The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-02-02
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE
LAWMAKERS CONVENE IN BEN.
NAL SESSION.
House and senate Organize Elect
Officers and Appoint Committees
Ready for Work.

House and Senate Organize Elect
Officers and Appoint Committees
s Ready for Work.
D| Jefferson City.-New Orleans is the
choice of the Missouri legislature "a
the place to hold the Panama canal
exposition. The house unanimously
concurred in = joint resolution adopt
ed by the senate petitioning congress
to choose the southern city.
The proposed bill authorizing race
track gambling under the so-called
pari-mutuel system will not be intro
duced into the legislature.
'Bilr Phelps introduced = bill re-
quiring railroads to be assessed &C.
cording to their total mileage. all
parts of the road at the same rate.
THE main line Of the Missouri Pa
cifc is assessed at $4,000 a mile"
Phelps said, "but the Carthage branch
south of Pleasant Hill is assessed at
only $4,000 a mile The whole sys-
tenn is capitalized at approximately
$4,000 mile. The mortgage covers
every mile alike. Now let this assess
ment be the same"
Senator Burford of Reynolds intro.
duced resolution in the senate ask
ing for an investigation of charges of
extravaganza on the part of Jesse
Tollerton, state game and fish COM
missioner.
Representative Hull of Jefferson Of
fered bill to repeal the present law
by which the governor names the
commission and enact a new one max.
ing the governor, attorney general,
secretary of state, auditor and
treasurer the immigration commits
sioners with authority to open an Of
flee in Jefferson City, appoint a man.
ager at $4,000 year and organize
branch offices in the cities.
Jefferson City. - Representative
Picker of Kirksville, Adair county,
introduced the commission plan of
| government bill in the house. It ap-
plies to more than 60 cities, every
city with population of more than
5000 and less than 100000
| Road bills to allow Lafayette coun-
ty to carry into effect its plan for
building roads were introduced by
| Representative Houx of that county.
Among the bills introduced we're:
Making a schedule of long distance
telephone rates about so per cent less
than present rates.
The senate committee on education
| favorably reported the bills authoriz-
| ing women to become members of
school boards.
To fix the maximum long distance
telephone charge on the basis of 100
miles for three minutes at 80 cents
ute.
Jefferson City.-The establishment
of normal school in Kansas City to
prepare teachers for the city schools
is contemplated in a bill offered by
Representative Kennedy.
Senator Green introduced q bill in
the senate creating a new normal
school district out of Jackson county |
Other bills introduced were:
The state reform atory bill advocat-
ed by Governor Radley was introduc-
ed in the house by Gillispie of St.
Louis 1t provides for an appropria-
ton of $!500O0 to be used for the pur
chase of d site and the erection oil
the frs: building for reformatory
The senate committee on judiciary
reported unanimously Senator Casey |
bill to make invalid all assignments
Of wages made before the wages are
earned.
There was an absolute flood of road
bills in the house. Members had |
time over Sunday to prepare bills and
each put in his pet road measure.
Representative Mills of New, Mad
rid offered lin crow car bill in
the house. The law requires separate
but equal accommodations for white
and negro passengers.
Walton of Howard county introduc-
ed bill to abolish great many USE
less jobs as road supervisor. 1t pro-
vides that each county shall be divid-
ed into districts containing not less
than 20 and not more than 40 miles
of road.
Jefferson City.-Because of the al
legged influence of politics in the pub
lie schools, bill was introduced in
the senate by Senator Humphrey. 1t
provides that all examination papers
Of teachers must be graded by com.
mission appointed by the state board
of education.
series of five bills were intro
duced in both the senate and house
changing the laws relative to the man.