Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27
MISSOURI STATE
CAPITAL ITEMS
NOTES THAT ARE OF INTEREST
TO MlssoURlANs.
q. ief Mention of Matters "a They
Occur at jefferson City,
Official and Other.
wise.

Jefferson City.-Gov. Hadley vetoed
two bills that were introduced in the
house by Speaker Barger. One Of
these measures provided for the
states paying 80 per cent of agricul.
tural premiums at country fairs and
appropriated $4,000 therefor.
In his message vetoing this bill the
governor says that while the object
sought is a laudable one, yet the legis.
lature overappropriated the revenue
fully 81 ,000,0 00, and accordingly there
will be no revenue to carry the bill
into effect.
The other bill vetoed permits law.
yers who have been licensed one year
In another state to practice in the
Missouri courts without undergoing
examination at the hands of the state
board of law examiners. The COVER.
nor says such a law would tend to
lower the standard of the legal pro-
fession in this state.
An interesting question of law will
be involved in the enforcement OF the
new automobile law, which becomes
effective August !. Under the new
law there will be a graduated scale
for an annual license tax, based on
the horse power. The tax will range
from 81 to $12 per annum. Under the
old law, which will be in force. up to
August /, the liccese tax is So, good
during the life Of the machine upon
which the license is issued. The in.
~teresting question which will be in
volved when the new law succeeds the
Ole will be: can the state of Missouri
pass a retroactive law which will wipe
out the contract involved with the
owner who takes out a license under
the old law, say in June or July, and
which the law then in force says Is
good during the life of the machine?
Governor Hadley has signed what 10
known as the Itinerant Vendor bill.
1t was introduced by Senator Phillips
and requires persons who 60 about
from city to city selling out stocks
of goods under special sales to take
out a license to cost $25 a year from
the secretary of state. n in addi-
ton to put up a deposit of $500. The
vendor must show his state license
before any municipality can grant him
a license to sell. The advertisements
Of sales as damaged by fire and
water" assignee SALE" 'receivership
sale" forced to move, unless true,
is prohibited by the bill. Before Ii
censes are issued the vendor must
state under oath where he obtained
the goods.
When the state supreme court en-
banc convened for the April term the
newly appointed commissioners, s. s.
Brown of st. Joseph, Reuben +. Roy
of New London, Judge Henry w.
Bond of st. Louis, and James r. Blair
of Jefferson City, were sworn in and
qualified. BY an order of the court,
Commissioners Brown and Blair We're
assigned to division Ne. 1 and Com.
m~issioners Bond and Roy to division
No. .. A proviso in the order makes
the assignments Of Blair and Bond
only for the April term. Beginning
with the October term Blair goes to
division . and Bond will go to division
/. The assignments OF Brown and
Roy will remain unchanged.
o.
Missouri's output OF leaf tobacco in
the year 1910 amounted to 7,S75,000
pounds and was worth $3.50 This
yield was a gain over 1909 when the
production amounted to 4,433,S50
pounds and the value $576,400.
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w. B. Burr of st. Louis, who wreck
ed the tower on the ruins of the old
capitol building and cleared away
the debris, concluded the work and
made his report TO the board Of the
permanent seat of government. The
labor was performed by convicts, so
that the cost of clearing away the
wreckage to the state was but little in
excess of $500. Convicts hauled away
1886 loads of broken stone and other
debris.
Gov. Hadley has signed senate bill
No. 1856, by Senator Wilson. 1t re-
v.-- l. A.. na-nrcitn 80 atNaI. 40,