The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
q BUSY DAY.
Many Bills OF importance Brought Before
the Missouri Legislature.

Many isiiiS OF importance Brought iieicfs
the Missouri Legislature.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. Jan. 22.-Earlv j
in the session of the senate yesterday .
Ballard called up the resolution he /
introduced Wednesday providing fol !
an investigation of police matters in /:
Kansas City by 4 subcommittee OF the !
senate committee on corporations other |
than railroads, The resolution was !
adopted. 20 to Is, and Kansas |
City police affairs will be in
vcstigated by two committces-sen
and house. iIohenschild Introduces
bills providing for county teachers in
stituteS at least two weeks each vca'
in each county in the state. and to pun
ish every editor. publisher, representa-
tive and business manager concerned
in the publication of any false or
slanderous article about ii candidate
for office during Il campaign by fine
of not more than $500 and six months
| in jail. Madison introduced d bill
| which provides that it shall be unlaw-
| full for any person not Il citizen, or who
had not declared his intention to be-
| come one. to acquire. hold or own real
estate except by inheritance or through
| the collection of debts. and no foreign
| corporation shall own or control min
| ing or manufacturing corporations I'M
| less - per cent. of its stock is owned
| by citizens of the nited States. The
new senate committee, to have charge
of matters that concerns cities of over
80. 600 people. exclusively. was appoint
ed this morning. Its members are
Young. Lancaster, Lyons, Brewster
and Schweickardt.
\ bill taxing every kind of franchise.
railroad. street railway. gas, water,
telephone. granted by state. county,
city or other authorities has been re-
ported for passage in the house. 1t pro
vides that the state board of equaliza
ton shall fix the value of all franchises
and on the basis of such valuation q
tax for state purposes of ID cents 1oi
every 800 and ten cents on every Sl0t
for the city and county or school dis
tricts affected by the franchises shal
be levied. Among other bills present
ed were: BY Ruby, creating a stat
| board of charities and correction t.
r consist of six members. named b,
q the governor; by Cook, for ii commits
sion to codify and revise the statute
laws: by Dunn. to create commission
for the publication of school text
books: by Brett, that ali hangings TAX
place in the state penitentiary an
Is making an appropriation for the eree
r ton of building and galluws on tn
- prison reservation for that purpose; b
= johnson, to sell the state asylum Tor tn
blind purchase a new site and cor
;" tract for new buildings. and to appIt
- pirate $50. 900 for a new site; by tollin'
to restrict the rate of interest to 81
per cent: by johnson, to classify cor
20 victs according To their sentences;
transfer the issuing of marriage
~ censes from the recorder of deeds to til
8, probate Judge; to protect the gam
fish and birds of the state: that in pu
~ chases by installmcnt payments tt
ss goods cannot b. seiz.d until - p'
N cent of the purchase money has be,
g returned making it ii fine of SO
- $500 for any member OF II
70, LEGISLATURE to accept Il fr
ge pass. OF discounted ticket: pr
= viding that husband and wife shall
u competent to testify in each others /
ed half in civil suits The committee
hit judiciary reported for passage the b
repeating the special jury law. NJ
~ Dyer's bill providing for trial by ju
nd in cases of contempt of court. was
-, ported unfavorably. but was order
printed for information. Mr.. lie
les bill. putting lien upon all belongin
de of professional bonds:nen, was report
upon favorably.