Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-23
PASSED TOA SECOND READING
1t Was Ordered 70 E-ngrossnsat
which Indicates That It win
Pass the House Other Bills
Up FOR Diseusson-
Letter Fromc.
7. Allen.


kf0ndyke region. o they are
basking in a sunshine as warn and
bright as Naples, and one looks around
for the Robin and blue bird.
The 6 per cent interest bin has gone
''vhere the woodbine twineth." AZ
per cent contract rate BIN has been in
troduced and 1t Is believed that 1t VIII
pasa the House. What the Senate
wiz do with ii | cannot say.
The State Fair bill, introduced by
Mr.. Clark, Of Audr4in, passed its sec
ond reading last Monday. Il met with
some opposition, bot the vote order
ing II to engrossment indicates that 1t
VIII pass the House BY a good msjoFi-
ty. It does net ASH the State for q
dollar in the way Of an appropriation,
but it allows the Legislature in the
future to help it Il The peoples repre-
sentstives deem ii worthy OF support.
The opposition was based on the fact
that some Legislature hereafter might
appropriate something toward its
maintenance
This reminds me of q story 1 once
heard Of little girl on an ocean steam
er sailing serenely over an unrufied
sea. The little girl broke out crying
like her heart vas rent in twain.
After quieting her somewhat her
mother asked her what made her cry
60. "oh, motheri" she said, "suppose
some Of these days I should get mar
ried and should have a dear little blue
eyed girl with golden ringlets and
rosy cheeks and pearly teeth, and
suppose ] should go on = sea voyage
and that dear little girl should fan
overheard into the sea, what would
become Of me?n
Under the law as il now reads all
persons between the ages OF 81 and 50
are required to work the public roads.
Mr.. MeClaren, of Ripley, has intro
ducsd a bin reducing the age to Is
and as.
Section 1910 Of the revised statutes
says that no property shall be exempt
from levy and sale under execution
for personal services rendered by G
house servant or common laborer. Mr..
Smith, OF Mcdonald, has introduced q
bill placing ''local registered physic-
ians" on same footing with house
servants and common lAborers.
Mr.. DelEefl has introduced the usual
freight rate reducing bill. What VIII
be done with IL remains to be seen.
The short haul rate lie what taxes the
people most heavily.
MIR. Clark, by request, has intro
dneed a bin regulating the practice Of
veterinary, medicine, surgery, &c.
The bill provides for q estate Board Of
Veterinary Examiners" Of five veter-
inarians, graduates Of a legally char
tered veterinary college Dr. school
This Board lie to examine all applicants
for certificates to practice in Missouri
The immense capital invested In
horses, mules and cattle in Missouri
makes II necessary, in the opinion oil
the author OF this bill, for the law To
regulate this business. The bill is nc
doubt worthy the most careful consid-
GRAFTON.
"Roads and Highways" seem to bs
in the air and on the brains Of the
members Of this House owing to the
drift Of public sentiment toward good
roads. Many bills have been intro
duced embodying various and sundrJ
ways Of improving the public roads
and IT lie to be hoped that out Of then
will be evolved some one methot
which viii be both good and accepta'
BILE. Looking in this direction is q bill
introduced by Mr. Kneisley, Of Car.
roll, providing for q "Highway Com
mission" OF three persons, whose duty
it shall be to gather information, data
and statistics on the subject Of road
and highways, to examine into the
highway laws Of other states and theil
methods Of executing them, etc. In.
asmuch as the good roads question
has assumed such importance in THU
State, this bill does not seem to be fal
from a good one.
Mr.. Hunter, Of Pulaski county, Il
the friend of the woOd-peckers, sap
suckers and yellow-hammers. He
has introduced = bin making it nnlsw-
ful for anyone to Kill one of these
birds, because they ares engaged In q
laudabls industry-that Of destroying
obnoxious insects that infest the
orchards-a matter Of tie gravest i'm
portance 60 tae fruit growers. Not
such a "fool" bill as one might mag
Inc al FIRST sight. The apple and
peach crops Of Missouri are worth
millions OF dollars each yesr-wben 30
degrees below zero "don't knock
them winding"
The Revenue is the most import
ant chapter in the Revised Statutes,
and that Il lie the closest TO the people
is attested BY the fact that q very
large percentage Of bills introduced
in the House proposes amendments
to this chapter. Judge William @.
Marshall, Of the Supreme Court, has
suggested q method Of revising our
whole tax system which commsnds
itself toa large number Of people. To
adopt and carry into execution his
proposed method, however, q new
Constitution viii be necessary. Judge
Marshall's plan of taxation gives to
the State, for State purposes exclnHive-
ly, all revenue from corporate wealth
and franchises. These sources of
revenue viii give the State all the
revenue 1t wants or needs. It then
gives to the counties, a. independent
municipalities, all revenue from real
and personal estate, license taxes Of
all kinds leach county to tx lie own
rate, within certain limitations, a. now
named in the constitution, and each
county to meet lie own expenses, In
Guiding criminal costs, out Of lie own
reyenael. Inequality Of taxation
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