The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

tia company on the recommendation OF
Colonel j. S. Culver August. 1899. Mr.. Nc
Donnell was reinstated after lighting the
case in the courts, and the appropriation is
to cover his expenses.
Chapman: To provide for the employment
OF male %convicts in the Penitentiary in
crushing and preparing stone for making
hard roads, and providing that such ma
terial shall be furnished free to countie
and townships.
Mir. Rinaker to-day introduced in tine
House the bill to provide for the erection
in Springfield Of a State arsenal and ar
mory, mention of which was made. IL
Thursdays Republic. The bill rccites tha'
the old State Arsenal located at Spring
field is entirely inadequate for military pur'
poses, having been built in 1875: that q larst
amount is paid for armory rents. fuel. liSh'
and other necessary expenses: that the cit
liens of Springfield will donate a block OPP
posite the Capitol. except so much thereof
as is already owned by the State. The bill
Governor of three commissioners. who shall
make the plans and supervise the construc'
ton of the building. The pill would appIo.
pirate 10000. The site designated Is the
block on which is now located the State
heating and lighting. plant:
Governor Yates sent to the Senate a mes
sage announcing the appointment OF Homer
F. Aspinwall. Freeport. to succeed William
Jackson of Rock Island. member of tbs
Board of Managers of the Reformatory al
Pontiac. The appointment was confirmed.
The Committee on Warehouses; subst1.
tute for Brenholt's bill to regulate the can
collation. of certificates from pubic ware
houses. went to second reading.
Odells bill provide for township consoi!da.
ton of school districts was dvance to
third reading after amendment.
Davidson spoke against the measure ana
Shumway made an effort to have 1t post
poned. This was voted down; ~
Putnam'a bill to provide that PARK com.
\ missioners at Springfield, Peoria and quincy
shall be appointed by a Judge of the cir.
! cult Court. instead of elected by a popular
vote passed with an emergency clause:
Stubblefield's bill to provide Tor ths es.aD D
| Iishment of public roads on county or toW44-
Another amendment offered by MIR. scIo'
gin and adoptsd at, n cSsss IF Ti!higes. or
ganized under the general law, ana -ciliSs,
| organized under Il special law, Wh-re ~.
owners of land sought IL De ai use aresnizei
di. rot sign the petition for the nrsanlxa,
tiol of said city or village. and Wheie me
area CT such city or vii'ase @ln not s Se ,r,
miles by such ~disconnection,. 1t shall pe
mandatory upon the Board of trustees or
City Council by ordinance to disconnect 'he
Attempts were made to kill the bill by
striking out the enact.ng clause anu 70 , hgi
commit it to the committee. but they AiAeo
Gray's Library Bill.
Mr.. Gray called up his bill authorizing
City Councils to purchase sites Sc t1o nu u
libraries. Ills DILL, Sdiu At ~ w
the cities Of the States that are getting
libraries from Mr.. Carnegie or from any
other source to purchase a site LOT INC
same. At present they can levy a tax iG s
Decatur We selected a site and contractor
for the ground. but discovered that We
could not appropriate n; money nrGsr to % pay Day s ser IT,
1.-The trouble is" said Mr.. Purdunn, that
Mr.. Carnegie. in making these gifts to cities
for public libraries, eXacts a certain
r.. - -;sa ,pl fpr y,oirtar Qnro A
a consequence half of the cities of the
State will be broken up to maintain these
libraries"
the cities need accept Mr.. Carnegie's gifts
unless they desire to do So"
'If Mr.. Carnegie wants to dispose of his
surplus said MIR. Allen. "let US help MIN
along"
The bill was advanced and made a special
order on its passage for Tuesday.
The House passed MI. hinakers pin 10
provide that nc stock of a mutual building,
loan and homestead association, Whl!e
loaned upon by and pledged as security 10.
the association Issuing 1t to an amount
equal to the par value of such stock, shall
be subject to assessment.
New House Bills.
The following bills were introduced:
Barnes: To provide for the adoption of
ballot machines in cities, villages, counties
or tcwn ms.
Bush: To make It a misdemeanor to own
e e6 aee Or q et heF d comes 6 Sl animals Kh1lnaE OF c"as'"s
Crawford: To provide that there shall be
no exemption from Judgment against any
person for any part of the school tnnd
that may be in his possession. Also q bill
amending the farm drainage law, by giving
the drainage trustees authority to borrow
money on notes and bonds to the extent of
two-thirdS Of the amounts Of the annual
assessment
Grigsby: To prescribe the form of &C
Acknowledgements of mortgage.
Higgins: To abolish the i~ndeterminate
Sorfanco In criminal caSpS-
Hunter of Winnebago: To fix the date of
annual meetings of county mutual wind,
Tuesday in January. and providing that
losses not exceeding $500 may be adjusted
by the president or secretary, but that in
all other cases the less shall he adjusted
by a committee Of three memborS appointed
for the purpose. Also a bill to make the
same provision with reference to mutual
township fire and lightning insurance COM
panies.
Kerr: To amend the game law by provid- |
ing that deer and wild turkey shall be
killed Only between November l and Feb
BY Mr.. Ketterirg To abolish private
banking. Tho penalty is a fine of 5000 or |
imprisonment in the penitentiary for not
more than three years.
Schlagenhauf: To compel telephone COM |
panies to connect with competing lines and
10 fix the maximum rates to be charged
for rental Of telephones and for toll mes
Trautmann: To prohibit the sale of dis
eased meats and meat products to be used \
for human food.
The House net at S o'clock this after /!
noon and engaged in a bitter fight OH the
bill introduced by d. Z. Sullivan concern
ing bridges and ~passageways under or over !
public alleys or courts. The Judiciary Com
reported the bill back to the House |
the recommendation that 1t do not
pass.
The Chicago members did most of the
Finally. ordered to a second read
Mr.. Countryman's bill to appropri-
lite 5000 for the erection of a monument
1t Stillman Valley, in Ogle County, to the
memory of Captain John c. Adams and his
:roops. who were killed there May IA, 1Ss2.
n a battle with the Indians.
Mr.. Hughes of Fulton spoke in opposition
o the ppropriatio saying he believed 1t
of the event. which it seeks to
commemorate. He compared the a%ppropria-
ion with that proposed for the monuments
IN Shiloh battlefield. and said:
e" see By the bill making appropriations