The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
SENATE.

Thursday afternoon which seeks to
place the office Of excise commission
err OF the city of st. Louis under the
supervisory control Of the circuit court
Of that city. The court, should this
bill become a law, would have the right
to pass pom and review all OF the
official acts of the commissioner. APP
peals from his refusal to grant a IL
cense, or the revocation of one, will go
to the court for final determination.
Senator Humphreys bill affecting
the trust companies of st. Louis has
finally been arranged satisfactorily to
all concerned by substituting for the
original measure sections agreed upon
by its author and the delegation Of
trust company representatives headed
by Breckenridge Jones, John F. Lee
and others. This substitute was adopt.
ed in the senate Thursday afternoon
and ordered engrossed.
Nearly all Of the numerous petitions
filed in the senate Thursday asked for
the passage of legislation regulating
the sale and manufacture of patent
and proprietary medicines in this
state.
Other new bills Thursday were by
Cooper, to empower state board of
health to inspect private sanitariums;
by Cooper, for commitment of insane
persons to private sanitariums; by
Wornall, changing time Of holding cir
cult court In Holt county; by Gilmore.
establishing board of examiners to
license professional nurses; by Farris,
amending law relating to witnesses;
by Methudy, prohibiting certain medi.
cal advertisements; by Hudson, relat-
ing to admission to girls industrial
home; by Humphrey, establishing
board to license expert accountants.
Senator Humphrey introduced q
joint and concurrent resolution Thurs
day submitting an amendment to the
constitution providing for a distribu.
ton of the collateral inheritance tax
etween the state university, the nor
NAL schools, high schools and the road
fund.
The fact was discovered at the
Thursday session of the senate, after
engrossment had been ordered, that
In eliminating the coal schedule from
Mr.. Cooper's freight rate bill all OF
class a." which contains such com.
modities as stone, cordwood, railroad
ties, cement and other heavy freight,
had been entirely eliminated. making
a reconsideration of the engrossment
necessary. The bill was then laid over
until Monday, at which time 1t will be
properly amended so as to include all
OF class -" with the exception of coal.
Gov. Folk Thursday sent appoint
ments to the senate for confirmation
as follows: G. H. Walters of Rich
Hill and Theodric McDarmon of st.
Charles, members of the board of man.
ayers of the Nevada hospital for the
insane, each for a term of four years
from February /. J. N. Crutcher of
Chfllicothe, Gen. Lee Rudd of Jefferson
City and j. r. Moorehead Of Lexington,
members of the state board of chart.
ties and corrections.
There vas not a negative vote in
the passage of Senator Kinney's child
labor bill. 1t prohibits the employ.
ment of any child under ID years Of
age In any factory, theatre, mercantile
house, messenger service, in fact,
every line of employment, and regu-
lates the hours that children under
lG and over IA shall be worked. The
maximum hours per day is fixed at
nine, and no child of this age shall
be worked more than "a hours each
week. Enforcement of the law is
lodged in the state factory inspector,
who is required to prosecute all vio-
lations of 1t. which are punishable by
fines ranging from $40 to 500 for
each offense.
Senator Majors "Jim Grow" law
passed the senate Thursday after a
sharp debate by the partisan vote of
20 to IL. Every democratic senator
who was In his seat voted for the bill,
and every republican against It.