Iron County register., 1899-02-23
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Fortieth General AS.
sembly.

Proceedings of the Fortieth General As.
sembly.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 14-Senator
Sohn Morton, of Ray, has returned from
Gov: D.. r. Francis. relative to the st.
/ Louis Worlds fair project. Senator Nor
ton Is chairman of the Louisiana pur-
ate. and, together with Representative
Matt Hall, of Saline, will leave the cap
1tal for Washington, D. c., next Friday.
Mr.. Hall Is chairman of the house Lou
1siana purchase centennial committee,
and both will attend the banquet at the
| national capital on February is, at which
the St Louis Worlds fair project will be
launched
The question of appropriaticas for the
will be recalled that prominent St Louis.
ans who returned from the east last
Mckinley and Speaker Reed that thew
would look with favor upon suitable
| appropriation from the federal govern.
be asked to appropriate s5.O 600, and it i.
| proposed to raise 5000, 600 by public SUBJ
scription in st. Louis
AS third source of revenue it Il.
| learned special amendment will be sub.
mitted to the people of Missouri at ths
| city of ST. Louis to increase its bonded
debt So,O00,O 600. 1t is said that this sum
If raised in the manner indicated, will be
| devoted to Worlds fair purposes exclu.
sively. and that the city may also ask fol
authority to increase its bonded debt fol
the purpose of improving its sewage ia,
cllitleS, and In other ways preparing fol
| the Worlds fair.
Representative Clark.s bill, providing
for the establishment of a state fair, was
placed upon the calendar for engrossment
In the house yesterday Its author is
| president of the State Horse Breeders
association. and presided at the conven-
tion of that organization, and the Swine
and Cattle Breeders association. and 9th.
er industrial organizations, at Mexico the
latter
one of the purposes of the state fair is tc
organize the. Industrial interests of the
in st. Louis in 1903.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 15.-The So
called money sharks In Missouri will
have rough sailing if the bills that passed
ator Lyons bill prohibiting any person
or corporation from delivering any pay
to any person other than the one by
whom such services are rendered, except
that persons father, mother and wife,
passed the senate by vote of IS to 4.
The Wilson bill, prohibiting the charging
of more than per cent a month for the
use of money, also passed, as did anoth-
er bill by the same author prohibiting the
sale of any usuriouS note without notify
ing the purchaser of its usurious char
Senator Drums bill, appropriating $780,
900 for the erection of a lunatic asylum liz
southeast Missouri, also passed the SEN
ate.
Senator Ramp, of Greene, INTRODUCED a
bill prohibiting the exhibition of semi
nude figures as advertisements of the
atrical performances other for adVer-
tising purposes.
Senator McCIintic's bill relating to the
assessment and collection of the revenues
has passed both the house and the sem
ate, and is regarded as one of the most
important measures submitted to the leg
islature. The bill divides personal prop
two, improved and unimproved It au-
thorizes the state board of equalization
RI al an
other, a privilege denied the board under
the present law and resulting in the loss
House committee on railroads and in
ternal improvements reported the Will
iams bill. providing for reduction In
cents per mile on main lines. and cents
to 8 cents on branch lines. The bill was
grossment, by vote of Il to 81.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 16.-The St
Louis police bill caused considerable dis
cussion in the senate yesterday.
The. senate, committee on private cor.
on a senate bill to require banks to keep
constantly on hand reserve amounting
to Is per cent. of cash deposits.
Senator Drabelle, of ST. Louis, intro
duced bill to permit casualty insurance
companies to assume risks on the health
against death and accidents
Mr. Amick, Of st; Joseph. Introduced In
the house biz %hich you'd dtdna make hon6
grain and other quotations by exchanges
and board of trade. 1t would require that
act time to half minute when the offer
price or quotation was actually made up
on the market should be recorded, as well
as the time to within one-half minute
of the receipt thereof. Penalties are pro-
posed for each infraction of the law
ranging in fines to the extent of s1,OO0
and possible Imprisonment for one year
Mr.. Whitecotton, of Monroe, introduced
in the house a concurrent resolution to
for a
increasing the Incorporation fee on busi-
ness corporations about $50 per cent
Should it be adopted it will be submitted
at the 1900 election.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 17-Senator
Rollins, of St. Louis, introduced BILL
yesterday, repeating the law which Great
ers. The law creating the board has been
a dead letter for years, and the prevailing
sentiment in the senate favors the aboli-
Senator Orchards fire marshal bill was
introduced in the senate. 1t provides that
the state superintendent of insurance
shall be ex-officio fire marshal, and shall
be allowed one deputy at $1,000 per year
and clerk at $1,000 per year: The dep
uty is given authority to perform all of
the duties of the marshal. Each insu-
rance company in the state is to be taxed
proVide revenue to meet the expenses of
the fire marshafs office. The bill appro-
PIRATES $6,0 ,000 for salaries, and 1000 for eX-
penses for 1899 and 1900 According to the
terms of the bill, the fire marshal is to be
created for the purpose OF investigating
fires of incendiary origin.
The state labor bill, which is practical
ly a compulsory education measure, was
reported favorably in the house. 1t pro-
vides that no child under the age of 1G
and Is years, unless provided with GER
tificate showing that the child shall have
attended school for a year the year pre-
viouS to arriving at the age of 16 years.
Gen. Billy Ryder'S beer bill came
back from the house committee on roads
and highways with favorable report.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 1S.-The sem
ate yesterday discharged Harry A Nut
tall, who was before it on charges of con-
tempt for refusing TO answer questions of
whom he was witness, regarding the in
vestigation of the st. Louis boiler in
spector's office. Wednesday he was be-
fore the senate, and was directed to go
before the committee and answer queS-
tions. This he did, Thursday, and when
he was again brought before the senate,
that body declared he had purged him
charge by a vote of 20 to 80.
The bill introduced by DR.. Tubbs, Of
Page, to reduce the interest tax for state
purposes from 10 cents to cents. was
defeated in the house yesterday by vote
of so to 46.
Senator VanNiver's bill to shut out
dummy candidates was passed by the
vote was q to 4. The bill provides that
whenever any person shall be named for
office by petition, the SignerS of the Pc
tition must declare that they are bona
fide supporters of the candidate, and that
they have not aided and will not aid In
the nomination of any other candidate for
the same office