The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-04-24
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10 the Farmers Of Missouri an
Much Needed Legislation

# Much Needed Le9islatlca
Below we mention q few Of thensy
laws passed by the 47th general q
sembly Of special interest to the farm
ers of the state, other than school
road and measures Of general char
acter. N u ass 1sss
Railroads Liable for Delay
i House bill No. $40, introduced b,
Mr.. Hay of Galloway, and enacted in
to a law by the recent legislature pro
vides that in any action brought by 1
shipper against any railroad corpora
ton for damages on account Of the
failure Of such company to transport
live stock within a reasonable time,
proof of the failure Of such corpora.
ton individually or in connection with
a connecting carrier to transport the
consignment within a reasonable time
shall constitute prima facia proof OF
negligence, which will throw the bur-
den ofproof upon the railroad instead
of upon the shipper. This law will
force corporations to either expedite
live stock shipments or pay promptly
and dearly for their neglect.
Three Dollars a Day for Jurors
Missouri farmers can now serve as
grand or petit jurors without the fl
nancial sacrifice heretofore entailed
by this duty. The recent legislature
provided that such jurors should
hereafter receive three dollars day.
This will be appreciated especially by
men who are forced to leave their
farms and spend one, two or more
weeks in a distant county seat serv-
ing upon jury. The amount here
tofore paid was barely sufficient for
their hotel and travelling expenses
and left nothing with which to pay the
hand ordinarily required to look after
farm chores in the absence of the
owner.
Must Keep Them off the Road
It will hereafter be unlawful to drive
any swine known to have contagious
or infectious disease, or disease COM
monty called hog cholera along any
public highway or across the lands of
any individual other than land owned
or controlled by the owner of such
swine. A law to this effect was
passed at the recent session of the
Missouri legislature as protection to
Missouri farmers against parties who
are either too careless or too indiffer-
ent to the welfare of their neighbours
and who manifest this carelessness
and indifference by driving diseased
hogs along a highway, and thus
spread the germs of disease along the
entire route.
State Aid For County Fairs.
Thanks to the Missouri legislature
every county fair and agricultural
society in the state will receive SUBJ
stantial aid from the state treasury.
A law passed at the recent session
provided that the state should pay 80
per cent of the total amount of prem
ium paid at any fair or society for the
exhibits of horticulture, agriculture
poultry, live stock, fancy work, school
exhibits, domestic and mechanical
arts. The law requires that on or be-
fore the 18th day of November of
each year the president and secre-
tary of each county fair or agricul-
tural society which claims benefits
under this law, shall file with the
secretary of state board of agricul-
ture sworn statement of the actual
amount cash premium paid at the
fair of the current season. This state
ment must correspond with the pub
lie offer of premiums. The officers
must also make a sworn statement
to the effect that at such fair no gamb-
ling Of any sort was permitted and
that the sale of intoxicating liquors
had not been permitted either upon
its own ground or upon any adjacent
ground under its control. The
amount allowed any fair, however,
will not exceed the sum of 1900 al
year. The object Of this law is toI
encourage the further development
of Missouri's wonderful agricultural,
horticultural, live stock, public school
and allied interests.
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