Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-19
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Fortieth General As.
sembly.

sembly.
JEFFERSON CITY. Jan 10.-A number OF
bills were introduced In the senate yes
terday. Senator Morton, to call consti-
to provide state examiner for certain
county officials; Senator Dunn. to erect
an asylum for the insane in southwest
Missouri. There was stormy debate in
the house over resolution to print 4.O0J
copies of Prof John R k sdsao,T retiring ring
his official map. The resolution prevailed.
Mr. Lee, of Carter, q bill to erect an
asylum for the insane in southeast Mis-
souri,.
JEFFERSON CITY. Jan. 1.-THE lieu
tenant governor, yesterday, announced the
ocrats and two republ1cans-toin investigate
the municipal affairs of st. Louis Sew
en- senators Were appointed to meet with
Is members of the house to devise a
method of revising tae statutes. Several
bills were introduced, one BY senator tor
Mott TO create noapo OF eVies in int lt
duced a resolution against the annexation
of the Philippines. The question was post
when all members will be given chance
to express their opinion on expansion, an
nexation of the north pole, holding Cuba.
etc, etc. The house went on record as
9avoring the celebration of the Louisiana
Purchase. and extending aid for centen-
NAL exposition in St. Louis.
JEFFERSON CITY. Jan. 1.-THE SUBJ
committee of the house and senate on
plan of revision met in joint session yes
1erday afternoon. ana S ea nro
cedure for revising the statutes of Mis-
souri,.
mittees to-day provides for the appoint
ment of a joint revision committee. TO
consist of seven members of the house.
and a like number from the senate. The
joint committee will annotate and col
late the revised statutes of 1895, and pre-
acts acts repeaiing any of the statutes Of 1883.
for the information of the regular stand
ing committees of the house and senate,
to which the work of revision will be as
signed. The regular standing committees
will incorporate the result of their 1aborS
on revision of bills, which will be intro
duced from time to time in the house and
senate, and referred to the joint revision
committee. Il any Inaccuracies appear,
committees whence they emanated, and
again introduced in the house or senate.
as the case may be.
In the senate Mr.. Farriss introduced a
joint and concurrent resolution providing
for constitutional amendment, creating
oad 5p1d BY means cd po
questing the Missouri members in con-
gress to fight the Cullom anti-scalping
ator Lyons for the reduction of criminal
costs by reducing witness fees and mile
age.
duced in the house by Representative
Curry. of Ozark. The measure provides
to send Children, between the ages Of s
and Is years, to school at least L weeks
in the year, eight of which shall be con-
The question of the senate investigation
into the municipal affairs of st. Louis
caused warm partisan debate in the
house.
JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 13.-In the SEN
ate yesterday Orchards anti-scalping
resolution was referred to committee on
federal relations. Senator Rollins present
ed the BARRIERS bill prepared by the bar
bers' union of st. Louis. 1t provides for
examination and licensing of BARRIERS
introduced a bill to provide for adopting
the Torrens system of land transfers
This measure is similar 10 the Illionis
law. which is said to have been adopted
in other states. Mr.. Kiskaddon, of Frank
lin, presented bill to prevent nepotisIn
in the employment of schooI-teachers. It
is alleged that the practice of school di-
rectors, particularly in the country, of
making the district schools a job for their
relatives has grown to alarming eXtents
of late years. Mr.. Wright. of Randolph,
offered a number of bills revising the
mining laws, particularly those relating
to coal miners One would require coal to
be weighed before being screened. This
IS intended to be in the interest of the
miners. Others relate to the safety pre-
cautions in mines, the payment of wages,
etc.
JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. f<-In the
fayette, introduced a bill providing for an
important change in the election laws. It
relates to Independent tickets. or those
numerical strength sufficient to give them
a place on the official ballot except by
petition. 1t is proposed to SO change this
law that those signing such petitions
must qualify that they are supporters of
the candidates in question and intend vot-
ing for them.
The reformers had a field day in the
house in the matter of considering a res
olution to pay the Jefferson City Tribune
five cents copy for printing the oaily
official proceedings of the house and sem
ate, and furnishing copies Thereof to the
-tNnz4c sa-rD
talking about economy to pay the bill for
the entire session, and Mr. Kneisley, of
Boone county, told the house so in a
sharp speech which made some of the
members vince. The price asked is just
what has been paid for many years, and
is presumed just about to cover the cost
of composition.
c. A. Smith, of ST. Louis. introduced a
bill which is intended to make a serious
cut telephone rates. 1t fixes the
ma Nimum rental at S35 year in the cities
and country alike.