The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-03-14
The Franchise Tax Act Re-
ceiyes the Governors Sig
nature.
From Now Until the Close of the SEES
sion New Laws Will Be the Or
der---Final Action on Many
Measures.
Measures.

Jefferson City. March 9.-The
Dockerv franchise act is now the law.
Governor Dockerv attached his sig
nature to the bill to-day. 1t has an
emergency clause and is therefore in
effect at once. The next question
relating to franchise taxes is what
revenue viii it raise For d meas> r +.
Of its Importance, it has progressed
rapidly and both parties have re-
deemed their lodges to enact a
franchise taxing law.
Governor Dockerv also signed the
Kidnapping bill to-day. 1t is
another new law in the full sense of
the word, for it makes % felony pun
ishable by death OF what was until
this year practically no offence
against the law The kidnapping OF
the Cudahy boy in Omaha was solely /.
responsible for the enactment Of this |
law.
Among the other bills approved !
today were: \ bill by Senator
Fields, providing that on petition OF
100 tax payers OF IA city or town a
levy may be made of not to exceed
two-ffths of a mill to pay for the
Of a public library.
Chillicothe wants the law, as it has
Jarnagie library and not enough
money under the present laws to pay
Tor taking care of it, Senator Claws
bill TO move the geological survey to
Rolla and make it part of the
school OF mines, Zevelev's bill to give
he school OF mines one-fifth instead r
If one.eighth Of the seminary mon
Us derived from the collateral in l.
leritance tax, Haynes bill to de- i,
ermlne the population of St. Joseph o
Or voting purposes by multiplying 7
he number of voters by five, Wards "
Ill creating county boards of edu- .
alton to be composed of three mem 81
ers each, Hibbard's bill making W
ublic administrators Ineligible to
lcceed themselves after one term of r.
ur years and providing that their ne
fairs shall be examined by an ex- or
miner named by the circuit court. wi
Some OF the other bills that have M
Ell signed by the governor are: By do
natOr Thomas of Jasper. increas- va
: the salary of the chief clerk of VS.
state superintendent of public nit
loOls from LOO to 1000 per no,
mum. b;c
5y Senator Clay of st. Francis. a da
providing that any person guilty I
molesting or iniuring telephone lea
'es shall be punished by imprison- in
Mt in the penitentiary not to ex- eni
d term of two years, or by the
OF $500. Telegraph poles were tall
eady protected by similar law, as
anybody could chop down Thu
phone pole in the country. end
y Senator Morton of Ray, estab- vac
ing the office of pardon clerk for to
-ernor's office at yearly salary 9th
Il, 800. 1t is provided the clerk RI
II not be less than - years OF and
and must be a licensed attorney and
aw. His duty is to help the gov pan
or examine pardon cases. In T
lie respects he occupies a position ital
liar to that of a board of par bur
s, but his relations with the gov wea
Or are more confidential. fer
= Senator Marshall OF Scott. a on
requiring county collectors to sas
ify collections to the state audi ton,
and providing punishment if
' refuse to do so. Some collect
don't consider the state inter-
d and refuse to pay attention to
auditor. Aho"