The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27

rectors under the, general law passed with
| the emergency clause. Colemans bill to
provide that State and county taxes only
shall be extended on the assessment fixed
by the State Board of Equalizat tion, and
that all other taxes shall be extended on
| the local assessment as eQualized by the
Board OF Revenue. passed. This Is one OF
| the most important bills OF the session. and
may be able to squeeze through the House.
| The House bill directing in what manner
territory terri Dry, may maybe. be detached from one town
| bill amends the present law by providing
| that the change In territory shall be made
by majority vote Of the people living in
the territory to be affected and the people
IN the township from which the territory
| is to be detached.
The Senate adjourned until S o'clock Mon
| day.
The House spent an hour in the consider
! alton of the Senate bill to increase the sal
aries Of the Judges Of the Circuit and Su-
perlOr courts Of Cook County to $4,000.
Mr.. Purdunn offered an amendment to pro-
vide that the bill shall be submitted at the
next general election to a vote Of the peo-
pie of Cook County. This was tabled.
Vote ON Tax-Limit Bill.
| percent tax-limit bill. passed. "a to AZ.
Among the yeas were: BEEN. Burgett.
Connor. Craig. Crawford. Hughes of Full
ton. Jones Of sangamon. McCuIloch. Onion.
Purdunn. Rinaker. Scrogin and Uppendahl.
Among the NAYS Adertqn; Barnes Brown er;.
Gray. Grigsby. Husgins. Johnston. lamb.
Louden. 10y. Mcconnell. Miller of Hs rlilton.
Miller Of Alexander. Minor. Murphy. Part
ard. skaggs. Taylor. Walter; Warder;
Wheeler. Witt. Wombacher. Wyand and
Young.
Buckley. Bundy, Chamberlin, Frtzzell.
Funk. Groves. Hammond. Hanna, Hener-
nan. Howell, Kerr. Merrill. Ridgely, schla-
genhauf.. Smith of Franklin, Tippit. Traut-
mi nm, n nd
The bill of Rankin Of Iroquois to prohibit
terminal charges at stock yards passed.
M WIT b ss e
tention and loudly applauded
Other bills passed were:
schlagenhaufs; To provide that in coun-
ties other than Cook the Board of Review
shall consist of the chairman Of the Board
of the two leading political parties, to be
the County Clerk from the Board.
Purdunn's bill: To revise the pharmacy
law SO as to make it conform to recent
decision OF the Supreme Court.
Hunter of Winnebago: To change the
method Of settling claims by district mu-
tual windstorm. cyclone and tornado insur-
Brown Of Randolph: To require County,
Clerks to notify the Secretary Of State OF
changes in voting precincts.
Heffernan's: To amend the farm drainage
The committee bill. To extend the powers
Of the Board of Arbitration.
Buckley's: To provide for the enforce
ment of drainage assessments when they
extend into more than ane county.
Mr.. Countryman called up his bill to pro
vide for teaching patriotism in the public public
on the merits Of the bill. when the body
became SO turbulent that he could not be
transact further business. Mr.. Johnston
moved that the House take recess until
7:3o o'clock. and the motion was declared
carried.
The House Judiciary Committee decided
to report to the House substitute for the
resolution for a greater Chicago Constitu-
tional amendment. The resolution Is report
ed without any recommendation from the
committee.
Immediately after the adjournment Of the
House Mr.. Browne OF Lasalle assaulted Mr.
Mitchell but the Intervention Of members
prevented the inniction Of serious injury.
There has been considerable Ill feeling be-
tween the two members for some time.
Mitchell has an aggravating way Of nag
ging.'' and the difficulty this afternoon was
the elimination OF number OF small an
noyances to which Browne objected.
]. l. PICKERING.