The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-03-10
1916 Bills in the House.

In all 1916 bills have been intro.
duced into the Missouri House of
Representatives. The number will
I've increased slightly. although the
last day for Introduce ion was Friday.
Many of the measures merely are re.
introductions. as a result OF the fire
on Feb. 5, which practically destroyed
all records of the lower branch of the
General Assembly.
No lid has been placed on the num-
Der Of bills introduced I'm the Senate.
and there Is no indication that any
will he. Hut bills that are intro.
duced from now on will receive scant
courtesy.
A Translate highway Is proposed
In a bill introduced by Representa-.
tive Fear. IL authorizes the state
highway engineer to survey a road
from st. Louis to Springfield, thence
to Joplin and by way of Nevada to
Kansas City. The road then is to
continue north to st. Joseph, east to
Hannibal, thence south to ST. Louis.
The counties through which the road
passes are to assist the engineer, who
IL given $4,000 to do the work. This
h to I've the beginning OF movement
for state roads, instead Of disjointcd
county highways, says Mr.. Fear. lie
hopes that II the b u Is passed the
next move will he for the next gen.
eral assembly tn appropriate the
"stamp tax" fund to the building of
trans.state highways.
The egg bill Is dead. II has been
defeated for passage IN each house, 80
1t H. finally disposed Of. The Senate
refused to pass the bill last week and
the House yesterday afternoon. by a
vote of ~ To ~, refused to pass the
House bill. These bills were intro.
duced al tie request Of the produce
dealers who wanted all eggs candlcd
before being offered for sale. II Vas
claimed To G pure food measure
and prevent the selling Of bad eggs.
The bills were Tough, largely on tie
ground tia, tie present pure food
laws covered he case and that there
H. no necessity for another statute on
that subject. There was some oppo.
ition on the ground tina, II would
work hardship on thv"honc>i farm.
cr> and their wives.
There u some extra session tain.
I 4 l. .ls.,,
cratic leaders have conferred and
have decided that II viii be- impo>Si.
blc Ia pass the necessary LAWS and
also the new canitul rebuilding bill
and for that reason they viii ash ilrc
governor iu call an extra session ~
soon ~ the present session adiuuru>
To pass upon that question. The lire.
| they argue. Vas an unforeseen cmrr.
gcncy and one for which the cgisla.
| turc l. moi Responsible and that They
viii not care Ia remain here ~ u per
day 10 pass such safeguards Tor this
,acasurc ~ should bc passed. Coy.
crnor lladlcy l. non-commitial on the
quest ion but |, j. believed that he
thinks the legislature should com
pIcie the work and pass the capitol
bill before adjourning and tia, there
should IN ~ necessity for an extra
session.
The senate passed Senator Allec's
Capitol Bili by a vote Of - Ia I. The
Alice bin provides for special elec-
ton Ia m called by the governor In.
tween June aud September to vote on
proposition Ia vote ; million dollars
Of state bonds Ia build new capitol.
II provides u tax of two cents on each
SiU assessed yaluat ion for twelve
years to pay interest and retire the
bonds.
After twelve years Of lighting by
organized labor a hin which seeks to
secure the ultimate alolislment Of
the cont ract labor system IN the pen-
itentiary has passed both houses.
All bank guaranty bills are dead.
The House committee has reported
them adversely and there viii he no
effort now to pass them.
The Carter bin, providing for uni
form 2,.cent railroad rate over the
state was passed by the Senate.
The Wilson bill, which requires all
will cases to be tried by jury, was
passed unanimously. This measure
was killed In the House last week, but
will be reintroduced In that body.
Chickens today almost killed house
bill by Cooper restraining animals
from running a. large. When the
bill was engrossed some one got In an
amendment making Il an Ofiense TO
allow chickens outside ones yard, and
II WAS not discovered until the vote
for passage was taken. Almost al
the members changed to mo" but
the bill was saved by the fact that