The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-05-04
rHR MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Foriassh General ass
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Proceedings OF the FoFtisth 1enSF@A 49,
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JEFFERSON CRY. April si--Ths sem
ate was not w session on ths 2fth, The
housu passed the general appropriation
Memorial services were held In the
hausc at Night HH "a mark OF respect t9
the memory OF the late !. ID. Ellis OK
Tho senate bill 60 empower couatahles
r. st. Louis 10 appoint their deputies
without the latter being t.tlrct TO 81
proyal by the Justices of Sae P@ace was
A bn! was introduced BY Mr. Haw.
thnrnr. which provides that W lahdi9rd
and tenant Eyi,s BEFORE iusilegs of tnn
peace and ths title 10 property Is tn
VOWED. such csEes shall b. certified 20 the
circuit court forthwith. Mr.. ClearY rN-
prcaEed "a fear that the bih misht work
Hawthorne C1ntcndcd that only the dis
honest would suffer. The measure passed
Tho house Adopted the senate amend
meuis 10 what " Known as the anti
linkcrton bill, measure introduced IN
toe houre by Ar. sullivan. o. christian.
The amendment prcyifes that no cne who
has not resided IN tbs state for three
Fs.s- s..'' - ''Vi''.'',''si i.--''.v''s;.f.,
uly sheriff or deputy constable The btu
also makes q q felony 20 import non
resident armed men into the state.
JEFFERsON CITY, Aprii Z,-The sen
ate after defeating the druggist tar hlil
rrsurrsCtpd ana passed u hy n v0ts % ~
60 y. 4 ptusidrs for ap annual taa % -
on each druggist whO sells intoxicating
liquors. ~ less Quantities than four gal
Ions. The Moth change of venue Bill. ro-
latlng 20 landlord and tenant. was passcd.
Inc itoiiins barber uiil also passed, pro
yiiinF Tor "a state board OF barber exam
inera Senator Matthew'S hill eNeppsiug
.ar@a- .. ;he .at-s.s e!s-= :-r-ss ;ss :=< ..
70 cents per slo9 valuation for road puF-
poses plsscd by g unanimous vote. In
the house suelkef Ward signed tho Farrts
bcgr inspection bill after a long parlin-
mrUtary wranFia and defeat OF a protest
against thr bil's cnnstitutIonaiity. Ths
FuTrlH hil pruRidlnE Tor two additional
Justice uf tbC peace districts IN &c. Louis
was passed hy the house after belnE
amended 8n us to vest the uppointiyc power
~ thr governor instead ~ tho court uf
appeals II o. Understood that the senate
Will concur IN the amendment, The com.
mitiro on criminal iurisprudencc Eubmit-
ted two reports on the Ramp hill, urohib-
itlug tho posting of Rrui-nuds pictures.
The majority report T. favorable. The
minority report is signed by Mr.. Young.
of Caldwell and Air. Hamilton. Of Da-
Vicas
JErFERsoN CITY. April z-Thers
vas no business transacted IN the senate
yesterday.
Th0 house made a start last evening to-
= std tnr uuth VI revising the statutes
q rcsuiutiun. offered BY sir Blair. oi
u kllh. was adopted. uy - pgovisluaz,
10 house bills on the calendar Tor en-.
Eruesmcut were indefinitely postponed.
There arc now pending IN the house fN
hliiH uud resolutions. % which ~ are
house bills and % senate bills This does
hot tuko into account the Immense work
Ia diEpnaiug NJ revision hilla which has
scarcely commenced, outside of the work
o. the committees.
The senate calendar shows bu, q bills
pending. OF which y originated IN the
housc and b in the senate The upper
house has hiHn pushed the work of re-
vision along t0 "a considerable eztent.
Tho beer Inspection bili reached the gov
erngr yesterday afternoon.
Tho separate coach law, n measure tn
trIdurcd in tho house by Mr. Kirby. OF
Howard, wns indefinitely postponed by
that body hy vote " g 10 50. II would
REQUIRE railroads To furnlsn nsparate
coaches Tor whites and blacks
The house spent two hours n commit
tee ol the whole considering a bin 20 ap-
pr0printe money for additional buildings
for various state institutions
JEFFERSON CITY, Aprn ss.-The sen
Ate, after three hours of vigorous debate,
passed the department store bill ara IN
lta amended form passed by u vote OF q
In its present form the bill applies only
g. cities of d0.e9 or over. II divides bust
ness into - classes. and groups theaa
sis,. eilasses un,'sr i,. Z. haaaa Any porson de-
groups 81 business must pay an annual
ligense Zee of fram $50 % $50 for each
,sadlliggal s.,.,s, sfeaag AZ oppressed n tiae
make Il tmpracticable, n not impossible.
for department stores 20 longer exist lt
wac N" prrpoHe a. permit taxing OF each
ETuup uB hlgh us s,eH per annum. 80 na
70 discourage the engaging In more than
enc llnu OF business Hut this purpose
MAS defeated by the Haynes amendment.
Tho trouble and dissatisfaction over the
blll u not ended. and u may be reopcncd
Gnu the whole ground gone over again.
~ the house the senate antitrust hin
NIz taken up, ametcd and passed BY
Tho house passed bills 10 appropriate
81, go of the iorclEn Insurance Tax u isgi
AMI lh,s 10 thc various counties Qf the
state and tie city II 81 Louis
Mr Walsh, Of 81 Louis. Introduced a
BIZ 20 give the heads and employees Of the
collector. recorder and license commits
Eioncr'B utilc cat half holidays on Saturday,
was passed.
Mr Lee of Carter introduced a general
railroad law,urd passed. y gives the
railroad commissioners authority to ad-
iusl rates The same b.ll has been before
thg legislature on n former occasion and
defeated Under iis terms thr eommis-
EioncrS would have arbitrary power In
thC matter Of fixiHE freight rntea
JEFFEHRON CITY. April Sin the
senate bill 90 appropriate money for the
support ~ educational institutions passed
Without change. II carries about fss1 esio
The Wuodf0lk resolution, relating 10
trials BY jury, was called up again, aud
after being amcudri ~ as 10 eliminate
the objectionable features. was passed
IN the house, SIR. Hall, Df Gruudy. In
troduccd "a bin 90 provide for the Instl-
tuition 81 nu action al law in the federal
court 90 determine the boundary between
AtehlEon county, MiHsouri and Nemaha
county. Nebraska, and PASSED
The house az last agreed 20 the senate
amendments 60 a bill placing tuwn mu-
tual IRE, tornado and Windstorn inaur-
gnnc companies under the state ihsurancs
aefsrtmcnt
The nrHt aign af adjournment came yes
tTrday through a resolution introduced
IN the house by MF. Johnson. of Cooper,
% nx May u sc icon gs the date OF adj
Junfntncut sine die. but under the rules
the resolution went over.