Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-05-04
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Fortieth General AS
sembly.

Proceedings of the Eorfketh GenerAI As-
sembly.
JEFFERSON CITY, April 24.-The sem
ate was not in session on the 24th. The
house passed the general appropriation
bill.
house at night as a mark OF respect TO
the memory of the late J. d. Ellis. OF
Vernon.
in St. Louis to appoint their deputies
without the latter being subject to APP
prevail by the justices of the peace was
a bill was introduced by Mr.. Haw-
thorne, which provides that in landlord
peace and the title to property is in
volved. such cases shall be certified to the
circuit court forthwith. Mr.. Cleary ex-
hardship on poor. persons, while Mr..
Hawthorne contended that only the DIS
honest would suffer; The measure passed
by a vote of 81 to 81.
The house adopted the senate amend
ments to what is known as the anti
the house by Mr.. Sullivan, of Christian.
The amendment provides that no one who
has not resided in the state for three
years can be appointed policeman, dep
uty sheriff or deputy constable. The bill
also makes it a felony to import non
resident armed men into the state.
JEFFERSON CITY, April 25-The SEN
resurrected and passed 1t by vote of -
to II. 1t provides for an annual tax of $40
liquors in less quantities than four gall
Ions. The Moth change or venue bill, re-
lating to landlord and tenant was passed.
The Rollins barber bill also passed, pro-
viding for state board or barber exam
liners. Senator Matthews bill eXempting
towns of the fourth class from the tax of
Is cents per 500 valuation for road pur-
the house Speaker Ward signed the Farris
beer inspection bill after long parlia-
mentary wrangle and defeat of a protest
against the bills constitutionality. The
FarriS bill providing for two additional
justice of the peace districts in st. Louis
was passed by the house. after being
amended so as tovestt the appointive power
in the governor instead of the court of
appeals. 1t is understood that the senate
will concur in the amendment. The COM
ted two reports the Ramp bill. prohib-
itinS the posting of semi-nude pictures
The majority report is favorable: The
of Caldwell, and Mr.. Hamilton, of Da-
Viess.
JEFFERSON CITY, April 27.-There
was no business transacted in the senate
yesterday.
The house made a start last evening to-
ward the work of revising the statutes
a resolution, offered by Mr.. Blair. Of
Dekalb, was adopted. by its provisions
1le house bills on the calendar TO- en-
There are now pending In the house 1856
bills and resolutions, of which l12 are
not take into account the immense work
in diSposing of revision bills, which has
scarcely commenced, outside of the work
The senate calendar shows but Y bills
pending, of which, II originated in the
house and So in the senate. The upper
house has also pushed the work OF re-
vision along to considerable extent.
The beer inspection bill reached the gov
ernor yesterday afternoon.
The separate coach law, a measure in
troduced in the house by Mr.. Kirby, of
that body by a vote of 81 to So 1t would
require railroads to furnish separate
coaches for whites and blacks.
The house spent two hours in commit
tee of the whole considering bill TO APP
propriate money for additional buildings
for various state Institutions.
JEFFERSON CITY, April 2S-The sem
ate, after three hours of vigorous debate,
passed the department store bill, and in
its amended form passed by vote of "A
In its present form the bill applies only
to cities of $4,000 or over. 1t divides bust
classes under q heads. Any person de-
string to enlarge in more than one of the
license fee Of from 500 to $500 for 'l each
additional group. AS expressed by the
promoters of the bill, it was intended to
for department stores to longer exist. It
was the purpose to permit taxing st each
Ero9uip as nlgh + as s2ooo per a an SO as
one line of business: But this purpose
was defeated by the Haynes amendment.
The trouble and dissatisfaction over the
bill is not ended, and it may be reopened
ana the whole ground gone over again
In the house the senate antitrust bill
was taken en- up. ameded and passed by
The house passed bills to appropriate
$226, 600 of the foreign insurance tax of 1887
and 1888 to the various counties of the
state and the city of ST. Louis.
Mr.. Walsh, of St. Louis, introduced a
bill to give the heads and employees of the
collector, recorder and license commits
sioner's offices half holidays on Saturday,
was passed.
Mr. Lee. of Garter, introduced a general
railroad law.and passed. 1t gives the
the legislature on a former occasion and
defeated. Under its terms the commiS-
sioners would have arbitrary power iii
the matter of fixing freight rates.
JEFFERSON CITY, April 29-In the
senate a bill to appropriate money for the
support of educational institutions passed
without change. 1t carries about $3.50, 900.
The Voolfolk resolution, relating to
trials by jury, was called up again, and
after being amended to eliminate
the objectionable features was passed.
III the house, Mr.. Hall, OF Grundy in
tuition of an action at law in the federal
court to determine the boundary between
Atchison county, Missouri, and Nemaha
county, Nebraska, and passed.
The house at last agreed to the senate
amendments to a bill placing town mu-
ancc companies under The state insurance
department.
The first sign of adjournment came yes
terday through q resolution introduced
in the house by Mr.. Johnson, of Cooper,
to fix May Il at noon as the date of adj
joGrnment sine die, but under the rules
the resolution went over.