Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE

message to the senate, submitted MS re
i HSi' % OF jRardSn, r Erd isSs. T Fse% M ana e iotsi
OF lb9 pardons and combinations Oh sen,
tence. Forty-two conyicts we're ordered
transferred to an insane asylum and ser.
tence suspended until the persons &c
transferred are restored to reason. Sixty
seven convicts were restored to citizen
ship after having served their terms
twenty-five holiday pardons were gfant.
Of sentence numbered A. Senator Clarke
introduced a bill to compel RAILROADS. ts
establish automatic signals at raiiroa9
crossings. and another requiring railroad
companies to establish depots at stations
where there none.
Mr.. Murphy offered q resolution asking
for The appointment. of a committee o.
the senate. to visit he insane asylum az
St. Louis and report as TO the advisapit
ty and practicabflity OF Its purchase %
the state, to the end that the person.
the insane from the counties
the state now in the state insane asy.
lums, thus relieving the city from the
Be placed upon It. The resolution was
adopted.
Gov. Dockery sent to the senate, on the
nth, the appointment Of ]. d. Wolf o.
California, Mo-, and Judge w. M. WI,
board OF the reform school at Boonville
Petitions were received as follows: From
Greene county citizens, for the creation
Of the southwest Missouri normal dis,
trict; from citizens of Montgomery
Nodaway counties for the passage Of the
fire insurance bills. In the afternoon SEES.
sion the senate listened to the report OF
the auditing committee appointed to ex-
anime into the accounts of the various
state officers, and report upon the same.
The report was received, and 2,00 copies
were ordered printed. The joint resolu-
ton adopted in the house was offered py
Senate Collins. OF st. Louis, skiing tns
cation day, April 30, 1903, a legal holiday,
and was passed by unanimous vote. The
joint and concurrent resolution adopted IN
he house providing for the appointment
of a joint committee to visit the st. Louis
city insane asylum n investigate the
same with a view to its purchase by the
state and its conversion into a state IN.
stitution was presented and adopted, or
motion Of Senator Smith, In whose dis
trict the institution is located.
In the senate, on the 2Sth, the alum.
bill came up, and after a long debate,
which was participated in by many of the
senator's, further consideration of the
the special order for Tuesday, February 8.
at two o'clock. The following bills, among
others, were reported favorably by COM
mittees: To regulate the practice of op.
tometry; for support Of the poor; In
of the permanent seat of government; to
sell the present furniture of the senate
chamber (amended to empower the com
mittee to purchase new ~furniture); Mat.
thews' bill relating to salaries and fees Of
the recorder at Clayton; increasing cir.
cult judges salaries in certain districts;
relating to orders of publication; for the
appointment by the court of an attorney
to cross-examine plaintiffs witnesses In
default divorce cases.; to regulate the
manner of selecting petit jurors. At the
afternoon session the senate passed a
number of house bills.
In the house, Mr.. Farley, Of Platte, in.
troduced a bill to relieve o~vercrowding In
street cars. 1t provides that such car
riers as charge a fare not exceeding five
cents shall, when 1t fails to provide seats,
not charge more thar half fare. Viola
lions of the act are made punishable by
O fine of $50.
contested election case of Wilbur F. Par.
ker against William B. Kinealy, for the
seat the latter Is now occupying as soma.
tor from the Thirty-fourth district, 81.
Louis, n by q strict party vote voted
tee on elections. Senator Sullivan was
absent. Mr.. Kinealy did not vote, and
Messrs. John l.. Bradley, Schoenlaub and
Heather were absent when the vote was
taken. Senator McIndoe introduced in the
senate a pure food bill, which is a dupli-
cate of that which was known as the
Hepburn bill in congress-, but now re-
ferred to as the McComber bill.
One Of the contests in the house was
disposed Of, leaving two others still I'M
settled. The one brought to a close came
from Dent county, and the elections com
mice, by a unanimous vote, decided In
favor of w. p. Elmer, republican, the
sitting member. The Eversole-Declu
resolution offered Wednesday by a ma
jority of the elections committee was
voted down. and a motion that it be
referred back to the county clerk, for a
recount of the votes of Liberty township,
and a report OF the same to be made to
the house not later than February 6, was
adopted.
The senate, on the 3Oth, passed three
bills which had originated in that body.
One requires railroad companies to pay
their employees once every 80 y with
the a roll n distributing the money
over the system. Another was a bill al
lowing travelling expenses and board to
court stenographers in counties having
quired to attend terms Of court In coun-
ties other han their own in the circuit.
The third bill was a bill relating to in
curing. and limiting Indebtedness of
than 1000 inhabitants. and is an enabling
act for the purpose of putting into effect
one of the constitutional amendments
adopted at the last election.
In the house, Representative Farley in
troduced a bill in relation to school text
books. 1t make no provision for a school
book commission, but gives to the SUPER
%intendent of public schools authority to
contract for textbooks on spelling, gram
mar, United States history and English
history. Such contracts are to be made
July /, 1903, I'M continue for a term Of
six years, or until otherwise provided by
law. School boards are given the option
Of using. the books at present In use or
in adopting those which may be contract
ed for by the superintendent INT on
the subjects mentioned in this bill.