The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-10
MANY BILLS INTRODUCED.
Legislators Present Forty-One Meas
ures for Confederation of House.

ures for Confederation OF House.
BY a STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Jefferson City. Mo-. Jan. 9.-The opening
of the session this morning in the House OF
Representatives afforded the first opportuni-
~ OF two years for the Legislators to offer
their pet ideas for consideration as State
laws. No less than forty-one House bills.
ranging from general insurance measures,
election laws, the Initiative and referen-
dunn and a Worlds Fair BILL were offered.
Ihe session also included the report OF the
committee on Clerks and Accounts. appor-
uonlnS the number of clerks and Their
WORK The maximum is to he 100. OF these
the chief clerk will have forty-eight under
ms supervision. three of whom are to be
stenoSraphers for the use of the Democratic
members The engrosS.ng clerks force Is to
he seventeen, and the enrolling clerks four
teen. one assistant sergeant-at army one
postmaster and one mail clerk are provided
Tor. The appointment of these clerks Is dis
tributed one to each Democratic members
OF the House.
Eighteen committee clerks are to be as
signed by the Committee on Clerks, after
the appointment of committees Ten pages
are provided for. one appointed by the mi
nority and nine by the majority.
a. r. Duncan of Buchanan County had
the largest number of measures to bring
before the Assembly. 1t is evident that, in
the House. he represents the business Or
ganizations of st. Louis. Kansas City and
ST. Joseph. which are anxious, as a business
protective measure. to secure a revision of
CITY LEGISLATION.
Mr.. Duncan is further interested in iegis-
iatlon providing a Municipal Assembly and
Board of Public Works for cities Of the
second-ciass. which applies especially to St
lin, as that city has almost reached the
second-class mark The Municipal As
sembiy stipulated is an upper house of five
and lower house of nine members.
3 The same representative wished enact
ments requiring more stringent factory in
spection, and readjustment of court fees.
His bills are House bills Nos. / to 6. The
Insurance measures. he brought up later.
They are on the House records as Nos
~ and II. =,
House bilr No IA is one of general scope
bearing on the collection of road taxes.
This amends the present law requiring that
such taxes be paid In money or In labor
by October i. by substituting June l. 1t is
aimed to avoid allowing tax delinquents to
leave the vicinity, thus escaping liability
for the road tax.
Lon B. Williams of Scott County came to
the fore again with railroad passenger and
freight rate reduction bills. He asks the
=? cent passenger and a general reduction
freight Is long and elaborate and deals
with the entire freight rate schedule VIII
liam also brought up a Jim Crow" bill, Pm,
for the transportation of white
and colored passengers on all railroads in
the State of Missouri
WORLDS FAIR
Colin Selph of St. Louis. in bill No. "a,
..
Fair legislation bearing on the location of
private amusement ventures with relation
to the Worlds FAIR grounds. This requires
AZ such to be at least 5000 feet distant from
kind and charactar of amuSamantS are
enumerated and cover every Kind Of thea
ter vaufeviIle show or other scbena u,bich
would he a counter attraction tn concas
,ions pranted v,ithin The yro,ndS h1 IN.
Fair Company. ~
Another measure affects the salaries Of
Circuit Judges. increasing them from 90 on
lnnually to "a zoo The iatter has man sun
porters hut will find nnnos,t,an '''i' eop
Three biijs were hronabt In cnver;rs, tho
l1m Question Simmons nf Shaih,, r,nt IN
,ffered the most sWcen,nr Of thsse nc,
yjding against the use n aium in any fnoa
;tuffs and nan,ine nnnishmanIs far ,.ioJa
ion of the law ''' VIVA
Creson of Pando,nb county Introduced,
ill for the proteetion of miners in the coal.
cad and zinc mining districts n stinn'
ates that a strong box he nrovided hv ttba
,ropriefors for storing exnIosives anS
names heavy penalties for fail,,res 70 III
erve this reinforcement II also deals with
he Inspection of mines "''i
Shepherd of Buchanan County Introduced |
measure for the regulatjon NJ nrimar,,
lections in cities Of the second class and
n counties in which are cities of the sec
nd class This requires that notices of nri- |
naries be duly published and thar thew
AXE place in the various precincts between