The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-03-25
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
House aud Senate nj q In Biennial session
to Pass New u We and Amend
Old pnea

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tins bill allowing ofidrs 10 take prisoners TO !
the pcnitentlary once alyeek; also Martins bill
reducing the cost OF extutiag q death warrant
from t50 70 ga seuAtol Rollins introduced
bill 70 permit sssessorsto examine the books
Of brokers and corporapnA Other bills intro
duced were: To redud fees and mileage Of
Jurors; 10 Increase the kalaf3 OF the peniten-
tiary physician from j. 40 70 q, I,4OO... The
house, by vote Of "a toh7. killed the bill to re-
duce passenger rates tofwo ecnts a mile, The
appropriation bill for fe state asylums and
penal institutions waslasreed To- 1t carries
th52 sSl as follows; Fullon asylum. s3l, 800; st
Joseph asylum, $500; Nevada asylum, g., 800;
ST Louis asylum, ts1, 90; Fulton institute for
deaf and dumb, si4i, 500; ST Louis school for
blind, $4,000; Boonviile reform school sSe, iS0;
ohillleothe home for girls. $500; penltentiary.
$4,000; confederate home, il', 80; federal SOL
diers home, lio,250 Tbs house calendar com
mittee reported ten bills for eigrossment and
ten for final passage. Kneislay presented
bill providing that all persons over q years
old who are convicted Of any crime shall bo
forever barred from voting OF serving as
jurors Amick Introduced Bill TO make
every owner OF bicycle pay license Of VI a
year on order Of the county court Ten per
cent OF the money thus paid goes INTO the road
fund and the remainder Into fuld for the
collection and repair Of bicycle pathA
The house on the 10th, by vote Of n 70 81,
ordered to engrossment the Barnett bill TO tax
| collateral inherltances for the benefit Of the
state university. The bill remltting oil penai-
ties in delinquent taxes paid this year passed
the house, but before the vote was announced
| enough votes were changed 10 defeat II The
house by almost unanimous vote passed the
bill 10 make divorces conditional until amer
one year The house also passed re-enaa.
ment Of the game law, which had explreA
Lee, Of Carter, introduced reso
luton favoring woman suffrage. Thu
senate defeated bill by Senator Mott requir
ing the state to pay the cost Of keeping boys II
the reform school The senate ordered TO en-
grossment the bill prohibiting the issuance o
| q teachers certificate to persons underia Tn
senate, In executive session. confirmed thes
nominations. Mrs r. Slack and W. I. Dam
eron TO be members OF the board OF manager
OF the Industrial school for girls; John II
Carey and W. Ellison TO be members OF tn
board OF managers OF the St Joseph asylum
The nomination OF w H Westoner r. n
White, f. L. Lucsett and W. l. Reid for mem
bers of the board Of managers OF the Fulto
4sylum were referred
I In the house on the nth Huok offered q
amendment to the railroad bill providing for
reduction Of passenger rates TO 2n cents mil'
| n luoNC W AAhbhhhtA1 Ppohpbho Neo iooet Va
SO, and on motion Of Huck his motion went owe
Informally. The house adopted resolutio
calling on the state auditor to explain why b
was not auditing warrants for members On
clerks Auditor Seber replied that
could not audit the warrants until al
preparation bills wer0 passed By
, vote OF 50 TO II the house ordere
to enerossment the Ryder beer inspection bill
The house also ordered engrosscd the seve
, per cent contract interest bill The bill
a give State Auditor Seibert two skilled agen
= 10 visit counties and check up the accounts
county officers was indefinitely postponed.
: The Major bill. permitting women 10 hol
s once as school directors, was ordered to Ell
: grossment In tho senate The senate by unal
imous vote, confirmed the following o.
/, pointments as members OF the board OF maj
ayers OF the Fulton insane asylum! II.
s Westover. Buchanan county; r. M. Whit
I Audran county; +. Il. Luckett, Cole count
A w. L Reed. St Louis
TnE house on the 18th passed the bill provl
ing for q state fair, the site to be selected wit
In 80 days The house for two hours foug
= over the bill introduced by the committee
n public health which would practically do awI
with the practice OF osteopathy and Christi
"A science. The bill was finally tabled Sui
- van, OF Christian county, introduced resol
a tlon which was unanimously passed, calling
a, the state treasurer To report 10 the house, n
=, later than March 2l the exact condition OF
- states revenues
A. THE house on the 10th sent the followi
IN bills to onGossment: Reducing express raj
ed fully one-half; to prevent aduteratlon OF NIL
providing for vestibples on all grip cars;
peallng the law providing for an Inspector
watermelons. for this taxing OF departme
10 stores on each separate line carried; comp,
le ling schoolbook companies To establish agenci
N in every township; to restrict the signing
o- petitions nominating candidates for ONCE; O
propriating 1850 for a monument to ex-G'
% Marmaduke .,. The senate passed Drabell
no bill creating the once Of state engineer.