The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-01-10

Jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 2.--The
Forty.frst general assembly Of Mis-.
souri, convened at noon. The Hobbies
and galleries OF tho house of repre-
HeRtAtives and the senate were well
Allied with tpcctatorA
The ProcecdIsEs.
Both houses convened at noon. TEN.
perary Organization was effected In each
pending permanent organization, which
vii take 3iacu In the house Of repre-.
scutatiych tomorrow with th- election Of
q speaker and other officers. and In the
senate Nhcn Lieut.. Goy,-clcct lee quail
ineB. which viii be- after the iaauEurA-
tlpn of Gov elect DOckcry.
The house vas called 90 order ny Bcc-
fstary of state L,sueur. Prayer waa Of
a'y urEantHatlon effected by the election
OF MIR. Hamilton, OF Davirna county. a.
temporary speaker. John a, iianby, o.
Douglas. temporary clerk, and JcH Pot
lard VI St Louis, temporary Rcrgcant-Ht-
arms.
Frank sleklcs. Of Putnam, was nomlnat-
81 Gy !hs reEg0lSsns igT 'snRsf1tsy s tsy
Temporary clerk, and Fred Rentiy, OF
COLI. for temporary sergeant at arms,
The memteNhip roll WAS read. and
resolution offered ~ Mr Wiliiama, og
Scott providing that members be sworn
iu by chief Justice CAN'T. OF the supreme
court twenty a. time.
Z hr huusc then adjourned until ten
O'Clock Thursday morning.
In the senate.
Tho senate WIS called TO order by
Lieut. Gov. ti0ltc and prayer offered by
Rev Mr. Ncidp. Of the Episcopal church
OF Jrnsr5oa city The following temput-
AIRY organization was effected.
Ihhulain. q. l. Scide. secretary. Cor
nclius Roach assistant secretary. CLARK
D0olcy minute clerk L. y. Murphy jour
Hal clerks, Il. , Earrrl! and /. y, y.
az. duorkrgpcr. sam Stanton. sergeant
et-armg, g. q linden, pages. John Brandt
Jr., and Richard Poehimaun
FIRST Bin introduced.
Senate bill No. ] was introduced by
senator Aitr-hau, 81 grntt. providing fos
n rrsubrut-sInu 60 ths prnplr Of -onatItu-
uunal am tudmynt No. D.. relating 90 ths
taxation % mortgages and adopted a; the
late election.
The Party CAurHsrn.
The house democratic caucus made
the following selections for it's Off
GERS:
speaker-J ~ whuccotion. Monroe.
Chief clerk \ Tail, Clark
Assistant chief Clerk-J. r. Burns, JET.
fefHun.
Oficial II R,portcr-wmlam Smith, Jas
Enrolling CIrrk-Heywood Scott. Phelps.
Chaplain=C D. nm Casa
EnErossinE Clcrk-l. ~ Musgroyo.
Greene
scrEcant-at-Arms-E 81 lass Boone.
bporkr,p9r Richard Z. Thomas Ms
con.
I'older- Miss Ida nifdwcll. Mississippi
The senate democratic caucus chos,
The following:
President PRO Tem-Frank Farrls OF
Crawford.
Secretary Cornelius Roach, OF Jasper.
Assistant Secrciary-R, E. hcCilntic. OF
ofioial Rsportcr-corteE 4. Kitchen, Of
~ Louis
p1orkccrcr-J. Ed crumbaugh. ~
Boone
cHaplnIn-Rcv. II. u Houd II Mont
t,i.u
scrrcaut-St.Arms-J. u. Damsron. of
FoIief-A J sommcrs. OF Wright
jefferson city. Jan. Each branch of
'hr general assembly held two Rcrsi0ns
today. In the house not a bill was in
u'duccc. IN tho senate thr-r were pre-
y. Eied ihg arsi.-ssAss.-nrc by GlaS,- ~
WAS simple and direct. 1t provided that
each and every company. corporation,
association or individual now or here
after having or exercising any franchise
IN this state not allowed by law ca natural
persons. except such companies. corpora
tuns, associations pr individuals NJ are
exempt from taxation by the laws of this
state shall. in addition to tho other taHeH
Imposed by To" law. annually pay 20 the
H'nte a tax - n cents ON each siao waltz
utiCn Of its franchise IN this state for
state purposes. and 70 cents on each 500
Of aurh valuation Tor the payment OF the
stat" tud~bt sdncaE and local tax thereon
20 the vUunty, city. Incorporated town or
village tuEiIE district or school district
wherein the franchises may be exercised.
said tax 10 bs collected ms other taxes are
collected tor like purposes"
The second senate biii was introduced
By whaiey ~ 81 Clair II related TO the
rounding of county, township. school dts
trict and dfhcr bonds. allowing county
courts 90 cali an election to authorize r.
funding fhe bi,l aims To siraiFhten on.
tAngleH nf reconstruction times.
Tho third hill presented by clark Of
Jackson, proposed To add one lidgr fn
the Jackson county circuit bench. az n
salaries of all the Judges to that hgure as
Ehrn ~ their present commisziune ox-
pir,d, t2.eo To he paid by the state and
ntc BY the counts. The present salary
The house consumed the morning IN the
formallty of completing It's orgs nixAti0n.
SPEAKER Whi'erottun was escorted 10 tbs
chair by a committee composed % his OPP
Woods, the republican caucus nominee.
The uew speaker made a short speech on
assuming the gavel
60 the house the resolution limiting the
number OF CLERKS to 100, which he had IN
troduoed In the democratic house caucus.
jefferson city. Mo. Jan 1.-THE read
was the principal business Of both
branches OF the legislature.
In the senate seven bills were intro
duccd, four by Senator Rollins. OF 81.
Louis The eecord franchise tax bill of
the session was introduced by John G.
Whalsy, Of q. Clair. hoidover senator
and physicians.
in the house resolution, by Carter. OF
Orundy. ordering "Old Glory" 10 be dis
played on the capitol building while the
icEisiet turc ir IN session was referred Go the
committee on federal relations, A reso-
luton by Murphy, af 81. Louis for a com
mlttee of Ave members TO Investigate the
alterations Of bribery and coiluEiOn with
the criminal element made against the po-
lice Gf 81 Louis was laid on the table
Representative Murphy also moved as
on amendment TO two printing proposals
thnt the union label be used IN the print.
lng lie was ovsrrnled on the point o. oF.
printing was regulated by contract and
could not he changed by motion. Speaker
Whitecoitnn appointed three committees
~ follows. Ways and Menns-Hawkfnz
~ Marion: Mill.ams,. Of sco,t Hafniitpn
OF Lincoln; D~iveil. OF Webster: Ranadeii
nf Cedar: woods. Of Mercer; Aydsiost. Of
Warren; Hawthorne, 8f jackson, and
Wilson OF 81. Louis. Elections and Con.
Williams, Of Scott, Tapley, af hIhe,
Mckee ~ clinton. Nicholson. of Caas
sickiey. OF Putnam: Gardner, Of 81. L,ouif
counts Hess. Of sIissiElppl; Mahry, OF
MgrtRNtnerv: pfrtlc ~ Madison; parciFa
OF 81 L0aia and Lanbur, Of MtiisT. sinuss
adjourned til Monday, the 7th.