The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-01
MORE USEFUL NEW Laws

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MORE USEFUL NEW LAWS
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The General Assembly Made An En-.
viable Reputation for Wholesome
Legislation.
We this week print another con.
signment Of new laws for the infor.
nation Of our readers.
Must Have Electric Headlights
For the safety Of employees and other
persons on railroads the recent ses-
sion Of the Missouri legislature enact
ed law to the effect that all engines
must hereafter be equipped with an
electric headlight of at least fifteen
hundred candle power. This bill was
introduced by Mr.. Correll of Randolph
and was supported by practically ev-
cry railroad employee in the state. It
will lessen the liability of accident
and be appreciation to the travelling
public as well as to the men who
operate trains.
A Jolt to Free Lunches
The free lunch which has been such
drawing card to the average country
and city saloon, and which has in
duced tens of thousands of men who
otherwise would have spent their
money at restaurant or lunch coun-
ter, to invest it in intoxicating liquor,
has been put out of existence by the
Missouri legislature. The bill recent-
ly enacted into law makes it a mis-
demeanor to serve free lunch in any
place where liquors are sold. The
fact that man was forced to buy
liqur in order to get a share of the
viands spread in the average saloon
had long been deplored by temper
ance workers in this state.
Doubled the Tax on Express Companies
A bill raising the. tax on express
companies from $1.25 to $3.50 per
500 on their gross receipts became
law when Governor Major attached
his signature. 1t will be remembered
that the 46th general assembly raised
the tax on express companies, but
Governor Hadley vetoed the bill. The
express companies have been escap-
ing their just share of taxes, paying
less in Missouri than in any of the
adjoining states, hence the measure
is most just one and revenue pro-
Queer.
Official Flag for Missouri
Missouri is to have an official flag.
1t is one of the few states which has
not made such an adoption long ago.
The recent legislature officially pro-
vided for state flag, the specifica-
tons to be as follows. One red, one
white and one blue horizontal stripe
of equal width; the red shall be at the
top and the blue at the bottom. In
the center of the flag there shall be
band of blue in the form of circle en-
closing the coat-of-arms in colors, as
now established by law, on white
ground. The width of the blue band
shall be e-fourteenth of the vertical :
width of the flag and the diameter of
the circle shall be one.third the hori-
zontallength Of the flag. In the blue
band there shall be, set at equal dis
tances from each other, twenty-five
pointed stars.
Melons Must Be Hurried Along
People who hunger for luscious
watermelon or cantelope, as well as /
thousands of Southeast Missouri farm
ers who grow them for market, will {
be interested in house bill All which
the recent legislature enacted into E
law. 1t insures prompt service to
the grower and fresh melons to the
consumer by requiring that melons
consigned to market must be moved
within twelve hours after a bill of lad
ing has been signed and filed with a
company. Vinous and citrous
fruits are also included in the provis- .
ions of this law. This measure is of /,
special interest to all South Missouri
which is becoming the worlds great