Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-19
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.

In the senate, on the 10th. Walkers
libel bill was defeated, receiving ohiy IMo
cial Jury law was passed: also a Dill Gre
ating a state board of o~steopathy, a COM
mittee substitute for Bradley's initiative
end referendum; Farris' bill giving an
additional bank examiner to the secretary
of state; two appropriation bills, one for
the pay of civil officers, and the otner 70
pay for the assessment collec.ion oI
revenue; and a bill prohibiting amEse.
ments nearer than 900 feet of the Worlds
Fair grounds. A bill to label baking
powders also passed. In the nous,
Judge Adams for granting the Wabash
Injunction. Among the bills passed were
the following: Providing Tor the reluhaI
ing of money collected under the speciai
tax law, which was declared unconstl-
tutional by the Supreme Court; estaollsn-
ing a normal school in Jasper county.
The following bills were killed: Providins
for the appointment OF a commission ~
mine mechanics and compelling banks
In cities of 100, 600 inhabitants or more
to nave a capital stock of $lOO.OOu.
In the senate, on the 18th, the Jefferson
Club election bills were sent to enSross-
ment without amendment. The constltu'
tional amendment providing for a consti,
tutional convention passed. BY a vote VI
20 to u, the senate voted to submit 10
vote of the people Of the state a propo-
sition to hold a constitutional convention,
to be voted upon at the general election
in 1904. In the house, the senate initiative
and referendum bill passed by a vote OF
rs to 81, having been substituted on mo
ton of Mr.. Duncan for the house JOINT
and concurrent resolution. The sepa.
rate coach bill was killed by a vote of ~
to Is, and the bill creating a new text
book commission to select books for pubic
schools for the next six years was also
defeated. Murphy, of st. Louis, intro
duced a resolution commencing Joseph
w. Folk of st. Louis, and suggesting his
n p, RI tho democrats as a CAnQ1uaIG
for governor. The resolution was killed
by sending it to the committee on federai
relations.
In the senate, on the 18th, bills were
passed as follows: To prevent the use OF
adulterants or deleteriouS substances IN
the manufacture of candy; allowing the
organization of town mutual telephone
companies; exempting alien corporations
with vested rights in the state from Ger.
tain provisions of the corporation law;
enabling cities of the third-class to. ac-
quire waterworks; to prevent the lsSu-
ance of administration letters on estates
which do not exceed the amount allowed
for widows dover and to minor children,
in order that the funeral expenses. may
be paid; relating to land titles IN JACK
son county, and the manner Of letting
contracts for steel bridges in the same
county $500. After a humorous debate the
house passed the senate bill making 1t
a felony to steal chickens. The measure
now goes to Gov. Dockery for approval;
lit tlli IA hhiSt 49,
regular patrolmen in St. Louis $50 and
decreasing the number Of probationary
with practically no opposition,
In the senate, OF the 18th, the tax COM
mission bills consumed most of the fore
noon and a part of the afternoon ses-
sion, and a few of them were passed, in
Guiding the one creating the office OF
state tax commissioner. The one requlr-
ing wholesale liquor dealers to, pay an
annual license tax of $3.50 caused quite a
debate and failed of passage, and the one
making a level assessment on al proper
ty of 40 per cent. was indefinitely post
poned. The bill requiring. the publication
of assessment lists in each county failed.
Several bills introduced by Senator Far
ris for the secretary of state, III relation
tourned until Monday......In the house
Mr.. divers joint and concurrent resolu-
ton was ordered engrossed. 1t provides
that all railroad and other t~ranspOrta-
the state officers. The bill introduced by
Mr.. Goebel, providing. for a Saturday
halt holiday for the clerks of courts OF
records, sherfffs. recorder of deeds, mar
shals in counties or municipalities having
a population of 100000, was passed, and
also MIR. Crows bill providing for the ere
alton of a state mining board, to be COM
posed of three members, appointed by the
governor The house appointed a com
mittee to investigate the bribery charges
I'm connection with the Davidson text
book bill
No business of any Importance was
transacted in the senate Oh the 14th......
In the house the following bills were
passed: empowering cities of the thiro
class to grant the right to the use of the
streets for the conveyance of heat; by
Young, requiring county clerks to keel
a complete record of all persons sent te
any state insane asylum, reformatory OF
other ellemosynary institutions; by Muir
ply. exempting ex-Union and confederate
soldiers from peddlers' license: by Giles
pie, permitting cities of the third class
to tax franchises; by Davidson, author
izing cities under 80, 900 population to ere
ate non-partisan boards of public affairs
by Beckert, to prevent persons selling
real estate without the written consent o
the owner; by Senator Zevely. to reliey
accident insurance companies from liabfl
ity for deaths due to suicide; by Weaver
designating the insane asylums of tn
state by numerals, in the order her
named: Fulton, st. Joseph, Nevada
Pennington; by Senator Kinealy, tn
Juvenile court.