Iron County register., 1899-03-23

Secretary of state and clerks "a OOJ
Treasurer and clerks. II 500
Auditor and clerks. Observation-Disclosures. 26 500
Superintendent of schools ..... 1O,S00
Railroad commissioners ..-.......... p, ,009
Adlutant general NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. COCO
Public buildings NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. T0l
Labor bureau ......................... 10000
Total ...................... .......... .$475, 500
The ST. Louis police bill was enrolled
and read at length in both the senate and
house After being signed by the officials
of the assembly it was sent to the gov
error He has ten days in which to con-
slider the bill, and either approve or veto
IT.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 1s-The
house steering committee yesterday report
ed several important bills, which were
advanced for engrOsSment- Among them
were the 2-cent. railway bill. preventing
the employment of convict labor in COM
petition with free labor; providing Tor
inheritance tax, for benefit of state uni
Eerslty; I per cent contract interest bill :;
imposing tax of II cent Per gallon on
all beer manufactured sold in state,
for road fund.
Under the resolutions adopted by both
house and senate, yesterday was the last
day for the Introduction of bills. Tne
however, and few of them were impor-
tant Exactly 400 bills and resolutions
have been introduced in The senate and
The Worlds fair bills in the house and
senate will be amended 50 that corpora
tions can subscribe to the stock of the
fair. 1t is understood that he house bill,
which was referred to the Louisiana pur-
chase centennial committee, will be re-
ported first.
The railroad companies and their ene-
mics clashed for the first time this seS
sion. The Williams bill reducing passen-
ger rates from &c to &c a mile came up for
engrossment, and was defeated by de-
cisve vote.
The house agreed to the various Sec
tions of the eleemosynary and penal in
stitutions appropriations bill practically
as originally offered with a rider appro-
vi fi11Cr fnr~ fhn sc ir1-1 M
asylum. The bill appropriates s553, ,S51 as
follows: Fulton asylum, s31, 200; ST. Joseph
St. Louis asylum, $4,000; Fulton institute
deaf and dumb. SAL 500; St. Louis school
for blind. 5000; Boonville reform school,
penitentiary, $4,000 confederate home,
$27, $50; federal soldiers home. SIG, $50
JEFFERSON CITY, March 1.-THE
rule against the Introduction of new
measures was set aside by consent in both
the house and senate yesterday;
The house resumed the calendar recon-
mended by the steering committee, and
took up the Barnett bill to levy a tax of
per cent on all inheritances, legacies and
bequests left to others than lineal de-
scendants or adopted children. the pro-
ceeds to go to the state university. The
bill was up for engrossment, and was de-
bated for nearly three hours, and then re-
ceived the Endorsement of the house by a
vote of IS to 81.
The house applied itself all day to the
calendar of bills recommended by the
The measure to reduce stock yard
charges was ordered to third reading in
spite of the protest of some of its friends,
and then, at the request of the autor.
was laid over ,!11 Informally; Evidently :. the
a vote, although more than 100 members
were present. There is strong opposition
to this measure from the stock yards peo
pie. 1t is said to be an exact copy of the
law enacted by the Kansas legislature
few years ago. and it is said there are no
stock yards now in Kansas.
Two bills were passed that are of pub
tic concern One, a measure introduced
by Mr.. Johnson, of Cooper, at the in
stance of the State Bar association, would
require all DEGREES of divorce to be p-o-
visiOnal for one year, and only be made
permanent upon proof that the person
seeking the decree was of good char
acter.
The other bill would prohibit, for
period of ten years, the shipment from the
county were killed to any other county in
the state or outside of the state, deer,
turkey, quail prairie chicken and pheas-
ant.
legislation occupied a good share of atten-
ton of the lawmakers in both the senate
and house yesterday. In the senate the
to a committee of the whole, and in the
house the bill introduced by Mr.. Chinn.
of Shelby, was taken as special order,
amended, and ordered engrossed by a vote
of SO to H.
There was very little debate over the
places, and one new section inserted. AS
the bill now stands, the governor would
appoint one chief inspector at salary of
S., 900 a year, and the latter would be al
lowed four deputies at $500 each. All
fees would go into the state revenue fund,
in place of the good roads fund. The pro-
posed inspection was raised from y cent
gallon to cents and the cost of stamp
ing packages from 2 cents to cents. The
Farris senate bill would also give the
proceeds to the general revenue fund.
The senate completed it's work little
aften noon, and adjourned until Monday
afternoon. The house continued work,
with members absent, but during the after
noon the attendance was so slim that only
the engrossment of bills could be conSid-
cred One of the special-order measures
soL.t to engrossment was the house bill 30
reduce the contract rate of interest from
to per cent.
The bill for the establishment of a state
fair was made a special order FOR en-
grossment by the steering committee, and
will come up for consideration early next
week.