Iron County register., 1899-03-30
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the FortIeth General As.
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/ Proceedings of the Fortieth General AS.
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JEFFERSON CITY, March 21.-senator
/ Drabeiie's bill creating the office OF state
engineer wa. vas passed by the senate yes, se,
to the bill. it having. been amended 70
meet the objections advanced to it. The
vote was 20 yeas. nays.
AS amended the bill applies only to
| cities of $4,000 inhabitants or more. 1t
provides for the appointment at salary
10 be BY state ene
In each city to which the bill applies. The
| examiners are to get 50 each per day
gineer is also allowed a clerk at $1,000 per
| year. and his Office is to be in St. Louis.
Engineers are divided INTO two classes,
| is made unlawful for any persons to op-
| crate a steam holster or elevator ma
chinery without having first obtained a
| license The provisions of the law do not
! apply TO locomotive engineers, to en-
| gineers with United States licenses. or to
| engineers operating boilers used purely
for heating purposes with pressure OF 10
| pounds or less.
Senator McCIintic's bill, appropriating
| $500 1or monument to be erected over
| the grave of the late Gov John S. Mar
maduke, was passed by the house with
but one dissenting vote. The remains of
the late governor lie in the cemetery in
Jefferson City, with not even simple
slab to mark the spot
| JEFFERSON CITY, March 22-Yester-
day the house passed Senator Drums bill
to appropriate S150,000 for the establish
rnent of new insane asylum in south
east Missouri. 1t was amended as to
| provide for a tract of land in connection
with the asylum of 800 acres The old bill
only called for $50 acres. OF the us MEM
bers in their seats all voted for it. Astate-
ment is made that all the other asylumS
are full The location of the new asylum
will be determined by commission to be
named by the governor next summer.
The house engrossed general road law.
It provides that all work the roads
shall be performed by contract Road dis
tricts are to comprise not less than three
nor exceeding six square miles, and three
commissioners shall be elected for each
district. The poll tax shall not be less than
$1.50 nor exceeding So. Towns and villages
Incorporated i'll a road district shall pay
% cents on the 800 for road tax
The senate passed Senator Rollins bill
authorizing the appointment by the gov
ernOr of a state board of BARRIERS to pass
upon the qualifications of those who de-
sire to follow that aVocation. AS amend
sas City. 1t was introduced and passed
at the instance of the BARRIERS organiza-
tions of St. Louis and other cities
JEFFERSON CITY. March 23-The
house committee eieemosynary insti-
tutions has again changed it's views in
regard to the bill to repeal the law Great
ing the state board of charities. Tuesday
night a majority of the committee de-
cided to report the bill faVoraby. We'd
other meeting and majority of the
committee decided to report it adversely.
The house spent more that half of yes
tcrday considering for engrossment a bill
appropriating $4,000 of the taxes received
from insurance companies for the years
1897 to 1898 to the various counties and the
city of St. Louis for school purposes.
An amendment was tackled on to appro-
pirate $250,0 for the ensuing two years
from the same fund and for the same
laid over
The house passed a resolution providing
for constitutional amendment under
the terms of which only felony cases are
to be investigated by grand juries. The
resolution was introduced by Mr.. Wool
folk, of Lincoln.
The senate committee on municipal cor
pcrations submitted favorable report on
Senator Drabelle's bill to prohibit city
councils from granting franchises to street
railways except upon petition of a ma
jority of owners of abutting property
along the proposed route.
Senator Wilson's bill to provide that
garnishments against railroad for the
wages of an employe shall have effect
until after judgment has been obtained
passed the senate. This measure is IN
tended to operate against class of
money lenders who thrive in the large
''sharks''
The senate passed Senator Clay's bill
to prohibit officers of mining corporations
from acting as judges, clerks or wit
aesses of elections.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 4.-The
house, yesterday, killed the stock yards
bill.
plies only to st. Louis and Kansas City,
passed the senate without opposition.
Judges and clerks of election may be ap-
pointed by the election commissioners
without the approval of the circuit court,
now required 1t is provided also that
there shall be registration at the Office of
the election commissioners every day, ex-
cept Sunday, in September of each year.
There is to be general registration
The bill which passed the senate pro-
viding that member of fraternity So
ciety may make his benefit certificate pay
bile q he designate. will
be reported unfavorably by house commit
tee on fraternal insurance.
before the house judiciary committee and
urged the passage of the Dewey social
iarging the district in which it is pro,
posed to confine the houses of ill-repute
OF ST. Louis. DR.. Boyd thinks that if the
through the senate. He said that it was
not the purpose to license evil in any
form, but simply to concentrate it within
one district and attack it with all the
moral influence available
JEFFERSON CITY, March 25.-The ap
preparations bill passed by the house went
through the senate yesterday. Having
the emergency clause, they will become
effective as soon as signed by the gov
ernor. Following are the appropria tions3
For the public schools, one-third of the
revenue. which will amount to about
ton of state bonds, $1.5G0, 900. For assess.
ing and collecting the revenue, $350,091
For interest on the public debt $7l0,0J
providing for an additional road tax, Of
feTed by Mr.. Hamilton, of Daviess, wag
passed in the senate. The resolution pro-
Vides that an amendment to the consti-
tuition shall be submitted to the people
OF the state at the next general election
county courts to levy an adj
ditional tax not to exceed 10 cents pei
500 of valuation of road and bridge pur,
poses. st. Louis, Kansas City and St
Joseph are excepted.
The house killed the Bolton bill, provid-
ing for an annual registration of all phar-
macists and the payment of a fee of 81
for each registration.
Senator Wilson's bill, aimed at money
Sharks and framed by Harry Hawse,
board, passed the house, and only needs
the signature of the governor to become |
a law. 1t provides that any person, firm
or corporation who shall take or receive |
over per cent month for the use or
of any money or property |
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, pun- |
ishable by both fine and imprisonment.
DR. Tubbs, of Usage, scored a victory
in the house by the passage of his bills |
placing the excise commissioner and the |
coal oil Inspector of st. Louis on salaries. |
The bill goes to the senate.
Second Infantry Ordered to Cuba.
Washington, March 25.-The Second |
United States infantry is under orders |
to go from Admission, Ala, 20 Cuba. |
Before sailing eight companies and |
will go to Savannah and |
four companies to Augusta.
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