Iron County register., 1899-03-16
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURES.
| Proceedings OF the Fortieth General as.
l semhlY.


sembIy.
JEFFERSON CITY, March THE sem
ate passed a bill, introduced by Senator
Morton, which would create two add1-
tionai offices under control of the state
planned to secure uniformity in the rev.
enue laws. Senator Morton says it would
save between $4,000 and S5O,000. Aside
from this feature, it is a measure of i'm
portance. 1t would empower the auditor
to prescribe forms for assessing, collect
and would require all officials to use these
forms, under a penalty for each dlso-
led to appoint two skiiiful agents to go
to all the counties and the city of st.
Louis and examine and check up all books
state taxes and licenses: also to investi-
gate the legality and correctness of all
Claims and demands which might be pre-
Sented for allowance against the state.
The agents would receive s. a day and
expenses.
institutions submitted favorable report
on Senator Drums bill for the establish
ment of an insane asylum in southeast
and provide that the location of the
asylum should be decided by a commits
sion selected by the governor.
JEFFERSON CITY. March s.-Prob-
ably the most original plan ever present
ed to a legislature to discourage lynching
was proposed in the house yesterday by
Mr.. Nicholas populist, of Nodaway coun-
ty. His measure would have the sheriff
arm prisoners who were threatened with
call from vigilance committee, but
would make no provision for taking care
of a sheriff doing so when he would be
called upon to answer to the lynchers for
arming the prisoner or prisoners.
The measure is original throughout,e even
to the description of the kind of a pistol
specifies that it should be ''3S revolver"
a weapon which authorities on firearms
assert carries bullet of sufficient caliber
way should a ball fired therefrom stilxe
him in the right place.
Mr.. Delzell, of Webster, introduced in
the house a bill to amend the pool law so
as to prohibit bookmaking and pool SELL
ing at any time ar any place in the state.
in jail fine of 81, 900, or both. There
is an emergency clause attached to the
measure.
The senate adopted a resolution offered
by Senator Drum, of, Bollinger, for the
appointment of joint committee of four
senators and four members of the house
to examine all the game and fish bills
pending, and recommend what legislation
should be enacted on the subject There
are many such bills and they take in a
wide range of opinions on the subject.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 9.-The
house passed the st. Louis police bill yes
dramShop bill.
Senator Orchard, of Howell, introduced
a bill providing that no druggist may sell
or give away liquors in quantities of less
tnan four gallons. except on the written
prescription of registered physician, un
tained a state license at a cost of $25 per
annum. Violations may be punished by a
line of 500 to $500, and revocation of the
pharmacists license. 1t is estimated that
there are $1,000 druggists in the state, and
that this bill will net the state $375, 900 per
annum.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 10-Sen-
ator Orchard, yesterday introduced sub
stitute for the Dowell bill, increasing the
tax on the state dramshop license from
500 to $500 a year and reducing the tax on
the county dramshop license from $500
to S400.
The senate passed the Dowen bill to per-
nit the life insurance companies, which
are said to be mutual companies. There
are several OF these companies in the state
and they have been forbidden by the in
Surance commissioner to transact busi-
ness. It provides for tax of one per
cent. on the gross premiums of such COM
panies. The emergency clause of the bill
was also passed.
ing corporations organized under the laws
of this state and doing business in this
revenue SO e derived u is to be Credited m te
the state seminary fund for the benefit
of the state university, one-eighth to go
to the school of mines.
A bill amending the Sunday closing law
of 1891 by requiring saloons to close from
a; m. to p. m: every Sunday, the hours
of Sabbath services, was introduced by
Senator Schweickhardt.
JEFFERSON CITY, March n.-What
the house could not accomplish at the
last revising session in six long weeks of
effort was accomplished yesterday after
a debate of one hour. The report of the
joint committee on revision was adopted
by a vote of 80 to 80. The resolutions
had passed the senate Thursday, so the
joint committee will proceed at once to
clear the calendars of important meas
ures and give the revision of the statutes
practically clear field after next
Wednesday.
Four of the important appropriation
bills, all having passed the house, were
taken up by the senate in committee of
the whole, and agreed to without oppo-
sition.
Four bills of much Importance to coal
miners were passed by the senate. All
had previously passed the house, and it
is stated that the governor will sign them. !
The bills were prepared by State Mine In
spector Evans. One of the bills would
require all scales to be within 100 feet of
the mouth of the shaft, so that miners
could verify the weights allowed them by
the operators. 1t is said that in many
instances the scales are a mile or more
away from the mouth of the shaft, and
that the miner has no chance to know
whether he is being treated fairly or not.
Another bill would give the miners lien
on all other property of the operator for
all labor in and about a mine. The third
bill would require the state inspector of
mines to inspect all scales of coal mines.
The last of the bills seeks to provide adj
ditional safety for miners.
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S UNIFORM.