relieve merchants of the necessity OF
| giving bond for their merchants licenses, and
| providing fine of $500 if they make false state
| ments to the assessor, was passed.
HoUsE-The school textbook bill was
ported back from the committee with two
amendments, the first one substituting "a bust
ness man" for state auditor member of the
commission, and the second providing that the
proposed law shall not apply to cities having
more than $4,000 inhabitants. Both amend
meatS were adopted.
| The bill for the support Of the educational
! institutions was called. It carries the follow
ing appropriations: KirksvilIe normal, SIS, $50;
| Warrehsburg normal S29, 500; Cape Girardeau
normal, $4,000; Lincoln institute, S36,550;
| state university, $4,000; Rclla School of
| Mines $1,000 The university was given ST.
| 600 for maintenance, $4,000 for club building,
! and $4,000 Tor repairs.
| JEFFERSON CITY. March 11.-SENATE-The
| senate yesterday occupied much of its time in
| an effort to agree with the house as to the date
| of adjournment 1t eventually passed a resolu-
| tion to adjourn on March 90 CThe house changed
| it to the l9th.)
Senator Peers bill to increase the salaries Of
teachers of the state deaf and dumb school at
| Fulton failed to pass.
| Senator Williams bill legitimatizing the chill
! dren of parents who subsequently marry passed
| the senate. after warm debate.
| Senator Motifs bill requiring real estate Sc
| curitieS on policies and bonds passed
The governors veto OF the hanging bill Chat
| oil executions take place in the penitentiary),
| was sustained-21 to II, not the necessary two
| thirds
HoUsE-The bill providing that 70 per cent of
! the road tax be refunded to cities, towns and
! villages under special charter Tor street pur-
| poses was passed.
The senate bill authorizing the county court
| to make a levy of s. on every male citizen over
81 years of age for road purposes and limiting
| each county to two road districts and the ap-
| pointing by the county court o: an overseer for
each district at salary Of $500 t. 1880 year.
| graded according to population of counties, was
| Indefinitely postponed.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 12-SENATE-Yes-
terday the Whitecotton bill. making more rig
orous the seduction law, and raising the age OF
consent to 81 years. was passed. 1t now goes to
| the governor.
HoUsE-The St. Louis Civic Federation schoo
board bill was defeated by vote of So to 49,
| Seventy votes are necessary for constitutional
majority, and the friends of the measure stated
that an effort would be made to reconsider.
The bill authorizing the organization Of pru-
Dental and fraternal societies on the same plan
as the old line insurance companies. defeated on
the 4th, was reconsidered and passed the house.
It authorizes the organization of them on cap
ital of 100000.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 1S-SENATE-Gov
Stephens, yesterday, sent his third veto mes
sage to the general assembly. The communica-
ton was addressed to the president Of the SEN
ate, and was diSapproval OF the act entitled
IAN act to constitute the assets of insolvent
corporations trust fund for the benefit Of
creditors, and to prevent preferences of
creditors by insolvent corporations, or in con-
temptation of insolvency and diScontinuance of
business, or Of voluntary liquidation, and to
provide for the application OF the assets OF in
solvent corporations to the payment of all
their creditors in proportion to their re-
spective claims 1.-THE BILL" says the gov
ernor,'' makes a decided innovation IN
the well-established law of this state, and
will unsettle questions that are now not open
to discussion. I" > It is class legislation of
the plainest sort. . II it is desirable to
do thing so radical to take away from the
owner and possessor of property the right Of
disposing OF It, why should the prohibition be
limited to corporations? Why should this
GLASS Of citizens be singled out and theiT
business operations embarrassed by such an at
tack? Why do not the same reasons exist for
depriving all persons Of the right to dispose Of
what belongs to thems The tendency Of this
sort OF laws is wrong the real mis-
chief and rank injustice which this bill, under
the guise % fairness, will work In the everyday
business OF corporations can not be fully con-
ceived'
HoUsE-On motion Of Mr.. McMonigle, OF
Platte county, the house yesterday recon
sidered the st. Louis Civic Federation blu.
which was defeated on the nth, and passed
by a vote Of IS 10 g. Mr.. Porter was the only
st. Louis man who voted for the measure,
Reagan making a strong speech against it. The
bill will be reported to the senate at once and
will be passed, with amendments eliminating
khs appointive features
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.