Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-28
From the State Capital.

The Senate committee on redistrict-
ing the State into congressional dis
tricts has agreed on their own report.
A new district is formed, the 10Th, to
be composed of the counties Christian,
Douglas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
Shannon, Dent, Crawford, Maries.
Phelps, Pulaski, Laclede, and Dallas.
Iron county will remain in the 18th
according to the agreement.
Many petitions have been presented
asking the passage of law permitting
women to vote in school elections, as
we'll as praying for compulsory school
law.
1t has been decided that all material
entering into the construction of the
state building at the Worlds Fair shall
be produced in Missouri. A bill has
passed the House that returns insane
persons who are incurable buB harm
less to the county from which they
came.
The Ward educational bill has passed
the House. 1t provides for a county
board of education composed of the
county school commissioner, one mem
Der appointed by the county court.
and one member appointed by the state
board of education. These appoint
ments are to be made in April of, this
year. This board shall have power to
grant certificates, and may reissue a
third grade for one year, second for
two years, and a first grade an in
definite number of times. A two days
examination Is to be held in March,
June and August of each year. All
teachers are required to attend the
county institute.
The House Committee has made a
favorable report on the resolution pro-
viding for the re-submisslon of the third
amendment to the constitution.
The bill to reduce the fare on rail-
road trains to % cents per mile has
been defeated in the House by a vote
of 72 to Sc. The seperate coach bill
was also defeated in the Senate by a
vote of 81 to 10.
The big work of the Legislature the
past week has been in connection with
the taxation of franchise values. On
Washington's birthday both branches
passed franchise bill. They differ
materially. Both were passed without
dissenting vote. The bill passed by
the House was drafted by Senators
Clay and Martin and is claimed to be
good bill. The one passed by the
Senate was drafted by Judge Williams
and has the endorsement of Governor
Dockery. 1t is brief bill and is as
follows:
Sec. 1. The franchises (other than
the right to be corporation) of all
railroad, street railroad, bridge, tele-
graph, telephone, conduit, water, cleo
trio light and gas companies, and o.
all other similar corporations owning,
operating and managing public utili-
ties, and of all quasi public corpora
tions possessing special and peculiar
privileges and authorized by law to
perform any public service Except cor
porations formed for religious, edu-
cational and benevolent purposes), shall
be assessed for the purposes of taxa
ton at the same time and in the same
manner as other property of such cor
poration is now or may hereafter be
required to be assessed; and there shall
be levied upon the assessed value OF
such franchise the same rate of taxa
ion as may be levied upon other prop
erty of such corporation. Said tax
shall be due and payable. and like pro-
ceedings may be had to collect the
same, and when collected it shall be
disposed of in the same way, as the
taxes imposed upon the other property
of such corporations.
Sec. 2. The state board of equaliza-
ton in cases of railroads, street rail-
roads, bridges, telegraph, telephone
companies, and all other corporations
whose property the state board OF
Equalization is now or may hereafter
be required to assess, and the county
assessor, in case of the other quasi
public corporations referred to in the
preceding section, shall ascertain, FIX
and determine the total value for tax.
able purposes of the entire property
of such corporation, tangible and in
tangible, in this state and shall then
assess the tangible property and deduct
the amount of such assessment from
the total valuation and enter the re.
mainder upon the assessment list or in
the assessors books, under the head
of ..all other property
Sec. 8. There being no statute now
in force expressly directing the assess
ment and taxation of the franchises oi
the corporations specified in this act,
an emergecy exists. and this act shall
taka offort ard h0 In farao from and