Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-14
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
Synopsis of the Proceedings of Ia
F0rty-First General Assembly
of Missouri.

OF Missouri.
Jefferson CITY, Mo, March I'm the
! senate Rollins bill providing for the Sc
/ lection of juries in courts not of record.
same way as juries are chosen in circuit
courts was passed. A number OF peu-
lions presented pleaded for the passage
of the dairy bill prescribing regulations
! for the manufacture of oleomargarine, for
! the passage of an eight-hour law, OF a
law to prohibit the manufacture of cigar
! cites and cigarette wrappers, and OF a
law to prohibit the use of alum in food
prepare tions....In tho house a resolution
| the people on the second inauguration of
William Mckinley as president OF the
United States was, on motion of Han, OF
Saline. laid on the table and expungeo
from the record. In committee or the
| whole, on motion of Hawkins, of Marion,
the appropriation granted to the state
| was cut down to $40. coo. At the night SEES
sion twenty-one bills were engrossed in
3 bunch; This allows allows the III s SPECIAL a1ea eaires
that the important bills may get on the
special calandar for third reading
Jefferson City, Mo-. March Sin the
senate the following bills were passed:
To permit the eons 9!if1iefs Of 96r three Ihe
purpose of maintaining both pri,
mary schools and high school and
solidated districts; to appropriate so'ya9
for the erection of a monument to
Thomas H. Benton in Bellefontalne GENE,
shall be maintained on premises used Tor
improper purposes; to provide for tna
maintenance of ire escapes in hotels,
opera houses and all buildings where peo-
pie congregate: prescribing penalties Tor
violation of the act relating TO imitation
butter; authorizing each of the judges or
the supreme court and of the St. Louis
AMI Kansas City courts of appeals to 40.
point Poraes a f flgEk; aP pd0n pr"vidine ehf for r0 the reS %
istration of horses already docked; to
amend the insurancelaUsto allow accident
insurance companies to do a life-insurance
business on compliance with the proper
laws; to permit the acquisition by Inc
United States of additional land at the
government fish hatcherieS at Neosho,
and to cede jurisdiction over that land;
10 allow humane societies in st: Louis to
society. appointed by board of police COM
missioners. The house passed the fol-
lowing bills: Providing that the same per-
son shall hold the offices of marshal and
collector: providing that judges shall in
struct juries On points of law, Whether
they request 1t or not the mouse restored
militia, which had been cut to $4,000 il
committee of the whole, A long debate on
fair at Sedalia resulted in keeping tire
appropriation intact.
Jefferson City, Mo-, March Elm the
senate the bill for reorganizing the city
government of st. Joseph was passed..
Collins bill providing for the transfer Of
L NSilSSo " AANiA I'LL ESASCA -
license was issued removes or dies, was
defeated-16 to u. = large number of
bills wf fbem re dna for fFe ree eemm of she
special jury law unfavorably....Tn the
house the amendments to the st. Louis
election law were again laid over: The
Speer hill for the appointment of a freight
schedule commission was passed; also
senate bill remoXing the geoIogJGal coilec7
Senator Martins bill making KIDNAPPING
a capital %offense. The bill appropriati1g
American exposition at Buffalo and the
South Carolina exposition at Charleston
was passed. The Locker bill to eappor-
ton the state into sixteen congressioga!
districts was sent to engrossment with
a number of changes. A number Of pills
were signed by Speaker Whitecotton and
mission to Gov.
senate the Rubey bill for the establish
mont of a committee of five to revise the
revenue laws of the state was passed:
also the bill allowing discharged convicts
from the penitentiary s. in addition tic
transportation to their homes; also the
Drabelle bill authorizing local fire insur-
in cities and counties where they are To-
Gated. The Hall medical bill was also
passed; Ey a vote or CT - ood TO fr 1 the ser insI 1e-
ancc department to the state revenue
fund. Orchards perpetual dramshop pc
tition bill was defeated. By a vote of q
defining the status of state school fund
certificates and providing for their per-
senate franchise tax bill Gov. Dockery's
biID was passed, without amendment, at
ter a long and spirited debate.sby a vote of
Ill to %. The amendments to the ST.
Louis election law were also passed, with
out debate-91 to 26.
Jefferson City, MO, March SIN the
senate a large amount of business was
rushed through, including the passage Of
~ 5- i1- It -
was one permitting county courts to work
prisoners on the public roads; one re-
lating to kidnapping, making it a capital
offenSe, and one making the operation of
a slot machine a felony punishable by the
penalties as keno, A. B. c., faro,
roulette, etc. Committee substitute for
house bills Nos. 25i and 25S, providing for
the election in cities of fourth class Of
mayor, collector, street commissioner and
board Of aldermen was also passed. An
in the April ~efection....1n the house the
general judicial apportionment bill was
passed. The Conkii1g hill to amend the
law was defeated-51 to 6S. The COR
amendments asked for by the
Louis commission for the public well
imous vote. The amendment asked for
the St, Louis board of education also
passed. The proposition to hold a con-
stitutionaI convention was indefinitely |
postponed. measure providing |
for trial by jury in divorce cases and for
bidding the guilty person in a suit for
ClVOrce from marrying dSdln WllnlH i've |
years, and the innocent person within
one year, was voted down. Duncan's bill
greatly charging the power of street rail-
way corporations was passed.
Jefferson City, Mo, March 1.-THE SEN
receded from amendment No. l to the
Pan-American exposition bill, fixing the
salary of the secretary at $500 per month.
The house concurred to amendments Nos. |
/ and z. and the bill was sent to the sov- |
ernor for his approval. The Worlds fair
bill, passed by the house appropriateS ST. !
900, coo for the participation of the state in
the Louisiana Purchase Centennial expo
to be held in st. Louis in 1903. h
vote stood, 100 yeas to 8 nays. The nay
votes were cast by Representatives Blair, |
Of Hickory; Calvert, of Barton; Delzell, |
of Webster; Griffin, of Polk; Organ, of
Dent; Speers; of Stone: Smith, of rank
lin, and Hutchinson, of Ozark. The bill
yet to pass the senate. The emer-
gency clause was lost because some of
the member did not want the commits
sioners appointed and draw pay before
the time time required to prepare for the
opening of the exposition. The house held
a night session, about seventy members
and engaged in a long wrangle
on the question of adjournment. the gen.
eral sentiment being in favor of adjourn /
as soon as possible A number of bills
were sent to engrossment and a few OF
minor Importance passed.
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