The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-03-21
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Condensed tiers Regarding the Hap
penlnas at jefferson cty During
the Week.

ton.
One OF the most Important bills OF
the session, which passed the house
Monday by a vote OF ia to g. relates
to witnesses and denies exemption to
anyone in the giving OF testimony.
The house by a vote Of 90 to %
Tuesday passed the bin allowing
juries to stipulate In capital cases
whether me death penalty or i'm
prisonment in the p%enitentiary shall
be inflicted
The senate passed house bills pro
hibiting insurance companies from
granting rebates and prohibiting es-
Inmates in insurance contracts.
The conference report on fish and
game legislation was adopted by the
house n senate Wednesday morning
and the house committees substitute
was passed by both houses.
The enabling act 20 allow cities TO
regulate charges Of public service cor
porations came up for consideration
In the house Wednesday morning and
lacked three votes Of the number re
quired to pass,
The senate passed The Eads bill
providing for the establishment OF o
foundry and shop at the state penitcn
tiary 20 make good road machinery
and tools and steel bridge material for
county bridges.
Senator Majors bill. making Il q
felony for officers. employees OF stock
holders OF insurance companies to us,
tue money or securities OF such com
panies for private gain. was passed
by the house. The measure further
provides that the superintendent OF in
rance shall examine all Insurance
companies at least twice each year
The house Thursday passed the sen
ate bill limiting the workday OF q
train dispatcher 20 eight hours. except
when an operator is employed only IL
the day time. when he can work l.
hours. The bin now goes to the gov
ernor.
The Houston bill fixing the hour
when saloons shall close passed IN,
house Thursday morning The bT
fixed hours for closing al from I o
clock until 8 o'clock. This measure
gives the entire state the same Law
as Kansas City.
The senate spent most Of the morn
ng working on the appropriation bill
'or the eleemosynary institutions As
9 came from the house the bill pro
,ided for appropriations aEgresatine
/ 81. 569, 90SS5. The senate added $50.
100 Tor a new dormitory for the school
for the deaf at Fulton. $4,000 for
the state school for the blind and SIS.
300 TO the Mount Vernon -sauiturium
for the tuberculosis patients.
Senator WarnalTs dmurraEe bill
designed TO prevent delay Ga furnish.
Ing cars has passed both houses
The house Friday passed the bill
making the operation OF a bucket shop
constitute a felony The penalty for
violation Is from two TO five years
In the p%enitentiary OF six 10 twelve
months In jail The bin nov goes TO
/ Governor Folk for signature.
The senate by a vote Of 10 TO ~.
passed the grain weighing BIN asked
for by state board OF railroad and
warehouse commissioners. 10 provides
that an grain shipped 20 tno large
markets shall be weighed by the state
board OF railroad and warehouse com
missloncrs. whether q Is handle
public warehouses or private ware.
houses.
a senate bin nppropriatiuE $4,000
FOR q state exhibit nt the t%ricenten.
uial exposition e bg held AZ Hamp-
ton roads near Jamestown. Va, was
passed by the house.
A bill by Senator Fields 20 compel
an railroads 90 run az least one pas
sengcr train a day over every rail-.
road each way was passed by tho
house
In the senate chamber Saturday the
final lall of the gayol did not take
place until late In the afternoon
Three bills were passed one APP
propriates 100000 for carrying into
effect the act creating the office Of
state highway engineer IL win be
expended by the officer la carrying
out the new road laws.
The members OF the senate pre-
scented Lieutenant Governor McHin.
ley with a cut glass punch bowl, and
President Pro TEN McDayid with a
silver tea service,
Governor Folk viii issue a call soon
for a special session Of the legisla-
ture 30 convene 10 jefferson CITY early
in April.
More bills we're passed by the pres.
u assembly. with the exception OF
revising sessions. than al ans Other.
In round numbers some 1870 bills rnd
resolutions were introduced, aud %
these something Hke 25g wcre enact.